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The Americans The Golden Age of Singing The fifth volume in VAI’s acclaimed series of historic performances from the Voice of Firestone television series (1949-1962). This DVD centers on the great American opera stars of the 1950s, including Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker, Dorothy Kirsten, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, and others. All performances digitally remastered and with English subtitles for the first time. FEATURES Black and White Mono NTSC (Playable all regions) VAI DVD Opera 1. ROBERT MERRILL Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al factotum (6/1/1959) 4 22 2. RISE STEVENS Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farò senza Euridice (3/5/1951) 4 39 3. JAN PEERCE Leoncavallo Pagliacci - Recitar!... Vesti la giubba (1/9/1950) 2 38 4. FRANK GUARRERA Bizet Carmen - Toreador Song (Votre toast) (2/6/1956) 5 13 5. ROBERTA PETERS Verdi Rigoletto - Caro nome (1/26/1959) 4 03 6. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi La Traviata - Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera (2/13/1950) 4 35 7. ELAINE MALBIN and ROBERT MERRILL Verdi La Traviata - Imponete... Morrò, la mia memoria (1/30/1956) 3 30 8. ROBERT MERRILL Verdi La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar (1/30/1956) 3 20 9. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi La Traviata - ‘Teneste la promessa’... Addio del passato (5/1/1950) 4 30 10. RICHARD TUCKER Puccini Tosca - E lucevan le stelle (9/22/1958) 3 15 11. RICHARD TUCKER and LISA DELLA CASA Puccini La Bohème - O soave fanciulla (9/22/1958) 3 41 12.-13. DOROTHY KIRSTEN and MARIO SERENI Puccini La Fanciulla del West - Poker Scene (12/9/1962) 11 11 AMERICANS THE GOLDEN AGE OF SINGING DVD
