Maria Callas – La Divina
COMPILATION
Maria Callas - Soprano Vocal [click here to see more vinyl and CD featuring Maria Callas]
Written by Giacomo Puccini (A1, A3, B3, B5), Georges Bizet (A2), Giuseppe Verdi (A4, B2), Alfredo Catalani (A5), Vincenzo Bellini (B1), Gaetano Donizetti (B4)
1LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Live (Side B) & Studio (Side A)
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Warner Classics
Original Label : Warner
Originally released in September 2023
Reissued in April 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Tosca - "Vissi D'Arte"
- Carmen - Habanera. "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle"
- Madame Butterfly - "Un Bel Dì Vedremo"
- Rigoletto - "Gualtier Maldè!" - "Caro Nome"
- La Wally - "Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana"
Side B:
- Norma - "Casta Diva"
- La Traviata - "Ah. Fors'è Lui Che L'Anima" - "Follie! Follie! Delirio Vano è Questo!" - "Sempre Libera"
- La Bohème - "Sì. Mi Chiamano Mimì"
- Anna Bolena - "Coppia Iniqua, L'Estrema Vendetta"
- Gianni Schicchi - "O Mio Babbino Caro"
Reviews:
Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with its extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.
La Divina, Maria Callas' "best of" vinyl is a glittering selection of opera favourites that showcases, both in the studio (Side A) and on stage (Side B), her unique voice and her heartbreaking portrayal of tragic heroines.