Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La traviata
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta Valéry: Maria Callas
Alfredo Germont: Francesco Albanese
Giorgio Germont: Ugo Savarese
Flora Bervoix: Ede Marietti Gandolfo
Annina: Ines Marietti
Gastone: Mariano Caruso
Il barone Douphol: Alberto Albertini
Il marchese d'Obigny: Mario Zorgniotti
Il dottore Grenvil: Mario Zorgniotti
Giuseppe: Tommaso Soley
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Gabriele Santini
Recorded: 09.1953, Studio del RAI, Torino
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Ian Jones, 2007.
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
I puritani
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Walter Scott
Elvira: Maria Callas
Arturo: Giuseppe di Stefano
Riccardo: Rolando Panerai
Giorgio: Nicolas Rossi-Lemeni
Bruno: Angelo Mercuriali
Gualtiero Valton: Carlo Forti
Enrichetta: Aurora Cattelani
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by
Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 24-30.03.1953, Basilica di Santa Eufemia, Milano
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Allan Ramsay, 1997.
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda
Opera in four acts
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
La Gioconda: Maria Callas
Laura Adorno: Fedora Barbieri
La Cieca: Maria Amadini
Alvise Badoero: Giulio Neri
Enzo Grimaldo: Gianni Poggi
Barnaba: Paolo Silveri
Zuane: Piero Poldi
Isepo: Armando Benzi
Orchestra di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Antonino Votto
Recorded: 6-10.09.1952, Auditorium della RAI, Turin
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Simon Gibson, 2007.
This Release, which I'll call "Callas Complete disc 14", presently has two discIDs attached. I think one is misapplied, but I'm not sure yet. Here is what I found, in case it helps someone else take action. Or I'll get back to it.
- discid 7eo7X_Y785lGlLUes3pe8VcB_8Q- corresponds to freedb id d90e9011, which has Artist "Bellini - T. Serafin - M. Callas - Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano" and year "1954". This doesn't sound like the person typing it was thinking about "Complete Callas disc 14". I'm guessing the freedb entry corresponds to a CD remaster of the original 1954 recording (a Release which appears not to be in MB).
- discid CRnzd1GTzv600r4TukjyxjAOySQ- corresponds to freedb id ec0ea811, and there are no such entries. I'm guessing this is the correct discID for "Callas Complete disc 14". This is, by the way, a different remaster of the 1954 recording.
My theory is that these discIDs are for two different remasters of the same original 1954 LP recording. Thus they have the same number of tracks and very similar track times. That makes them easy to confuse.
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
I puritani
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Walter Scott
Elvira: Maria Callas
Arturo: Giuseppe di Stefano
Riccardo: Rolando Panerai
Giorgio: Nicolas Rossi-Lemeni
Bruno: Angelo Mercuriali
Gualtiero Valton: Carlo Forti
Enrichetta: Aurora Cattelani
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by
Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 24-30.03.1953, Basilica di Santa Eufemia, Milano
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Allan Ramsay, 1997.
Geatono Donizetti (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Walter Scott
Lucia: Maria Callas
Edgardo: Giuseppe di Stefano
Enrico: Tito Gobbi
Raimondo: Raffaele Arié
Arturo: Valiano Natali
Alisa: Anna Maria Canali
Zuane: Piero Poldi
Normanno: Gino Sarri
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Florentino
Chorus master: Andrea Morosini
conducted by
Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 29 & 30.01.1953, 4 & 6.02.1953, Teatro Communale, Firenze
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Andrew Walter, 2004.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
Floria Tosca: Maria Callas
Mario Cavaradossi: Giuseppe di Stefano
Scarpia: Tito Gobbi
Cesare Angelotti: Franco Calabrese
Spoletta: Angelo Mercuriali
Sagrestano: Melchiorre Luise
Sciarrone / Un carceriere: Dario Caselli
Un pastore: Alvaro Cordova
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by
Victor de Sabata
Recorded: 10-21.08.1953, Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Allan Ramsay, 2002.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
Floria Tosca: Maria Callas
Mario Cavaradossi: Giuseppe di Stefano
Scarpia: Tito Gobbi
Cesare Angelotti: Franco Calabrese
Spoletta: Angelo Mercuriali
Sagrestano: Melchiorre Luise
Sciarrone / Un carceriere: Dario Caselli
Un pastore: Alvaro Cordova
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by
Victor de Sabata
Recorded: 10-21.08.1953, Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Allan Ramsay, 2002.
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana
Opera in one act
Libretto: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzeti & Guido Menasci after Giovanni Verga
Santuzza: Maria Callas
Turiddu: Giuseppe di Stefano
Alfio: Rolando Panerai
Lola: Anna Maria Canali
Mamma Lucia: Ebe Ticcozi
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani
conducted by
Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 16-25.07.1953, 03-04.08.1953, Basilica di Santa Eufemia, Milano
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Allan Ramsay, 1997.
Orchestra|Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Arturo|Basile
Recorded: 8-10.11.1949, Turin
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Simon Gibson, 2007.
Geatono Donizetti (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Walter Scott
Lucia: Maria Callas
Edgardo: Giuseppe di Stefano
Enrico: Tito Gobbi
Raimondo: Raffaele Arié
Arturo: Valiano Natali
Alisa: Anna Maria Canali
Zuane: Piero Poldi
Normanno: Gino Sarri
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Florentino
Chorus master: Andrea Morosini
conducted by
Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 29 & 30.01.1953, 4 & 6.02.1953, Teatro Communale, Firenze
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Andrew Walter, 2004.
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La traviata
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta Valéry: Maria Callas
Alfredo Germont: Francesco Albanese
Giorgio Germont: Ugo Savarese
Flora Bervoix: Ede Marietti Gandolfo
Annina: Ines Marietti
Gastone: Mariano Caruso
Il barone Douphol: Alberto Albertini
Il marchese d'Obigny: Mario Zorgniotti
Il dottore Grenvil: Mario Zorgniotti
Giuseppe: Tommaso Soley
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Gabriele Santini
Recorded: 09.1953, Studio del RAI, Torino
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Ian Jones, 2007.
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda
Opera in four acts
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
La Gioconda: Maria Callas
Laura Adorno: Fedora Barbieri
La Cieca: Maria Amadini
Alvise Badoero: Giulio Neri
Enzo Grimaldo: Gianni Poggi
Barnaba: Paolo Silveri
Zuane: Piero Poldi
Isepo: Armando Benzi
Orchestra di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Antonino Votto
Recorded: 6-10.09.1952, Auditorium della RAI, Turin
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Simon Gibson, 2007.
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda
Opera in four acts
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
La Gioconda: Maria Callas
Laura Adorno: Fedora Barbieri
La Cieca: Maria Amadini
Alvise Badoero: Giulio Neri
Enzo Grimaldo: Gianni Poggi
Barnaba: Paolo Silveri
Zuane: Piero Poldi
Isepo: Armando Benzi
Orchestra di Torino della RAI
conducted by
Antonino Votto
Recorded: 6-10.09.1952, Auditorium della RAI, Turin
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Simon Gibson, 2007.
shares disc id with disc 27 at: http://musicbrainz.org/release/408ce413-dec2-4ae2-8249-63b5ed7cf549
Sinfonica di Torino della RAI conducted by Arturo Basile
Recorded: 8-10.11.1949, Turin
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, by Simon Gibson, 2007.
Recorded: 8-10.XI.1949, Turin.
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Digital remastering (P) 2007 EMI Records Ltd.
Licensed courtesy of Fonit-Cetra, a division of Warner Music Italy.
Made in the EU.
Comes in cardboard cd wallet.
This is not an individual release.
It is CD1 of the box set: r5472017
Annotation last modified on 2022-07-13 13:00 UTC.