Maria Callas (soprano)
Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano)
Regina Sarfaty (mezzo-soprano)
Francesco Albanese (tenor)
Pier Miranda Ferraro (tenor)
Nicola Monti (tenor)
Glade Peterson (tenor)
Carlos Sagarminaga (tenor)
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Alberto Herrera (baritone)
Franscisco Alonso (bass)
Choeurs Rene Duclos
Athens Festival Orchestra
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano della RAI
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris
Orchestre National de la RTF
Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks

Conductors

Oliviero De Fabritiis
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Erich Kleiber
Umberto Mugnai
Georges Prêtre
Nicola Rescigno
Gabriele Santini
Georges Sébastian
Tullio Serafin
Alfredo Simonetto
Antonino Votto

Works

Bellini, Vincenzo

Il Pirata

» Quando a un tratto ...Sventurata, anchi'io delirio (Act 1)

La Sonnambula

» Ah! non credea mirarti

Norma

» Casta diva

Bizet, Georges

Carmen

» Habanera 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' (Love is a rebellious bird) (Act 1)

» Seguidilla 'Pres des remparts de Seville' (Act 1)

Charpentier, Gustave

Louise

» Depuis le jour (Act 3)

Delibes, Leo

Lakme

» Dov'e l'Indiana bruna?

Donizetti, Gaetano

Anna Bolena

» Coppia iniqua

Lucia di Lammermoor

» Quando rapito in estasio

Poliuto

» Di quai soavi lagrime

Massenet, Jules

Manon

» Je ne suis que faiblesse... Adieu, notre petite table (Act 2)

Ponchielli, Amilcare

La Gioconda

» Suicidio!

Puccini, Giacomo

Gianni Schicchi

» O mio babbino caro

La Boheme

» Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Act 1)

Madama Butterfly

» Un bel di vedremo (Act 2)

Tosca

» Vissi d'arte (Act 2)

Turandot

» In questa reggia (Act 2)

Rossini, Gioachino

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

» Una voce poco fa

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

» Nacqui all' affanno ...Non piu mesta

Semiramide

» Bel raggio lusinghier (Act 1)

Verdi, Giuseppe

Il trovatore

» Vanne ...lasciami ...D'amor sull'ali rosee (Act 4)

I vespri siciliani

» Arrigo! Ah! parli a un core (Act 4)

» Merce, dilette amiche

La Traviata

» Addio del passato

» Ah! Fors'e lui ...Sempre libera

La forza del destino

» Pace, pace, mio Dio

Macbeth

» Una macchia e qui tuttora (Act 4)

Rigoletto

» Gualtier Malde ...Caro nome (Act 1)

Un ballo in maschera

» Morro, ma prima in grazia

Wagner, Richard

Tristan und Isolde

» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)

Artists

Conductors

Oliviero De Fabritiis
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Erich Kleiber
Umberto Mugnai
Georges Prêtre
Nicola Rescigno
Gabriele Santini
Georges Sébastian
Tullio Serafin
Alfredo Simonetto
Antonino Votto

About

Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with its extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.

Maria Callas: La Divina is a glittering selection of opera favourites that showcases, both in the studio (CD 1) and on stage (CD 2), her unique voice and her heartbreaking portrayal of tragic heroines.