Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The First Recordings
▶ CD 2: La Gioconda: Act 1
▶ CD 3: La Gioconda: Act 2
▶ CD 4: La Gioconda: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 5: Lucia di Lammermoor: Act 1
▶ CD 6: Lucia di Lammermoor: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 7: I puritani: Act 1
▶ CD 8: I puritani: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 9: Cavalleria rusticana
▶ CD 10: Tosca: Act 1
▶ CD 11: Tosca: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 12: La traviata: Act 1 · Act 2, Scene 1
▶ CD 13: La traviata: Act 2, Scene 2 · Act 3
▶ CD 14: Norma: Act 1, Scene 1
▶ CD 15: Norma: Act 1, Scene 2
▶ CD 16: Norma: Act 2
▶ CD 17: Pagliacci
▶ CD 18: La forza del destino: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 19: La forza del destino: Act 3
▶ CD 20: La forza del destino: Act 4
▶ CD 21: Il turco in Italia: Act 1
▶ CD 22: Il turco in Italia: Act 2
▶ CD 23: Puccini Arias
▶ CD 24: Lyric and Coloratura Arias
▶ CD 25: Callas at La Scala
▶ CD 26: Madama Butterfly: Act 1 · Act 2 beginning
▶ CD 27: Madama Butterfly: Act 2 conclusion
▶ CD 28: Aida: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 29: Aida: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 30: Rigoletto: Act 1
▶ CD 31: Rigoletto: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 32: Il trovatore: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 33: Il trovatore: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 34: La bohème: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 35: La bohème: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 36: Un ballo in maschera: Act 1 · Act 2 beginning
▶ CD 37: Un ballo in maschera: Act 2 conclusion · Act 3
▶ CD 38: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1 beginning
▶ CD 39: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1 conclusion · Act 2
▶ CD 40: La sonnambula: Act 1
▶ CD 41: La sonnambula: Act 2
▶ CD 42: Turandot: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 43: Turandot: Act 3
▶ CD 44: Manon Lescaut: Acts 1 & 2
▶ CD 45: Manon Lescaut: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 46: Medea: Act 1
▶ CD 47: Medea: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 48: Verdi Arias I
▶ CD 49: Mad Scenes
▶ CD 50: Lucia di Lammermoor: Act 1
▶ CD 51: Lucia di Lammermoor: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 52: La Gioconda: Act 1
▶ CD 53: La Gioconda: Act 2
▶ CD 54: La Gioconda: Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 55: Norma: Act 1 beginning
▶ CD 56: Norma: Act 1 conclusion
▶ CD 57: Norma: Act 2
▶ CD 58: Callas à Paris I
▶ CD 59: Callas à Paris II
▶ CD 60: Mozart, Beethoven & Weber
▶ CD 61: Verdi Arias II
▶ CD 62: Rossini & Donizetti Arias
▶ CD 63: Carmen: Act 1 · Act 2 beginning
▶ CD 64: Carmen: Act 2 conclusion · Acts 3 & 4
▶ CD 65: Tosca: Act 1
▶ CD 66: Tosca: Acts 2 & 3
▶ CD 67: Verdi Arias III
▼ CD 68: The Callas Rarites 1953-61
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1Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2 : "Non Mi Dir" (Donna Anna)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1953-01-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (on 1953-01-27)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (on 1953-01-27)
recorded at:
Teatro comunale in Firenze, Firenze, Toscana, Italy (on 1953-01-27)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 23 Rondo “Non mi dir, bell’idol mio” (Donna Anna) (on 1953-01-27)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:24
2Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Non Mi Dir" (Donna Anna)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1953-01-27)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (on 1953-01-27) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (on 1953-01-27)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (on 1953-01-27)
recorded at:
Teatro comunale in Firenze, Firenze, Toscana, Italy (on 1953-01-27)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 23 Rondo “Non mi dir, bell’idol mio” (Donna Anna) (on 1953-01-27)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:09
3Macbeth, Act 4: "Una Macchia È Qui Tuttora!" (Lady Macbeth)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1958-09-19 until 1958-09-24)
conductor:
Nicola Rescigno (conductor) (from 1958-09-19 until 1958-09-24)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-09-19 until 1958-09-24)
recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°14c Scena del sonnambulismo "Una macchia è qui tuttora..." (Lady, Dama, Medico) (Sleepwalking Scene) (from 1958-09-19 until 1958-09-24)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
additional librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi11:19
4Semiramide, Act 1: "Bel Raggio Lusinghier" (Semiramide)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
recording of:
Semiramide: Atto I. Cavatina “Bel raggio lusinghier” (Semiramide) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Rossi (librettist)
part of:
Semiramide: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:41
5I Vespri Siciliani, Act 4: "Arrigo! Ah, Parli A Un Core" (Elena)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
recording of:
I vespri siciliani: Atto IV. “Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core” (Elena, Arrigo) (from 1960-07-13 until 1960-07-15)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Charles Duveyrier and Eugène Scribe
translator:
Arnaldo Fusinato
part of:
I vespri siciliani: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:13
6Lucrezia Borgia, Act 1: "Tranquillo Ei Posa Com`e Bello" (Lucrezia Borgia)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recording of:
Lucrezia Borgia: Prologo. Romanza “Tranquillo ei posa … Com'è bello! … Quale incanto …” (Lucrezia) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Lucrezia Borgia: Prologo
Gaetano Donizetti8:09
7Guglielmo Tell, Act 2: "S`Allontanano Alfine ... Selva Opaca" (Mathilde)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recording of:
Guglielmo Tell: Atto II, scena 2. “S’allontanano alfine!” (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
translator:
Calisto Bassi
part of:
Guglielmo Tell: Atto II
Gioachino Rossini8:32
8Semiramide, Act 1: "Bel Raggio Lusinghier" (Semiramide)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recording of:
Semiramide: Atto I. Cavatina “Bel raggio lusinghier” (Semiramide) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Rossi (librettist)
part of:
Semiramide: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:28
9Il Pirata, Act 1: "Sorgete ... Lo Sognai Ferito, Esangue" (Imogene, Adele, Itulbo, Chorus)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical record producer, 1906-1979)
choir vocals:
Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16) and Monica Sinclair (Operatic contralto) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
tenor vocals:
Alexander Young (tenor) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
conductor:
Antonio Tonini (conductor) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
recording of:
Il pirata: Atto I, scena 1. “Lo sognai ferito, esangue” (Imogene, Adele, coro, Itulbo, Gualtiero) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Felice Romani
part of:
Il pirata: Atto I
recording of:
Il pirata: Atto I, scena 1. “Sorgete: è in me dover quella pietade” (Imogene, Itulbo, Adele) (from 1961-11-14 until 1961-11-16)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Felice Romani
part of:
Il pirata: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini9:26
▶ CD 69: The Callas Rarities 1962-69
▶ Data CD 70: Libretti

Credits

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includes:Aida (1955 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Callas à Paris (Album II) by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre (conductor)
Callas à Paris I by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (RTF / ORTF / Radio France), Georges Prêtre (conductor)
Callas at La Scala by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Callas sings Rossini and Donizetti Arias by Rossini (composer), Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Callas Sings Verdi Arias by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Carmen (1964 studio cast) by Bizet (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Andréa Guiot (soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre (conductor)
Cavalleria rusticana (1953 EMI recording) by Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor); Maria Callas (soprano) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
I puritani (1953 Milan studio cast) by Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (1957 studio recording) by Rossini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Alva (tenor), Carturan (mezzo-soprano), Ollendorff (operatic bass), Zaccaria (operatic bass), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) & Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Alceo Galliera (organist, conductor and composer)
Il trovatore (1956 recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Il turco in Italia (1954 studio cast) by Gioachino Rossini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Mariano Stabile (baritone), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor)
La bohème (1956 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Anna Moffo (soprano), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La forza del destino (1954 Milan recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Carlo Tagliabue (baritone), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
La Gioconda (1959 recording) by Ponchielli (composer); Callas (soprano), Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Companeez (mezzo-soprano / contralto), Vinco (operatic bass), Ferraro (tenor), Cappuccilli (baritone), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La Gioconda (1952 recording) by Amilcare Ponchielli (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Giulio Neroni, Maria Amadini (mezzo-soprano), Gianni Poggi (tenor), Paolo Silveri, Piero Poldi, Armando Benzi (operatic tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La sonnambula (1957 studio cast) by Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Nicola Monti (tenor), Giuseppe Morresi (operatic bass), Franco Ricciardi (Italian tenor), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La traviata (1953 studio recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Francesco Albanese (tenor), Ugo Savarese (Italian baritone), Coro Cetra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (formed in 1994, merging the four former RAI orchestras of Turin, Rome, Naples, and Milan), Gabriele Santini (conductor)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1959 London Recording) by Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Bernard Ładysz (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) and Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1953 Florence Recording) by Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Lyric and Coloratura Arias by Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Manon Lescaut (1957 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano e Isotta, Norma, I puritani by Wagner (composer), Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Arturo Basile (Italian opera conductor)
Medea (1957 Milan recording) by Luigi Cherubini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Renata Scotto (operatic soprano), Miriam Pirazzini (mezzo soprano), Mirto Picchi (tenor), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias by Mozart (classical composer), Beethoven (German composer), Weber (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Norma (1960 studio cast) by Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Norma (1954 studio cast) by Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Mario Filippeschi (tenor), Ebe Stignani (mezzo soprano), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Pagliacci (1954 Scala cast) by Leoncavallo (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Nicola Monti (tenor), Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Puccini Arias by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Rigoletto (1955 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Giuse Gerbino (Italian mezzo-soprano), Plinio Clabassi (operatic bass), William Dickie (british bass-baritone), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Carlo Forti (operatic bass), Elvira Galassi (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Tullio Serafin (conductor), Norberto Mola (chorus master), L'Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala
The Callas Rarities
Tosca (1964 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre (conductor)
Turandot (1957 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Eugenio Fernandi (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Un ballo in maschera (1956 studio cast) by Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto (conductor)
Verdi Arias I by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Verdi Arias III by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)