One Night of Love in his usual place in the prompter's box. The complete proscenium and part of the wings and seating plan of the Metropolitan Opera House were duplicated for this production and occupied the whole of Columbia's largest sound stage. Moore's recording and performance of the "Un bel di" aria from "Madame Butterfly" did not go smoothly, as she had trouble hitting the high notes. According to a later biography, she flew into a rage and blamed the orchestra, however, when studio boss Harry Cohn asked Columbia music director, Morris Stoloff, what the problem was, Stoloff replied, "There's nothing wrong with the
Emma di Resburgo in Vienna in 2010, which was recorded. The opera is darker and more intensely dramatic than Meyerbeer's previous works. Impressive and monumental choral scenes such as the Chorus of Judges and funeral march in the last act are a feature of the work. Among solo arias, the final aria for the heroine Emma ("Il dì cadrà") with solo cor anglais, flutes, clarinets and horns, is especially notable. Recorded in 2010 Emma di Resburgo Emma di Resburgo (Emma of Roxburgh) is a melodramma "eroico" (a heroic, serious opera) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. It was the composer's sixth opera and