Serenata-Quand ero paggio / Antonio Scotti

[Wolfe]

Scotti, suave as usual singing two pieces:

Deh vieni alla finestra, fr. act 2 of Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Quand er paggio, fr. act 2 of Verdi's Falstaff.

Both are oddly coupled on this Victor side, recorded in 1903.





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[WDC]

Well, so far both sides are classical.
And the photograph is an additional plus to your post!

[Wolfe]

Well, yes they are classical. However, someone had the idea to put both pieces on one side of a 12 inch record, which is kind of odd, since they don't have any thread to connect them that I can see.

[operabass78s]

I own the remake of this disc with orchestral accompaniment and as far as to my knowledge it seems to be just a coupling of two short pieces by the artist and or recording director at Victor to fit on one 12 inch side. They also did this with a few short instrumental pieces and at least one other operatic I am immediately familiar with which is 88441 - Don Giovanni - Deh, vieni/Damnation de Faust - Devant le maison as sung impeccably by Emilio de Gogorza.