La Divina: Maria Callas in All Her Roles

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

The complete collection of Warner Classics (EMI) recordings by Maria Callas. Includes all her studio and live recordings on 131 CDs, 3 Blu-Rays of concert videos, a DVD-ROM (libretti, texts, recording sheets, interviews), a 148-page hardcover book, and an NFT with digital content.

The CDs also include studio alternate takes and working sessions from the 1960s (previously unreleased), and Julliard Master classes.

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-14 10:48 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
2▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
3▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
4▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
5▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
6▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
7▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
8▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
9▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
10▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
11▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
12▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 2 conclusion, Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
13▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
14▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
15▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
16▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
17▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
18▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
19▶CD: Ruggero Leoncavallo: I pagliacci (Studio, Recorded 1954)
20▶CD: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Studio, Recorded 1953)
21▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
22▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
23▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
24▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
25▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
26▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
27▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
28▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
29▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
30▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 2 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
31▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
32▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
33▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
34▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
35▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
36▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
37▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
38▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
39▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
40▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 conclusion, Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
41▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
42▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
43▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
44▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
45▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
46▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
47▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
48▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
49▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 4) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
50▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
51▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
52▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
53▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
54▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
55▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
56▶CD: The First Recordings (1949) (Studio, Recorded 1949)
57▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1953, 1958, 1960 & 1961)
58▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1962, 1964, 1965 & 1969)
59▶CD: Operatic Arias by Puccini (Studio, Recorded 1954)
60▶CD: Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Studio, Recorded 1954)
61▶CD: Callas at La Scala (Studio, Recorded 1955)
62▶CD: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi Arias I) (Studio, Recorded 1958)
63▶CD: Mad Scenes (Studio, Recorded 1958)
64▶CD: Great Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris I) (Studio, Recorded 1961)
65▶CD: More Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris II) (Studio, Recorded 1963)
66▶CD: Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
67▶CD: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Recital (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
68▶CD: Verdi Arias II (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
69▶CD: Verdi Arias III (Studio, Recorded 1965 & 1969)
70▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1 • Act 1, Scene 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1952)
71▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
72▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1959)
73▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1959)
74▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1955)
75▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
76▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
77▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
78▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1953)
79▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1953)
80▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
81▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
82▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
83▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
84▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1960)
85▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1960)
86▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
87▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1955)
88▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
89▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
90▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
91▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1957)
92▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1964)
93▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1964)
94▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
95▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
96▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
97▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
98▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
99▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1951)
100▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1957)
101▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1957)
102▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
103▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1952)
104▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1949)
105▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1949)
106▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
107▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
108▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
109▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
110▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1958)
111▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1958)
112▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
113▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1951)
114▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 4 & 5) (Live, Recorded 1951)
115▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1950)
116▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1950)
117▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1950)
118▶CD: Live in Turin 1951 / Live in Rome 1952 / Live in San Remo 1954 (Live, Recorded 1951, 1952 & 1954)
119▼CD: Live in Milan 1956 / Live in Athens 1957 (Live, Recorded 1956 & 1957)
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1La vestale: Act II. “Tu che invoco”
choir vocals:
Coro di Milano della RAI (on 1956-09-27)
soprano vocals [Giulia]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1956-09-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra della RAI, Milano (—1994; merged into RAI National SO) (on 1956-09-27)
conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto (Italian conductor) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Studio della RAI, Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1956-09-27)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto II. "Tu che invoco" (Giulia) (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte II. No. 8. Air « Toi que j’implore avec effroi » (Julia)
part of:
La vestale: Atto II (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini11:11
2I puritani: Act I. “La dama d'Arturo…Ah, vieni al tempio”
choir vocals:
Coro di Milano della RAI (on 1956-09-27)
soprano vocals [Elvira]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1956-09-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra della RAI, Milano (—1994; merged into RAI National SO) (on 1956-09-27)
conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto (Italian conductor) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Studio della RAI, Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1956-09-27)
live recording of:
I puritani: Atto I. N°11. Finale I “Oh! vieni al tempio” (Elvira, Riccardo, Giorgio, Bruno, Coro) (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
part of:
I puritani: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini7:29
3Semirande: Act I. “Bel raggio lusinghier”
choir vocals:
Coro di Milano della RAI (on 1956-09-27)
soprano vocals [Semiramide]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1956-09-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra della RAI, Milano (—1994; merged into RAI National SO) (on 1956-09-27)
conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto (Italian conductor) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Studio della RAI, Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1956-09-27)
live recording of:
Semiramide: Atto I. Cavatina “Bel raggio lusinghier” (Semiramide) (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Rossi (librettist)
part of:
Semiramide: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini6:12
4Hamlet: Act IV. “Al vostri giochi…Ed ora a voi”
choir vocals:
Coro di Milano della RAI (on 1956-09-27)
soprano vocals [Ofelia]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1956-09-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra della RAI, Milano (—1994; merged into RAI National SO) (on 1956-09-27)
conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto (Italian conductor) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Studio della RAI, Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1956-09-27)
live recording of:
Hamlet: Atto IV. "A vostri giochi … ed ora a voi” (Ofelia) (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
translated version of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « À vos jeux mes amis » (Ophélie)
part of:
Hamlet (italian lyrics)
Ambroise Thomas10:13
5Il trovatore: Act IV. “Vanne,m lasciami…D'amor sull'ali rosee”
soprano vocals [Leonora]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV, scena 1. “D’amor sull’ali rosee” (Leonora) (on 1957-08-05)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV. Il supplicio
Giuseppe Verdi6:30
6La forza del destino: Act IV. “Pace, pace, mio Dio!”
soprano vocals [Leonora]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV, scena 2. “Pace, pace, mio Dio” (Leonora) (on 1957-08-05)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi6:10
7Tristan und Isolde: Act III. “Dolce e calmo” (Liebestod)
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde: “Dolce e calmo” (Morte di Isotta) (on 1957-08-05)
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 Wagner6:28
8Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I. “Regnava nel silenzio…Quando rapito in estasi”
soprano vocals [Lucia]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live recording of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I, Scena 2. (no. 3b) “Regnava nel silenzio” (Lucia, Alisa) (on 1957-08-05)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I
live recording of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I, Scena 2. (no. 3c) Stretta “Quando rapito in estasi” (Lucia, Alisa) (on 1957-08-05)
lyricist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I
Gaetano Donizetti8:04
9Hamlet: Act IV. “Al vostri giochi…Ed ora a voi”
soprano vocals [Ofelia]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live recording of:
Hamlet: Atto IV. "A vostri giochi … ed ora a voi” (Ofelia) (on 1957-08-05)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
translated version of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « À vos jeux mes amis » (Ophélie)
part of:
Hamlet (italian lyrics)
Ambroise Thomas10:27
10Hamlet: Encore: “Ed ora a voi”
soprano vocals [Ofelia]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1957-08-05)
orchestra:
Athens Festival Orchestra (on 1957-08-05)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1957-08-05)
recorded at:
Anfiteatro Herodes Atticus (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greek ancient theater) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece (on 1957-08-05)
live partial recording of:
Hamlet: Atto IV. "A vostri giochi … ed ora a voi” (Ofelia) (on 1957-08-05)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
translated version of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « À vos jeux mes amis » (Ophélie)
part of:
Hamlet (italian lyrics)
Ambroise Thomas4:37
120▶CD: In Rehearsal Dallas 1957 (Live, Recorded 1957)
121▶CD: Live in London 1958 & 1959 (Live, Recorded 1958 & 1959)
122▶CD: Live in Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
123▶CD: Live in Hamburg 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
124▶CD: Live in Stuttgart 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
125▶CD: Live in Amsterdam 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
126▶CD: Live in London 1961 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1961 & 1962)
127▶CD: Live in Paris 1963 & 1976 (Live, Recorded 1963 & 1976)
128▶Blu-ray: La Callas…Toujours - Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
129▶Blu-ray: Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1959 & 1962)
130▶Blu-ray: Maria Callas at Covent Garden 1962 & 1964 (Live, Recorded 1962 & 1964)
131▶CD: Bonus: Studio alternate takes and working sessions 1960-1964
132▶CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 1
133▶CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 2
134▶CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 3
135▶Data DVD-R: Libretti, Texts, Interviews, Recording sheets