Rosa Ponselle
Rosa Melba Ponzillo, known as Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981) was an American operatic soprano. She sang mainly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is generally considered to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. |
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | C-29060 | 12-in. | 12/5/1923 | Pace, pace mio Dio | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29060 | 12-in. | 6/13/1927 | Pace, pace, mio Dio | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29061 | 12-in. | 5/20/1926 | O patria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29061 | 12-in. | 12/5/1923 | O patria mia | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with oboe and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29062 | 12-in. | 12/5/1923 | Ernani, involami | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29062 | 12-in. | 6/16/1927 | Ernani, involami | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29063 | 12-in. | 5/20/1926 | Ritorna vincitor | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29063 | 12-in. | 12/5/1923 | Ritorna vincitor | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29409 | 12-in. | 1/23/1924 | Ave Maria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with double string quartet | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29410 | 12-in. | 1/23/1924 | Salce! Salce! | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29411 | 10-in. | 1/23/1924 | Maria, Mari! | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with harp, mandolin, and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29412 | 10-in. | 1/23/1924 | Lullaby | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29446 | 12-in. | 2/7/1924 | Pur ti riveggo | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29447 | 12-in. | 2/7/1924 | Là, tra foreste vergini | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29450 | 12-in. | 2/8/1924 | O terra addio | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29451 | 12-in. | 2/8/1924 | La fatal pietra | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29452 | 10-in. | 2/8/1924 | Lullaby | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29453 | 10-in. | 2/8/1924 | Cradle song | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29454 | 10-in. | 2/8/1924 | Lullaby (Wiegenlied) | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29875 | 10-in. | 4/11/1924 | Love's sorrow | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29876 | 12-in. | 4/11/1924 | Good-bye | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29876 | 12-in. | 6/2/1927 | Good-bye | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29877 | 10-in. | 4/11/1924 | My lovely Celia | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | B-29878 | 10-in. | 4/11/1924 | Carmè | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-29879 | 12-in. | 4/12/1924 | Serenade | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with harp | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-29879 | 12-in. | 6/2/1927 | Serenade | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-31709 | 12-in. | 1/14/1925 | Suicidio! | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | C-31710 | 12-in. | 1/14/1925 | In grembo a me | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32839 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | Happy days | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32850 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | The little old garden | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32851 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | La rosita | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32852 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | Beloved | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32853 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | My dearest heart | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-32856 | 12-in. | 6/2/1925 | Carry me back to old Virginny | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-32857 | 12-in. | 6/2/1925 | My old Kentucky home | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32864 | 10-in. | 6/3/1925 | The rosary | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-32865 | 12-in. | 6/3/1925 | Old folks at home | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-32866 | 12-in. | 6/3/1925 | Home, sweet home | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32867 | 10-in. | 6/3/1925 | A perfect day | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-32873 | 10-in. | 6/5/1925 | La spagnola | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35459 | 10-in. | 5/17/1926 | La fatal pietra | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35460 | 10-in. | 5/17/1926 | Morir! Sì pura e bella! | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35461 | 10-in. | 5/17/1926 | O terra addio | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35462 | 10-in. | 5/17/1926 | O terra addio | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-35464 | 12-in. | 5/18/1926 | Tu che invoco | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-35465 | 12-in. | 5/18/1926 | O nume tutelar | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35466 | 10-in. | 5/18/1926 | 'A vucchella | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-35467 | 10-in. | 5/18/1926 | Luna d'estate | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-35469 | 12-in. | 5/19/1926 | Elégie | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-35470 | 12-in. | 5/19/1926 | Ave Maria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-35471 | 12-in. | 5/19/1926 | Serenade | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38856 | 10-in. | 6/2/1927 | Ave Maria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-38857 | 10-in. | 6/2/1927 | The nightingale and the rose | Clement Barone ; Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-41623 | 10-in. | 1/17/1928 | Songs my mother taught me | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-41624 | 10-in. | 1/17/1928 | Since first I met thee | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with cello obbligato and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-41625 | 12-in. | 1/18/1928 | Finale, part 1 | Giovanni Martinelli ; Ezio Pinza ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-41626 | 12-in. | 1/18/1928 | Finale, part 2 | Giovanni Martinelli ; Ezio Pinza ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-41636 | 12-in. | 1/23/1928 | La vergine degli angeli | Ezio Pinza ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and bass), with chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-41637 | 12-in. | 1/23/1928 | Miserere | Giovanni Martinelli ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-49031 | 12-in. | 12/31/1928 | Casta diva | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Rosa Ponselle ; Giulio Setti | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-49032 | 12-in. | 12/31/1928 | Casta diva | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Rosa Ponselle ; Giulio Setti | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-49703 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | Mira Norma | Rosa Ponselle ; Marion Telva | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | CVE-49704 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | Mira Norma | Rosa Ponselle ; Marion Telva | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | PBS-042206 | 10-in. | 10/31/1939 | Si tu le voulais | Rosa Ponselle ; Romano Romani | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | PBS-042207 | 10-in. | 10/31/1939 | A l'aimee | Rosa Ponselle ; Romano Romani | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | PBS-042208 | 10-in. | 10/31/1939 | The nightingale and the rose | Rosa Ponselle ; Romano Romani | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | PBS-042209 | 10-in. | 10/31/1939 | When I have sung my songs | Rosa Ponselle ; Romano Romani | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78325 | 10-in. | 2/28/1919 | Whispering hope | Barbara Maurel ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and mezzo-soprano), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78557 | 10-in. | 7/8/1919 | Abide with me | Barbara Maurel ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78846 | 10-in. | 12/8/1919 | Barcarolle | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with harp and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78847 | 10-in. | 12/8/1919 | Comin' thro' the rye | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78920 | 10-in. | 1/10/1920 | Values | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 78927 | 10-in. | 1/14/1920 | Carolina sunshine | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 79971 | 10-in. | 9/7/1921 | In quelle trine morbide | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 79980 | 10-in. | 9/9/1921 | Little Alabama coon | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 80307 | 10-in. | 4/13/1922 | Rose of my heart | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 80391 | 10-in. | 6/9/1922 | Oh! That we two were maying | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 80392 | 10-in. | 6/9/1922 | Where my caravan has rested | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49556 | 12-in. | 11/26/1918 | Ave Maria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49557 | 12-in. | 12/17/1918 | O patria mia | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49558 | 12-in. | 12/17/1918 | La vergine degli angeli | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49559 | 12-in. | 11/26/1918 | D'amor sull' ali rosee | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49560 | 12-in. | 11/26/1918 | Good-bye | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49569 | 12-in. | 1/4/1919 | Vissi d'arte e d'amore | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49570 | 12-in. | 1/4/1919 | Voi lo sapete, o mamma | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49571 | 12-in. | 1/4/1919 | Un bel di vedremo | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49585 | 12-in. | 1/31/1919 | Keep the home fires burning (till the boys come home) | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49686 | 12-in. | ca. 1919 | Siciliana | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49720 | 12-in. | 12/10/1919 | Casta diva | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49734 | 12-in. | 1/14/1920 | O terra addio | Charles Hackett ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49735 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Suicidio! In questi fieri momenti | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49756 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Flower of the snow | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49859 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Pace, pace mio dio | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49869 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Kiss me again | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49870 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Maria Mari | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49920 | 12-in. | ca. late 1920-early 1921 | A song of India | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49922 | 12-in. | ca. late 1920-early 1921 | Mira, d'acerbe lagrime | Rosa Ponselle ; Riccardo Stracciari | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49925 | 12-in. | approximately 1921 | Rachem | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49934 | 12-in. | ca. 1921 | Old folks at home | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49935 | 12-in. | ca. 1921 | Home, sweet home | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49982 | 12-in. | ca. 1921 | Scenes that are brightest | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49983 | 12-in. | 9/9/1921 | 'O sole mio | Carmela Ponselle ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and contralto), with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49987 | 12-in. | ca. 1921 | Rose of my heart | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 49988 | 12-in. | ca. 1921 | Blue Danube waltz | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98028 | 12-in. | 6/13/1922 | Ernani, involami | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98029 | 12-in. | 6/13/1922 | Ave Maria | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98051 | 12-in. | 11/16/1922 | Tacea la notte placida | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98058 | 12-in. | 1/31/1923 | Selva opaca | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98059 | 12-in. | 1/31/1923 | Figlio del sol | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98062 | 12-in. | 2/10/1923 | Mi chiamano Mimi | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98063 | 12-in. | 2/10/1923 | Stridono lassu | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98092 | 12-in. | 9/18/1923 | Ritorna vincitor | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98093 | 12-in. | 9/21/1923 | Elsa's dream | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 98096 | 12-in. | 9/27/1923 | Il va venir | Rosa Ponselle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ponselle, Rosa," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103306.
Ponselle, Rosa. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103306.
"Ponselle, Rosa." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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