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From 1902, French opera great bass singer Jean-Francisque Delmas sings Benediction des Poignards from Les Huguenots.

Benediction des Poignards

Company	Pathé Frères Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	2495 (3½" diameter)
Category	Bass-baritone
Title	Les Huguenots - Benediction des Poignards
Performed by	Jean-Francisque Delmas
Circa	1902-1903
Announcement	"Les Huguenots - Bénédiction des Poignards, chanté par Monsieur Delmas de l'opéra." ("The Huguenots - Blessing of the Daggers, sung by Mr. Delmas of the opera.")

One of the great bass and baritone singers of Paris opera during the turn-of-the-previous-century, Jean-Francisque Delmas (1861-1933), also recorded a handful of wax cylinders for the Pathé brothers. In this unusual format 3½" diameter "salon" cylinder, Delmas sings the "Blessing of the Daggers" from Giacomo Meyerbeer's 1836 opera Les Huguenots. See the October 2002 Cylinder of the Month for more about this unusual cylinder format.

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To learn more about Meyerbeer and his Les Huguenots, see:

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Key Title Category Performed by Circa

03/2016 Aida - 4th act (O terra, addio) Duet Signora Morali & Dante del Papa 1899-1900
10/2002 Ange si pur from La Favorite Tenor Agustarello Affre 1903
04/2010 La Basoche - Je suis aimé de la plus belle Baritone Gabriel Soulacroix 1900
05/2012 Le Caid - Air du tambour major Bass Mr. Bertram 1902-1903
03/2015 L'Africaine - Air de Vasco de Gama ["O Paradis"] Tenor Albert Vaguet 1902
10/2003 (The Magic Flute) La Flute Enchantée Duet Jane Mérey & Albert Piccaluga 1903-1905
09/2008 (The Marriage of Jeanette) Les Noces de Jeannette - Enfin, me voilà seul Bass Paul Aumonier 1904
05/2011 Mireille - Valse Soprano Aline Vallandri 1906
03/2006 Miserere from "Trovatore" Duet Marie Dietrich & Carl Jorn 1907
02/2002 Prologo from Pagliacci Baritone solo in Italian Antonio Scotti 1905-1906
10/2001 Schwanlied aus Lohengrin Song Ernst Kraus 1904
11/2006 Toreador Song from Carmen Baritono Antonio Vargas 1903
01/2014 Tosca - Le ciel luisait d'etoiles Tenor Lucien Muratore 1903

Key	Title	Category	Performed by	Circa
03/2016	Aida - 4th act (O terra, addio)	Duet	Signora Morali & Dante del Papa	1899-1900
10/2002	Ange si pur from La Favorite	Tenor	Agustarello Affre	1903
04/2010	La Basoche - Je suis aimé de la plus belle	Baritone	Gabriel Soulacroix	1900
05/2012	Le Caid - Air du tambour major	Bass	Mr. Bertram	1902-1903
03/2015	L'Africaine - Air de Vasco de Gama ["O Paradis"]	Tenor	Albert Vaguet	1902
10/2003	(The Magic Flute) La Flute Enchantée	Duet	Jane Mérey & Albert Piccaluga	1903-1905
09/2008	(The Marriage of Jeanette) Les Noces de Jeannette - Enfin, me voilà seul	Bass	Paul Aumonier	1904
05/2011	Mireille - Valse	Soprano	Aline Vallandri	1906
03/2006	Miserere from "Trovatore"	Duet	Marie Dietrich & Carl Jorn	1907
02/2002	Prologo from Pagliacci	Baritone solo in Italian	Antonio Scotti	1905-1906
10/2001	Schwanlied aus Lohengrin	Song	Ernst Kraus	1904
11/2006	Toreador Song from Carmen	Baritono	Antonio Vargas	1903
01/2014	Tosca - Le ciel luisait d'etoiles	Tenor	Lucien Muratore	1903

— This cylinder is from the Frank V. de Bellis collection at San Francisco State University —

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