Fifty Years of Operatic Singing
Broadcast: May 9, 1955
Added: Jul 22 2017
Tonight's show is a tribute to Fifty Years of Operatic Singing, with excerpts from RCA Victor's anthology of the same name. This week's guest is Irving Kolodin, author of the books, The Story of the Metropolitan Opera, and A Guide to Orchestral Music, and music editor of the Saturday Revue. The first selection for the show is a 1906 recording of Adelina Patti.