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Agustarello Affre, tenor

Verdi - Aida - Je te revois enfin - Duo
(Pur ti riveggo) - (VS pp233-235, 245-247, 248-249)
Verdi - Aida - Mourir ô toi si belle - Duo final
(Morir, si pura e bella) - (VS pp298-300, 303-304, 308-309)
Orchestra
Agustarello Affre,
tenor - Radames
Jane Marignan, soprano - Aida

Mediafire link for Aida duets - Agustarello Affre, Jane Marignan

(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)

Pathé AGPA P1503 (25) [88.6rpm, 28cm diameter, centre start]
Matrices 54579 GR, 60516 GR
Recorded c1906-11

Bizet - Carmen - excerpts from complete Pathé recording
Sides 5 and 6 - Choeur des gamins (Suite); Choeur des cigarieres: La cloche a sonné
Sides 15 and 16 - Ou me conduisez-vous... [Seguidille]; Oui mais toute seule
Sides 19 and 20 - Les tringles des sistres; Tra la la la
Sides 31 and 32 - Tu m'entendras [Air de la fleur]; Non tu ne m'aime pas

Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Comique de Paris, François Ruhlmann
Marguerite Mérentié,
soprano - Carmen
Agustarello Affre, tenor - Don José
Marie Gantéri, soprano - Frasquita
Jeanne Billa-Azéma, soprano - Mercédès
M. Dulac, baritone - Moralès
Pierre Ernest Dupré, baritone - Zuniga

Not heard on these sides:
Aline Vallandri, soprano - Micaëla
Henri Albers, baritone - Escamillo
Hippolyte Belhomme, bass - Le Dancaïre
Paul Dumontier, baritone - Le Remendado

Bizet - Carmen - Pathé sides 5-6 - Ruhlmann
Bizet - Carmen - Pathé sides 15-16 - Ruhlmann
Bizet - Carmen - Pathé sides 19-20 - Ruhlmann
Bizet - Carmen - Pathé sides 31-32 - Ruhlmann

(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)

Pathé catalogue number No.1652 - Carmen 5/6
Pathé catalogue number No.1657 - Carmen 15/16
Pathé catalogue number No.1659 - Carmen 19/20
(80rpm, 11½", edge start, paper label)
Recorded 1911. Early 1920s pressings
Play at 76.6rpm, 78.1rpm, 76.4rpm

Pathé Carmen 31/32
(90rpm 11½" centre start etched label)
Recorded 1911. Early pressing.
Matrices 96460 RA, 96554 RA
Play at 87.9rpm

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