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Bellini: Norma

Maria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio)

Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Bellini: Norma

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Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2014

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Bellini: Norma

Maria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio)

Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

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Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2014

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Callas first sang Bellini’s Norma in 1948, when she was just 25. She went on to perform the role of the heroic, but vulnerable Druid priestess – the ultimate embodiment of bel canto – more frequently than any other. In this second studio recording her conductor was again Tullio Serafin (he originally tutored her in the role in 1948), and the venue was again La Scala – where the opera was premiered in 1831. By 1960, Callas brought a wealth of new nuance to her interpretation, and she is aptly partnered by the creamy-voiced Christa Ludwig (in a rare recording of an Italian role) and the towering Franco Corelli.

Contents and tracklist

Bellini: Norma
Work length2:41:13
Sinfonia
Track length5:38
"Ite sul colle... Dell aura tua profetica" (Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length9:37
"Svanir le voci!" (Pollione, Flavio)
Track length3:10
"Meco all'altar di Venere" (Pollione)
Track length2:49
"Odi?... I suoi riti a compiere" (Flavio, Chorus, Pollione)
Track length1:38
"Me protegge, me difende un poter maggior di loro" (Pollione)
Track length1:37
"Norma viene" (Chorus)
Track length4:22
"Sediziose voci" (Norma, Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length4:30
"Casta diva" (Norma, Chorus)
Track length6:59
"Fine al rito e il sacro bosco" (Norma, Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length1:41
"Ah! bello a me ritorna" (Norma, Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length3:21
"Sgombra è la sacra selva" (Adalgisa)
Track length6:34
"Eccola! Va, mi lascia ragion non odo" (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Track length1:47
"Va, crudele, al Dio spietato" (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Track length5:39
"Vieni in Roma" (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Track length3:51
"Vanne, e li cela entrambi" (Norma, Clotilde)
Track length4:27
"Adalgisa!...Alma costanza" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length3:37
"Oh! rimembranza!" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length5:18
"Ah! si! fa core e abbracciami" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length3:03
"Ma di'...l'amato giovane?" (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)
Track length3:07
"Oh! di qual sei tu vittima" (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)
Track length4:16
"Perfido!...Or basti" (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)
Track length1:27
"Vanne, sì: mi lascia, indegno" (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione, Chorus)
Track length2:49
Introduction
Track length3:49
"Dormono entrambi" (Norma)
Track length4:55
"Olà! Clotilde!" (Norma, Clotilde)
Track length0:49
"Me chiami, o Norma!" (Adalgisa, Norma)
Track length2:49
"Deh! con te li prendi" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length4:27
"Mira, o Norma" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length4:15
"Cedi! ... deh! cedi!" (Adalgisa, Norma)
Track length1:09
"Si, fino all'ore estreme" (Norma, Adalgisa)
Track length2:11
"Non parti?" (Chorus)
Track length5:14
"Guerrieri! a voi venire" (Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length1:55
"Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno" (Oroveso, Chorus)
Track length3:02
"Ei tornerà. Sì!" (Norma, Clotilde)
Track length4:04
"Sguilla il bronzo del Dio!" (Chorus, Oroveso, Norma)
Track length1:47
"Guerra, guerra!" (Oroveso, Chorus, Norma)
Track length2:07
"Né compi il rito, o Norma?" (Oroveso, Norma, Clotilde, Chorus, Pollione)
Track length4:06
"In mia man alfin tu sei" (Norma, Pollione)
Track length5:42
"Già mi pasco ne' tuoi sguardie" (Norma, Pollione)
Track length1:43
"Dammi quel ferro" (Chorus, Norma, Pollione, Oroveso)
Track length3:25
"Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti" (Chorus, Norma, Pollione, Oroveso)
Track length5:03
"Norma! ... deh! Norma, scòlpati!" (Chorus, Norma, Pollione, Oroveso)
Track length2:39
"Deh! non volerli vittime" (Chorus, Norma, Pollione, Oroveso)
Track length4:45

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October 2014

Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's ringing Pollione and Christa Ludwig's stoical Adalgisa providing matchless support
Katherine Cooper
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