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| Brilliant Opera Collection - Puccini: Tosca / Callas, De Sabata, Di Stefano, Gobbi, Et Al | |||||
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Release Date: 06/30/2009 Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog #: 93927 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Giacomo Puccini Performer: Alvaro [boy soprano] Cordova, Dario Caselli, Melchiorre Luise, Angelo Mercuriali, Franco Calabrese, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas Conductor: Victor De Sabata Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Number of Discs: 2 |
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'Tosca,' Giacomo Puccini's "shabby little shocker," had its premiere in 1900. The libretto, by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, was based on the Sardou drama of the same name. The opera has come to be associated with Maria Callas, the most celebrated interpreter of the title role. This recording, which dates from 1953, is THE classic performance, one of two "official" recordings, as it were. It is a must-have for all Callas fans. (There is another official recording, made in 1964, with a different conductor, Georges Prêtre, and a different Cavaradossi, Carlo Bergonzi, but as the years passed, so did the quality of Callas's voice.) This earlier version is far superior. Tradition mandates that we hear Callas sing with her fabled partner, the honey-voiced Di Stefano. Here, his sweetness is a wonderful counterpoint to Callas's dramatic, covered voice. Tito Gobbi provides a crafty Scarpia, and De Sabata's conducting is considered by many to be the ultimate reading of this work. But Callas is the diva here, and the listener is treated to the full amalgam of her emotional range. This performance is the myth-making one! |
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Alvaro [boy soprano] Cordova (Boy Soprano),
Dario Caselli (Bass),
Melchiorre Luise (Bass),
Angelo Mercuriali (Tenor), Franco Calabrese (Bass), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano) Conductor: Victor De Sabata Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 08/1953 Venue: La Scala Theater, Milan, Italy Length: 109 Minutes 34 Secs. Language: Italian |
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