Help
Skip to main content
Basket 0 items, $0.00

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...

Maria Callas - The One and Only
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 20075 out of 5 stars

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...

Purchase product

Download

Audio formats guide

44.1 kHz, 16 bit, FLAC/ALAC/WAV

$26.00

320 kbps, MP3

$20.00

No digital booklet included

Stream now lossless, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit
Free 30 day trial
Fair Play.
We pay more royalties to artists and composers than any other streaming service with our innovative Fair Play pay-per-second model
We pay artists and composers fairly with our pay-per-second model
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 20075 out of 5 stars

About

Contents and tracklist

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Work length2:40
Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)
Work length4:49
Puccini: Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)
Work length3:21
Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
Work length4:52
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1: "Ecco: respiro appena...Io son l'umile ancella" (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Work length3:50
This work is only available as an album download.
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 4: "Poveri fiori" (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Work length3:12
This work is only available as an album download.
Giordano, U: La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier)
Work length4:57
Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)
Work length3:19
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)
Work length4:44
Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)
Work length2:32
Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot)
Work length2:51
Puccini: Turandot, Act 2: "In questa reggia" (Turandot)
Work length6:26
Verdi: Caro nome (from Rigoletto)
Work length7:35
Verdi: Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata)
Work length3:21
  • 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
Verdi: Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)
Work length4:06
Bellini: La sonnambula, Act 2: "Reggimi, o buona madre" (Amina, Teresa)
Work length3:19
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Regnava nel silenzio alta la notte e bruna...Quando rapito in estasi" (Lucia, Alisa)
Work length8:02
Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)
Work length5:35
Rossini: Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Work length6:26
Verdi: Ernani, Act 1: "Surta è la notte .... Ernani! Ernani, involami" (Elvira)
Work length6:14
Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor" (Aida)
Work length7:09
Gluck: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice)
Work length4:28
Bizet: Carmen, Act 1
Work length8:58
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Maria Callas (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Andréa Guiot (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Claude Cales (baritone), Jacques Mars (bass), Jacques Pruvost (tenor), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Jean Laforge (director), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (tenor), Leonardo Monreale (bass), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Robert Massard (bass), Ugo Trama (bass)
  • Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Choeurs René Duclos, Choeurs d'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Paris Opera Orchestra
  • 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
"Près des remparts de Séville" (Carmen) [Seguédille]
Track length4:36
Bizet: Carmen, Act 2: Chanson bohème - Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen)
Work length4:23
Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)
Work length3:43
Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Werther! Qui m'aurait dit la place... Des cris joyeux" (Charlotte) [Air des lettres]
Work length7:07
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 1: "Printemps qui commence" (Dalila)
Work length5:18
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila)
Work length5:21
Massenet: Manon, Act 2: "Je ne suis que faiblesse....Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon)
Work length3:23
Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from Louise)
Work length4:44
Gounod: Faust, Act 2: "Un bouquet!...Ah! je ris" (Marguerite) [Jewel song]
Work length5:33

Awards and reviews

November 2007

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.
5 out of 5 stars
View download progress

Download queue