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add to cart $54.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks BELLINI Norma (Complete Opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Mario Filippeschi / Ebe Stignani / Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Chorus And Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "The manner in which Callas colours her voice and the way she moves through the vocal register is very individual and not to every taste. If it is to yours then this Naxos realisation of the 1954 studio recording is in the best sound I have so far...
add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks GIOACHINO ROSSINI Rossini: Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor) / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Callas's Fiorilla is the tenth complete opera recording she made, the only one for EMI [Columbia/Angel] that she undertook of a then unknown work, and which she would later sing at La Scala, Milan.
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1956) Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2008 ] Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il Trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success. Her 1953 Covent Garden performances earned golden opinions. The Times critic considered the...
add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks GIACOMO PUCCINI Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Enrico Campi / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Von Karajan (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] When EMI [Columbia/Angel] recorded Callas as Madama Butterfly in August 1955, she had not yet sung it in the theatre, nor would she ever do so at La Scala, Milan, where it was made and her career based.
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks GIACOMO PUCCINI Puccini: Turandot (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas / Renato Ercolani / Mario Borriello / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Puccini's Turandot , first performed in 1926, was the only work in which Callas sang that was younger than herself and is a perfect vehicle for a dramatic soprano with a steady, steely and brilliant voice capable of rising to top C.Although she had...
add to cart $54.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks GIUSEPPE VERDI Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue / Chorus and Orchestra of La Scarla, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2008 ] "I have compared these extensively with a variety of EMI CD releases-and with original LP releases as well. ...There is a fullness, richness, to the sound here that EMI has missed in virtually all of its attempts." Fanfare
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded 1953) Maria Callas (soprano) / Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Tito Gobbi (baritone) / Fiorentino Maggio Musicale / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor was the first complete recording for EMI that Callas took part in, in February 1953
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks BELLINI I Puritani (Complete opera) (Recorded April 1953 ) Maria Callas (soprano) Aurora Cattelani (soprano) Carlo Forti (bass) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (conducto [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "The thrill of hearing Maria Callas launching into Bellini's dramatic arias, replete with vocal acrobatics, is one of opera's great experiences. Recorded in 1953, at the peak of her career, it has that burning and dramatic intensity to carry the disc...
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Aida (complete opera) Maria Callas (soprano) / Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) / Richard Tucker (tenor) / Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] Callas' dramatic power and her ability to shade the beautiful vocal line here find the best imaginable medium". In, for example, the opening phrases of the Act III love duet with Radamès, 'Là, tra foreste vergini', her voice has a limpidity which...
add to cart $27.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI La Traviata (Complete opera) plus bonus Verdi arias Maria Callas (soprano) Francesco Albanese (tenor) Ugo Savarese (bass) Turin RAI Orchestra. Conducted by Gabriele Santini [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "... reissue worth having alone for [her] very moving closing scene... " Penguin Guide
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas (soprano) / Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] "..the performance, it is that of Tito Gobbi as Rigoletto that defines it as one of recorded operas must haves. The role of Rigoletto is one of the most profoundly human of Verdi's creations. His character is defined in the music of the great duets...
add to cart $35.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks DONIZETTI Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete) plus 3 Bellini arias Maria Callas (soprano) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) Tito Gobbi (baritone) Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "The Diva is better controlled than in her later stereo set, and indeed some of the coloratura is excitingly brilliant... there are memorable contributions from di Stefano and Gobbi..." Penguin Guide
add to cart $25.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / CATALANI / BOITO Puccini Heroines / Lyric Arias (recorded 1954) Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Tullio Serafin, conductor [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 14/Feb/2008 ] 1954 was for Callas an exceptionally busy year. As well as appearing regularly at La Scala, Milan, and elsewhere in Italy, she made her American début at the Chicago Lyric in November.
add to cart $32.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Aida (Complete opera) Maria Callas (soprano) Richard Tucker (tenor) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "The Nile scene has never been performed more powerfully and characterfully than on this vintage La Scala set. Though Callas is hardly as sweet-toned as some will think essential for an Aida, her imagination is irresistible and she is matched by Tito...
add to cart $27.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1954) plus bonus 'La Forza del Destino' arias Maria Callas (soprano) Tito Gobbi (baritone) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "There has never been a more compelling performance of the title role in Rigoletto than that of Tito Gobbi on his classic set... At every point, in almost every single phrase, Gobbi finds extra meaning ....., with the widest range of tone-colour...
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras Lyric & Coloratura Arias [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "these are from the 1950's when the voice was still in fine condition and its artistry most magnetic" - Penguin Guide
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks PUCCINI / ROSSINI / MASCAGNI / BELLINI /WAGNER / DELIBES / DONIZETTI / etc Masterclass (Rec 1949 - 1955) [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Masterclass / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Maria Callas (1923-1977) One of the greatest and most versatile operatic singers of the last century, Maria Callas born to Greek parents in New York City, on 2nd December, 1923.
add to cart $25.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Tito Gobbi / Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Jul/2006 ] This recording of Pagliacci was made by EMI at La Scala, Milan in June 1954, some eight months after Cavalleria rusticana, and first published in April 1955.
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 1956) Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Silvio Maionica, Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Antonio Votto [ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2008 ] "Callas on top form never misses an opportunity to wring the last drop of intensity out of her two arias and the act 2 scene by the gallows is a masterpiece of visual singing. Her colouring of the phrases is so expressive that we instinctively know...
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks PUCCINI Puccini Arias (& Madama Butterfly highlights) Maria Callas with other artists [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "By the time she has come to the end of the phrase, with a tenderly regretful portamento on "morbide", you are won and for the remainder of the recital sit back with scarcely the will-power to wipe away a furtive tear or prevent another from taking...