Eleanor Steber: The Early Career (1938-1951) (CD)

Recorded 1938-1951. Transfers and digital mastering by Doug Pomeroy.
[1994, Mono, 71 minutes]

Debussy: L'ENFANT PRODIGUE - Air de Lia [1938]
Verdi: ERNANI - Ernani, involami [1940]
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA - Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (with Armand Tokatyan) [1940]
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA - Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera [1940]
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA - Parigi, o cara... Gran Dio! Morir sì giovine (with Armand Tokatyan) [1940]
Leoncavallo: I PAGLIACCI - Decidi il mio destin (with George Cehanovsky and Leonard Warren) [1940]
Rossini: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - Una voce poco fa [1944]
Thomas: MIGNON - Je suis Titania [1942]
Massenet: HERODIADE - Il est doux, il est bon [1949]
Flotow: MARTHA - The Last Rose of Summer [1946]
Puccini: LA BOHEME - Mi chiamano Mimì [1949]
Puccini: TURANDOT - Signore, ascolta! (sung in English) [1946]
Puccini: GIANNI SCHICCHI - O mio babbino caro [1949]
Traditional: Danny Boy [1946]
Bland: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny [1950]
Rossini: STABAT MATER - Inflammatus [1951]

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