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Maria Callas: Puccini Heroines & Lyric Arias | Naxos - Historical 8111275

Maria Callas: Puccini Heroines & Lyric Arias

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111275

Barcode: 0747313327522

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 4th January 2008

Contents

Works

Boito, Arrigo

Mefistofele
» L'altra notte in fondo al mare

Catalani, Alfredo

La Wally
» Ebben? Ne andro lontana

Cilea, Francesco

Adriana Lecouvreur
» Poveri fiori

Giordano, Umberto

Andrea Chenier
» La mamma morta

Puccini, Giacomo

Gianni Schicchi
» O mio babbino caro
La Boheme
» Donde lieta usci
» Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Act 1)
Madama Butterfly
» Tu, tu, piccolo iddio (Act 2)
» Un bel di vedremo (Act 2)
Manon Lescaut
» In quelle trine morbide (Act 2)
» Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Act 4)
Suor Angelica
» Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto
Turandot
» In questa reggia (Act 2)
» Signore, ascolta (Act 1)
» Tu che di gel sei cinta

Artists

Maria Callas
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Tullio Serafin

Works

Boito, Arrigo

Mefistofele
» L'altra notte in fondo al mare

Catalani, Alfredo

La Wally
» Ebben? Ne andro lontana

Cilea, Francesco

Adriana Lecouvreur
» Poveri fiori

Giordano, Umberto

Andrea Chenier
» La mamma morta

Puccini, Giacomo

Gianni Schicchi
» O mio babbino caro
La Boheme
» Donde lieta usci
» Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Act 1)
Madama Butterfly
» Tu, tu, piccolo iddio (Act 2)
» Un bel di vedremo (Act 2)
Manon Lescaut
» In quelle trine morbide (Act 2)
» Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Act 4)
Suor Angelica
» Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto
Turandot
» In questa reggia (Act 2)
» Signore, ascolta (Act 1)
» Tu che di gel sei cinta

Artists

Maria Callas
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Tullio Serafin

About

1954 was for Callas an exceptionally busy year. As well as appearing regularly at La Scala, Milan, and elsewhere in Italy, she made her American debut at the Chicago Lyric in November.

Her September 1954 Watford Town Hall sessions featured on this recording were released on two albums, one devoted to Puccini arias, not without blemishes, and the second featuring a selection entitled 'Coloratura Lyric Arias', which remains justly famous to this day.

In the two areas from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Callas' interpretation benefits from her remarkably expansive breath span. In Boito's L'altra notte, Callas revolutionises performance practice: she not only correctly sings all the written notes, but she understands implicitly what the dramatic situation calls for in her treatment of the cadenzas at the end of each verse.

Throughout the remakable length of her phrases, her choice of vocal colours, her command of rubato and her dynamic range reveal much more than one had thought the music contained.

Recorded in Watford Town hall, London 15-21 September 1954.

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