Maria Callas La Divina (Compilation; Picture Disc)

Release date:

March 29, 2024

Label:

Warner Classics

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Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with it's extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.

Tracklist:

1. Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi D'arte" (Tosca)
2. Carmen, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" (Carmen, Chur)
3. Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un Bel DÌ Vedremo" (Madama Butterfly)
4. Rigoletto, Act 1: "Gualtier Maldè!" - "Caro Nome" (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo)
5. Turandot, Act 1: "Signore, Ascolta!" (Liù)
6. La Wally, Act 1: "Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana" (Wally)
7. Norma: "Casta Diva" (Norma, Coro) [Live, Paris, 1958]
8. La Traviata, Act 1: "Ah, Fors'è Lui Che I'anima" (Violetta) [Live, Milan 1955]
9. La Traviata, Act 1: "Follie! Follie! Delirio Vano È Questo!" (Violetta) [Live, Milan 1955]
10. La Traviata, Act 1: "Sempre Libera" (Violetta, Alfredo) [Live, Milan 1955]
11. La Bohème, Act 1: "SÌ. Mi Chiamano Mimì" (Mimì) [Live, London, 1959]
12. Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Coppia Iniqua, L'estrema Vendetta" (Anna, Smeton, Percy, Rochefort, Chorus)
13. Gianni Schicchi: "O Mio Babbino Caro" (Lauretta) [Live, Paris, 1963]