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From 1902, French opera great bass singer Jean-Francisque Delmas sings Benediction des Poignards from Les Huguenots.

Benediction des Poignards

Company	Pathé Frères Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	2495 (3½" diameter Salon)
Category	Bass-baritone
Title	Les Huguenots - Benediction des Poignards
Performed by	Jean-Francisque Delmas
Circa	1902-1903
Announcement	"Les Huguenots - Bénédiction des Poignards, chanté par Monsieur Delmas de l'opéra." ("The Huguenots - Blessing of the Daggers, sung by Mr. Delmas of the opera.")

One of the great bass and baritone singers of Paris opera during the turn-of-the-previous-century, Jean-Francisque Delmas (1861-1933), also recorded a handful of wax cylinders for the Pathé brothers. In this unusual format 3½" diameter "Salon" cylinder, Delmas sings the "Blessing of the Daggers" from Giacomo Meyerbeer's 1836 opera Les Huguenots.

To hear Benediction des Poignards from Les Huguenots —

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To learn more about Meyerbeer and his Les Huguenots, see:

A history of Les Huguenots, courtesy of the Meyerbeer fan club web site site.
An article about Meyerbeer, courtesy of Wikipedia.

— This cylinder is from the Frank V. de Bellis collection at San Francisco State University —

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