Aida - Metropolitan Opera, 1938

 This was an unusual broadcast because Martinelli was taken ill during Celeste Aida and didn't finish the aria let alone the rest of the opera. The story goes that Frederick Jagel was listening to the broadcast at home and rushed to the Met to offer his services as a replacement. The extracts that survive include the Celeste Aida, a portion later in act 1 and about 10 minutes of act 2, total 20 minutes. If you wish to hear a complete Aida with Martinelli then both his 1937 and 1941 Met broadcasts have been issued on CD by various labels.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 26, 1938 Matinee Broadcast


AIDA
Giuseppe Verdi--Antonio Ghislanzoni

Aida....................Zinka Milanov
Radamès.................Giovanni Martinelli, Act I, Scene 1 fragment
Radamès.................Frederick Jagel, Acts I, II, III, IV
Amneris.................Bruna Castagna
Amonasro................Carlo Tagliabue
Ramfis..................Ezio Pinza
King....................Norman Cordon
Messenger...............Giordano Paltrinieri
Priestess...............Thelma Votipka
Dance...................Elise Reiman

Conductor...............Gennaro Papi
http://rapidshare.com/files/447840421/Aida381a.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/447840422/Aida381b.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/447840423/Aida382.mp3