Puccini - Tosca - Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi – 1953 Version (3LP, Mono, Box set)
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Giacomo Puccini – Tosca
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Tosca - Maria Callas (soprano) [click here to see more vinyl and CD featuring Maria Callas]
Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano
Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Angelotti - Franco Calabrese
Spoletta - Angelo Mercuriali
Leporello - Giuseppe Taddei
Sacrestan - Melchiorre Luise
Sciarrone/Gaoler - Dario Caselli
Shepherd - Alvaro Cordova
Chorus and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Chorus Master - Vittore Veneziani
Conductor - Victor de Sabata
3 LPs, box set with booklet
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Mono
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Warner Classics
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded 10th-14th, 16th and 18th-21st August 1953 in the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Balance engineer - Robert Beckett
Produced by Walter Legge
Remastered in 2014 at Abbey Road Studios
Originally released in 1953
Reissued in October 2023
Tracks:
Side A : Act 1 (beginning)
Side B : Act 1 (conclusion)
Side C : Act 2 (beginning)
Side D: Act 2 (continuation)
Side E : Act 2 (conclusion) & Act 3 (beginning)
Side F : Act 3 (conclusion)
Reviews
"One of the great classics of the gramophone. Wonderful as Gobbi's and Di Stefano's performances are, and superbly dramatic as de Sabata's conducting is, it is the unique Callas in the title role who provides the greatest marvel. Callas is incomparable as Tosca." Gramophone
This Tosca, made in 1953 with the forces of La Scala, is a landmark in recording history. Conducted with searing intensity by Victor de Sabata, it teams Callas with two of her closest colleagues, the tenor Giuseppe di Stefano and the baritone Tito Gobbi — a performer who could rival Callas in dramatic finesse and power. Tosca's aria ‘Vissi d'arte' (I lived for art) has come to be seen as Callas's personal manifesto.
Abbey Road Studios engineers have returned to the original studio master tapes in 2014, bringing new clarity and brilliance to a classic interpretation.
Rating:
Discogs 4.53 / 5