Maria Callas - The Best of Romantic Callas

Maria Callas - The Best of Romantic Callas

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Title: Maria Callas - The Best of Romantic Callas

Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901); Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924); (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Main Performer: Alessandro Maddalena (Bass); Alfredo Kraus (Tenor); Alvaro Malta (Bass); Laura Zanini (Mezzo soprano); Maria Callas (Soprano)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Chorus; Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Orchestra; Milan La Scala Orchestra

Recomended Retail Price: 16.99 GBP

Label / Distributor: EMI Classics / EMI

Pieces in Set: 1

Running Time: 1 hour 13 minutes

Genre(s): Stage works

Stereo: Mixed

SPAR Code: ADD

EAN: 724355721129

Catalogue Number: 557211

Work 1

Work Title: (La) traviata

Excerpt(s): 1. Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)

Genre: Stage works

Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Date Written: 1853

Conductor: Franco Ghione

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Chorus

Main Performer: Alessandro Maddalena (Bass), Alfredo Kraus (Tenor), Alvaro Malta (Bass), Laura Zanini (Mezzo soprano), Maria Callas (Soprano), Piero de Palma (Tenor), Vito Susca (Bass)

Opera Part(s): Alessandro Maddalena, Alfredo Kraus, Alvaro Malta, Laura Zanini, Maria Callas, Piero de Palma, Vito Susca

Work 2

Work Title: (La) traviata

Excerpt(s): 1. Parigi, o cara

Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1853

Conductor: Franco Ghione

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Chorus

Main Performer: Alfredo Kraus (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Alfredo Kraus, Maria Callas

Work 3

Work Title: Madama Butterfly

Excerpt(s): 1. Un bel dì vedremo
2. E questo?

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1904

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 4

Work Title: Madama Butterfly

Excerpt(s): 1. E questo?

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1904

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda

Work 5

Work Title: Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor'

Excerpt(s): 1. Lucia perdona

Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Main Performer: Anna Maria Canali (Mezzo soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Anna Maria Canali, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas

Work 6

Work Title: Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor'

Excerpt(s): 1. Sulla tomba ... Qui di sposa eterna fede

Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Main Performer: Anna Maria Canali (Mezzo soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Anna Maria Canali, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas

Work 7

Work Title: Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor'

Excerpt(s): 1. Se tradirmi ... Tu che vedi il pianto mio

Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Main Performer: Anna Maria Canali (Mezzo soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Anna Maria Canali, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas

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