La Divina - Maria Callas in all her roles
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La Divina - Maria Callas in all her roles
Maria Callas, with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Piero Campolonghi, Franco Corelli, Ebe Stignani & many others
[ Warner Classics / 135 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 22 September 2023
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131 CD's + 3 Blu-ray Videos + 1 DVD ROM
Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with its extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.
This is the most comprehensive box of Callas recordings ever released, presenting La Divina in all 74 roles for which audio documents exist. It comprises her complete studio recordings, an extensive collection of her best live recordings, the masterclasses she gave at the Juilliard School, videos, and a bonus CD of world premiere releases: alternate takes and working sessions from studio recordings of the 1960s.
"There has never been a finer recorded performance of Tosca than Callas's first, with Victor de Sabata conducting and Tito Gobbi as Scarpia." - Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide
Tracks:
Bellini: Norma
studio, 1954
Bellini: Norma
studio, 1960
Bellini: I Puritani
studio, 1953
Bellini: La Sonnambula
studio, 1957
Bizet: Carmen
studio, 1964
Cherubini: Medea
studio, 1957
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
studio, 1953
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
studio, 1959
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
studio, 1954
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
studio, 1953
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
studio, 1952
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
studio, 1959
Puccini: La Bohème
studio, 1956
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
studio, 1955
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
studio, 1957
Puccini: Tosca
studio, 1953
Puccini: Tosca
studio, 1964-65
Puccini: Turandot
studio, 1957
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
studio, 1957
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
studio, 1954
Verdi: Aida
studio, 1955
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
studio, 1956
Verdi: La forza del destino
studio, 1954
Verdi: Rigoletto
studio, 1955
Verdi: La Traviata
studio, 1953
Verdi: Il Trovatore
studio, 1956
Bellini: Norma
live, 1952
Bellini: Il Pirata
live, 1959
Bellini: La Sonnambula
live, 1955
Bellini: La Sonnambula
live, 1957
Cherubini: Medea
live, 1953
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
live, 1957
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
live, 1955
Donizetti: Poliuto
live, 1960
Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
live, 1955
Gluck: Alceste
live, 1954
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
live, 1957
Puccini: Tosca
live, 1964
Rossini: Armida
live, 1952
Spontini: La Vestale
live, 1954
Verdi: Aida
live, 1951
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
live, 1957
Verdi: Macbeth
live, 1952
Verdi: Nabucco
live, 1949
Verdi: Rigoletto
live, 1952
Verdi: La Traviata
live, 1955
Verdi: La Traviata
live, 1958
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
live, 1951
Wagner: Parsifal
live, 1950
CDs 56 to 69
Recitals (Studios)
CDs 118 to 127
Recitals (Live)
Blu-rays:
Live in Paris
Live in Hamburg
Live in Covent Garden
Bonuses:
CD 131: Studio alternate takes and working sessions 1960
CD 132-134: Juilliard Master classes
DVD-ROM 135 Libretti, texts, recording sheets, interviews
