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.

Presenting Enrico Caruso with All-star Casts in Metropolitan Revivals (Operatic Ensembles)


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue NumberM953: 16-5000-A / 16-5000-B / 16-5001-A / 16-5001-B / 16-5002-A / 16-5002-B
Matrix Number 11446
Record Label Victor Records
Record Format78 RPM - 12" Album
Shelf Number443
Number of Tracks6
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes 4th record of set is missing (16-5003)

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 - Lucia di Lammermoor: Act II: Sextet - Chi Mi Frena
Composer(s) : Gaetano Donizetti
2 - Un Ballo in Maschera- Act I - Quintet - È Scherzo, Od È Follia
Composer(s) : Giuseppe Verdi
3 - Rigoletto: Act III - Quartet - Bella Figlia Dell' Amore
Composer(s) : Giuseppe Verdi
4 - La Bohême: Act III - Quartet - Addio, Dolce Svegliare
Composer(s) : Giacomo Puccini
5 - Martha: Act II - Quartet - Dormi Pur
Composer(s) : Flotow
6 - I Lombardi: Act III - Trio - Qual Voluttà Trascorrere
Composer(s) : Giuseppe Verdi