Apollo Granforte - Si può (Prologo) [Pagliacci] - 1927

Sure we've heard Granforte sing the Prologue, but I guess I'd never noticed before that the only version on YouTube was the 1929 excerpt from the recording of the full opera, without the high A flat. Just like Viglione Borghese (who had a similarly large voice), Granforte recorded this twice. Here's the 1927 version, *with* the interpolation... and hoo boy, is it a shocker!

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