MARIA CALLAS Legendary Performances - DÁRKOVÁ EDICE (14CD)

Maria Callas – 7 Complete Operas (14 CD Box Set)

1. La Vestale – Gaspare Spontini

Recorded: December 7, 1954 – Live in Milan
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Chorus: Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Cast:

• Giulia – Maria Callas
• Licinio – Franco Corelli
• Cinna – Enzo Sordello
• High Priest – Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
• Additional: Ebe Stignani, Nicola Zaccaria, Vittorio Tatozzi

2. Andrea Chénier – Umberto Giordano

Recorded: January 8, 1955 – Live La Scala, Milan
Conductor: Antonino Votto

Cast:

• Maddalena – Maria Callas
• Andrea Chénier – Mario Del Monaco
• Carlo Gérard – Aldo Protti
• Supporting cast includes Silvana Zanolli, Maria Amadini, Enzo Sordello

3. La Sonnambula – Vincenzo Bellini

Recorded: March 5, 1955 – Live in Milan
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

Cast:

• Amina – Maria Callas
• Elvino – Cesare Valletti
• Rodolfo – Giuseppe Modesti
• Lisa – Eugenia Ratti

4. Norma – Vincenzo Bellini

Recorded: June 29, 1955 – Live in Rome
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Chorus: RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Cast:

• Norma – Maria Callas
• Pollione – Mario Del Monaco
• Adalgisa – Ebe Stignani
• Oroveso – Giuseppe Modesti

5. Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti

Recorded: September 29, 1955 – Live in Berlin
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Cast:

• Lucia – Maria Callas
• Edgardo – Giuseppe Di Stefano
• Enrico – Rolando Panerai
• Raimondo – Nicola Zaccaria

6. Poliuto – Gaetano Donizetti

Recorded: December 7, 1960 – Live in Milan
Conductor: Antonino Votto

Cast:

• Paolina – Maria Callas
• Poliuto – Franco Corelli
• Severo – Ettore Bastianini
• Callistene – Nicola Zaccaria

7. Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

Recorded: January 24, 1964 – Live in London (Covent Garden)
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Orchestra/Chorus: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Cast:

• Tosca – Maria Callas
• Cavaradossi – Renato Cioni
• Scarpia – Tito Gobbi
• Supporting cast includes Victor Godfrey, Dennis Wicks