Maria Callas - Callas At La Scala (Studio Recital)

Callas At La Scala (Studio Recital)

Coinciding with the new Callas Live Remastered Edition, the catalogue's 2017 priority, Warner Classics reissues two of Maria Callas' legendary studio recitals on vinyl, using the state of the art remastering done in 2014.

Callas first sang at Milan's legendary La Scala for the opening of the 1951-52 season (in Verdi's I vespri siciliani) and she became closely identified with the theatre, notably in productions directed by Luchino Visconti and his protégé Franco Zeffirelli. Spontini's La vestale was staged for her there in 1954, Bellini's La sonnambulain 1955, and her final La Scala performances came in 1962 with Cherubini's Medea. "Callas at her most spell-binding and enthralling," wrote Gramophone, "Callas at La Scala (...) shows the diva at her most exciting and most beautiful."

Side 1

La sonnambula, Act 1: "Compagne, temiri amici ....Come per me sereno" (Amina)

La sonnambula, Act 3: "Oh, se una volta sola ....Ah! non credea mirarti" (Amina) - By Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

Side 2

Medea, Act 1: "Dei tuoi figli la madre from Medea" (Medea) - By Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

La Vestale, Act 2: "Tu che invoco con orrore" (Julia) - By Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

La Vestale, Act 2: "O nome tutelar" (Julia) - By Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

La Vestale, Act 3: "Caro oggetto" (Julia) - By Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

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