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Maria Callas - The One and Only

A 2 CD collection of the favourite Maria Callas arias from Puccini, Verdi, Bellini and more…

Maria Callas (soprano), Renato Ercolani (tenor), William Dickie (baritone), Carlo Forti (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano) & Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano)

Victor de Sabata, Franco Ghione, Herbert von Karajan, Tullio Serafin, Alceo Galliera,...

A wide-ranging collection of many of Callus's (and opera's) greatest hits in performances that are never less than outstanding. Ideal for the Callas beginner. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 5 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 3rd Sep 2007
  • Catalogue No: 3963412
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Contents

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Work length2:40
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

Work length4:49
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

Work length3:21
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Work length4:52
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1997-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 17,18,20 & 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1: "Ecco: respiro appena...Io son l'umile ancella" (Adriana Lecouvreur)

Work length3:50
Album only
Album only
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-21
  • Recording Venue: 17,18,20 & 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 4: "Poveri fiori" (Adriana Lecouvreur)

Work length3:12
Album only
Album only
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-21
  • Recording Venue: 17,18,20 & 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Giordano, U: La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier)

Work length4:57
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-21
  • Recording Venue: 17,18,20 & 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:19
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Victor de Sabata
  • Recorded: 1953-08-21
  • Recording Venue: 10-21 August 1953 / Teatro all Scala, Milano

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length4:44
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Norberto Mola (choir director), Mario Carlin (tenor), Mario Borriello (baritone), Luisa Villa (mezzo-soprano), Lucia Danieli (mezzo-soprano), Enrico Campi (bass)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala
  • Tullio Serafin, Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1955-08-06
  • Recording Venue: 1-6 August 1955 / Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

Work length2:32
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot)

Work length2:51
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Turandot, Act 2: "In questa reggia" (Turandot)

Work length6:26
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1954-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Verdi: Caro nome (from Rigoletto)

Work length7:35
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (soprano), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Richard Tucker (tenor), Tito Gobbi (tenor), Vittorio Tatozzi (bass), William Dickie (tenor), William Dickie (mezzo-soprano), Forti Carlo (bass), Carlo Forti (bass), Elvira Galassi (mezzo-soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Giuse Gerbino (mezzo-soprano), Adriana Lazzarini (alto), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Luisa Mandelli (mezzo-soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Norberto Mola (choir director), William Dickie (bass-baritone)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1955-09-16
  • Recording Venue: 3-16 September 1955 / Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Verdi: Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata)

Work length3:21
$1.00
$1.30
  • Orquesta Sinfonica del Teatro Nacional de Santa Carlos, Lisboa, Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orquestra Sinfónica do Teatro Nacional de Sõo Carlos de Lisboa
  • Franco Ghione
  • Recorded: 1958-03-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 March 1958 / 'live' in the Teatro San Carlos, Lisbon

Verdi: D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore)

Work length4:07
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano), Rolando Panerai (bass-baritone), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Luisa Villa (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Giulio Mauri (bass), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano)
  • Teatro alla Scala, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin, Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1956-08-09
  • Recording Venue: 3-9 August 1956. Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Verdi: Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)

Work length4:06
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin, Walter Legge
  • Recorded: 1954-09-21
  • Recording Venue: 17,18,20 & 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Bellini: La sonnambula, Act 2: "Reggimi, o buona madre" (Amina, Teresa)

Work length3:19
$1.00
$1.30
  • Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1955-06-12
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 12 June 1955 / Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Regnava nel silenzio alta la notte e bruna...Quando rapito in estasi" (Lucia, Alisa)

Work length8:02
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano), Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1953-02-06
  • Recording Venue: 29,30 Jan & 3,4,6 Feb 1953/Teatro Comunale, Florence

Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)

Work length5:35
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Tullio Serafin
  • Recorded: 1960-09-12
  • Recording Venue: 5-12 September 1960, La Scala Milan

Rossini: Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Work length6:26
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Alceo Galliera
  • Recorded: 1957-02-14
  • Recording Venue: 7-14 February 1957 / Kingsway Hall, London

Verdi: Ernani, Act 1: "Surta è la notte .... Ernani! Ernani, involami" (Elvira)

Work length6:14
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Nicola Rescigno
  • Recorded: 1958-09-24
  • Recording Venue: 19-21 & 24 September 1958, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London.

Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor" (Aida)

Work length7:09
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
  • Nicola Rescigno
  • Recorded: 1964-04-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 April 1964: Salle Wagram, Paris

Gluck: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice)

Work length4:28
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1997-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Bizet: Carmen, Act 1

Work length8:58
$2.00
$2.60
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Maria Callas (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Robert Massard (bass), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (tenor), Leonardo Monreale (bass), Jean Laforge (director), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Jacques Pruvost (tenor), Jacques Mars (bass), Claude Cales (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Andréa Guiot (soprano), Ugo Trama (bass)
  • Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Paris Opera Orchestra, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs d'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Choeurs René Duclos
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1964-07-20
  • Recording Venue: 6-20 July 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera)

Track length4:22
$1.00
$1.30

"Près des remparts de Séville" (Carmen) [Seguédille]

Track length4:36
$1.00
$1.30

Bizet: Carmen, Act 2: Chanson bohème - Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen)

Work length4:23
$1.00
$1.30
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Maria Callas (soprano), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano)
  • Choeurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1964-07-20
  • Recording Venue: 6-20 July 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)

Work length3:43
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1997-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Werther! Qui m'aurait dit la place... Des cris joyeux" (Charlotte) [Air des lettres]

Work length7:07
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1963-05-08
  • Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 1: "Printemps qui commence" (Dalila)

Work length5:18
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1961-04-05
  • Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila)

Work length5:21
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1961-04-05
  • Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Massenet: Manon, Act 2: "Je ne suis que faiblesse....Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon)

Work length3:23
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1963-05-08
  • Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963. Salle Wagram, Paris.

Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from Louise)

Work length4:44
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1961-04-05
  • Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gounod: Faust, Act 2: "Un bouquet!...Ah! je ris" (Marguerite) [Jewel song]

Work length5:33
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1963-05-08
  • Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

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