LA BOHÈME
O soave fanciulla – Nellie Melba & Enrico Caruso (1907) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHd-DxF8clo
Si, mi chiamsno Mimi – Nellie Melba (1910) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAnlnkVnQC0
On m'appelle Mimì – Nellie Melba (1908) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7pzpFWo38
Donde lieta usci al tuo grido d'amore – Nellie Melba – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6qMvpmSUa0
Acts III & IV (excerpts) – Nellie Melba (ROH, 1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAPQmjRzNbc
Addio, dolce svegliare – Nellie Melba, Aurora Rettore, Browning Mummery & John Brownlee (ROH, 1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFY8L8Eltc
Mimi e tanto malata! – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHww_aneuv8
Che gelida manina – Dino Borgioli (1923) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKMp0PzIbQU
Nei cieli bigi – Dino Borgioli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1nrCsei-4
O soave fanciulla – Dino Borgioli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j55ghgJXbCg
Dunque e proprio finita! – Dino Borgioli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVgBHANiTKg
O Mimi, tu più non torni – Dino Borgioli & Aurora Rettore – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G9nmQ3NAcQ
Dame Nellie Melba (1924) photo by Spencer Shier
State Library Victoria, Melbourne
Dino Borgioli (1924) photo by Ruskin
National Library of Australia, Canberra
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Regnava nel silenzio – Toti Dal Monte (1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bipgm8Roc3M
Splendon le sacri faci – Toti Dal Monte (1924) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BO55lNMrRs
Mad Scene – Toti Dal Monte (1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGUvEycPmw
LA TOSCA
Recondita armonia – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmN2utwa_Fg
Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire – Lina Scavizzi (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsvuodARZls
Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore – Lina Scavizzi (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQorX7oXgjs
Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Te Deum Scene) – Apollo Granforte & chorus (1929) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEgtfWHXsmc
Tosca è un buon falco! – Apollo Granforte (1929) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXZYBeiok7s
E lucevan le stelle – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWgSTJ2fjgs
Nino Piccaluga (1924) photo by Ruskin
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
Lina Scavizzi (1924) photo by Spencer Shier
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
RIGOLETTO
Questa o quella – Dino Borgioli (1923) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji_OMkBRUP8
Pari siamo! – Apollo Granforte (1925) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WxNZWTHRE
Caro nome – Toti Dal Monte – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzXvA6yANZU
Cortigiani! vil razza donnata – Apollo Granforte (1925) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mzcv15-Oo
Piangi, piangi, fanciulla – Apollo Granforte & Nunu Sanchioni – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7coj6EFhqRc
E il sol dell'anima – Dino Borgioli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsymmHH-D3E
Quel vecchio maledivami! – Apollo Granforte – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZa2nrib3XQ
La donna e mobile – Dino Borgioli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKLGF31T4vM
Apollo Granforte
Toti Dal Monte (1924) photo by May Moore
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Addio, fiorito assil – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvoil1LP18
OTELLO
Credo in un dio crudel – Apollo Granforte (1931) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MWyFHyiDTA
Salce, salce – Nellie Melba (1910) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_vZ5soD60
Ave Maria – Nellie Melba (1910) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ390jFnfLk
Willow Song + Ave Maria – Nellie Melba (ROH, 1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALS2O8LS13A
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Ecco ridente in cielo – Dino Borgioli (1923) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPkCmOla5A
Se il mio nome – Dino Borgioli (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nQysmrQDss
Una voce poco fa – Toti Dal Monte – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCsBgCF1hCQ
Manca un foglio – Gaetano Azzolini (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLLNdcKpbY
Harry Julius caricature
The Bulletin, 17 July 1924
Gaetano Azzolini (1924) photo by Ruskin
State Library Victoria, Melbourne
CARMEN
Il fior che avevi a me tu dato – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykL6maLEag
IL TROVATORE
Qual suono - Per me ora fatale – Apollo Granforte & chorus (1930) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoUX7Dhthj0
Tutto è deserto...Il balen del suo sorriso...Per me ora fatale – Apollo Granforte & chorus (1930) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q66lcrt4P8
FAUST
Le veau d'or est toujours debout! – Umberto di Lelio (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzGvEMZOiMg
Ecco il mondo vuoto e tondo – Umberto di Lelio (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9mrdfEGHyo
Ah! Je ris (Jewell Song) – Nellie Melba (1905) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ghCOUxzoDw
Air des bijoux (Jewell Song) – Nellie Melba (1907) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9SG8z5WJ8
Vous qui faites l'endormie – Umberto di Lelio (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnx2EcS0CNQ
Alerte! Alerte! (Faust final trio) – Nellie Melba, John McCormack & Mario Sanmarco (1910) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjWIgcEAk4
LA SONNAMBULA
Prendi l'anel – Dino Borgioli (1923) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVMjROskthY
Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni – Umberto di Lelio (1944) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuT2xHboENE
Ah! non credea mirarti – Toti Dal Monte (1929) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IJQh5n4GZo
Umberto Di Lelio (1924) photo by Ruskin
State Library Victoria, Melbourne
Augusta Concato (aka Signora Piccaluga)
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
AIDA
Triste canto! Il tripudio dei sacerdoti – Augusta Concato & Ferdinando Ciniselli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht0wiw-0gzQ
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mamma, quel vino è generoso – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2HDi5t6Gw
Viva il vino spumeggiante – Nino Piccaluga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzrJGrMSfFY
DON PASQUALE
Cheti cheti immantinente – Gaetano Azzolini & Giulio Fregosi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-2LbPxjrf4
Com'e gentil – Dino Borgioli (1923) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr04OFr79Rg
CONCERT ITEMS
Carnevale di Venezia – Toti Dal Monte (1926) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojs1kcKTv60
Phyllis Archibald (1924) photo by Ruskin
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Stella Power (1924)
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
SINGERS
Phyllis Archibald – Ah, mon fils, soit béni (‘La Prophete’) (c.1922) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkPfy8mVtKQ
Phyllis Archibald – Quand je vous aimerai? Ma foi, je ne sais pas (Habanera – ‘Carmen’) (c.1922) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPOpL8CbPHY
Stella Power – Una voce poco fa ('The Barber of Seville') (1918) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-pEFapy1k
Aurora Rettore & Dino Borgioli – Sogno soave e casto ('Don Pasquale') (1928) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMBOPvMQoE
Aurora Rettore – So anch'io la virtù magica ('Don Pasquale') (1928) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8DX3QyBD0
Aurora Rettore – Quel guardo il cavaliere ('Don Pasquale') (1928) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgxifhJaV1s
Aurora Rettore & Dino Borgioli – Notturno: Tornami a dir, che m'ami ('Don Pasquale') (1928) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb0au0InzgQ
Edmondo Grandini – Avant de quitter ces lieux (‘Faust’) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkpwVQalUY8
Edmondo Grandini – O Carlo ascolta (‘Don Carlo’) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdxY9CeROfs
Edmondo Grandini – O' de' verd'anni miei (‘Ernani’) (1908) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaEMPFmcSig
Alfred O'Shea – Liebestraum no. 3 (Liszt/Dechelette) / Ombra Mai Fu – Largo (Handel) (1927) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9z7zvuZEI
Alfred O'Shea (1924)
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)
Edmondo Grandini (1924)
Her Majesty's Theatre Archive (Melbourne)