Maria Callas, soprano (Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT)

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1La traviata : “Teneste la promessa… Addio del passato” (1956)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. Recitativo “Teneste la promessa” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
Giuseppe Verdi4:56
2Norma : “Casta Diva” (1955)
choir vocals:
Coro di Roma della RAI
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome, founded 1936)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini7:01
3Norma : “In mia man”, final scene, part 1 (1955)
choir vocals:
Coro di Roma della RAI
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome, founded 1936)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
partial recording of:
Norma: Atto II, scena 3. Duetto “In mia man alfin tu sei” (Norma, Pollione)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini8:07
4Norma : “In mia man”, final scene, part 2 (1955)
choir vocals:
Coro di Roma della RAI
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome, founded 1936)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
partial recording of:
Norma: Atto II, scena 3. Duetto “In mia man alfin tu sei” (Norma, Pollione)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini15:28
5Armida : “D’amore al dolce impero” (1954)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Milano della RAI (—1994; merged into RAI National SO)
conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto (Italian conductor)
recording of:
Armida: Atto II. N. 10 Finale secondo “D'amore al dolce impero” (Armida, coro)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
part of:
Armida: Atto II
Gioachino Rossini6:37
6Lakmé : Bell Song (1952)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome, founded 1936)
conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte II. No. 10 Scène & légende de la fille du Paria (Air des clochettes) « Ah !… Par les dieux inspirée » … « Où va la jeune indoue » (Lakmé, Nilakantha)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
part of:
Lakmé : Acte II
Léo Delibes7:30
7Le Cid : « Pleurez, mes yeux » (1962)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
French National Radio Orchestra (National Orchestra of France, RTF / ORTF / Radio France)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
recording of:
Le Cid : Acte III, scène 1. No. 10 Air « Pleurez ! pleurez mes yeux » (Chimène)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (from 1884 until 1885)
part of:
Le Cid : Acte III
Jules Massenet6:27
8Tristan und Isolde : “Liebestod” (1949)
soprano vocals, soprano vocals [Elvira] and soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1949-11-09)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI (on 1949-11-09, on 1949-11-10, from 1954 until 1956)
conductor:
Arturo Basile (Italian opera conductor) (on 1949-11-09, on 1949-11-10)
recording of:
Tristan und Isolde: “Dolce e calmo” (Morte di Isotta) (on 1949-11-09)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
translated version of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
Richard Wagner7:35
9Un ballo in maschera : “Ecco l’orrido campo… Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa” (1957)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor)
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto II. Nº 12b. Scena “Ecco l'orrido campo ove s'accoppia” (Amelia)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto II
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto II. Nº 12c. Aria “Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa” (Amelia)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi7:08