“Chanson espagnole”
from the operetta “La Cruche Cassée”. (Act 3)
by Léon Vasseur
Libretto by Jules Noriac and Jules Moineaux

Anna Tariol-Baugé, soprano
Disque Zonophone X-83060
Paris, 1904 or 1905

Anna Tariol-Baugé (born Anna-Rose Tariol; 28 August 1871, in Veyre-Monton – 1 December 1944, in Asnières-sur-Seine) was a French operetta singer and theatre actress. She is known for her performances in Offenbach's operettas.

She made her debut at the Bordeaux opera, in the comic opera. In 1891, she moved to Russia. Returning to France, she sang in Toulouse and Nantes, then moved to Paris, where she performed mainly in light opera. She debuted at the Nouveau-Théâtre in a production of Boccaccio by Franz von Suppé.

Fernand Samuel, director of Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, hired her. She performed in the roles of Loïa in the operetta La Dame de Trèfle (1898) by Maurice Froyez and Charles Clairville; Agathe Coquenard, at the premiere of Véronique, on 10 December 1898; La Chula in Shakespeare (1899); Aurora in Sleeping Beauty; Fanchon in François-les-Bas-Bleus (1900), and the title role of Josephine Sold by her Sisters.

In 1904, she was part of the troupe of the Théâtre des Variétés. She also appears on the stage of music-halls, at the Casino de Paris, at the Moulin-Rouge, and at the Théâtre Marigny.

According to Bauer, she recorded eleven sides for Zonophone in Paris in 1904-1905 (this disc has the earliest catalogue number) and two sides for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company in Paris in 1907. Nine titles recorded in 1908 and 1909 (Bauer's book cuts off around 1908-1909) are listed in DAHR, and some were released in the United States by Victor.

A thoroughly enjoyable disc, this was also recorded by Blanche Arral for Victor with the (incorrect) title of "El Bolero Grande" in March 1909. Either performance is pure operatic camp - a Spanish song, sung in French, with yodeling and castanets.

From the Rick Robertson Collection