The Very Best of Maria Callas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• William Dickie (Baritone)
• Carlo Forte (Bass)
• Renato Ercolani (Vocals)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Nadine Sautereau (Soprano)
• Anna Canali (Mezzo Soprano)
• Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano)

Conductors

• De Sabata, Victor
• Ghione, Franco
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Pretre, Georges
• Rescigno, Nicola
• Serafin, Tullio
• Votto, Antonino

Ensemble

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Composers

• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

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Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Victor De Sabata
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel di vedremo

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: La mamma morta

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Sviglia :: Una voce poco fa

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Bellini, Vincenzo : La La sonnambula :: Come per me sereno

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome

• Performers: William Dickie (Baritone); Maria Callas (Soprano); Carlo Forte (Bass); Renato Ercolani (Vocals)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : La La traviata :: Ah fors e lui

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Franco Ghione
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853
• Studio/Live: Live

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: In quelle trine morbide

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : La La bohème :: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La La bohème :: Donde lieta usci

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Catalani, Alfredo : La La Wally :: Ebben? ne andro lontana

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Dinorah :: Ombra leggera

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 6 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Vogliatemi bene

• Performers: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Les triangles des sistres tintainet

• Performers: Maria Callas (Soprano); Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano); Nadine Sautereau (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila :: Printemps qui commence

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila :: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Gounod, Charles : Roméo eet Juliette :: Ah! Je veux vivre

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865-1871

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Adieu, notre petite table

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Oprhée et Eurydice :: Act 4. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Notes: Composition written: Italy.
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le Le nozze di Figaro :: Porgi, amor

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Regnava nel silenzio

• Performers: Anna Canali (Mezzo Soprano); Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 8 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Anna Bolena :: Al dolce guidami

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Vienil! t'affretta!

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La La Gioconda :: Suicidio!

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonino Votto
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887