Patrick O'Connor has been listening to some of the golden voices of an earlier age, including those of tenors Beniamino Gigli and Aureliano Pertile, and baritone Titta Ruffo. He finishes his selection with an extended excerpt from Verdi's Aida with Elisabeth Rethberg and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi.
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
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