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Janusz Poplawski sings La Cumparsita in Polish (1937)
This wonderful recording cannot be outdone for sultry moodiness.
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Paul Reimers sings songs by Schubert and Mendelssohn (1915)
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Words by Rose Amy Fyleman, music by Liza Lehmann. This delightful performance was filmed in 1972.
Dame Julie Andrews and her witty sense of humor! Absolutely adorable! “There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden”
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Beatrice Lillie sings “There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden”
Lillie owned this song back in the 1920s.
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Nino Piccaluga sings La Fanciulla del West (1922)
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Estonian baritone Georg Ots sings Donizetti’s Don Sebastiano
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Francine Arrauzau (Charlotte) and Danièle Chlostawa (Sophie) sing Massenet’s Werther, conducted by Pierre Dervaux (1978)
This was the first opera production I saw as a child (I was thirteen). Francine Arrauzau died in 1981 in a car accident. Her remarkable voice recalls a bygone era of music-making, as does, for better or worse, Chlostawa’s somewhat shrill Sophie.
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Leonardo Aramesco sings Der Rosenkavalier (1929)
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Göta Ljungberg sings Salome (live recording, 1934)
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James Johnston sings Handel’s Messiah (1946)
This blog is about my favourite historical singers, from the dawn of recording up until the late 20th century. Most of them are classical or opera singers, but I love many other types of music (especially jazz), so surprises are to be expected. I use the phrase "historical singer" somewhat loosely to refer to any retired or dead artist who may be considered to have made a significant contribution to the history of singing. Enjoy!
