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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 Salon)
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 odd-format 3½" diameter "Salon" cylinder, Delmas sings the "Blessing of the Daggers" from Giacomo Meyerbeer's 1836 opera Les Huguenots.

To hear Benediction des Poignards from Les Huguenots   —
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Interested in hearing and learning about other Pathé 3½" diameter Salon wax cylinder recordings?

Key Title Category Performed by Circa
10/2002 La Favorite - Ange si pur Tenor Agustarello Affre 1903
10/2003 (The Magic Flute) La Flute Enchantée Duet Jane Mérey & Albert Piccaluga 1903-1905
10/2004 La Mattchiche Orchestra Pathé Frères Orchestre 1905-1906

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

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

                             

To hear other examples of wax cylinders, see the

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