Legacy Recordings

The Columbia Phonograph Company made history when, in 1902, it began to record a group of celebrated operatic singers then on the roster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. The Grand Opera Records of 1903, released when the recording industry was in its infancy, were the first of their kind to be issued in the U.S.A. The famed Italian baritone Giuseppe Campanari (1855–1927) sang at the Met from 1896 to 1912.

Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville (Vocal) by Orchestra of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly or Buy the CD at LegacyRecordings.com.