Description

BERNARD BÉGUÉ

French baritone, singer of minor roles at the Paris Opéra and later at the Metropolitan Opera. He made 10 cylinders for Columbia in 1898, among the first recordings of operatic arias (from Carmen, Rigoletto, Huguenots, William Tell, and L’africaine); other early arias on record were recorded for Bettini and Edison cylinders.

TRACKLIST

1. Carmen (Bizet) Votre toast Berliner 0493 R
2. La Marseillaise (Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle) Columbia 8
3. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Aria Berliner 0495
4. Lullaby French Song Columbia 304
5. Palm branches Columbia 306
6. Ernani (Verdi) O sommo Carlo (with Sembrich, Bauermeister, de Marchi, Vanni, Scotti & E. de Reszke) Mapleson cylinder
7. Ernani (Verdi) O sommo Carlo (with Sembrich, Bauermeister, de Marchi, Vanni, Scotti & E. de Reszke) Mapleson cylinder
8. Tosca (Puccini) Act III Finale (w. Eames & Bars) IRCC (Mapleson cylinder)
9. Tosca (Puccini) Act III Finale (w. Eames & Bars) IRCC (Mapleson cylinder)
10. Tosca (Puccini) Act III Finale (w. Eames & Bars) Mapleson cylinder