Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was an Italian opera composer and one of the supreme masters of bel canto. Born in Catania, Sicily, he trained in Naples and achieved early success with a style built on long-breathed melody, vocal elegance and intense theatrical feeling.
His major operas include La sonnambula, Norma, I puritani and I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Though his life was short, these works placed ...
BELLINI Norma
Stereo studio recording, 1960
Total duration: 2hr 41:26
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig
Pollione - Franco Corelli
Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria
Clotilde - Edda Vincenzi
Flavio - Piero De Palma
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
BELLINI I Puritani
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 19:58
Maria Callas
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
BELLINI La sonnambula
Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 00:32
Maria Callas - Amina
Fiorenza Cossotto - Teresa
Nicola Zaccaria - Il conte Rodolfo
Nicola Monti - Elvino
Eugenia Ratti - Lisa
Giuseppe Morresi - Alessio
Franco Ricciardi - Un notaro
Choir & Orchestra of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Antonino Votto
BELLINI Norma
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 40:22
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani
Pollione - Mario Filippeschi
Oroveso - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Clotilde - Rina Cavallari
Flavio - Paolo Caroli
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
BELLINI Norma
Live recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 34:37
Maria Callas Norma
Mario Del Monaco Pollione
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductor Antonino Votto
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)