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Maria Callas - Birth of a Diva

Legendary Early Recordings

Maria Callas (soprano)

Coro Cetra & Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Gabriele Santini, Antonino Votto, Arturo Basile

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Contents

Verdi: La Traviata

Work length32:26
$9.00
$11.70
  • Maria Callas (vocals), Francesco Albanese (vocals), Mariano Caruso (vocals), Ines Marietti (vocals)
  • Coro Cetra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
  • Gabriele Santini

Act 1 "Libiam ne' lieti calici" [Alfredo, Chorus, Violetta]

Track length3:17
$1.00
$1.30

Act 1 "Un dì, felice, eterea" [Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone]

Track length4:59
$1.00
$1.30

Act 1 "E' strano!... E' strano!..." [Violetta]

Track length1:30
$1.00
$1.30

Act 1 "Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima" [Violetta]

Track length2:50
$1.00
$1.30

Act 1 "Follie! ... Sempre libera" [Violetta, Alfredo]

Track length5:03
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$1.30

Act 2 "Dammi tu forza, o cielo... Amami Alfredo" [Violetta, Annina, Alfredo]

Track length4:19
$1.00
$1.30

Act 3 "Teneste la promessa... La disfida" [Violetta]

Track length1:51
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$1.30

Act 3 "Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti" [Violetta, Chorus]

Track length4:10
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$1.30

Act 3 "Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremoi" [Alfredo, Violetta]

Track length4:27
$1.00
$1.30

Excerpt, Ponchielli: La Gioconda

Work length3:47
$2.00
$2.60
  • Maria Amadini (soprano), Giulio Neri (tenor), Gianni Poggi (tenor), Paolo Silveri (bass-baritone), Piero Poldi (bass), Armando Benzi (tenor), Giulio Mogliotti (master chorus), Fedora Barbieri (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals)
  • Orchestra della RAI, Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino
  • Antonino Votto

Act 2 "E' un anatema!" [Gioconda, Laura]

Track length1:44
$1.00
$1.30

Act 2 "L'amo come il fulgor del creato" [Gioconda, Laura]

Track length2:03
$1.00
$1.30

Amilcare PONCHIELLI, Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Wagner: La Gioconda

Work length8:50
$3.00
$3.90
  • Fedora Barbieri (soprano), Maria Amadini (soprano), Giulio Neri (tenor), Gianni Poggi (tenor), Paolo Silveri (bass-baritone), Piero Poldi (bass), Armando Benzi (tenor), Giulio Mogliotti (master chorus), Maria Callas (vocals)
  • Orchestra della RAI, Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino
  • Antonino Votto

Act 3 "O madre mia" [Gioconda]

Track length1:52
$1.00
$1.30

Act 4 "Suicidio !...In questi fieri momenti" [Gioconda]

Track length4:36
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$1.30

Act 4 "Ora posso morir" [Gioconda, Barnaba]

Track length2:22
$1.00
$1.30

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde : Act 3 "Mild und leise" [Isolde] - Sung in Italian

Work length7:30
$1.00
$1.30
  • Arturo Basile (music), Maria Callas (vocals)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino

Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)

Work length6:52
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino
  • Arturo Basile

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Wagner: Norma : Act 1 "Ah! bello a me ritorna" [Norma]

Work length2:12
$1.00
$1.30
  • Maria Callas (vocals)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino
  • Arturo Basile

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Wagner: I Puritani

Work length7:09
$3.00
$3.90
  • Gabriele Santini, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Maria Callas (vocals)
  • Arturo Basile

Act 2 "O, rendetemi la speme" [Elvira]

Track length1:04
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Act 2 "Qui la voce sua soave" [Elvira]

Track length3:43
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Act 2 "Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna" [Elvira]

Track length2:22
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$1.30