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LOIS ALBA
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PEGGY ALBRECHT
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ADRIENNE AROW DAVIS
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RENATA BABAK
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MARINA BAGDAD IONESCU
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FREDA BAKER
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JEAN BENNETT
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MIRIAM BERNETT
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MARGOT BLUM
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JEANNETTE BREVAL
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GINA CAPKAS
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ETHEL CASEY
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ETHEL CASEY
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GABRIELA CEGOLEA
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SUSAN COLLEDGE
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LIILIA CORRADI
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LYDIA CORTESE
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LYDIA CORTESE
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NADINE CREDI
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. The voice is rather reminiscent of the great Zeani. <br><br>PRIVATE GS 6390'))
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 Freda Baker, casts a wide net on her vanity recital, singing from Mimi to Never on Sunday.<br><br>PRIVATE LP5593'))
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. She is really not as bad as some commentators would have you think. I find the voice rather warm and attractive. <br><br>CAROLINA (PRIVATE) 1713'))
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 then again in her own \'singable poetic English\' translations on each Side B (gold labels). Plus her very own composition titled \'Our Wedding Day Prayer\' Occasionally these aria pairings show up in separate 10-inch Star Records releases (one is shown next in the gallery), but this is the entire Cortese canon in all it\'s vain glory.<br><br>STAR 213-219')){kind=spacer}
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. After the scandal, she resumed her singing career (studied with Teyte) and made this collectable recording. She died in 2003 at the age of 90.<br><br>PYE GOLDEN GUINEA GGC 4031'))
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