The sixth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records

Titta Ruffo (1877-1953), baritone

Carmen (Bizet): Con voi ber, affe mi fia caro (Toreador Song)(sung in Italian)

HMV DB 406 (reissue of 052249) recorded 1908

Richard Tauber (1891-1948), tenor

The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) - The Legend of Kleinsach (sung in German)

Parlophone-Odeon PXD 1033 recorded 1929

Elisabeth Schumann (1885-1952), soprano

Der Vogelhändler (Zeller) - Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr! (sung in English)

HMV E552 recorded 17th February 1930

Theodore Chaliapine (1873-1938), bass

Faust (Gonoud) - Vous qui faites l'endormie

HMV DB1437 recorded 1931