Verdi / Rosa Ponselle: Bolero, from “I Vespri Siciliani“ - June 13, 1922

I created this video from the Columbia Records LP, “Rosa Ponselle Sings Verdi“ (Odyssey, serial number Y 31150). The LP is subtitled “A tribute on her 75th Birthday with a spoken recollection of her first recordings.“ Other selections on this LP: Mme. Ponselle in conversation with William Seward, Dec. 1971; Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida; Mira, d’acerbe lagrime; D’amor sull’ali rosee; Ernani: Ernani! Involami; La forza del destino: La vergine degli angeli; Pace, pace, mio Dio. Aèida: Ritorna vincito