Rigoletto
Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Vinyl and wood
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851520
Summary
A box containing twelve gramophone records. Single-sided vinyl: Mattinata, Rigoletto, La Forza del Destino x 2, by Caruso; La Traviata, Lucia du Lammermoor x 2, by Maria (possibly Luisa) Tetrazzini; I Hear You Calling Me by John McCormack. Double-sided vinyl: Le Nozze di Figaro, by Maria Barrientos and signed by her in blue ink; Post Horn Galop and Sir Roger de Coverley, by Herr Meny's White Viennese Band; Mozart Quartette 14 Menuetto and Allegro Vivaco, by the London String Quartet; Dollar Princess Lancers 1-4, by Iff's Orchestra. The box is labelled 'Gramophone records of Enrico Caruso'. Belonged to Lady Augusta Hervey.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Makers and roles
Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921), opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), opera singer John McCormack, singer Maria Barrientos (1884 - 1946), opera singer Herr Meny's White Viennese Band, band London String Quartet, orchestra Iff's Orchestra, orchestra