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Oct 10, 2026

MAFALDA SALVATINI GRAMMOPHON AND ODEON RECORDINGS 2 CDR

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  MAFALDA SALVATINI (BAIAE, ITALY 17 OCTOBER 1886 – LUGANO, SWITZERLAND 13 JUNE 1971)   Her father was an officer in the Neapolitan army, an...

ITALIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA (1868-1949) CDR

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  ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA (GALLESE, NEAR ROME, 30 AUGUST, 1868 – MILAN, 9 JANUARY, 1949)     She made her debut in 1893 and enjoyed a succes...

GERMAN SOPRANO ADELE KERN (1901-1980) CDR

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  ADELE KERN (MUNICH, 25 NOVEMBER, 1901 – MUNICH, 6 MAY, 1980)   She was a pupil of Hermine Bosetti in Munich and made her debut in 1924 at ...

CZECH TENOR BOHUMIL PTÁK (1869-1933) CDR

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  BOHUMIL PTÁK (PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 14 JUNE, 1869 – PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 4 FEBRUARY, 1933)   He began his career as an actor with var...

ARGENTINE TENOR ROGELIO BALDRICH (1890-1975) CDR

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ROGELIO BALDRICH (RAMOS MEJÍA, PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 1890 – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 1975)         From approximately...
Sep 30, 2026

AUSTRIAN SOPRANO MELANIE KURT (1880-1941) CDR

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  MELANIE KURT (JANUARY 8, 1880 IN VIENNA – MARCH 11, 1941 IN NEW YORK CITY)     She was born on January 8, 1880 in Vienna. Melanie Kurt fir...

GERMAN SOPRANO HERMINE BOSETTI (1875-1936) CDR

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  HERMINE BOSETTI (28 SEPTEMBER 1875, VIENNA – 1 MAY 1936, HOHENRAIN OR MUNICH)         Her real name was Hermine von Flick. She studied sin...

ENGLISH SOPRANO MIRIAM LICETTE (1885-1969) CDR

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  MIRIAM LICETTE (OVER, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, 9 SEPTEMBER, 1885 – READING, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, 11 AUGUST, 1969) She descended from an English-F...

DUTCH CONTRALTO MAARTJE OFFERS (1891-1944) CDR

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  MAARTJE OFFERS (27 FEBRUARY 1891, KOUDEKERK (AAN DEN RIJN) – 28 JANUARY 1944, THOLEN)         She studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium...

ELISABETH RETHBERG THE COMPLETE ODEON RECORDINGS CDR

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  ELISABETH RETHBERG (SCHWARZENBERG, GERMANY 22 SEPTEMBER 1894 – YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK 6 JUNE 1976)         Her real name was...

AUSTRIAN SOPRANO HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFMANN (1878-1948) CDR

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  HEDWIG [HEDI] FRANCILLO-KAUFMANN (VIENNA: 20 [30] SEP 1878 – RIO DE JANEIRO: 5 APR 1948)   She was trained by Franzi Müller and Emilie Dor...
Sep 29, 2026

AUSTRIAN SOPRANO ELISE ELIZZA (1870-1926) CDR

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  ELISE ELIZZA (06-01-1870 VIENNA, AUSTRIA – 03-06-1926 VIENNA, AUSTRIA)         She was born into a Jewish family, and her real name was El...

DANISH CONTRALTO ELSE BREMS (1908-1995) CDR

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ELSE BREMS (DANMARK, COPENHAGEN 8 JULY 1908 – DANMARK, COPENHAGEN 4 OCTOBER 1995)         She first studied singing under her father, concer...
Aug 19, 2026

HUNGARIAN TENOR BÉLA KÖRNYEI (1873-1925) CDR

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  BÉLA KÖRNYEI (KRUMAU, 18 MAY, 1873 – BUDAPEST, 28 APRIL, 1925)         He was born on May 18, 1873, in Krumau, the son of Béla K...
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