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London, December 23, 1941. On this day, apparently in connection with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 and the entry of the United States into the 2nd World War, McCormack recorded two American patriotic songs (2nd - `Battle Hymn of the Republic`)

Scenes from the opera. IN GERMAN, 1942-43. 54 min. Dir. Hans Steinkopf. Othello - Helge Rozvenge, Desdemona - Maria Reining. Hans Renmar (Jago), Elisabeth Waldenau (Emilia), Valentin Haller (Cassio), Reinhard Dorr (Rodrigo). Otto Hush (Montano).

1961. The soundtrack of a Canadian TV performance. Canadian Radio Orchestra. Dir. Otto-Werner Muller. Leopold Simoneau (Orpheus), Pierrette Alary (Eurydice), Claire Gagnier (Cupid).

December 8, 1954 (live). Chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Dir. Kurt Bendix. Jussi Bjerling (Turiddu), Ose Nordmo-Levberg (Santuzza), Bette Bjerling (Lola), Margit Selmark (Lucia), Georg Swedenbrant (Alfio). In Italian. and SWEDISH. yaz.

September 10, 1942, London. On this day, McCormack`s last 3 recordings were made. This is the first of them.

July 23, 1963 (live). Festival in Aix. Elizabeth Brasseur Choir. Orchestra of the Concert Association of Columns. Dir. Peter Maag. Ronald Down (Idomenei), William McAlpin (Idamant), Teresa Stitch-Randall (Ilia), Henrietta Tarres (Elektra, Giorgio Taddeo (Arbac), Jacques Vijisek (priest of Neptune), Antoine Selva (voice).

The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Battle Hymn of the Republic) (1861-62). December 23, 1941, London. The song was recorded on the same day with another American patriotic song - God bless America of Berlin - apparently in connection with the entry of the United States into the 2nd World War. About the anthem, see the commentary.

Fragments of the 2nd act. Part of the soundtrack of the film by Carmine Gallone `Premiere Butterfly` (1939

September 10, 1942. McCormack's most recent entry. In front of her on the same day were recorded `Ave verum corpus` and `To Chloe` Mozart.