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Soprano Fritzi Scheff (1879-1954)
As Marguerite in Faust
Composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Tenor Thomas Salignac (1867-1943)
Bass Édouard de Reszke (1853-1917)
Conductor Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921)
Portrait photograph by Aimé Dupont (1841-1900)

Recorded on cylinder by Met librarian Lionel Mapleson (1865-1937) during a live February 14, 1903 performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Re-recorded in 1940 and issued on 78 RPM disc by the International Record Collectors Club (IRCC).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapleson_Cylinders



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