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Title: Maria Callas - (The) Platinum Collection

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924); Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875); Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893); Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868); Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921); Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901); Charles (François) Gounod (1818 - 1893); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano); Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor); Rolando Panerai (Baritone); Raffaele Arié (Bass); Tito Gobbi (Baritone)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Philharmonia Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Milan La Scala Chorus

Date of Release: 07/11/2005

Recomended Retail Price: 14.99 GBP

Label / Distributor: EMI Classics / EMI

Pieces in Set: 3

Running Time: 4 hours 46 minutes

Genre(s): Stage works

Stereo: Mixed

SPAR Code: ADD

EAN: 94634643924

Catalogue Number: 346439

Work 1

Work Title: Madama Butterfly

Excerpt(s): 1. Un bel dì vedremo

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1904

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 2

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1875

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 3

Work Title: (La) Wally

Excerpt(s): 1. Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana

Composer: Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1892

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 4

Work Title: (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'

Excerpt(s): 1. Una voce poco fa

Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1816

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 5

Work Title: Norma

Excerpt(s): 1. Casta diva

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1831

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Chorus

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 6

Work Title: Samson et Dalila

Excerpt(s): 1. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

Composer: (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1877

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 7

Work Title: Rigoletto

Excerpt(s): 1. Caro nome

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1851

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Chorus

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 8

Work Title: (La) traviata

Excerpt(s): 1. Follie! Sempre libera

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1853

Conductor: Franco Ghione

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 9

Work Title: Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet'

Excerpt(s): 1. Je veux vivre (Waltz)

Composer: Charles (François) Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1867

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 10

Work Title: (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'

Excerpt(s): 1. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1896

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 11

Work Title: Don Giovanni, K527

Excerpt(s): 1. Mi tradì quell' alma ingrata

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1787

Conductor: Nicola Rescigno

Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservato

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 12

Work Title: Cavalleria rusticana

Excerpt(s): 1. Voi lo sapete

Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1890

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 13

Work Title: (La) Gioconda

Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 4 - Suicidio!

Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1876

Conductor: Antonino Votto

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 14

Work Title: Gianni Schicchi

Excerpt(s): 1. O mio babbino caro

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1918

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 15

Work Title: Turandot

Excerpt(s): 1. In questa Reggia

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1926

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 16

Work Title: Tosca

Excerpt(s): 1. Vissi d'arte

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1900

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 17

Work Title: Andrea Chénier

Excerpt(s): 1. La mamma morta

Composer: Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1896

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 18

Work Title: (La) Vestale

Excerpt(s): 1. Impitoyables dieux! (O Nume, tutelar degli infelici)

Composer: Gaspare (Luigi Pacifico) Spontini (1774 - 1851)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1807

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 19

Work Title: Manon

Excerpt(s): 1. Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même

Composer: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (1842 - 1912)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1884

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 20

Work Title: Manon Lescaut

Excerpt(s): 1. Tu, tu, amore? Tu?

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1893

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 21

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. Près des remparts de Séville (Seguédille)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1875

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 22

Work Title: (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'

Excerpt(s): 1. Dunque io son?

Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1816

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 23

Work Title: Lakmé

Excerpt(s): 1. Dov'è l'indiana bruna

Composer: (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1883

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 24

Work Title: Aida

Excerpt(s): 1. Qui Radames verrà

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1871

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 25

Work Title: Aida

Excerpt(s): 1. O patria mia

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1871

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 26

Work Title: (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'

Excerpt(s): 1. O soave fanciulla

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1896

Conductor: Antonino Votto

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano), Rolando Panerai (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai

Work 27

Work Title: Turandot

Excerpt(s): 1. Straniero, ascolta!

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1926

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 28

Work Title: Pagliacci, 'Players'

Excerpt(s): 1. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!

Composer: Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1892

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 29

Work Title: Pagliacci, 'Players'

Excerpt(s): 1. Stridono lassù

Composer: Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1892

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 30

Work Title: (Il) trovatore

Excerpt(s): 1. D'amor sull'ali rosee

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1853

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 31

Work Title: Madama Butterfly

Excerpt(s): 1. Vogliatemi bene

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 32

Work Title: Dinorah, '(Le) pardon de Ploërmel'

Excerpt(s): 1. Ombre légère (Shadow Song)

Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1859

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 33

Work Title: Alceste

Excerpt(s): 1. Divinités du Styx

Composer: Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1776

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 34

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. Les tringles des sistres (Gypsy Song)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1875

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 35

Work Title: Ernani

Excerpt(s): 1. Surta è la notte

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1844

Conductor: Nicola Rescigno

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 36

Work Title: Manon Lescaut

Excerpt(s): 1. In quelle trine morbide

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1893

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 37

Work Title: Aida

Excerpt(s): 1. Ritorna vincitor!

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1871

Conductor: Nicola Rescigno

Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservato

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 38

Work Title: Orphée et Eurydice

Excerpt(s): 1. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice

Composer: Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1774

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 39

Work Title: (I) Vespri siciliani, '(The) Sicilian Vespers'

Excerpt(s): 1. Mercè, dilette amiche (Bolero)

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1855

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 40

Work Title: Louise

Excerpt(s): 1. Depuis le jour

Composer: Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1950)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1900

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 41

Work Title: (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'

Excerpt(s): 1. Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1896

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 42

Work Title: Mignon

Excerpt(s): 1. Oui, pour ce soir

Composer: (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1866

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 43

Work Title: Mignon

Excerpt(s): 1. Je suis Titania (Polonaise)

Composer: (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1866

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 44

Work Title: (La) traviata

Excerpt(s): 1. Teneste la promessa

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1853

Conductor: Franco Ghione

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theatre Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 45

Work Title: Don Carlo

Excerpt(s): 1. O don fatale

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1867 Revised 1884

Conductor: Nicola Rescigno

Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservato

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 46

Work Title: Samson et Dalila

Excerpt(s): 1. Printemps qui commence

Composer: (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1877

Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 47

Work Title: (La) Sonnambula

Excerpt(s): 1. Care compagne

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1831

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 48

Work Title: Adriana Lecouvreur

Excerpt(s): 1. Io son l'umile ancella

Composer: Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1902

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas

Work 49

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

Excerpt(s): 1. Spargi d'amaro pianto (Mad Scene)

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

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Orchestra / Ensemble: Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Choir

Main Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano), Raffaele Arié (Bass), Tito Gobbi (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Maria Callas, Raffaele Arié, Tito Gobbi

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