Maria Callas - Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi 1, Studio Recital)

180-gram vinyl

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.

This recital brings together three operas from the earlier years of Verdi's career (Nabucco, Ernani and Macbeth) and one of his greatest mature masterpieces (Don Carlo). Callas sang all of them on stage apart from Ernani, and Lady Macbeth proved a triumph for her when she opened La Scala's season in December 1952. Gramophone greeted this recital by saying: "Mme Callas has seldom had such a field day and her dramatic instinct is well-nigh perfect in interpreting these wonderful pages, each characterised convincingly — and differently."

Side 1

Macbeth, Act 1: "Nel dì della vittoria ....Vienil t'affretta" (Lady Macbeth, Chorus) - By Maria Callas, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Macbeth, Act 2: "La luce langue" (Lady Macbeth)

Macbeth, Act 4: "Una macchia è qui tuttora" (Lady Macbeth, Doctor, Woman) - By Maria Callas, Dario Caselli, Angela Vercelli, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Side 2

Nabucco, Act 2: "Ben io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno" (Abigaille) - By Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Ernani, Act 1: "Surta è la notte .... Ernani! Ernani, involami" (Elvira) - By Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Don Carlo, Act 5: "Tu che le vanità" (Élisabeth) - By Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

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