Maria Callas

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Pu...

CALLAS Verdi: Rigoletto (1955) - PACO131

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VERDI Rigoletto

Studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 1hr 57:57

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi
Gilda - Maria Callas
Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano
Sparafucile - Nicola Zaccaria
Tullio Serafin, conductor
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

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CALLAS Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (1956) - PACO187

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VERDI Un ballo in maschera

Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 10:38

Amelia - Maria Callas
Riccardo - Giuseppe Di Stefano
Renato - Tito Gobbi
Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri
Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Antonino Votto

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MARIA CALLAS - The Bellini Opera Collection - PABX052

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BELLINI I Puritani; La sonnambula; Norma (both the 1954 and 1960 recordings)

Studio recordings, Milan, 1953–1960; the 1960 Norma in stereo
Total duration: 9:42:59

Maria Callas as Elvira, Amina and Norma
With Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Mario Filippeschi, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rina Cavallari, Paolo Caroli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Zaccaria, Nicola Monti, Eugenia Ratti, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli, Edda Vincenzi and Piero De Palma
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Tullio Serafin (I Puritani and both recordings of Norma) and Antonino Votto (La sonnambula)

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MARIA CALLAS Arias, Vol. 1: Puccini & Verdi (1954, 1958) - PACO225

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PUCCINI Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot
VERDI Macbeth, Nabucco, Ernani

Ambient Stereo & Stereo studio recordings, 1954 & 1958
Total duration: 78:12

Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Tullio Serafin & Nicola Rescigno

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Maria Callas Arias, Vol. 3: Great Scenes & Mad Scenes - PACO242

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SPONTINI La vestale
VERDI Don Carlo
DONIZETTI Anna Bolena
THOMAS Hamlet
BELLINI Il pirata

Ambient Stereo and stereo studio recordings, 1955 & 1958
Total duration: 75:20

Maria Callas, soprano
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Nicola Rescigno

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MARIA CALLAS The Puccini Opera Collection (studio recordings, 1953-1957) - PABX047

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PUCCINI Tosca (r. 1953)
PUCCINI La Bohème (r. 1956)
PUCCINI Madama Butterfly (r. 1955)
PUCCINI Turandot (r. 1957)
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut (r. 1957)

Five EMI studio opera recordings in Ambient Stereo XR remasters, recorded at La Scala, Milan

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