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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Maria Callas (Rosina), Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Fritz Ollendorf (Bartolo), Nicola Zaccaria (Basilio), Gabriella Carturan (Berta), Mario Carlin (Fiorello)

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Maria Callas (Rosina), Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Fritz Ollendorf (Bartolo), Nicola Zaccaria (Basilio), Gabriella Carturan (Berta), Mario Carlin (Fiorello)

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera

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As she demonstrated in both Il barbiere di Siviglia and Il turco in Italia, Callas, the great tragedienne, could also turn her skills to comedy. As it happened, the 1956 La Scala production of Rossini’s most popular opera did not prove a great success with audiences, but its stars – Callas, Tito Gobbi and Luigi Alva – reassembled in London the following year for this recording. Callas sang the role of Rosina at its original mezzo-soprano pitch and her version of ‘Una voce poco fa’ – punctuated by an unforgettable ‘ma’ (‘but’) in the cabaletta – is a miracle of both elegance and wit.

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Work length2:09:47
Overture
Track length6:41
"Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar" (Fiorello, Chorus, Count Almaviva)
Track length2:55
"Ecco ridente in cielo" (Count Almaviva)
Track length4:10
"Ehi, Fiorelli?...Mio signore" (Count Almaviva, Fiorello, Chorus)
Track length1:05
"Mille grazie, mio signore" (Count Almaviva, Fiorello, Chorus)
Track length1:56
"Gente indiscreta!" (Count Almaviva, Fiorello, Figaro)
Track length0:33
"La ran la le ra...Largo al factotum" (Figaro)
Track length4:40
"Ah, che bella vita!" (Figaro, Count Almaviva)
Track length3:44
"Se il mio nome saper voi bramate" (Count Almaviva, Rosina, Figaro)
Track length2:55
"Oh cielo!...Nella stanza convien" (Count Almaviva, Figaro)
Track length0:59
"All'idea di quel metallo" (Figaro, Count Almaviva)
Track length8:07
"Una voce poco fa" (Rosina)
Track length6:19
"Sì, sì, la vincerò" (Rosina, Figaro)
Track length1:18
"Ah, disgraziato Figaro!" (Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Ambrogio)
Track length0:54
"Ah! Barbiere d'inferno" (Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length1:51
"La calunnia è un venticello" (Basilio)
Track length3:38
"Ah! Che ne dite?" (Basilio, Bartolo)
Track length0:32
"Ma bravi! Ma benone!" (Figaro, Rosina)
Track length2:19
ll barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Dunque io son" (Figaro, Rosina)
Track length5:06
"Ora mi sento meglio" (Rosina, Bartolo)
Track length1:23
"A un dottor della mia sorte" (Bartolo)
Track length4:58
"Finora in questa camera" (Berta, Count Almaviva)
Track length0:30
"Ehi, di casa, buona gente" (Count Almaviva, Bartolo)
Track length8:30
"Che cosa accadde" (Figaro, Bartolo, Count Almaviva, Rosina, Berta, Basilio, Chorus)
Track length3:39
"Fredda ed immobile" (Rosina, Count Almaviva, Bartolo, Figaro, Basilio, Berta)
Track length3:02
"Ma signor...ma un dottor" (Bartolo, Berta, Basilio, Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Chorus)
Track length4:42
"Ma vedi il mio destino!" (Bartolo)
Track length0:46
"Pace e gioia sia con voi" (Count Almaviva, Bartolo)
Track length2:27
"Insomma, mio signore" (Bartolo, Count Almaviva)
Track length2:19
"Venite, signorina" (Bartolo, Rosina, Count Almaviva)
Track length0:42
"Contro un chor che accende amore" (Rosina, Count Almaviva)
Track length5:55
"Bella voce! Bravissima!" (Count Almaviva, Rosina, Bartolo)
Track length0:35
"Quando mi sei vicina" (Bartolo)
Track length0:56
"Bravo, signor barbiere" (Bartolo, Figaro, Rosina, Count Almaviva)
Track length2:42
"Don Basilio!...Cosa veggo!" (Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length4:01
"Buona sera, mio signore" (Rosina, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio)
Track length5:15
"Che vecchio sospettoso!" (Berta)
Track length0:28
"Il vecchiotto cerca moglie" (Berta)
Track length3:20
Thunderstorm
Track length2:49
"Alfine eccoci qua" (Figaro, Count Almaviva, Rosina)
Track length1:02
"Ah, qual colpo inaspettato!" (Figaro, Count Almaviva, Rosina)
Track length5:45
"Ah, disgraziati noi!" (Figaro, Count Almaviva, Rosina, Basilio, Bartolo, Official)
Track length1:30
"Insomma io ho tutti i torti" (Bartolo, Figaro, Basilio, Count Almaviva, Rosina)
Track length0:44
"Di sì felice innesto" (Figaro, Berta, Bartolo, Basilio, Rosina, Count Almaviva, Chorus)
Track length2:05
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