Jeanne Gerville-Reache - Samson and Delilah
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Mar 26, 2011 Sold Date
Mar 24, 2011 Start Date
£   20 Start price
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[Item Description] One of the rare Columbias from 1913

Jeanne Gerville-Réache (26 Mar 1882 - 5 Jan 1915): French contralto. Studied in Paris with Rosine Laborde and Pauline Viardot. Debut Paris Opéra-Comique (1899), Orphée. Created Catherine (Le Juif polonais) and Genevieve in Pelléas et Mélisande. Also appeared at Covent Garden, Manhattan Opera, Monnaie, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Montreal. She died at the age of thirty-two from ptomaine poisoning.

12" Columbia Record A5533 [36832][36825]  in French with orchestra 

Side 1 -  Samson and Delilah: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Love, lend me thine aid)

Side 2 - Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Softly , awakes my heart)

 Condition: A copy with some superficial marks but no apparent wear

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