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Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod -  1936 Covent Garden Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod - 1936 Covent Garden
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Video duration: 425 seconds

Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde" by Richard Wagner
This is her debut performance at Covent Garden in 1936. Fritz Reiner leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior sing Gotterdammerung Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior sing Gotterdammerung
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Video duration: 536 seconds

This is the Prologue from Gotterdammerung. Kirsten Flagstad is Brunnhilde, and Lauritz Melchior is Siegfried.

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Ginger Rogers - They all laughed - Gershwin Ginger Rogers - They all laughed - Gershwin
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Video duration: 322 seconds

Ginger Rogers in the first performance of George and Ira Gershwin's song, "They All Laughed", from 1937. I especially enjoy hearing this version because it has Gershwin's wonderful orchestration. A bit later, it is repeated as a virtuoso dance number with Fred Astaire. I included that as well.

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Flagstad and Furtwangler - Gotterdammerung, part 1 Flagstad and Furtwangler - Gotterdammerung, part 1
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Video duration: 527 seconds

From the opera "Gotterdammerung" by Wagner, Brunnhilde's Immolation
Please click the response video to hear the conclusion of the Immolation Scene.

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Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod - London 1948 Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod - London 1948
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Video duration: 434 seconds

Kirsten Flagstad sings the Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. This time the microphones are better than in the earlier recordings I've posted, and the singing is beautiful!

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Gershwin - They Can\ Gershwin - They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire
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Video duration: 134 seconds

Sung by Fred Astaire (to Ginger Rogers). Music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. This is the original performance of the song, from 1937.

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Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight
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Video duration: 127 seconds

Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
This is the original performance of the song from 1936. Fred is singing the song to Ginger Rogers.

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Erich Korngold - The Sea Hawk 1/2 Erich Korngold - The Sea Hawk 1/2
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Video duration: 647 seconds

The Sea Hawk was a 1940 adventure movie starring Errol Flynn.

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Renata Tebaldi - La Boheme Renata Tebaldi - La Boheme
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Video duration: 317 seconds

Renata Tebaldi sings Mimi's aria, "Si mi chiamano Mimi", from Puccini's opera "La Boheme". This is from a special concert in Rome on November 29, 1954, the 30th anniversary of Puccini's death.

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Jussi Bjorling - Che Gelida Manina Jussi Bjorling - Che Gelida Manina
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Video duration: 269 seconds

From Puccini's La Boheme. This is a live performance from 1938.

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Flagstad and Furtwangler - Gotterdammerung, part 2 Flagstad and Furtwangler - Gotterdammerung, part 2
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Video duration: 628 seconds

From Wagner's Opera Gotterdammerung
Brunnhilde's Immolation

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Jessye Norman - Brünnhilde\ Jessye Norman - Brünnhilde's Immolation 1/2
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Video duration: 554 seconds

Jessye Norman and the New York Philharmonic, led by Kurt Masur, perform the final scene from Richard Wagner's "Götterdämmerung".

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Flagstad and Melchior - Tristan and Isolde \"Love Duet\", 2/2 Flagstad and Melchior - Tristan and Isolde "Love Duet", 2/2
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Video duration: 468 seconds

Love Duet from Tristan and Isolde, Act 2

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Elsa\ Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Bayreuth Festival
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Video duration: 320 seconds

This is the wonderful chorus that ends Act II of Wagner's opera, Lohengrin.
This performance is by the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus.

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Jessye Norman - Brünnhilde\ Jessye Norman - Brünnhilde's Immolation 2/2
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Video duration: 595 seconds

Jessye Norman and the New York Philharmonic, led by Kurt Masur, perform the final scene from Richard Wagner's "Götterdämmerung".

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Deanna Durbin - Spring in my Heart - Johann Strauss Deanna Durbin - Spring in my Heart - Johann Strauss
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Video duration: 178 seconds

Deanna Durbin at age 17. From the movie "First Love". Durbin, in a movie adaptation of Cinderella, charms all at the ball by singing a song based on the waltzes of Johann Strauss, Jr. The beguiled young prince is Robert Stack in his first film role.

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Kirsten Flagstad - Fidelio - Abscheulicher - 1940 Kirsten Flagstad - Fidelio - Abscheulicher - 1940
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Video duration: 450 seconds

Kirsten Flagstad sings the role of Leonore in the aria "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?" from Beethoven's opera Fidelio.
This is from a performance at the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter conducting.

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Deanna Durbin - Amapola Deanna Durbin - Amapola
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Video duration: 136 seconds

Deanna Durbin, at age 17, sings the popular song "Amapola" by Joseph LaCalle, from the movie "First Love". "First Love" is a wonderful movie adaptation of Cinderella. Deanna Durbin as a modern day (well, 1930s modern) Cinderella is quite charming - this is one of her very best movies.

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