Caruso sings “The Flower Song“ from Carmen. From an original 78 shellac.
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Recorded on Sunday, 7th of November 1909.
Caruso created the role of Don José in the Grand Opera House in San Francisco a few hours before the 1906 earthquake - on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The opera house, founded in 1874, was totally destroyed.
Here is Caruso’s account of the earthquake:
More about Carmen:
LYRICS
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée,
Dans ma prison m’était restée,
Flétrie et sèche, cette fleur,
Gardait toujours sa douce odeur.
Et pendant des heures entières,
Sur mes yeux, fermant mes paupières,
Des ces agaces, je m’enivrais
Et dans la nuit, je te voyais!
Je me prenais à te maudire,
A te detester, à me dire:
“Pourquoi faut-il que le destin
L’ait misé-là sur mon chemin?“
Puis, je m’accussais de blasphème,
Et je ne se
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