Callas, Maria – Live & Alive – Vinyl LP 180gr
Maria Callas Live & Alive – The Ultimate Live Collection Remastered 2017 – Vinyl LP 180gr
Though Maria Callas died in 1977, she still lives on as the epitome of the operatic diva.
She has never lost her place among the top-selling classical artists.
To mark this 40th anniversary, Warner Classics release this 180g LP album of live recordings.
The collection benefits from the superb remastering and conveys thus Callas’ compelling genius as a singing actress with a new truthfulness and immediacy: Maria Callas Live and Alive!
The passion and charisma of Maria Callas, performing live on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls, can now be experienced as never before – thanks to new audio remastering from the best available sources.
These are performances that played a crucial part in creating the legend of Callas, La Divina, and which keep her thrilling art very much alive.
Features:
180gr Vinyl
Newly remastered in 2017 by Studio Art & Son
Turandot remastered in 2014 by Abbey Road Studios
Tracklist:
Side A:
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca
1. Act II: Vissi d’arte (Tosca)
2. Act III: E non giungono (Tosca – Cavaradossi – Carceriere)
3. Act III: Com e lunga l’attesa! (Tosca)
Maria Callas – Floria Tosca
Renato Cioni – Mario Cavaradossi
Edgar Boniface – Un carceriere
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor
Live recording January 24, 1964, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata
4. Act I: E strano! E strano!
5. Act I: Ah, fors’e lui che l’anima (Violetta)
6. Act III: Addio, del passato (Violetta)
Maria Callas – Violetta Valery
Orquestra Sinfonica do Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisboa
Franco Ghione, conductor
Live recording March 27, 1958, Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Anna Bolena
7. Act II: Coppia iniqua, l’estrema vendetta (Anna – Smeton – Percy – Rochefort – Coro)
Maria Callas – Anna Bolena
Gianni Raimondi – Percy
Gabriella Carturan – Smeton
Plinio Clabassi – Lord Rochefort
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
Live recording April 14, 1957, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Aida
8. Act II: O Re, pei sacri numi … Gloria all’Egitto (Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Re – Aida – Ramfis – Coro)
Maria Callas – Aida
Mario del Monaco – Radames
Oralia Dominguez – Amneris
Giuseppe Taddei – Amonasro
Roberto Silva – Ramfis
Ignacio Ruffino – Il re d’Egitto
Orquestra y Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico
Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor
Live recording July 3, 1951, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Side B:
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor
1. Act I: Quando rapito in estasi (Lucia)
Maria Callas – Lucia
RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Live recording March 27, 1958, Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Ifigenia in Tauride
2. Act II: O sventurata Ifigenia (Ifigenia – Coro)
Maria Callas – Ifigenia
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Nino Sanzogno, conductor
Live recording June 1, 1957, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Gateano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Poliuto
3. Act I: Di quai soavi lagrime (Paolina)
Maria Callas – Paolina
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Antonino Votto, conductor
Live recording August 7, 1960, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Il Pirata
4. Act I: Sventurata, anch’io deliro (Imogene – Adele – Coro)
Maria Callas – Imogene
Regina Sarfaty – Adele
Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society
Nicola Rescigno, conductor
Live recording January 27, 1959, Carnegie Hall, New York
Norma
5. Act I: Casta Diva (Norma – Oroveso – Coro)
Maria Callas – Norma
Giacomo Vaghi – Oroveso
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Vittorio Gui, conductor
Live recording November 18, 1952, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Bonus Studio Recording:
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Turandot
6. Act II: In questa Reggia (Turandot)
Maria Callas – Turandot
Philharmonia Orchestra
Tullio Serafin, conductor
Studio recording September 15-18, 1954, Watford Town Hall, London