The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

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French Operatic Arias


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number4.62
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Columbia Masterworks
Record Format78 RPM - 12" Album
Shelf Number62
Number of Tracks8
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Amadis-Bois Epais, Redouble Ton Ombre
Composer(s) : Lully
2 - Richard, Coeur De Lion-Blondel's Air
Composer(s) : Gretry
3 - The Damnation Of Faust-Mephistopheles and Serenade,Act ll
Composer(s) : Berlioz
4 - The Damnation Of Faust-Song Of The Flea, Act ll / Romeo Et Juliette-Ballad Of Queen Mab, Act l
Composer(s) : Berlioz
5 - Hamlet-Chanson Bachique
Composer(s) : Ambroise Thomas
6 - Herodiade-Vision Fugitive
Composer(s) : Massenet
7 - The Tales Of Hoffman-Dapertutto's Air
Composer(s) : Offenbach
8 - Carmen-Toreador Song, Act ll
Composer(s) : Bizet