Martha. Quartetto notturno, with Enrico Caruso, Victor 95210, Recorded January 7, 1912

[CarlosV]

For Roger: Martha, copied from a DVD, in you tube:

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[epigramophone]

Thank you Carlos. Very interesting, although I wish it was in the correct period costume. Flotow set the opera in England during the reign of Queen Anne c.1710, so why should some attention seeking producer think himself cleverer than the composer and stage it in the late 19th Century?

[CarlosV]

Thank you Carlos. Very interesting, although I wish it was in the correct period costume. Flotow set the opera in England during the reign of Queen Anne c.1710, so why should some attention seeking producer think himself cleverer than the composer and stage it in the late 19th Century?

If you did not appreciate the 19th century costumes, I wonder what you would think of that, bath robes, badges and all:

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[epigramophone]

I have seen worse. This Il Trovatore is more misery than Miserere :

https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/mi ... -trovatore

[ArthurVictrolaVIII]

Way too much time on your hands.

[Hoodoo]

M'appari was originally recorded on 11th February 1906 (Matrix C-3100) and issued as G&T 052121 and Victor 88001.
When HMV began issuing their Red labels in double sided form it appeared on DB159.

Caruso re-recorded the aria on 15th April 1917 (Matrix C-3100-2).
Confusingly Victor issued it with the same 88001 catalogue number as the 1906 version. It was not issued in the UK.

When Victor and HMV re-issued some Caruso titles with superimposed electrically recorded orchestral accompaniment the 1917 M'appari was chosen. It was issued in 1932 as HMV DB1802 and Victor 7720.

I still do not understand why this lovely opera set in Tudor England is not available on DVD.

Hi,
From what website did you get this information? It looks like one I would spend a lot of time on.

[Wolfe]

From what website

You can glean all this info from DAHR. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... 00-Mappar_

[Hoodoo]

From what website

You can glean all this info from DAHR. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... 00-Mappar_

Thank you.