Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Giulio Setti, Lawrence Tibbett Carmen - Chanson Du Toréador / Tosca - Te Deum
1929 Shellac Oakland Pressing
1929 Shellac Oakland Pressing Opera
Romantic
Victrola
baritone vocals Lawrence Tibbett
chorus Metropolitan Opera Chorus
conductor Giulio Setti
conductor [assistant, uncredited] Fausto Cleva
orchestra The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Record Company RCA Victor Company, Inc.
Pressed By Victor Pressing Plant, Oakland
Recorded At Liederkranz Hall, New York
Small o above the Nipper logo = Oakland pressing.
• Chanson du Toreador recorded April 8, 1929 (CVE-51117- 4 or CVE-51117- 5).
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York.
Instrumentation:
Takes 1-3: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, and traps.
Takes 4 and 5: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba.
(Victor ledgers for 4/3/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 first sopranos, 9 first altos, and 10 contraltos, 12 first tenors, 6 second tenors, 8 first basses, and 8 second basses. Ledgers also note: All women dismissed except L.M. Belleri and F. Cingolani, who sing in this sel[ection].
Victor ledgers for 4/8/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 sopranos, 6 second sopranos, 9 contraltos, 10 first tenors, 7 second tenors, 9 baritones, and 11 basses. Ledgers also note: Entire male chorus and 2 women sing in this selection. Instrumentation for unissued takes is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued take. Bolig notes that take 5 is a dubbing of take 4.)
• Te Deum recorded April 3, 1929 (CVE-51116- 2) or April 10, 1929 (CVE-51116- 4).
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York.
Instrumentation: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, organ, and traps.
(Instrumentation for unissued takes is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued take.
Victor ledgers for 4/10/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 sopranos, 9 second sopranos, 9 contraltos, 11 first tenors, 7 second tenors, 7 baritones, and 10 basses.
Victor ledgers for 4/3/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 first sopranos, 9 first altos, and 10 contraltos, 12 first tenors, 6 second tenors, 8 first basses, and 8 second basses.
Victor 8124 issued from take 4 observed by DAHR user.)
chorus Metropolitan Opera Chorus
conductor Giulio Setti
conductor [assistant, uncredited] Fausto Cleva
orchestra The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Record Company RCA Victor Company, Inc.
Pressed By Victor Pressing Plant, Oakland
Recorded At Liederkranz Hall, New York
Small o above the Nipper logo = Oakland pressing.
• Chanson du Toreador recorded April 8, 1929 (CVE-51117- 4 or CVE-51117- 5).
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York.
Instrumentation:
Takes 1-3: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, and traps.
Takes 4 and 5: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba.
(Victor ledgers for 4/3/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 first sopranos, 9 first altos, and 10 contraltos, 12 first tenors, 6 second tenors, 8 first basses, and 8 second basses. Ledgers also note: All women dismissed except L.M. Belleri and F. Cingolani, who sing in this sel[ection].
Victor ledgers for 4/8/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 sopranos, 6 second sopranos, 9 contraltos, 10 first tenors, 7 second tenors, 9 baritones, and 11 basses. Ledgers also note: Entire male chorus and 2 women sing in this selection. Instrumentation for unissued takes is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued take. Bolig notes that take 5 is a dubbing of take 4.)
• Te Deum recorded April 3, 1929 (CVE-51116- 2) or April 10, 1929 (CVE-51116- 4).
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York.
Instrumentation: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, organ, and traps.
(Instrumentation for unissued takes is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued take.
Victor ledgers for 4/10/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 sopranos, 9 second sopranos, 9 contraltos, 11 first tenors, 7 second tenors, 7 baritones, and 10 basses.
Victor ledgers for 4/3/1929 show composition of chorus as 14 first sopranos, 9 first altos, and 10 contraltos, 12 first tenors, 6 second tenors, 8 first basses, and 8 second basses.
Victor 8124 issued from take 4 observed by DAHR user.)