Opera Recordings - Vladimir Rosing

Vocalion A0159, Matrix 01752
With Orchestra, Recorded in the 1920s

Prince Vladimir's Cavatina

Prince Vladimir's Cavatina "Prince Igor" - Borodin

The Dream from "Manon" by Jules Massenet. Sung in French.
Vocalist, Vladimir Rosing
Live recording on KFI Radio Los Angeles, late 1940s.

The Dream

The Dream from "Manon" (Massenet)

Nadir's Aria from "The Pearl Fishers" by Bizet
Vocalist: Vladimir Rosing. Sung in French.
Live recording from KFI Radio, Los Angeles, late 1940s.

Nadir's Aria

Nadir's Aria from "The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet)

Sung in Russian
HMV
December 1912, St. Petersburg, Russia


Flower Song

"Flower Song" Carmen - Bizet

Russian language
HMV Label
December 1912, St. Petersburg

I Love You Olga

"I Love You Olga" Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)

Russian language
HMV Label
December 1912, St. Petersburg, Russia

Kuda kuda

"Kuda kuda" Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)

Russian language
HMV Label
May 1915, London

In May 1915 Rosing staged and sang in the first UK production of "Queen of Spades" at the London Opera House.  This recording coincided with it.

Forgive me, bright celestial vision

"Forgive me, bright celestial vision" Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky)

"If ever you knew" Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky)

Russian language
HMV Label
July 1913, London

Levko's Aria - May Night

"Levko's Aria" May Night - Rimsky-Korsakov

Italian language
Vocalian label
Early 1920s, London.

Vesti La Guibba

"Vesti La Guibba" Pagliacci - Leoncavallo

French language
Vocalion label
Early 1920s, London

O Paradis

"O Paradis" L'Africaine - Meyerbeer

Italian language
Vocalion label
Early 1920s, London

E lucevan le stelle

"E lucevan le stelle" Tosca - Puccini

Italian language
Vocalion label
Early 1920s, London.

Addio alla madre

"Addio alla madre" Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni

Di Quella Pira

"Di Quella Pira" Il Trovatore - Verdi

Parlophone A4441, Matrix XE 6396-1
Recorded in London, 1934
Russian language
Ivor Newton, Piano

Prince Vladimir's Cavatina "Prince Igor" 1934 Version - Borodin

Che Gelida Manina

"Che Gelida Manina" La Boheme - Puccini

No Pagliaccio Non Son

"No Pagliaccio Non Son" Pagliacci - Leoncavallo

Cavatina - Ah! leve toi

"Cavatina - Ah! leve toi" Romeo et Juliette - Gounod

Russian language
Vocalion USA Label
Early 1920s, New York.


Song of the Indian Merchant

"Song of the Indian Merchant" (Russian) - Sadko - Rimsky-Korsakov

Aeolian Records A-0103 - Matrix 01114
with The Aeolian Orchestra
Recorded May 1920, Released Jan 1921

Recondita Armonia

Recondita Armonia - Tosca - Puccini

Vladimir Rosing (1890 – 1963), was a Russian-born operatic tenor and stage director who spent most of his professional career in England and the United States. He dedicated himself through his singing and directing into breathing new life into opera's outworn mannerisms and methods.

Rosing was considered by many critics to rank as a singer and performer as highly as Feodor Chaliapin. In his book "The Perfect Wagnerite", George Bernard Shaw called Chaliapin and Vladimir Rosing "the two most extraordinary singers of the 20th century."

Vladimir Rosing's recordings are best known for his performances of Russian art songs by composers such as Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Alexander Gretchaninov, Alexander Borodin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was the very first singer to record a song by Igor Stravinsky: "Akahito" from Three Japanese Songs.

As a stage director, Rosing championed the cause of opera in English, and he attempted to build permanent national opera companies in the United States and England.

Rosing created his own system of stage movement and acting for singers that proved very effective in his own productions and that he also taught to a new generation of performers.

Vladimir Rosing was the father of the popular English dance band singer Val Rosing (aka Gilbert Russell 1910-1969), who is best known for first recordings of the songs "Try A Little Tenderness" and "Teddy Bears Picnic" in the 1930s.