From The
Old House
A Voice
From The
Old House
From The
Old House
Joan Carlyle intends to release eight CDs covering her musical career. These compilation recordings will be published by herself as a limited edition and are available in the first instance only directly from herself and a few selected outlets such as the shop at the Royal Opera House.
Entitled "A Voice From the Old House" the first of these recordings contains the following excerpts from her repertoire:
| Io Son l'Umille Ancella | Cilea |
| Senza Mamma | Puccini |
| De Puis le Jour | Charpentier |
| Hymn to the Sun | Rymsky Korsakov |
| Love Duet from Madame Butterfly | Puccini |
| Miene Lippen | Lehar |
| Salce and Ave Maria | Verdi |
| The Moon Song | Dvorak |
| Vissi d'Arte | Puccini |
| Love Duet from Otello | Verdi |
| I give my Heart to Just On Man | Millocker |
Price £14
Volume II of "A Voice From the Old House" (VFOH 12/29)
contains the following selections:
| Juliette's Waltz song | Romeo and Juliette | Gounod |
| Oscar's First Act Aria | Ballo in Maschera | Verdi |
| Oscar's Last Act Aria | Ballo in Maschera | Verdi |
| Porgiamor | Marriage of Figaro | Mozart |
| Mein Elemer | Arabella | Strauss |
| Don't Come in Sir Please | Granville Bantock | |
| Solvieg's Song | Grieg | |
| All Around My Hat | Trad. | |
| Do Not Go My Love | Richard Hagemann | |
| A Little Birdie | Puccini | |
| Birdsong at Eventide | Eric Coates | |
| A Brown Bird Singing | Haydn Wood | |
| Y Fwyalchen Ddu Bigfelen | Charles Clements | |
| Act II Duet | Rosenkavalier | Strauss |
| Trio and Final Duet | Rosenkavalier | Strauss |
| One Fine Day | Madame Butterfly | Puccini |
| Bess You is my Woman Now | Porgy and Bess | Gershwin |
| The Nun's Chorus | Casanova | Strauss |
Price £14
Volume III of "A Voice From the Old House" (VFOH 30/42) contains the following selections:
| Susanna's Aria | Marriage of Figaro | Mozart |
| Pamina's Aria | Magic Flute | Mozart |
| Pamina papageno Duet | Magic Flute | Mozart |
| Micaela's Aria | Carmen | Bizet |
| Margherita's Aria | Faust | Gounod |
| Vilja | Merry widow | Lehar |
| Mimi's Act I Aria | La Boheme | Puccini |
| Act I Duet | La Boheme | Puccini |
| Mimi's Farewell | La Boheme | Puccini |
| Czardas | Fledermaus | Strauss |
| Summertime | Porgy and Bess | Gershwin |
| My Beloved | Kismet | Borodin |
| Final Scene | Arabella* | Strauss |
*(This Arabella was recorded the very
first night that she sang the role)
Price £14
Suor Angelica - Puccini
(VFOH 43)
Conducted by John Pritchard
Price £14
Otello - Verdi (VFOH 44/45) Two
disc set
Conducted by Georg Solti
Price £22
Excerpts from La Boheme -
Puccini (VFOH 46)
Conducted by Charles MacKerras
Price £14
Arabella - Strauss (VFOH 47/48)
Cast: Carlyle, Fischer-Dieskau, Robson, Veasey, Langdon
Conducted by Georg Solti
Price £20
Adrianna Leucouvreur - Cilèa
(VFOH 49/50)
Cast: Carlyle, Remedios, Delme Bryn Jones, Bainbridge, MacDonald
Conducted by Alberto Erede
Price £20
Rusalka - Dvorack (VFOH 51/52)
Cast: Carlyle, Rowland Jones. Howard ,Langdon, Tinsley,Joseph Ward
Conducted by Vilem Tausky.
Price £20
Ballo in Maschera - Verdi 1962
(VFOH 53/54)
Cast: Bastianini, Carlyle, Resnik, Shuard, Vickers
Conducted by Edward Downes
Price £20
Ballo in Maschera - Verdi 1971
(VFOH 55/56)
Cast: Bergonzi, Milnes, Gulin, Gorr, Carlyle
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
Price £20
Oberon - Weber (VFOH 57/58/59)
Cast: Carlyle, Remedios, Bryn Jones, Bowen, Howard
Conducted by John Pritchard
Price £25
Benevenuto Cellini - Berlioz
(VFOH 60/61)
Cast: Carlyle, Lewis, Veasey, Kentish , Cameron, David Ward
Conducted by Antal Dorati.
Price £20
Each of these CDs is available by mail
order direct from Joan Carlyle.
Prices include postage and packing
For more details about the recordings and how to order the CDs please e-mail