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“Lucia – Mad Scene” Here is a selection from \u00a0Gaetano Donizetti’s<\/a> 1835 opera\u00a0Lucia di Lammermoor<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Nellie Melba<\/a> recorded the Mad Scene on three occasions. \u00a0 The first was in 1904 in England\u00a0for the Gramophone & Typewriter Company<\/a>.\u00a0That recording was imported into the United States by the Victor Talking Machine company and issued on a specially designed “Melba” label. \u00a0After Melba came to the United States in 1907 she re-recorded most of her Gramophone & Typewriter sides for Victor. \u00a0Melba’s first recording of the Mad Scene for Victor was made in March 1907 and was issued on catalog number 88071. However, in August 1910 a new version was recorded and it was also issued under the same catalog number. \u00a0 This was an instance of Victor’s odd practice of occasionally\u00a0remaking recordings and issuing them under the exact same catalog number (and sometimes even using the same matrix number) as the original. \u00a0Thus, if you have a copy of Victor 88071, the specific performance it contains will depend upon\u00a0whether the record was pressed before or after the 1910 remake.<\/p>\n \u00a0The version\u00a0featured here is from the 1910 recording session. \u00a0Melba’s records remained in the Victor catalog for many years and my particular copy was pressed\u00a0sometime between 1918 and 1923 when the Victor name on\u00a0Red Seal records\u00a0was changed to Victrola. \u00a0It is very possible that I also have a pressing with the 1907 version sitting in a box of 12 inch records that I have yet to sort through. \u00a0If I find one, I will definitely put up a posting to allow for a comparison.<\/p>\n A little bit of food trivia: \u00a0both peach Melba and Melba toast were named after Nellie Melba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Lucia – Mad Scene” Nellie Melba 1910 (Victor 88071) Lucia Mad Scene Here is a selection from \u00a0Gaetano Donizetti’s 1835 opera\u00a0Lucia di Lammermoor. Nellie Melba recorded the Mad Scene on three occasions. \u00a0 The first was in 1904 in England\u00a0for … Continue reading
\nNellie Melba
\n1910 (Victor 88071)
\nLucia Mad Scene<\/a><\/p>\n