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Maria Callas - La Divina - The Best Of Maria Callas (Compilation)
La Divina - The Best Of Maria Callas (Compilation)
Artist: Maria Callas
Format: CD

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Label: WARNER CLASSICS
Rel. Date: 03/29/2024
UPC: 5054197664915

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1. Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Coro)
2. Carmen, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chour)
3. La cenerentola, Act 2: "Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto" - "Non più mesta" (Cenerentola)
4. Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Madama Butterfly)
5. La bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" (Mimì)
6. Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
7. La traviata, Act 1: "Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima" (Violetta)
8. La traviata, Act 1: "Follie! follie! Delirio vano è questo!" (Violetta)
9. La traviata, Act 1: "Sempre libera" (Violetta, Alfredo)
10. La traviata, Act 3: "Addio, del passato" (Violetta)
11. La sonnambula, Act 2: "Ah! non credea mirarti" (Amina, Elvino)
12. Turandot, Act 2: "In questa reggia" (Turandot)
13. I vespri Siciliani, Act 5: "Mercé, dilette amiche" (Elena)
14. La Gioconda, Act 4: "Suicidio!" (Gioconda)
15. La forza del destino, Act 4: "Pace, pace mio Dio!" (Leonora)
16. Macbeth, Act 4: "Una macchia è qui tuttora!" (Lady Macbeth)
17. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Quando rapito in estasi" (Lucia, Alisa)
18. Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta) [Live, Paris, 1963]
19. Il trovatore, Act 4: "Vanne, lasciami" - "D'amor sull'ali rosee" (Leonora) [Live, Athens, 1957]
20. Tosca: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca, Scarpia) [Live, Paris, 1958]
21. Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Séguedille. "Près des remparts de Séville" (Carmen) [Live, London, 1962]
22. Lakmé, Act 2: Aria delle campanelle. "Dov'è l'indiana bruna?" (Lakmé) [Live, San Remo, 1954]
23. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina) [Live, Hamburg, 1959]
24. Un ballo in maschera, Act 3: "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" (Amelia) [Live, Milan 1957]
25. Poliuto, Act 1: "Di quai soavi lagrime" (Paolina)
26. Rigoletto, Act 1: "Gualtier Maldè! ... Caro nome" (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo) [Live]
27. Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta" (Anna, Smeton, Percy, Rochefort, Chorus)
28. Louise, Act 3: "Depuis le jour" (Louise) [Live, San Remo, 1954]
29. Semiramide, Act 1: "Bel raggio lusinghier" (Semiramide, Coro) [Live, Milan, 1956]
30. Tristano e Isotta, Act 3: Morte d'amore. "Dolce e calmo" (Isolde) [Live, Athens, 1957]
31. I vespri siciliani, Act 4: "Arrigo! Ah! parli a un core" (Elena) [Live]
32. Il Pirata, Act 1: "Quando a un tratto il mio consorte" (Imogene, Chorus, Itulbo, Adele, Gualtiero)
33. Il Pirata, Act 1: "Sventurata, anch'io deliro" (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
34. Manon, Act 2: "Je ne suis que faiblesse" - "Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon) [Live, Paris, 1963]

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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 it's 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.