We present an afternoon of Maria Callas, including a complete
performance of La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini.
Maria Callas
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Playlist:
1:00 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983
1:04 pm
- La sonnambula: Act I
- Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
- Ensemble: Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano ; Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano ; Nicola Monti, tenor ; Eugenia Ratti, soprano ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass
- Conductor: Antonino Votto
- CD/Album: Bellini La sonnambula
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47377
- Release Year: 1957
2:26 pm
- La sonnambula: Act II
- Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
- Ensemble: Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano ; Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano ; Nicola Monti, tenor ; Eugenia Ratti, soprano ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass
- Conductor: Antonino Votto
- CD/Album: Bellini La sonnambula
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47377
- Release Year: 1957
3:15 pm
- Tosca: Act II
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano ; Giuseppe di Stefano, tanor ; Tito Gobbi, baritone ; Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
- Conductor: Victor de Sabata
- CD/Album: Puccini Tosca
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47174
- Release Year: 1953
3:57 pm
- Anna Bolena: Mad Scene
- Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano ; Monica Sinclair, contralto ; John Lanigan, tenor ; Joseph Rouleau, bass ; Duncan Robertson, tenor
- Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
- CD/Album: Mad Scenes
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 66459
- Release Year: 1959
4:17 pm
- Hamlet: Mad Scene
- Composer: Ambroise Thomas
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano
- Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
- CD/Album: Mad Scenes
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 66459
- Release Year: 1959
4:27 pm
- Il pirata: Mad Scene
- Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano
- Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
- CD/Album: Mad Scenes
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 66459
- Release Year: 1959
4:46 pm
- La traviata: "Teneste la promessa"; "Addio del passato"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Orchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAI
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano
- Conductor: Gabriele Santini
- CD/Album: Simply Callas
- Record co./Cat #: Cetra 69877
- Release Year: 1954
4:53 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983