COMPOSERS: Various
LABELS: Nimbus Prima Voce
PERFORMER: Tamango, Slezak, Caruso, Lauri-Volpi, Melchior, Tauber, Gigli and Björling.
CATALOGUE NO: Nl 7856 ADD
Please don’t shoot the unnamed pianist, for no sooner has he fumbled a clumsy opening to Verdi’s Otello, than the musical Moor’s first interpreter – Francesco Tamagno – makes ample amends with a valiantly trumpeting ‘Esultate!’ Thereafter, all is forgiven and 20 follow-up acts parade such illustrious stage heroes as Slezak, Caruso, Lauri-Volpi, Melchior, Tauber, Gigli and Björling.