Verdi: Aida
Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis)
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin
“How beautifully she caressed the phrases [in the final duet] starting “Vedi? di morte l’angelo”, touching gently the notes marked staccato, ravishing the ear with the downward portamento from...
Verdi: Aida
Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis)
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin
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“How beautifully she caressed the phrases [in the final duet] starting “Vedi? di morte l’angelo”, touching gently the notes marked staccato, ravishing the ear with the downward portamento from...
About
Studio recording, 1955
Contents and tracklist
- Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Elvira Galassi (soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Richard Tucker (tenor), Giuseppe Modesti (bass)
- Milan La Scala Chorus, Milan La Scala Orchestra
- Tullio Serafin
- Recorded: 10-12, 16-20 and 23-24 August 1955
- Recording Venue: Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Act I Scene 1: Alta cagion v'aduna, o fidi egizii (King, Messenger, Aida, Radames, Amneris, Ramfis, Priests, Ministers, Captains)
Track length3:18
Act I Scene 1: Su! del Nilo al sacro lido (King, Messenger, Radames, Ramfis, Priests, Ministers, Captains, Aida, Amneris)
Track length2:58
Act I Scene 2: Possente, possente Ftha (High Priestess, Priestesses, Ramfis, Priests)
Track length5:18
Act II Scene 2: Salvator della patria, io ti saluto (King, Radames, Ramfis, Priests, Aida, Amonasro)
Track length3:08
Act II Scene 2: Quest'assisa ch'io vest vi dica (Amonasro, Aida, Slaves, Prisoners, Ramfis, Priests, King, People)
Track length4:42
Act II Scene 2: O re, pei sacri numi (Radames, King, Amneris, Priests, People, Ramfis)
Track length2:20
Act II Scene 2: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside (King, People, Slaves, Prisoners, Ramfis, Priests, Aida, Radames, Amneris, Amonasro)
Track length2:58
Act IV Scene 2: Presago il core della tua condanna (Aida, Radames, Priests, Priestesses)
Track length3:48
Awards and reviews
“How beautifully she caressed the phrases [in the final duet] starting “Vedi? di morte l’angelo”, touching gently the notes marked staccato, ravishing the ear with the downward portamento from the high B-flat
2010 edition
This is arguably the finest commercial recording of an opera that Maria Callas ever made...[Gobbi and Callas's duet] has never been matched...Barbieri is an impressive Amneris. The mono sound is clean and generally well balanced in Mark Obert-Thorn's excellent transfer
