Maria Callas Live - Remastered Recordings 1949-1964

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Annotation

A collection of 20 live and 5 filmed performances. Incliudes 42 CDs, 3 Blu-Rays, and a 216-page booklet.

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-26 09:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 1 & 2)
2▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 3 & 4)
3▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 beginning)
4▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2)
5▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3)
6▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 1 & 2)
7▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Act 3)
8▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 4 & 5)
9▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2)
10▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4)
11▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Act 1)
12▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Acts 2 & 3)
13▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1)
14▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3)
15▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1 • Act 1, Scene 2 beginning)
16▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2 conclusion • Act 2)
17▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 1 & 2)
18▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 3 & 4)
19▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1)
20▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3)
21▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Act 1)
22▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Acts 2 & 3)
23▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Act 1)
24▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Acts 2 & 3)
25▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 1 & 2)
26▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 3 & 4)
27▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 beginning)
28▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2)
29▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1)
30▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3)
31▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 1)
32▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 2)
33▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 1 & 2)
34▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 3 & 4)
35▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1)
36▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3)
37▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 1)
38▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 2)
39▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Act 1)
40▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Acts 2 & 3)
41▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1)
42▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3)
43▶Blu-ray: Paris 1958
44▶Blu-ray: Hamburg 1959 & 1962
45▼Blu-ray: London 1962 & 1964
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1Don Carlo: Atto IV. “Tu che le vanità”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1962-11-04)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1962-11-04)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (on 1962-11-04)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1962-11-04)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto IV. N°15 “Tu che le vanità” – “O Francia, nobile suol” (Elisabetta) (on 1962-11-04)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto IV (V)
Giuseppe Verdi12:49
2Carmen : Prélude
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1962-11-04)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (on 1962-11-04)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1962-11-04)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Carmen : Prélude (on 1962-11-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen (Italian lyrics)
part of:
Carmen (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen (english lyrics, David Parry)
part of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet2:01
3Carmen : Acte I. Habanera
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1962-11-04)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1962-11-04)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (on 1962-11-04)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1962-11-04)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur) (on 1962-11-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
is based on:
El arreglito
part of:
Carmen : Acte I
Georges Bizet4:34
4Carmen : Acte III. Entr'acte
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1962-11-04)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (on 1962-11-04)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1962-11-04)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Carmen : Acte III. Entr’acte (intermission between Acts III & IV) (on 1962-11-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte III
part of:
Carmen: Act III (english lyrics)
part of:
Carmen: Akt 3 (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen: Atto III (italian lyrics)
Georges Bizet2:19
5Carmen : Acte I. Séguedille
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1962-11-04)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1962-11-04)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (on 1962-11-04)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1962-11-04)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 10 Séguedille « Près des remparts de Séville » (Carmen, Don José) (on 1962-11-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte I
Georges Bizet3:25
6Tosca: Atto II. “Tosca è un buon falco!”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
bass vocals [Sciarrone]:
Dennis Wicks (operatic bass) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Tosca è un buon falco!” … “Ella verrà” (Scarpia, Sciarrone) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:49
7Tosca: Atto II. “Ha più forte”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
bass vocals [Sciarrone]:
Dennis Wicks (operatic bass) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Robert Bowman (British operatic tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Ha più forte sapore” (Scarpia, Sciarrone) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini2:33
8Tosca: Atto II. “Egli è là”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Renato Cioni (tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Robert Bowman (British operatic tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Meno male!” – “Egli è là” – “Tal violenza” (Scarpia, Spoletta, Cavaradossi) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:12
9Tosca: Atto II. “Dov'è dunque Angelotti?”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Renato Cioni (tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Robert Bowman (British operatic tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Ov’è Angelotti?” (Scarpia, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini1:55
10Tosca: Atto II. “Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
bass vocals [Sciarrone]:
Dennis Wicks (operatic bass) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici” (Scarpia, Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini4:05
11Tosca: Atto II. “Orsù, Tosca, parlate”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Renato Cioni (tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Robert Bowman (British operatic tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Orsù, Tosca, parlate” … “Basta, Roberti” (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Sciarrone) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:48
12Tosca: Atto II. “Flora! - Amore…”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
bass vocals [Sciarrone]:
Dennis Wicks (operatic bass) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Renato Cioni (tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Floria!” … “Amore” (Cavaradossi, Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini1:37
13Tosca: Atto II. “Vittoria! Vittoria!”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Renato Cioni (tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vittoria! Vittoria! L’alba vindice appar” (Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:26
14Tosca: Atto II. “Se la giurata fede”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Se la giurata fede debbo tradir” (Scarpia, Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:55
15Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d'arte”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:17
16Tosca: Atto II. “Vedi, le man giunte”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Robert Bowman (British operatic tenor) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te!” (Tosca, Scarpia) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:58
17Tosca: Atto II. “E qual via scegliete?”
engineer:
Peter Mew (senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (on 1964-02-09)
soprano vocals [Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1964-02-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (on 1964-02-09)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor) (on 1964-02-09)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1964-02-09)
shot at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “E qual via scegliete?” – “Tosca, finalmente mia” (Scarpia, Tosca) (on 1964-02-09)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini9:06
46▶CD