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Philippe Flon was a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and can be heard in a number of Mapleson Cylinders.
Mediafire link for Mapleson cylinders
(These are zip files – left click the link, download the files, then unzip when downloaded)
As the LP notes, this is not high-fidelity sound. This is IRCC LP7006, issued in 1955, containing transfers of a number of Mapleson Cylinders, recorded live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House from 1901 to 1903.
Flon can be heard on the following tracks:
1. Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment - Rataplan (Act 2) and Duet (Act 1) Marcella Sembrich, soprano; Marie van Cauteren, soprano; Thomas Salignac, tenor; Charles Gilibert, baritone. Philippe Flon, conductor 30/1/1903
3. Leoncavallo - Pagliacci - Opening Act 2 Antonio Scotti, baritone. Philippe Flon, conductor 30/1/1903
4. Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots - Duet Act 3 (four fragments) Johanna Gadski, soprano; Edouard de Reszke, bass. Philippe Flon, conductor 24/1/1903
13. Verdi - La Traviata - Un dì felice, eterea Dame Nellie Melba, soprano; Andreas Dippel, tenor; Aristide Masiero, tenor. Philippe Flon, conductor 16/3/1901
14. Meyerbeer - L'Africaine - Duet, Act 4 (Three fragments) Lucienne Bréval, soprano; Jean de Reszke, tenor. Philippe Flon, conductor 15/3/1901
15. Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots - A ce mot tout s'anime Suzanne Adams, soprano; Louise Homer, contralto. Philippe Flon, conductor 1/3/1902 (Credited on record sleeve as Melba, 11th March 1901, conducted by Flon)
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