TY - SOUND AU - Thomas,John Charles AU - Tibbett,Lawrence AU - Warren,Leonard AU - Merrill,Robert TI - Four American baritones of the past PY - 1998///, 1930 CY - [Austria] PB - Lebendige Vergangenheit KW - Operas KW - Excerpts N1 - Opera excerpts; All selections previously released; Includes program notes in German and English on insert; Herodiade. Vision fugitive ; Salome! Demande au prisonnier / Massenet -- Andrea Chenier. Nemico della patria / Giordano -- Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel / Verdi -- Zaza. Zaza, piccola zingara / Leoncavallo -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum / Rossini -- Un ballo in maschera. Eri tu che macchiavi / Verdi -- Emperor Jones. O Lord! Standin' in the need of prayer / Gruenberg -- Merry Mount. Oh, 'tis an earth defiled / Hanson -- Rigoletto. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata / Verdi -- Il trovatore. Il bal; John Charles Thomas (1st-5th works), Lawrence Tibbett (6th-9th works), Leonard Warren (10th-13th works), Robert Merrill (14th-17th works), baritone ; undetermined orchestras./ Recorded from 1930-1947 ER -