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Composer: Giacomo PucciniConductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Performer: Maria Callas
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-01-20
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide (Atto II)
- Manon Lescaut: Sola, preduta, abbondonata (Atto IV)
- Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (Atto II)
- Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore (Atto II)
- La Bohhme: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Atto II)
- La Bohhme: Donde lieta usci (Atto II)
- Suor Angelica: Senza mamma
- Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
- Turandot: Signore, ascolta (atto I)
- Turandot: In questa reggia (Atto II)
- Turandot: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Atto III)
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Free Music Review: Puccini is made for Callas
Hit: 5 Stars
We all know that The La Divina does not put Puccini among her favorites. But this recording is the best Puccini Suprano recital recording ever. This shows Callas in prime of her voice. As a matter of fact I could agree with other reviewers that this recital overshadows some of the complete recordings she has done. When one listens to In questa reggia no one can deny that Callas is the greatest of them all. For fans who could not afford to buy the Recitals 1954-1969 [BOX SET] and and decides to collect the recital recordings one by one. I strongly suggest to first purchase this one. For me this is the best among the set.
Puccini: Arias Poster
Though Puccini is one of the composers most associated with Callas, he was not the one closest to her heart. Even the title role of Tosca that showcased her talents so brilliantly (including during her vocal decline) didn't figure among her favorites. You'd never know, though, from this aria collection recorded in 1954--Callas's vocal prime--that was inexplicably overshadowed by her complete opera recordings. Even among the best of singers, aria collections take on a certain vocal sameness; Callas often has a different voice for every character. Her Mimi in La Boheme is all lightness and ingenuousness; the timbre of her Suor Angelica (which she sang onstage only once) has a similar but distinctly different lightness, also conveying a sheltered life. Once in a while one hears signs of vocal fatique, but generally, the flapping vibrato that afflicted Callas's high notes only a few years later is well under control, as she's guided through these selections by her longtime mentor, Tullio Serafin. --David Patrick StearnsClassical Music CDs
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