Romantic Callas (Special Collector's Edition) [Import]

Track Listings
1. Un Bel Di Vedremo    
2. O Soave Fanciulla    
3. Come Per Me Sereno    
4. E Il Sol Dell Anima    
5. Caro Nome    
6. Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici    
7. Parigi O Cara    
8. Tacea La Notte Placida    
9. Non La Sospiri La Nostra Casetta    
10. Vissi Darte    
11. Qual Tiamma Avea Nel Guardo    
12. Vogliatemi Bene    
13. O Terra Addio    
14. Regnava Nel Silenzio    
15. Verranno A Te Sull Aure    
16. Mon Coeur Sourve A Ta Voix    
17. Comme Autreiois    
18. Non Tu Ne M Aimes Pas    
19. Damour Lardente Flamme    
20. Des Cris Joyeux    
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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Follow up to EMI Classics' 'Popular Music From TV, Film & Opera'. Featuring a selection of the tragic diva's most memorable arias alongside duets with other great artists including Giuseppe di Stefano & Nicolai Gedda. Repertoire is taken from the great works of Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Bizet & many more. This special set includes two CDs (28 tracks), a luxury 100-page booklet containing stunning photos, most of which have never been used before, some of which were obtained from the Callas auction last year, all housed in a deluxe slipcase. 2001.

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Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
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    		Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
    Giuseppe Verdi , Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala , Carlo Maria Giulini , Maria Callas , Giuseppe di Stefano , Ettore Bastianini , Silvio Maionica , Luisa Mandelli , and Arturo La Porta
    Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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    ASIN: B00000630Y
    Release Date: 1998-03-17

    Tracks:

    1. La Traviata: Preludio (Orchestra)
    2. La Traviata: Act One: Dell'invito trascorsa e gia l'lora
    3. La Traviata: Act One: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici
    4. La Traviata: Act One: Che e cio (coro/Violetta/Flora/Marchese/Barone/Dottore/Gaston/Alfredo)
    5. La Traviata: Act One: Un di felice, eterea (Alfredo/Violetta)
    6. La Traviata: Act One: Ebben? Che diavol fate? (Gastone/Violetta/Alfredo)
    7. La Traviata: Act One: Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora (Flora/Gastone/Barone/Dottore/Marchese/Coro)
    8. La Traviata: Act One: E strano! E strano!
    9. La Traviata: Act One: Ah, fors'e lui che l'anima
    10. La Traviata: Act One: Follie! follie! Delirio vano e questo! (Violetta)
    11. La Traviata: Act One: Sempre libera (Violetta - Alfredo)
    12. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Lunge da lei
    13. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: De' miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo)
    14. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Annina, donde vieni?...Alfredo?...Per Parigi or or partiva (Alfredo/Annina/Violetta/Germont)
    15. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Pura siccome un angelo
    16. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Non sapete quale affetto
    17. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Un di, quando le veneri
    18. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Ah! dite alla giovine
    19. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Imponete...Non amarlo ditegli
    20. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Morro! La mia memoria (Germont/Violetta)
    21. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta/Annina)
    22. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Che fai?...Nulla (Alfredo/Violetta)
    23. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Ah, vive sol quel core all'amore mio! (Alfredo/Commissionario/Germont)
    24. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Di Provenza il mar (Germont /Alfredo)

    Tracks:

    1. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Avram lieta di maschere la notte (Flora/Marchese/Dottore)
    2. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Noi siamo zingarelle (Coro/Flora/Marchese/Dottore)
    3. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Di Madride noi siam mattadori (Coro/Gastone/Flora/Dottore/Marchese)
    4. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Alfredo! Voi!
    5. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Invitato a qui seguirmi
    6. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Ogni suo aver tal femmina (Flora/Gastone/Barone/Dottore/Marchese/Coro)
    7. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende (Germont/Alfredo/Flora/Gastone/Barone/Dottore/Marchese/Coro)
    8. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene Two: Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core (Violetta/Germont/Alfredo/Gastone/Barone/Dottore/Marchese/Coro)
    9. La Traviata: Act Three: Preludio (Orchestra)
    10. La Traviata: Act Three: Annina? ...Comandate? (Violetta/Annina/Dottore)
    11. La Traviata: Act Three: Teneste la promessa
    12. La Traviata: Act Three: Addio, del passato (Violetta)
    13. La Traviata: Act Three: Largo al quadrupede (Coro)
    14. La Traviata: Act Three: Signora!... Che t'accadde?
    15. La Traviata: Act Three: Parigi, o cara (Annina/Violetta/Alfredo)
    16. La Traviata: Act Three: Ah, non piu, a un tempio
    17. La Traviata: Act Three: Ah! gran Dio! Morir si giovine (Violetta/Alfredo)
    18. La Traviata: Act Three: Ah! Violetta...Voi, signor!
    19. La Traviata: Act Three: Prendi, quest'e l'immagine (Germont/Violetta/Alfredo)
    20. La Traviata: Act Three: Se una pudica vergine (Violetta/Germont/Alfredo/Annina/Dottore)

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    This live recording of the 1955 Visconti production at La Scala is the best of the available Maria Callas Traviatas. Aside from a minor pitch problem or two, she's in great voice, coloring phrases to reveal character and investing the coloratura with variety and passion. Her "Addio del passato" is heart-breaking. She fully captures Violetta's pride and vulnerability in the scene with Germont, though her partner, Ettore Bastianini, sings insensitively, if beautifully. Giuseppe Di Stefano is all one could ask for as Alfredo. Carlo Giulini conducts a performance that delivers all the lyricism and drama of the score. The recorded sound is primitive, but in EMI's latest transfer you can listen through it to a wondrous performance. --Dan Davis
    The Very Best Of Maria Callas
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        ASIN: B000002RXX
        Release Date: 1997-08-19

        Tracks:

        1. E Soffitto...E Pareti...
        2. Questa E La Cameriera
        3. Dovunque Al Mondo
        4. Quale Smania Vi Prende!
        5. Quanto Cielo!...Ancora Un Passo Or Via
        6. Gran Ventura
        7. L'Imperial Commissario
        8. Vieni, Amor Mio!
        9. Ieri Son Salita Tutta Sola
        10. Ed Eccoci In Famiglia
        11. Vieni La Sera
        12. Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia
        13. Vogliatemi Bene, Un Bene Piccolino
        14. E Izaghi Ed Izanami
        15. Un Bel Di Vedremo
        16. C'e. Entrate
        17. Non Lo Sapete Insomma

        Tracks:

        1. A Voi Pero Giurerei Fede Costante
        2. Ora A Noi
        3. E Questo? E Questo?
        4. Che Tua Madre Dovra
        5. Io Scendo Al Piano
        6. Vespa! Rospo Maledetto!
        7. Una Nave Da Guerra
        8. Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio
        9. Or Vienmi Ad Adornar
        10. Cora A Bocca Chiusa
        11. Oh Eh! Oh Eh! Oh Eh!
        12. Gia Il Sole!
        13. Povera Butterfly!
        14. Io So Che Alle Sue Pene
        15. Addio, Fiorito Asil
        16. Glielo Dirai?
        17. Che Vuol Da Me?
        18. Come Una Mosca Prigioniera
        19. Con Onor Muore
        Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra
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          ASIN: B000002RXS
          Release Date: 1997-08-19

          Tracks:

          1. Carmen: Prelude - (Orchestre)
          2. Carmen: Act One: Sur la place - (Choeur/Morales/Micaela)
          3. Carmen: Act One: Avec la garde montante - (Choeur d'enfants/Morales/Jose)
          4. Carmen: Act One: C'est bien la, n'est-ce pas
          5. Carmen: Act One: La cloche a sonne... Dans l'air, nous suivons des yeux la fumee - (Choeur)
          6. Carmen: Act One: Quand je vous aimerai ?... L'amour este un oiseau rebelle - (Carmen/Choeur)
          7. Carmen: Act One: Carmen ! sur tes pas, nous nous pressions tous ! - (Choeur/Carmen/Jose)
          8. Carmen: Act One: Quels regards ! Quelle effrontere !
          9. Carmen: Act One: Parle-moi de ma mere !
          10. Carmen: Act One: Reste la, maintenant, pendant que je lirai - (Jose/Micaela)
          11. Carmen: Act One: Que se passe-t-il donc la-bas?...Au secours! Au secours! - (Zuniga/Choeur)
          12. Carmen: Act One: Mon officer, c'etait une querelle - (Jose/Zuniga/Carmen)
          13. Carmen: Act One: Pres des remparts de Seville - (Carmen/Jose)
          14. Carmen: Act One: Voico l'ordre; partez - (Zuniga/Carmen)
          15. Carmen: Entr'acte - (Orchestre)
          16. Carmen: Act Two: Les tringles des sistres tintaient - (Carmen)
          17. Carmen: Act Two: Messieurs, Pastia me dit - (Frasquita/Zuniga/Carmen/Mercedes)
          18. Carmen: Act Two: Vivat ! vivat ! le Torero ! - (Choeur/Zuniga)
          19. Carmen: Act Two: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre -(Escamillo/Choeur)
          20. Carmen: Act Two: La belle, un mot - (Escamillo/Carmen/Zuniga)
          21. Carmen: Act Two: Eh bien ! vite, Quelles nouvelles ?.. Nous avons en tete une affaire - (Frasquita/Le Dancaire/Mercedes/Le Remendado/Carmen)

          Tracks:

          1. Carmen: Act Two: Mais qui donc attends-tu? - (Le Dancaire/Carmen/Le Remendado)
          2. Carmen: Act Two: Halte-l- (Jose/Carmen/Frasquita/Mercedes/Le Dancaire/Le Remendado)
          3. Carmen: Act Two: Enfin c'est toi! ...Tout doux, Monsieur, tout doux
          4. Carmen: Act Two: La fleur que tu m'avais jet...Non, tu ne m'aimes pas - (Carmen/Jose)
          5. Carmen: Act Two: Holarmen! HolHol- (Zuniga/Jose/Carmen/Le Dancaire/Le Remendado)
          6. Carmen: Entr'acte - (Orchestre)
          7. Carmen: Act Three: oute, ecoute, compagnon, ecoute - (Choeur/Le Dancaire/Remendado/Jose/Carmen/Mercedes/Frasquita)
          8. Carmen: Act Three: Reposons-nous une heure ici, mes camarades - (Le Dancaire/Carmen/Jose)
          9. Carmen: Act Three: Mns! Coupons! - (Frasquita/Mercedes/Carmen)
          10. Carmen: Act Three: Eh bien? - (Carmen/Le Dancaire/Frasquita)
          11. Carmen: Act Three: Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire - (Carmen/Mercedes/Frasquita)
          12. Carmen: Act Three: C'est des contrebandiers le refuge ordinaire...Je dis, que rien ne m'epouvante
          13. Carmen: Act Three: Je ne me trompe pas...c'est lui sur ce rocher - (Micaela)
          14. Carmen: Act Three: Quelques lignes plus bas...HolholJos (Escamillo/Jose/Carmen/Le Dancaire/Micaela/Frasquita/Mercedes/Remendado/Choeur)
          15. Carmen: Entr'acte - (Orchestre)
          16. Carmen: Act Four: A deux cuartos! A deux cuartos! - (Choeur/Zuniga)
          17. Carmen: Act Four: Les voici! voici la quadrille! - (Choeur/Escamillo/Carmen/Frasquita)
          18. Carmen: Act Four: C'est toi!...Carmen, il est temps encore ...Viva! viva! la course est belle! - (Carmen/Jose/Choeur)

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          This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage personality that made Callas so famous. --Joe McLellan
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            ASIN: B000002RXZ
            Release Date: 1997-08-19

            Tracks:

            1. TOSCA: Ah! Finalmente! (Cavaradossi)
            2. TOSCA: Dammi i colori...Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi)
            3. TOSCA: Gente lentro! (Cavaradossi - Tosca)
            4. TOSCA: Mario! Mario! Mario!
            5. TOSCA: Ah, quegli occhi...Quale occhio al mondo puar di paro (Tosca - Cavaradossi)
            6. TOSCA: buona la mia Tosca (Cavaradossi)
            7. TOSCA: Un tal baccano in chiesa! (Scarpia)
            8. TOSCA: Tutto hiaro...Tosca? Che non mi veda...Mario! Mario! (Scarpia - Tosca)
            9. TOSCA: Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa (Tosca - Scarpia)
            10. TOSCA: Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Scarpia)

            Tracks:

            1. TOSCA: Tosca n buon falco! (Scarpia)
            2. TOSCA: Ha pite (Scarpia)
            3. TOSCA: Meno male! (Scarpia - Cavaradossi)
            4. TOSCA: Dov'unque Angelotti? (Scarpia - Cavaradossi - Tosca)
            5. TOSCA: Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici...Scarrione, che dice il Cavalier? (Scarpia - Tosca - Cavaradossi)
            6. TOSCA: Orssca, parlate (Scarpia - Tosca - Caravadossi)
            7. TOSCA: Basta, Roberti
            8. TOSCA: Nel pozzo....Del giardino (Scarpia - Tosca - Caravadossi)
            9. TOSCA: Se la giurata fede debbo tradir (Scarpia - Tosca)
            10. TOSCA: Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
            11. TOSCA: Vedi, le man guinte io stendo a te! (Scarpia - Tosca)
            12. TOSCA: E qual via scegliete? (Scarpia - Tosca)
            13. TOSCA: Io de' sospiri
            14. TOSCA: Act III / Mario Cavaradossi? A voi (Cavaradossi)
            15. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi)
            16. TOSCA: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca
            17. TOSCA: O dolci mani mansuete e pure (Cavaradossi - Tosca)
            18. TOSCA: E non giungono (Tosca - Cavaradossi)
            19. TOSCA: Com'unga l'attesa! (Tosca)
            20. TOSCA: Presto! Su, Mario! Mario! Su! Presto! Andiam! (Tosca)

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            Little can be added to what's been written about this landmark recording, except that Walter Legge's 1953 mono production yields nothing to modern Tosca recordings for vivacity and theatrical impact--especially Maria Callas's. The miraculous Victor de Sabata conjures up a vibrant, inspiring orchestral canvas that enables Callas and her stellar cohorts to work their magic. Tito Gobbi and Callas spur each other on to heights in which the characters take over from the singers in the listener's mind. Giuseppe Di Stefano is on his best behavior, and in fresher voice than on his fine Leontyne Price-Herbert von Karajan remake. On this set, EMI includes texts, translations, and notes that discuss this recording in the context of Callas's mercurial career. --Jed Distler
            Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata
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              		Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata

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              ASIN: B0000E3HM3
              Release Date: 2003-12-02

              Tracks:

              1. Ah! Finalmente!
              2. E Sempre Lava!
              3. Sante Ampolle! Il Suo Ritratto!
              4. Dammi I Colori...Recondita Armonia
              5. Gente La Dentro!
              6. Mario!...Mario!...Mario!...Son Qui!
              7. Ora Stammi A Sentir
              8. Or Lasciami Al Lavoro
              9. Ah, Quegli Occhi...Quale Occhio Al Mondo
              10. Mia Gelosa!
              11. E Buona La Mia Tosca
              12. Sommo Giubilo, Eccellenza!
              13. Un Tal Baccano In Chiesa!
              14. Tosca? Che Non Mi Veda
              15. Ed Io Venivo A Lui Tutta Dogliosa
              16. Tre Sbirri, Una Carrozza

              Tracks:

              1. Tosca E Un Buon Falco!
              2. Ha Piu Forte Sapore
              3. O Galantuomo, Come Ando La Caccia?
              4. Meno Male!
              5. Ov'E Angelotti?
              6. Ed Or Fra Noi Parliam Da Buoni Amici
              7. Sciarrone, Che Dice Il Cavalier?
              8. Orsu, Tosca, Parlate
              9. Floria!...Amore
              10. Salvatelo!...Lo?...Voi!
              11. Se La Giurata Fede Debbo Tradir...Gia Mi Struggea L'Amor
              12. Come Tu Mi Odi!
              13. Vissi D'Arte
              14. Vedi, Le Man Giunte Io Stendo A Te!
              15. Lo Tenni La Promessa
              16. Tosca, Finalmente Mia!
              17. Or Gli Perdono!
              18. Andante Sostenuto
              19. Lento (Le Campane Suonano Mattutino)
              20. Largo - Mario Cavaradossi? A voi... - Meno
              21. E Lucevan Le Stelle
              22. Moderato Con Moto
              23. O Dolci Mani Mansuete E Pure
              24. Senti, I'Ora E Vicina
              25. Amaro Sol Per Te M'Era Il Moire
              26. E Non Giungono
              27. Come E Lunga I'Attesa!
              28. Presto! Su, Mario!
              Rossini: The Barber Of Seville with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
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                		Rossini: The Barber Of Seville with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
                Gioachino Rossini , Alceo Galliera , Maria Callas , Luigi Alva , Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus , Gabriella Carturan , Tito Gobbi , Fritz Ollendorf , and Mario Carlin
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                5. Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera); Maria Callas; Tito Gobbi; Giuseppe di Stefano

                ASIN: B000002RY1
                Release Date: 1997-08-19

                Tracks:

                1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - G. Rossini
                2. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar - G. Rossini
                3. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Ecco ridente in cielo - G. Rossini
                4. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Ehi, Fiorello? - G. Rossini
                5. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Mille grazie, mio signore - G. Rossini
                6. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Gente indiscreta! (Figaro) - G. Rossini
                7. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - La ran la le ra, la ran la la. Largo al factotum (Figaro) - G. Rossini
                8. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Ah, che bella vita! (Figaro) - G. Rossini
                9. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Se il mio nome saper voi bramate (Figaro, Rosina) - G. Rossini
                10. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - Oh, cielo! - G. Rossini
                11. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 1 - All'idea di quel metallo (Figaro) - G. Rossini
                12. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Una voce poco fa (Rosina) - G. Rossini
                13. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Si, si, la vincero (Figaro, Rosina) - G. Rossini
                14. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Ah, disgraziato Figaro! (Rosina, Figaro) - G. Rossini
                15. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Ah! Barbiere d'inferno - G. Rossini
                16. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - La calunnia e un venticello - G. Rossini
                17. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Ah! Che ne dite? - G. Rossini
                18. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Ma bravi! Ma benone! - G. Rossini
                19. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Dunque io son (Figaro, Rosina) - G. Rossini
                20. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - Ora mi sento meglio (Rosina) - G. Rossini
                21. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Scene 2 - A un dottor della mia sorte - G. Rossini

                Tracks:

                1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Finora in questa camera - Rossini
                2. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ehi, di casa, buona gente - Rossini
                3. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Che cosa accadde, signori miei - Rossini
                4. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Fredda ed immobile - Rossini
                5. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ma signor... ma un dottor - Rossini
                6. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II: Ma vedi il mio destino! - Rossini
                7. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Pace e giola sia con voi - Rossini
                8. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Insomma, mio signore, chi e lei? - Rossini
                9. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Venite, signorina - Rossini
                10. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Contro un cor che accende amore - Rossini
                11. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Bella voce! Bravissima! - Rossini
                12. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Quando mi sei vicina - Rossini
                13. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Bravo, signor barbiere, ma bravo! - Rossini
                14. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Don Basilio!... Cosa veggo! - Rossini
                15. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Che vecchio sospettoso! - Rossini
                16. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Il vecchiotto cerca moglie - Rossini
                17. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Temporale - Thunderstorm - Gewittermusik - Musique d'orage - Rossini
                18. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Alfine eccoci qua - Rossini
                19. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ah, qual colpo inaspettato! - Rossini
                20. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ah, disgraziati noi! - Rossini
                21. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Insomma io ho tutti i torti - Rossini
                22. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Di si felice innesto - Rossini

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                Maria Callas surprised some fans when this recording appeared in 1958 by singing some of Rosina's music in the mezzo-soprano range. Originally used by Rossini, the mezzo range helped Callas in characterizing Rosina not as a bird-brained, twittering, helpless ingenue but as a crafty, intelligent woman, smarter than any of the men around her (even the resourceful Figaro). Callas's Rosina knew exactly what she wanted and how she would get it. It is a brilliant performance, made even more enjoyable by the first-class contributions of Tito Gobbi, Luigi Alva, and Alceo Galliera. --Joe McLellan
                Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Antonino Votto, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
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                  		Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Antonino Votto, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
                  Giacomo Puccini
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                  ASIN: B000002RXW
                  Release Date: 1997-08-19

                  Tracks:

                  1. Questo Mar Rosso Mi Ammollisce E Assidera
                  2. Abbasso, Abbasso L'Autor!
                  3. Si Puo?...Chi E La?
                  4. Al Quartiere Latin Ci Attende Momus
                  5. Non Sono In Vena
                  6. Che Gelida Manina!
                  7. Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi
                  8. Ehi! Rodolfo!...O Soave Fanciulla
                  9. Aranci, Datteri!
                  10. Chi Guardi?...Odio Il Profano Volgo
                  11. Beviam...Ch'io Beva Del Tossico!
                  12. Quando Men' Vo
                  13. Chi L'Ha Richiesto?...Vediam

                  Tracks:

                  1. Ohe, La, Le Guardie...Aprite!
                  2. Mimi?!...Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui
                  3. Marcello. Finalmente
                  4. D'Onde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'Amore
                  5. Dunque E Proprio Finita?
                  6. In Un Coupe?...Con Pariglia E Livree
                  7. O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni
                  8. Che Ora Sia?
                  9. C'E Mimi...C'E Mimi Che Mi Segue E Che Sta Male
                  10. Vecchia Zimarra, Senti
                  11. Schaunard, Ognuno Per Diversa Via
                  12. Sono Andatl?
                  13. Oh Dio! Mimi!...Che Avvien?
                  Maria Callas 100 Best Classics
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                    		Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

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                    5. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1915-2006

                    ASIN: B000LPR4VW
                    Release Date: 2007-01-16

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                    1. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Come per me sereno
                    2. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Sovra il sen la man mi posa
                    3. Bellini: La Sonnambula: D'un pensiero
                    4. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Ah! non credea mirarti
                    5. Bellini: Ah! non giunge
                    6. Bellini: I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa
                    7. Bellini: I Puritani: Ah vieni al tempio
                    8. Bellini: I Puritani: Qui la voce
                    9. Bellini: I Puritani: Vien, diletto
                    10. Bellini: I Puritani: Ch'ei provo lontan da me?
                    11. Bellini: I Puritani: Vieni fra queste braccia
                    12. Bellini: Norma: Casta Diva
                    13. Bellini: Norma: Mira, o Norma
                    14. Bellini: Norma: Cedi, deh credi! Si, fino all'ore
                    15. Bellini: Norma: Qual cor tradisti
                    16. Bellini: Norma: Deh! Non volerli vittime
                    17. Bellini: Il Pirata: Col sorriso d'innocenza
                    18. Bellini: Quel suono...Oh, Sole!

                    Tracks:

                    1. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in estasi
                    2. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Chi mi frena
                    3. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Spargi d'amaro pianto
                    4. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: non si da follia maggiore
                    5. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: Serva...Servo
                    6. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: No, mia vita
                    7. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: Credete alla femmine...In Italia certamente
                    8. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia:Una voce poco fa
                    9. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
                    10. Rossini: Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier
                    11. Rossini: Gugliemo Tell: Selva opaca
                    12. Rossini: La Cenerentola: Non piu mesta
                    13. Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore: Prendi, prendi; per me sei libero
                    14. Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento: Convien partir
                    15. Donizetti: Anna Bolena: Al dolce guidami castel natio
                    16. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia: Com'e'bello

                    Tracks:

                    1. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani: Merce, dilette amiche
                    2. Verdi: Rigoletto: Gualtier Malde...Caro nome
                    3. Verdi: Rigoletto: V'ho ingannato...Lassu in cielo
                    4. Verdi: La Traviata: Ah, fors'e lui
                    5. Verdi: Aida: Ritorna vincitor
                    6. Verdi: Aida: Qui Radames verra...O patria mia
                    7. Verdi: Aida: O terra addio
                    8. Verdi: Il Trovatore: Tacea la nolte placido...Di tale amore
                    9. Verdi: Il Trovatore: D'amor sull'ali rosee
                    10. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera: Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall'arido stelo
                    11. Verdi: Non sai tu che se l'anima mia
                    12. Verdi: I Lombardi: O madre, dal cielo soccorri
                    13. Verdi: Aroldo: Ciel, ch'io respire!...Salvami, salvami tu, gran Dio!
                    14. Verdi: Don Carlo: Non pianger, mia compagna
                    15. Verdi: Otello: Ave Maria

                    Tracks:

                    1. Puccini: Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
                    2. Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbondonata
                    3. Puccini: La Boheme: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
                    4. Puccini: La Boheme: O soave fanciulla
                    5. Puccini: La Boheme: Donde lieta usci
                    6. Puccini: La Boheme: Dunque e' proprio finita?
                    7. Puccini: Tosca: non la sospiri, la nostra casetta
                    8. Puccini: Tosca: Vissi d'arte
                    9. Puccini: Tosca: senti, l'ora e' vicina...Amaro sol per te
                    10. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Quanto cielo....Ancora un passo or via
                    11. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene
                    12. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
                    13. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore
                    14. Puccini: Suor Angelica: Senza mamma
                    15. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
                    16. Puccini: Turandot: Signore, ascolta
                    17. Puccini: Turandot: In questa reggia
                    18. Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta

                    Tracks:

                    1. Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
                    2. Gluck: Alceste: Divinites du Styx
                    3. Bizet: Carmen: L'amour est un aiseau rebelle
                    4. Bizet: Carmen: Pres des remparts de Seville
                    5. Bizet: Carmen: les tringles des sistres tintaient
                    6. Bizet: Carmen: Carreau! Pique!
                    7. Gounod: Romeo et Juliet: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce reve
                    8. Thomas: Mignon: Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania
                    9. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: D'amour l'ardente flamme
                    10. Massenet: Werther: Werther! Qui m'aurait dit...Des cris joyeux
                    11. Gounod: Faust: Un bouquet!...Ah! je ris
                    12. Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence
                    13. Saint-Saens: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix
                    14. Massenet: Manon: Je ne suis que faiblesse...Adieu, notre petite table
                    15. Massenet: Manon: Suis-je gentille ainsi?....Je marche sur tous les
                    16. Charpentier: Louise: Depuis le jour

                    Tracks:

                    1. Giordano: Andrea Chenier: La mamma morta
                    2. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco-respiro appena. lo son l'umile ancells
                    3. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori
                    4. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma
                    5. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo...Hui!
                    6. Boito: Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
                    7. Catalani: La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
                    8. Cherubini: Medea: Dei tuoi figli
                    9. Spontini: La Vestale: O Nume tutelar
                    10. Spontini: La Vestale: Caro oggetto
                    11. Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride: O malheureuse Iphigenie
                    12. Mozart: Don Giovanni: Or sai chi l'onore
                    13. Mozart: Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi, o Numi!
                    14. Massenet: Le Cid: De cet affreux combat...Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux!
                    15. Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Suicidio!
                    16. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschere: Morro, ma prima in grazia
                    17. Verdi: Don Carlo: O don fatale

                    Album Description

                    Best Callas 100 (part of the Best Classics 100 series) features 6 CDs of the best and most popular operatic arias and duets sung by legendary soprano Maria Callas from her EMI catalog of complete operas and recital albums. Each CD contains approx. 16-17 tracks.

                    CD 1 The Operas of Bellini
                    CD 2 The Operas of Donizetti and Rossini
                    CD 3 The Operas of Verdi
                    CD 4 The Operas of Puccini
                    CD 5 French Operatic Heroines
                    CD 6 Dramatic Heroines
                    Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, Zaccaria, Teatro alla Scala, Serafin
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                    • all-star cast
                    • 2 Callas Normas. Which to get.
                    • Greater Depth or Neccessary Caution?
                    • CALLAS' ASTONISHING NORMA
                    • CALLAS MESMERIZING AS NORMA
                    		 Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, Zaccaria, Teatro alla Scala, Serafin
                    Vincenzo Bellini , Tullio Serafin , Maria Callas , Christa Ludwig , Franco Corelli , Nicola Zaccaria , and Piero de Palma
                    Manufacturer: EMI Classics
                    ProductGroup: Music
                    Binding: Audio CD

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                    1. Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
                    2. Puccini: Tosca (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victor de Sabata, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
                    3. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio Serafin
                    4. Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera); Maria Callas; Tito Gobbi; Giuseppe di Stefano
                    5. Bellini: I Puritani / Callas, di Stefano, Rossi-Lemeni, Panerai; Serafin

                    ASIN: B00000630R
                    Release Date: 1998-03-17

                    Tracks:

                    1. Norma: Sinfonia
                    2. Norma: Act One - Scene One : Ite sul colle...Dell'aura tua profetica (Oroveso)
                    3. Norma: Svanir le voci! (Pollione)
                    4. Norma: Meco all'altar di Venere (Pollione)
                    5. Norma: Odi?.. I suoi riti a compiere (Flavio, Coro, Pollione)
                    6. Norma: Me protegge, me difende (Pollione)
                    7. Norma: Norma viene
                    8. Norma: Sediziose voci
                    9. Norma: Casta Diva
                    10. Norma: Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco
                    11. Norma: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Norma, Oroveso)
                    12. Norma: Sgombra e la sacra selva (Adalgisa)
                    13. Norma: Eccola - va, mi lascia
                    14. Norma: Va, crudele
                    15. Norma: Vieni in Roma (Pollione, Adalgisa)

                    Tracks:

                    1. Norma: Act One - Scene Two : Vanne, e li cela entrambi (Norma)
                    2. Norma: Adalgisa!.. Alma, costanza
                    3. Norma: Oh, rimembranza!
                    4. Norma: Ah si, fa core, abbracciami (Norma, Adalgisa)
                    5. Norma: Ma di'... l'amato giovine
                    6. Norma: Oh, di qual sei tu vittima
                    7. Norma: Perfido! ... Or basti! (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)
                    8. Norma: Vanne, si, mi lascia, indegno (Norma, Pollione, Adalgisa, Coro)

                    Tracks:

                    1. Norma: Act Two - Scene One : Introduzione
                    2. Norma: Dormono entrambi! (Norma)
                    3. Norma: Ola! Clotilde (Norma, Clotilde)
                    4. Norma: Mi chiami, o Norma?
                    5. Norma: Deh, con te, con te li prendi
                    6. Norma: Mira, o Norma
                    7. Norma: Cedi ... deh cedi!
                    8. Norma: Si, fino all'ore estreme (Adalgisa, Norma)
                    9. Norma: Acto Two - Scene Two : Non parti? (Coro)
                    10. Norma: Guerrieri! a voi venirne
                    11. Norma: Ah!, del Tebro al giogo indegno (Oroveso)
                    12. Norma: Acto Two - Scene Three : Ei tornera, Si! (Norma)
                    13. Norma: Squilla il bronzo del Dio! (Oroveso, Norma)
                    14. Norma: Guerra! guerra!
                    15. Norma: Ne compi li rito, o Norma? (Oroveso, Norma, Pollione)
                    16. Norma: In mia man alfin ti sei
                    17. Norma: Gia mi pasco ne' tuoi sguardi (Norma, Pollione)
                    18. Norma: Dammi quel ferro!
                    19. Norma: Qual cor tradisti
                    20. Norma: Norma! deh! Norrma, scolpati!
                    21. Norma: Deh! Non volerli vittime (Norma, Pollione, Oroveso)

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars all-star cast.......2007-06-13

                    This recording is exactly what you would expect from an all-star cast.

                    Owners of the Schirmer piano score, watch out for cuts from page 44 to 48, 76 to 80, and 106 to 107. The endings of bth acts are also different.

                    5 out of 5 stars 2 Callas Normas. Which to get........2006-11-12

                    If you are trying to decide between the two studio recordings of Norma with Callas, I offer some advice. Get them both. The later recording is quite beautiful and better recorded. The earlier has a fresher sounding Callas but she does have more dramatic insight in that later recording. Ludwig is a nice treat in a bel-canto role. Overall, I highly recommend!

                    4 out of 5 stars Greater Depth or Neccessary Caution?.......2006-10-13

                    This is a strange recording for me. It features three all time favorite singers of mine, Callas, Ludwig and Corelli, and yet I had very mixed feelings about it. Some have called Callas's performance here more refined than the earlier recording and the famous live performances. I would characterize her performance as slightly cautious. Her Norma is older, wiser and a bit on the weathered side. I wonder how much of the refinement was her own sense of having to compensate for her voice which was in the final stages of decline. I expected a certain degree of the recklessness that she displayed in her second Tosca recording that was made a few years later. Here she seems to be carefully phrasing at times as to not hurt something. But, despite the vocal decline, not just the high notes but the tone, her mastery of the style and ease with which she handles the coloratura passages, is still a miraculous listening experience.

                    I'm glad I have the recording and the current edition is warmer than the original CD release. This was the only opportunity for Callas, Corelli and Ludwig to make a commercial recording together, and Corelli and Ludwig are wonderful, although too bad EMI was unable to get Simionatto. But if you're familiar with the earlier recording (which by the way is only available at the moment in an awful GROTC edition) and the live performances, you might miss the broad strokes, I do, but it is still a worthy listening experience. When is Callas not? Never as far as I'm concerned.

                    I would have loved to have rated this 5 stars, but 4 seems more appropriate. It's a fine but not a great recording.

                    5 out of 5 stars CALLAS' ASTONISHING NORMA.......2006-08-15

                    Well, I think there are two roles in the history of opera that after the interpretation of Maria Callas it would not be unwise to claim that they should not be performed again: Norma by Bellini (all recordings she ever made) and la Traviata by Verdi (the definition of the role lies in the London 1958 Traviata- unfortunately, her 1953 studio recording with Cetra is almost unacceptable considering how she developed the role of Violetta after 1955).
                    Although I very rarely sit down to write a review at Amazon, after having read so much on Mme Callas, I feel it is my responsibility as a fan of this great art named opera to make the following points:
                    a)Maria Callas was not an interpreter. She was a creator herself to be placed at the same rank as Donizzeti, Bellini and Verdi. Had it not been for her I doubt that opera would exist today and if it did it would be a sad, boring musuem exhibit. She recreated the whole of Italian Opera -not just bel canto- and modernised it in a way that will make it last for another 100 years aftet her death. I remind you that opera in the 50's meant German Opera. Italian opera before Mme Callas was something of a joke. Terribly abused by singers and a bad tradition of horrendus vocalising, the music of Italian composers had lost its drama, its sense, its meaning.
                    b)why do people spend so much time judging the voice of this great artist? Why can they not just relax and enjoy this great artistry? No-one says that there no other great singers! But no matter how great, they are unfortunately just that:"singers". Caballe, Sutherland, Sills, Price, Fleming, Dessay all have amazing voices and great carreers. But, comparing them with a phenomenon that was for the opera what Mozart was for classical music simply does not do them justice.
                    c)Whether we like it or not Norma is a dramatic soprano role! A very difficult one as well and it should be treated with some respect. Caballe and Sutherland, because they had these amazing voices, did manage to sing it and they sang it well. But, as they were not dramatic sopranos they conveyed a lyricism in their interpretation that simply does not suit the role and Bellini's intentions. Other attempts however (Sills and -alas- Gruberova recently)should really remain as textbook examples of how inflated egos can ridicule both theselves and a work of art. I repeat that Norma is a dramatic soprano role. In this sense the only singers that approached the Callas perfection are Elena Suliotis (Decca for reason of expediency or stupidity is not reissuing her marvellous 1968 recording with Del Monaco) and Jane Eaglen in the Sony Muti recording. The only singer that seems to have been taught by the Callas Legacy in Bel Canto is Mme Renata Scotto but she was as well inadequate as Norma and wasted much of her talent singing (for commercial reasons, I suppose) Puccini.
                    d)Callas has been very unlucky as far as supporting cast is concerned. The 1960 Norma recording is the only exception. It features the amazing Franco Corelli. What a voice this man had! Pefect voice, perfect dramatic conviction, beautiful and clear italian diction. Can we imagine a Callas -Corelli partnership in Aida, Pirata, Manon Lescaut?
                    e)Callas did not lose her voice even though she overworked it in the 50s. The 1964 Tosca recording is the best proof of that. But she did lose her confidence and emotional stability. This fact led her quit her carreer in 1965 and that is the real tragedy of opera. Had she managed to work as hard in the 60-68 period when all her worry was Ar. Onassis we would have been left with at least 10 amazing stereo recordings. And I say 68 because someone like Callas simply would refuse to play young soprano roles after the age of 45. She believed that opera singers are like ballet dansers or athletes (and they are!), they should retire early. Mme Sutherland had a voice till the age of 60. And so? Is it not ridiculous singing La Sonnambula at the age of 59? If Callas did that she would not be the legend she is!

                    This is all I wanted to note on a woman that achieved a fame in the world of opera (and beyond!!!) in a way that noone else had before and I am afraid no one else will do so in the future. People had to sleep on pavements for three days and three nights to get a ticket for this lady!

                    5 out of 5 stars CALLAS MESMERIZING AS NORMA.......2006-07-14

                    Reading through the online reviews, it is obvious that Maria created great controversy because her approach to classical singing and acting was so very different. She was everything, extraordinary singer with a rare vocal technique of endless colors and shades, from the video footage we have now we can see that she was truly the charismatic actress described in previous years, and above all . . . she was one of the great musicians of the last century.

                    No singer classical or popular has been without vocal problems, and it is important to remember that Maria began her stage career at the age of 17 with the Athens Opera as a professional opera singer. Her last stage performances were in 1965 in Tosca and Norma . . . a stage and recording career of almost 25 years! No small achievement, and she performed her great roles, Violetta, Lucia, Medea, and of course Norma . . . all over the world "live" for over a decade, Norma for almost 15 years.

                    It would be difficult to say of such an artist that "one" role was her best, since her vast repertory ranged from Wagner and Beethoven to Bellini, Puccini, Bizet and so many other composers.

                    She single handedly with the help of her great vocal and musical mentor Tullio Serafin, resurrected the great belcanto works of Donizetti and Bellini and transformed them in integrated vocal and dramatic experiences . . . fortunately for us, there are quite a few studio and live recordings available of this repertoire which she loved so much.

                    Personally, I never found Bellini's Norma to be a very interesting opera until I heard the 1960 recording with Maria. All previous recordings were lovely, with various singers singing 'Casta Diva' beautifully, but disengaged from the dramatic impact of the words and this complex woman, this figure out of a Greek tragedy!

                    Maria's 1960 performance I feel remains a rare experience, in which all the artists seem riveted by the dramatic power of her by then mesmerizing interpretation of Norma. Every subtlety of this conflicted woman's story is expresssed, even down to just single words.

                    Like many of her recordings and her career in general, I feel this recording is for the ages . . . unforgettable and deeply, deeply moving.

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