The Incomparable Callas (Favourite Arias)

1. Norma, opera Act 1: Casta Diva
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus with Maria Callas
Conducted by Tullio Serafin

2. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Act 1: Regnava nel silenzio
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Maria Callas , Margreta Elkins
Conducted by Tullio Serafin

3. Ernani, opera Surta è la notte... Ernani! Ernani, involami (Act
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Maria Callas
Conducted by Nicola Rescigno

4. Aida, opera Ritorna vincitor (Act I)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Paris Conservatory Orchestra with Maria Callas
Conducted by Nicola Rescigno

5. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Act 4: Suicidio!
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Maria Callas
Conducted by Antonino Votto

6. Tosca, opera Act 2: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Paris Conservatory Orchestra with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

7. Orphée et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41 Act 4: J'ai Perdu mon Eurydice
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

8. Roméo et Juliette, opera Act 1: Je veux vivre (Juliette's Waltz)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

9. Mignon, opera in 3 acts Je suis Titania (Act II)
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

10. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson Bohème
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus with Maria Callas , Jane Berbie , Nadine Sautereau
Conducted by Georges Pretre

11. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Act 3: Carreau, pique ... la mort! (Card Scene)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus with Maria Callas , Jane Berbie , Nadine Sautereau
Conducted by Georges Pretre

12. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Act II)
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

13. Le Cid, opera Act 3: Pleurez, mes yeux (Air de Chimène)
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise with Maria Callas
Conducted by Georges Pretre

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L'incomparable
Average customer rating:

Incomparable indeed!!!!!!

L'incomparable
Maria Callas
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005UOXW
Release Date: 2002-08-05

Tracks:

Casta Diva
Regnava Nel Silenzio
Surta E La Notte... Ernani, Involami
Ritorna Vincitor
Gioconda Suicido
Vissi D'arte
J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice
Je Veux Vivre Dans Le Reve
Ah! Pour Ce Soir... Je Suis Titania
Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient
Carreau, Pique... La Morte
Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix
De Cet Affreux Combat... Pleurez Mes Yeux

Customer Reviews:

Incomparable indeed!!!!!!.......2004-03-06

This woman was the Vocal Wonder of the Century. Look on the KILLER-Repertoire she performed here! As if you were to put a coloratura-soprano like Sutherland+a mezzo like Resnik + a dramatic soprano like Flagstad together. A range of three brilliant octaves!!!! Some thoughts on my favourites:

1. Casta Diva

Callas' voice has the beauty of a moonbeam in this celestial aria. Listen how she phrases, how her legato seems to go on and on and how she colours each word! Sublime, THE recording of Casta Diva.

2. Regnava Nel Silenzio

Callas and Donizetti, need I say more? Who has heard her miraculous Lucia from Mexico (1952), studio (1953), La Scala (1954), Berlin (1955) and the lovely Myto-Performance from 1956 will remember how delicate, vulnerable and yet dramatic she can sound. At the beginning she sings with a magical floating voice and as she goes on and on her voice soars to heaven in exquisite coloratura and stunning phrasing. The Lucia of the century.

4. Ritorna Vincitor

Callas as Aida, a great performance! Remember those miraculous performances from Mexico where she interpolated a ROCK-SOLID E-flat in the Triumphal March? The haunting quality of her dramatic voice fits Aida like a glove. Perfect!

5. Gioconda Suicido

To hear magnificent chest-notes, floating pianissimi and a love that is bigger than life itself, listen to this gem!

6. Vissi D'arte

Callas' Life-Aria. She lived for art, she lived for love. And this proves why.

10. Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient

Callas as a Mezzo. The most fervent and fiery Chanson de Boheme ever!!!!!!!!

12. Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix

Another mezzo-role. Callas middle has the quality of silk here.

13. De Cet Affreux Combat... Pleurez Mes Yeux

The most shattering piece Callas ever recorded.

Customer Reviews:

A fabulous compilation of the divine one!.......2004-01-14

AMAZON, please re-release this gem! It's simply fantastic!

poor sound, bad singing.......2003-05-26

Poor sound, bad singing. Stay away from this one.

Summit of expressing human instinct.......1999-06-19

No more words to follow. She is the center of my universe already. Only with this album, she contributed to pushing this world of human being into divinity.