1907 1907. Feb. 20. N.Y. with orch. Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-4259 Bella figlia dell’amore – Rigoletto – Verdi – with Abott, Homer, Scotti ES Victor 96000 ES Victrola 96000 b/Que voulez-vous, messieurs? – w/Scotti, Journet Victrola 1011 ES HMV 054117 b/Que voulez-vous, messieurs? – w/Scotti, Journet HMV DO 100 ES Opera Disc 79000 (GER) b/Chaliapine: Don Carlos Sch. Gr. 79000 (GER) matrice 2EA272-7 a remastered fragment on HMV DB 2 454

Victor 96000 – Grand Prize - Victrola 96000 – 3 lines (short)

Victrola 96000 - Patent 3 lines Victor 96000

Victrola 96000 - Patent Aug. 190 8 – Different layout

GMR Pre-dog 054117 - Schallplate ”Grammophon” 79000 (GER)

GMR 054117

C-4160-2 O paradiso – L’Africana – Meyerbeer (see 13.3.1906 for take 1) ES “2” m/bagetiket “HH” Victor 88054 ES S/8 Victor 88054 ES Victrola 88054 b/Flower Song: Carmen S/8 Victrola 6007 ES “AO” MRG 052157 b/Flower Song: Carmen S/8 HMV DB 117 ES Opera Disc 76072 (GER) b/Flower Song: Carmen Opera Disc 85015 (GER) b/Flower Song: Carmen “2” “PT” “20-07” Grammophon 85015 (GER) b/Flower Song: Carmen Schall. Pl. 76072 (GER) b/Flower Song: Carmen (recreations) S/8 2EA4012-1 RCA Victor 14234 RR b/Santa Lucia (recreations) S/8 HMV DB 2991 RR

Notice! Caruso’s voice cracks on the very last part of the very last note! It can happen to everybody, but rarely heard on record . Strange he didn’t do one more take?

Victor 88054 - Grand Prize …an d back sticker

Victrola 88054 – 3 lines (short)

Grammophon 85015 Victrola 88054 - Patent Aug. 1908

Victor G&T GMR 052157 – and from Argentina

Victrola 6007 – Pat. Aug. 1908 GMR 052157 – Pre-dog

MRG 052157

Opera Disc 76072 (GER) Schallp latte 76072 (GER)

Curtain RCA 14234 RR RCA Victor 14 234 (ARG) RR

1907. March 17. N.Y. - Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-4315 Ah, Mimi, tu più non torni – La Bohème – Puccini – (se 24.3.07) med Scotti ES Victrola 89006 b/Solenne in quest’ora – Forza – m. Scotti “1” “3” “L” Victrola 8000 ES GMR 054127 b/Solenne in quest’ora – Forza del destino – m. Sc otti HMV DM 105 b/Solenne in quest’ora – Forza del destino – m. Sc otti Electrola DM 105 ES Sch. G. 78511 (GER) ES Opera Disc 78511 (GER) b/Solenne in quest’ora – Forza del destino – m. Sc otti Opera Disc 78510 (GER)

Victor 98006 GP Victrola 89006 – 5 lines patent

Victrola 89006 Victrola 89006 Patent 3 lines Patent Aug. 1908

Victrola 8000 - Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 054127 – G&T og Pre-dog

GMR 054127 Pre-dog GMR 054127 – later issu e

HMV 054127 even later issue

Schallplatte ”Grammophon” 78511 (GER)- Electrola DM 105

C-4316 Un dì all’azzurro spazio – Andrea Chénier – Giordano ES Victor 88060 b/Addio alla madre – Cavalleria Rusticana Victrol a 6008 ES HMV 052158 b/Deserto in terra – Don Sebastiano - Donizetti HM V DB 700 ES Opera Disc 76073 (GER) b/Cielo e mar – Gioconda – w/orch. Opera Disc 8501 6 (GER)

Victor 88060 GP - Victrola 6008 (ARG)

GMR 052158 G&T

GMR 052158 Pre-dog Opera Disc 76 073 (GER)

C-4317-1 (see 24.3.07) Vesti la giubba – Pagliacci – Leoncavallo ES Victor 88061 b/No, Pagliaccio non son – Pagliacci Victor 6001 ES Pink label MRG 052159 ES Pink label ”GR” HMV 052159 ES “3” “AH” med COMM on label HMV 052159 ES „3“ ”MD“ no Comm on label HMV 052159 b/No, Pagliaccio non son – Pagliacci “3” “PL” HMV DB 111 b/No, Pagliaccio non son – Pagliacci Electrola DB 111 ES Opera Disc 76074 (GER) ES „MG“ Sch. G. 76074 (GER) b/No, Pagliaccio non son – Pagliacci Grammophon 85 017 (GER) b/No, Pagliaccio non son – Pagliacci “PT” Opera D isc 85017 (GER) b/No, Pagliaccio non son - Paglicci RCA Victor 600 1 b/No, Pagliaccio non son - Paglicci RCA Victor 766 -6007 (ARG) Recreation rec. 15.8.1932 Nathaniel Shilkret and s ymph. orch. b/M’appari – “Si morro” (recrea) Curtain “VE” “1” “J” Victor 7720 RR b/M’appari – “Si morro” (recrea) HMV Victor 7720 RR b/M’appari – “Si morro” alt. take! “A58966” “42-1328” “H” HMV DB 1802 RR b/M’appari – slutter på “Si morro” (recreations) E lectrola DB1802 (GER) RR b/M’appari – slutter på “Si morro” (recreations) V ictor 12-1015 RR (ARG) b/M’appari – slutter på “Si morro” (recreations) M S 062 (CZ) b/M’appari – (recreations) fragment HMV DB 2455 RR

Victor 88061 GP - Victrola 88061 – 3 lines (short)

Victor 88061 … with sticker Envelope

Victrola 88061 - Patent Aug. 1908 - Victor 6001 - Envelope

Victrola 6001 A - RCA Victor 6001

Predog GMR 052159

HMV 052159 HMV 052159 Relative early issue (AH) with ”COMM” Lat er issue (MD) without the title Carusos titel from 1909 ”Commendatore”

Schallplatte 76074 (GER)

Monarch Record ”Grammophone” 052159 Schal lplatte ”Grammophon” 76074

HMV 052159 Op era Disc 76074

Grammophon 85017 (GER) HMV DB 111

Grammohpon 85017 (GER)

Electrola DB 111 El ectrola DB 1802 – Recreation

HMV DB 1802 – early and later issue

RCA Victor 766-6007 Arg entina

RCA Victor 7720 – Curtain VE RR Victor 7720 - Recreation

RCA-Victor 7720 – recreation HM V Victor 7720 – Canada RR

RCA Victor 6001 RCA Victor 12-1015 (ARG)

Prob. a pirate record ( Československo)

Probably the most famous picture of Caruso

in his most famous role as Canio in Pagliacci

1907. March 24. N.Y. - Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-4317-2 Vesti la giubba – Pagliacci – Leoncavallo Not released (see 17.3.07) C-4326-1 O soave fanciulla – Bohème – Puccini – with Nellie Melba (see 1.4.1907 for take 2 og 3) ES Victor 95200 ES Victrola 95200 ES ”XV” GMR Pre-dog 054129 ES „RR“ Polyphon 054129 ES HMV 054129 ES Opera Disc 78512 (GER) b/Celeste Aïda – Aïda – without recitativ Opera Di sc 78512 (GER) b/Celeste Aïda – Aïda – without recitativ Sch. Gr. 78512 (GER) b/Celeste Aïda – Aïda – without recitativ Grammoph on 78512 (GER)

Victrola 95200 – 5 lines patent - Victrola 95200 - Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 054129 – G&T GMR 054129 – Pre-dog

Künstler Schallplatte “Grammophon” 78512 (GER) “G ramophon Record” 78512

Schallplatte ”Grammophon” 78512 (GER)

Polyphon 054129 HMV 054129

C-4327 Del tiempo al limitar – Pearlefishers - Bizet – with Mario Ancona ES ”D” ”H” w/back sticker Victor 89007 ES „1“ ”4U” Patent Aug. 1908 Victrola 89007 b/Dio, che nell’alma infondere – Don Carlos – w/Sc otti Victrola 8036 ES HMV 054134 b/Salut, demeure chste et pure – Faust – in French HMV DK 116 ES ”GT” Sch. G. 78513 (GER) ES Opera Disc 78513 (GER) b/Amato: Brindisi Opera Disc 78513 (GER) b/? Pan American 19104 (US)

Victor 89007 …with back sticker

Grand Prize

Victrola 89007 Victrola 89007 Patent 6-lines Patent Aug. 1908

G&T 054134

Opera Disc 78513 (GER)

Pan American Record 19104 – US Pirate disc

Schallpl. “Grammophon” 78513 (GER)- Künstler-Schallpl. Grammophon 78513 (GER)

HMV DK 116 – Historical reissue

1907. April 1. N.Y. C- 4326-3 -4 O soave fanciulla – La Bohème – Puccini – Not released med Melba

Program for Covent Garden 25. maj 1907

Særforestilling til fordel for Forældreløse børn

31. maj 1907

Same opera as on the 25. but now with Melba in the cast. What a night!

Caruso private 1907 - Caruso private 1907