Largo al factotum • Titta Ruffo (Victrola Credenza)

Baritone Titta Ruffo sings Rossini’s “Largo al factotum“ (Barbiere di Siviglia) on single-sided Victor record 88391, played on a 1926 Victor VE8-30X (Credenza) with medium tone needle, though I probably should have used a spear tip needle. Acoustically recorded April 19, 1920 in Camden, New Jersey - the second of two takes.