Maria Callas in Concert: Hamberg 1959 & 1962

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SPONTINI / ROSSINI / BELLINI / BIZET / VERDI / GOUNOD
Maria Callas in Concert: Hamberg 1959 & 1962
Maria Callas (soprano) / Symphonieorchester des NDR

[ Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]

Release Date: Friday 20 November 2015

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Programme: 119 minutes

This Blu-ray disc is part of a collection of three that gather together concert and stage performances from the latter phase of Callas's career, 1958-1964. These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. All three blu-rays contain footage of Callas performing arias in concert. Even without staging and costumes, she demonstrates her mesmerising stage presence and her ability to bring the music and the character to life - through the music and text, through facial expression, and through subtle use of gesture.

1080i HD 16:9 (pillarbox) Bluray Disc with LPCM 16-bit stereo and 5.0 DTS-MA surround sound are designed for worldwide playback. 1x 60i BD25

Originally recorded in 4:3 standard definition and mono sound, and remastered to 1080i and stereo / 5.1 surround sound for Blu-Ray release.

Stereo remastering by Abbey Road Studios

Tracks:

Bellini:
Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata)
Hamburg, 15th May 1959

Bizet:
Carmen: Prelude to Act I
Hamburg, 16th March 1962
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962
Carmen: Entr'acte to Act III (Intermezzo)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962
Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) (from Carmen)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962

Gounod:
Mireille: Overture
Hamburg, 16th March 1962

Massenet:
De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962

Rossini:
Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Hamburg, 15th May 1959
Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962

Spontini:
La vestale: Tu che invoco (Atto II)
Hamburg, 15th May 1959

Verdi:
Nel dì della vittoria ... Vieni! t'affretta (from Macbeth)
Hamburg, 15th May 1959
Tu che le vanità (from Don Carlo)
Hamburg, 15th May 1959
La forza del destino Overture
Hamburg, 16th March 1962
Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962
O don fatale (from Don Carlo)
Hamburg, 16th March 1962