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Rosa Raisa

* "THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS." No texts. Marston 53001 (3) (Harmonia Mundi, dist.)

Frances Alda

"IN OPERA AND SONG" (1910-1928). With Caruso, Martinelli, Journet; Elman (violin), LaForge (piano). No texts. Atoll 9701 (National Library of New Zealand Jem, dist.)

As the first Turandot and as prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, Polish soprano Rosa Raisa (1893-1963) holds an assured place in opera history. Like her friendly rival Rosa Ponselle, Raisa had a large voice, surpassingly rich; unlike Ponselle, she also had a blazingly secure top. But while Ponselle made records in her prime for Columbia and Victor, Raisa recorded for offbeat companies - PathS, Aeolian, ...

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