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

1CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 1 & 2)
2CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 3 & 4)
3CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 beginning)
4CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2)
5CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3)
6CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 1 & 2)
7CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Act 3)
8CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 4 & 5)
9CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2)
10CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4)
11CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Act 1)
12CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Acts 2 & 3)
13CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1)
14CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3)
15CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1 • Act 1, Scene 2 beginning)
16CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2 conclusion • Act 2)
17CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 1 & 2)
18CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 3 & 4)
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1Macbeth: Atto terzo. “Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola” (Coro)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°10a Incantesimo “Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola” (Streghe) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi3:50
2Macbeth: Atto terzo. Ballo (Orchestra)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°10b Ballo: Allegro vivacissimo - Un poco ritenuto - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Valzer. Allegro vivacissimo - Poco più mosso (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi9:53
3Macbeth: Atto terzo. “Finché appelli” (Macbeth, Coro)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
choir vocals and solo choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°11a Scena “Finché appelli, silenti m'attendete” (Macbeth, Streghe, Apparizioni) (“Che fate voi, misteriose donne?”) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi6:47
4Macbeth: Atto terzo. “Fuggi, regal fantasima” (Macbeth, Coro)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°11b Apparizioni “Fuggi, regal fantasima” (Macbeth, Streghe) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi3:40
5Macbeth: Atto terzo. “Ondine e silfidi dall'ali candide” (Coro)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live partial recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°11c Coro e Ballabile “Ondine e Silfidi” (Streghe) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi1:54
6Macbeth: Atto terzo. “Ove son io?” (Macbeth, Araldo, Lady Macbeth)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
bass vocals [Un araldo]:
Ivo Vinco (operatic bass) (on 1952-12-07)
soprano vocals [Lady Macbeth]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto III. N°11d Scena “Ove son io? Svaniro!” (Macbeth, Araldo, Lady) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi3:09
7Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena prima. “Patria oppressa!” (Coro)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°12 Coro “Patria oppressa! il dolce nome” (Profughi scozzesi) (Chorus of Scottish Exiles) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1847)
librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist) and Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi6:22
8Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena prima. “O figli miei!” (Macduff)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°13a Scena "O figli, o figli miei!" (Macduff) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi1:01
9Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena prima. “Ah, la paterna mano” (Macduff)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°13b Aria "Ah, la paterna mano" (Macduff) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi2:40
10Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena prima. “Dove siam? che bosco è quello?” (Malcolm, Macduff, Coro)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Malcolm]:
Luciano Della Pergola (Canadian tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°13c Tempo di mezzo "Dove siam? che bosco è quello?" (Malcolm, Macduff, Coro) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi2:59
11Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena seconda. “Vegliammo invan due notti” (Medico, Dama)
bass vocals [Un medico]:
Dario Caselli (operatic bass) (on 1952-12-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Una dama]:
Angela Vercelli (Italian mezzo-soprano) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°14a Preludio (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°14b Recitativo "Vegliammo invan due notti" (Medico, Dama) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi3:57
12Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena seconda. “Una macchia è qui tuttora” (Lady Macbeth, Medico, Dama)
bass vocals [Un medico]:
Dario Caselli (operatic bass) (on 1952-12-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Una dama]:
Angela Vercelli (Italian mezzo-soprano) (on 1952-12-07)
soprano vocals [Lady Macbeth]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°14c Scena del sonnambulismo "Una macchia è qui tuttora..." (Lady, Dama, Medico) (Sleepwalking Scene) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
additional librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi6:06
13Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena terza. “Perfidi! All'Anglo contro me v'unite!” (Macbeth)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15a Scena “Perfidi! All'anglo contro me v'unite!” (Macbeth) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi1:35
14Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena terza. “Pietà, rispetto, amore” (Macbeth)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15b Aria “Pietà, rispetto, amore” (Macbeth) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi3:08
15Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena terza. “Ella è morta!” (Coro, Macduff, Macbeth)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15c Scena "Ella è morta!" (Donne, Macbeth, Guerrieri) (Woman, Soldiers, Macbeth) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi1:33
16Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena quarta. “All'armi! all'armi!” (Coro, Macduff, Macbeth)
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Enzo Mascherini (baritone) (on 1952-12-07)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15d Scena "All'armi! all'armi!...Carnefice de' figli miei, t'ho giunto" (Soldati, Macduff, Macbeth) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi1:56
17Macbeth: Atto quarto, scena quarta. “Vittoria!” (Coro, Malcolm, Macduff)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Macduff]:
Gino Penno (tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
tenor vocals [Malcolm]:
Luciano Della Pergola (Canadian tenor) (on 1952-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1952-12-07)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (on 1952-12-07)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (on 1952-12-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993) and Warner Classics (in 2017)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1952-12-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15f Finale "Vittoria! Vittoria!" (Macduff, Malcolm, Soldati, Donne, Popolo) (on 1952-12-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi3:36
19CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1)
20CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3)
21CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Act 1)
22CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Acts 2 & 3)
23CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Act 1)
24CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Acts 2 & 3)
25CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 1 & 2)
26CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 3 & 4)
27CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 beginning)
28CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2)
29CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1)
30CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3)
31CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 1)
32CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 2)
33CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 1 & 2)
34CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 3 & 4)
35CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1)
36CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3)
37CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 1)
38CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 2)
39CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Act 1)
40CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Acts 2 & 3)
41CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1)
42CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3)
43Blu-ray: Paris 1958
44Blu-ray: Hamburg 1959 & 1962
45Blu-ray: London 1962 & 1964
46CD