Verdi: Aida (complete opera live 1951) with Maria Callas, Mario del Monaco, Oliviero de Fabritis, Orchestra & Chorus of del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
List Price:
Our Price: $13.97
You Save: $10.01 (42%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $12.25 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Composer: Giuseppe VerdiConductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra: Mexico City Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Performer: Carlos Sagarminaga
Performer: Giuseppe Taddei
Performer: Ignacio Ruffino
Performer: Maria Callas
Performer: Mario del Monaco
Performer: Oralia Dominguez
Performer: Roberto Silva
Performer: Rosa Rodriguez
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Preludio
- Si, Corre Voce Che L'Etiope Ardisca
- Se Quel Guerriero Io Fossi!
- Celeste Aida
- Quale Insolita Gioia Nel Tuo Sguardo!
- Vieni, O Diletta, Appressati
- Alta Cagion V'aduna
- Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido
- Ritorna Vincitor!
- Possente Ftha...Tu Che Dal Nulia Hai Tratto
- Immenso Ftha!...Mortal, Diletto Ai Numi
- Nume, Custode E Vindice
- Chi Mai Fra Gl'inni E I Plausi
- Dance Of The Moorish Slaves
- Vieni, Sul Crin Ti Piovano
- Fu La Sorte Dell'armi A' Tuoi Funesta
- Pieta Ti Prenda Del Mio Dolor
- Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido...Numi, Pieta
- Gloria All'Egitto, Ad Iside
- Triumphal March
- Ballet
- Vieni, O Guerriero Vindice
- Salvator Della Patria
- Che Veggo! Egli? Mio Padre!...Anch'io Pugnai...Ma Tu, Re, Tu Signore Possente
- Il Dolor Che In Quel Volto Favella
- O Re, Pei Sacri Numi...Gloria All'Egitto
- O Tu Che Sei D'Osiride
- Vieni D'Iside Al Tempio
- Qui Radames Verra!
- O Patria Mia
- Ciel! Mio Padre!
- Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate
- Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia Dolce Aida
- Nel Fiero Anelito Di Nuova Guerra
- Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti...La, Tra Foreste Vergini
- Ma Dimmi: Per Qual Via
- L'aborrita Rivale A Me Sfuggia
- Gia I Sacerdoti Adunansi
- Ohime! Morir Mi Sento!
- Spirto Del Nume
- A Lui Vivo, La Tomba!...Sacerdoti: Compiste Un Delitto!
- La Fatal Pietra Sovra Me Si Chiuse
- Vedi? Di Morte L'angelo...Immenso Ftha
- O Terra, Addio
Free Music Notes for Verdi: Aida (complete opera live 1951) with Maria Callas, Mario del Monaco, Oliviero de Fabritis, Orchestra & Chorus of del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Free Music Review: The AIDA of a generation
Hit: 5 Stars
I agree with other reviewers that this is, by far, the most exciting live AIDA in existence.
This 1951 Mexico broadcast crushes all critics who accused Maria Callas of never having the voice for the role. They must have been referring to her, admittedly quite ordinary and uneven, 1955 recording. Maria sang Aida live on stage often from 1948 to 1953, then dropped the role from active repertory.
This Mexican evening is simply electrifying, with Oralia Dominguez, Mario del Monaco, and Giuseppe Taddei all in excellent voice, and Oliviero de Fabritiis superb on the podium. Dominguez is especially admirable as Amneris in Act IV Scene 1, which by itself justifies this opera's greatness.
Maria was just 28 years old in 1951, not yet the great international star, and singing in her second Mexican season. The voice is enormous, the instrument untarnished. She offers a passionate, full-bodied, desperate Aida, rich and smooth of tone, even if she sings the exposed high C in "O patria mia" forte, not dolce. But oh what elegant phrasing in the long spinning lines of the Nile Scene, what endless breath control, what a caressing, seductive, magical Aida this is! The final scene is unforgettable, with both Callas and del Monaco having no problem in decibels, soaring effortlessly in the arching phrases of "O terra addio", the orchestra violins swelling and subsiding, and love vanquishing the darkest of destinies. Listen, people, and marvel.
This AIDA (like the 1950 performance, also from Mexico City, which is however inferior in the overall cast) of course features Maria's stunning high E-flat in the end of Act II: held for 7 seconds, the note flashes like a comet over the heavy orchestration with such roundness and accuracy, your jaw drops.
Absolutely, highly recommended.
For another superb live AIDA please refer to the 1982 Berlin Varady/Pavarotti/Barenboim recording, creamy and smooth and beautifully balanced. My favorite studio recording remains the first Leontyne Price (1962) with Jon Vickers, Rita Gorr, and Solti conducting. Vickers is outstanding as Radames. The 1974 Caballe/Domingo/Muti recording comes a close second.
Classical Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Verdi - Aida (Discography) (Part 1 of 2)
Verdi: Aida / Chiara, Pavarotti, Dimitrova, Nucci, Burchuladze, MaazelRelease date: 1990-05-22; Music CD
Best price: $32.99
Price in other shops:
Verdi: Aida / Millo, Domingo, Zajick, Morris, Ramey; LevineRelease date: 1991-04-19; Music CD
Best price: $79.99
RCA Opera Treasury - Verdi: Aida / Leinsdorf, Price, Domingo, Milnes, Bumbry, et alRelease date: 1999-08-10; Music CD
Best price: $22.50
Price in other shops:
Verdi - Aida / Freni ? Carreras ? Baltsa ? Cappuccilli ? Raimondi ? van Dam ? Ricciarelli ? Moser ? Wiener Phil. ? KarajanRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Price in other shops:
Verdi: AidaRelease date: 2007-05-08; Music CD
Best price: $18.20
Price in other shops:
Decca Legends: Verdi: AIDARelease date: 1999-09-14; Music CD
Best price: $15.86
Price in other shops:
Verdi: Aida - Wiener Philharmoniker / Harnoncourt / Gallardo-Dom?s / La Scola / Borodina / Hampson / Salminen / Polg?rRelease date: 2001-09-18; Music CD
Best price: $29.99
Price in other shops:
Verdi: AidaRelease date: 2006-01-24; Music CD
Best price: $19.95
Price in other shops:
Verdi: AidaRelease date: 2005-09-27; Music CD
Best price: $15.92
Price in other shops:
Verdi: AidaRelease date: 2003-04-22; Music CD
Best price: $24.49
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Giacomo Puccini - Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Antonino Votto, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $17.97
Price in other shops:
Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, Zaccaria, Teatro alla Scala, SerafinRelease date: 1998-03-17; Music CD
Best price: $17.97
Price in other shops:
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victor de Sabata, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $15.99
Price in other shops:
Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Modesti, Leonard Bernstein, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 2002-11-05; Music CD
Best price: $13.96
Price in other shops:
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera live 1952) with Maria Callas, Enzo Mascherini, Victor de Sabata, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 1998-03-17; Music CD
Best price: $12.93
Price in other shops:
Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de SabataRelease date: 2003-12-02; Music CD
Best price: $10.51
Price in other shops:
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera); Maria Callas; Tito Gobbi; Giuseppe di StefanoRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $15.75
Price in other shops:
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $17.59
Price in other shops:
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera OrchestraRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $17.97
Price in other shops:
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, MilanRelease date: 1998-03-17; Music CD
Best price: $13.79
Price in other shops: