Maria Callas Edition
Maria Callas (soprano)
Maria Callas Edition
Maria Callas (soprano)
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According to the list of stage roles, Maria Callas appeared over 600 times in 41 different operas and two operettas between April 2, 1939, and July 5, 1975. An astonishing number of these performances have been captured on fascinating recordings. This CD box set features six of the finest recordings in chronological order, selected by Dieter Fuoss primarily on the basis of artistic worth and secondarily on the basis of sound quality.
Contents and tracklist
- Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Gilberto Cerda (vocals), Francisco Alonso (tenor), Maria Callas (soprano), Piero Campolonghi (vocals), Carlos Sagarminaga (tenor)
- Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra, Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus
- Guido Picco
- Recorded: 1952
- Recording Venue: Live recording
- Recorded: 1952
- Recording Venue: Live recording
- Luz Maria Farfan (soprano)
- Recorded: 1952
- Recording Venue: Live recording
- Rina Cavallari (soprano), Giuseppe Modesti (bass-baritone), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Athos Cesarini (tenor), Maria Callas (soprano), Ebe Stignani (mezzo-soprano)
- Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Coro de Roma della RAI
- Tullio Serafin
- Recorded: 29 June 1955
- Recording Venue: Live recording, RAI, Rome, Italy
- Recorded: 29 June 1955
- Recording Venue: Live recording, RAI, Rome, Italy
- Rolando Panerai (baritone), Piero de Palma (tenor), Pietro Moccia (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Anna Maria Borrelli (vocals), Gianni Raimondi (tenor)
- Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Coro del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
- Recorded: 22 March 1956
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
- Recorded: 22 March 1956
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Il pallor funesto, orrendo - A ragion mi fé' spietato (Live)
Track length11:14
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Per te d'immenso giubilo - Per poco fra le tenebre (Live)
Track length3:32
- Recorded: 22 March 1956
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
- Maria Callas (soprano), Marie Collier (soprano), Cesare Valletti (tenor), Dermot Troy (tenor), Forbes Robinson (bass), Ronald Lewis (baritone), David Kelly (bass)
- Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus
- Nicola Rescigno
- Lea Roberts (mezzo-soprano), Mario Zanasi (baritone)
- Elizabeth Carron (soprano), Judith Raskin (soprano), Mary MacKenzie (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Maria Callas (soprano), Peter Bender (bass)
- Dallas Civic Opera Company Orchestra, Dallas Civic Opera Company Chorus
- Nicola Rescigno
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Live recording, State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Live recording, State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Live recording, State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino
- Arturo Basile