Verdi: Four Legendary Live Performances / Callas

CALLAS, MARIA

Verdi: Aida
recorded live in 1951 Maria Callas (Aida), Mario del Monaco (Radamès), Giuseppe Taddei (Amonasro), Oralia Dominguez (Amneris), Roberto Silva (Ramfis), Ignacio Ruffino (Il Re di Egitto), Rosa Rodríguez (Una Sacerdotessa), Carlos Sagarminaga (Un Messaggero) Orquesta y Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Oliviero de Fabritiis
Macbeth
recorded live in 1952 Maria Callas (Lady Macbeth), Enzo Mascherini (Macbeth), Gino Penno (Macduff), Italo Tajo (Banco), Luciano della Pergola (Malcolm), Angela Vercelli (Dama), Dario Caselli (Medico), Attilio Barbesi (Domestico), Mario Tommasini (Sicaro) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Victor de Sabata
La Traviata
recorded live in 1955 Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio), Silvana Zanolli (Flora), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini
Un ballo in maschera
recorded live in 1957 Maria Callas (Amelia), Giuseppe di Stefano (Riccardo), Ettore Bastianini (Renato), Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano), Antonio Cassinelli (Samuele), Marco Stefanoni (Tom) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Maria Callas, one of the most celebrated sopranos of the 20th century, performed more roles by Verdi than by any other composer. With her supreme dramatic presence and stunning voice, Callas is revered for her command of Verdi’s style and her sensitive and convincing portrayal of his tragic heroines. This collection captures all the drama of Callas’s thrilling live performances in four of Verdi’s greatest operatic masterpieces and is one of the EMI Classics releases marking the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, which will occur on 10 October 2013.

Price: $39.98