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)
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1La vestale: Introduzione (Orchestra)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Ouverture (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy
part of:
La vestale (italian version)
part of:
La Vestale (original french version)
Gaspare Spontini7:29
2La vestale: Act I. “Presso il sublime tempio” (Cinna, Licinio)
baritone vocals [Cinna (capo di legione)]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (on 1954-12-07)
tenor vocals [Licinio (generale romano)]:
Franco Corelli (tenor) (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto I. “Presso il sublime tempio” (Cinna, Licinio) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. « Près de ce temple auguste, à Vesta consacré ? » (Cinna, Licinius)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini9:11
3La vestale: Act I. “Alma Vesta, del ciel” (Gran Vestale, Giulia, Coro)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1954-12-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [La Gran Vestale]:
Ebe Stignani (mezzo soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
soprano vocals [Giulia (giovane Vestale)]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto I. “Alma Vesta, del ciel pura figlia” (Coro, Gran Vestale, Giulia) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. No. 3. Hymne du matin « Fille du ciel, éternelle Vesta » (Chœur, La Grande Vestale, Julia)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini8:32
4La vestale: Act I. “Che si vuole da me?” (Giulia, Gran Vestale)
mezzo-soprano vocals [La Gran Vestale]:
Ebe Stignani (mezzo soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
soprano vocals [Giulia (giovane Vestale)]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto I. “Che si vuole da me” (Giulia, Gran Vestale) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. « Prêtresses dans ce jour, Rome victorieuse » … « Pour la dernière fois » (La grande vestale, Julia)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini6:20
5La vestale: Act I. “Oh! di funesta possa … Ti vedrò fra momenti” (Giulia)
soprano vocals [Giulia (giovane Vestale)]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto I. “Oh di funeste possa” (Giulia) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. « Ô d’un pouvoir funeste invincible ascendant ! » (Julia) … No. 5. Air « Licinius, je vais donc te revoir » (Julia, Chœur)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini5:07
6La vestale: Act I. “Di lauri il suol spargiamo” (Coro, Licinio, Gran Vestale, Cinna, Giulia, Sommo Sacerdote)
baritone vocals [Cinna (capo di legione)]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (on 1954-12-07)
bass vocals [Il Sommo Sacerdote]:
Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass) (on 1954-12-07)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1954-12-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [La Gran Vestale]:
Ebe Stignani (mezzo soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
soprano vocals [Giulia (giovane Vestale)]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1954-12-07)
tenor vocals [Licinio (generale romano)]:
Franco Corelli (tenor) (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La vestale: Atto I. “Di lauri il suol spargiamo” (Coro) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. No. 6. Finale « De lauriers couvrons les chemins » (Chœur)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini9:55
7La vestale: Act I. Balletto (Orchestra)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La Vestale : Acte I. Ballet (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy
part of:
La Vestale : Acte I
Gaspare Spontini10:56
8La vestale: Act I. “Omai cessi il tripudio” (Sommo Sacerdote, Coro)
bass vocals [Grande Sacerdote] and bass vocals [Il Sommo Sacerdote]:
Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass) (on 1954-12-07)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (on 1954-12-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (on 1954-12-07)
conductor:
Antonino Votto (conductor) (on 1954-12-07)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1954-12-07)
live recording of:
La Vestale: Atto I. “Omai cessi il tripudio” (Grande Sacerdote) (on 1954-12-07)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte I. « Peuple, cessez vos jeux » (Le grand pontife)
part of:
La vestale: Atto I (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini3:20
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)
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