Bellini: La Sonnambula (Complete opera recorded in 1957)

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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (Complete opera recorded in 1957)
Maria Callas / Fiorenza Cossotto / Nicola Zaccaria / Nicola Monti / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Antonino Votto (Conductor)

[ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 10 November 2014

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Like Lucia di Lammermoor and Elvira (I puritani), Amina, the gentle heroine of La sonnambula, was a role that had become associated with light-voiced coloratura sopranos. Callas brought both a new substance and subtlety to the role when Luchino Visconti staged it for her at La Scala in 1955. This recording was made two years later, when the production was revived.

"Callas does not appear to ever strain for a note. Her voice is always agile and flexible, with an upper register that is forceful but transparent. Callas always retains her lyric sweetness, She sings with nearly perfect evenness through passages of florid ornamentation." Audiophile Audition