Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Maria Callas (La Gioconda), Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura), Irene Companeez (La Cieca), Ivo Vinco (Alvise), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Enzo), Piero Cappuccilli (Barnaba), Leonardo Monreale (Zuàne), Carlo Forti (Un cantore), Renato Ercolani (Isèpo), Carlo Forti (Un Pilota)
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One of Callas's finest performances in his venerable warhorse, uniting top-form voice and fiercely emotional characterisation. Cossotto is almost as impressive, tenor Ferraro ringing but unsubtle,...
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Maria Callas (La Gioconda), Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura), Irene Companeez (La Cieca), Ivo Vinco (Alvise), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Enzo), Piero Cappuccilli (Barnaba), Leonardo Monreale (Zuàne), Carlo Forti (Un cantore), Renato Ercolani (Isèpo), Carlo Forti (Un Pilota)
Orchestra e coro del Teatro...
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One of Callas's finest performances in his venerable warhorse, uniting top-form voice and fiercely emotional characterisation. Cossotto is almost as impressive, tenor Ferraro ringing but unsubtle,...
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- Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Maria Callas (soprano), Irene Companeez (contralto), Leonardo Monreale (bass), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Pier Miranda Ferraro (tenor), Ivo Vinco (bass), Antonio Votto, Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Carlo Forti (bass), Aldo Biffi (baritone)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Antonino Votto
- Recorded: 1959-09-11
- Recording Venue: 4-11 September 1959, La Scala, Milan
Awards and reviews
August 2007
One of Callas's finest performances in his venerable warhorse, uniting top-form voice and fiercely emotional characterisation. Cossotto is almost as impressive, tenor Ferraro ringing but unsubtle, cast and conductor thrillingly committed.
