[ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 5 June 2020
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"Drama Queen" brings together the most dramatic studio recordings ever made by Maria Callas during the course of her career. Or, to express it more accurately, this compilation brings together some of the most dramatic operatic scenes and arias ever recorded. Even four decades after her death in Paris in 1977, what the director Franco Zeffirelli said about her still holds true today: there is a "BC" and "AC" era - "before Callas" and "after Callas"
"The thrill of hearing Maria Callas launching into Bellini's dramatic arias, replete with vocal acrobatics, is one of opera's great experiences." Yorkshire Post
Bellini: Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata)
Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)
Verdi: Nel dì della vittoria ... Vieni! t'affretta (from Macbeth)
Verdi: Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)
Cherubini: Dei tuoi figli la madre tu vedi (from Medee)
Verdi: Ben io t'invenni … Anch'io dischiuso … Salgo già (from Nabucco)
Donizetti: Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Rossini: Armida: D'amor al dolce impero