Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Fillipeschi, Stignani

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Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Fillipeschi, Stignani

Release Date: 08/19/1997
Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 56271 Spars Code: ADD
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
Performer: Mario Filippeschi, Rina Cavallari, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Maria Callas, Ebe Stignani,
Paolo Caroli
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Number of Discs: 3
Recorded in: Mono
Length: 2 Hours 41 Mins.

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Recorded April 23 - May 3, 1954. Had Maria Callas lived in any other century, her voice, her demeanor, and her star quality would still be the stuff of legend. Luckily, we have more than folklore--we have these digitally remastered performances released on EMI Classics. The title role in Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma' requires extraordinary talents of a dramatic soprano. In 1954, Callas's voice was at its peak. Although critics considered her dramatic skills improved in 1960 when a second recording was made, it is this performance that shows her in her true glory. The story of 'Norma' may have been lost if not for great sopranos like Callas. Talent rescued the opera from anonymity after an unspectacular premiere in 1831. In Callas's hands, the genius of Bellini is fully realized.


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
	Performer: Mario Filippeschi (Tenor), Rina Cavallari (Mezzo Soprano), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Bass), Maria Callas (Soprano), Ebe Stignani (Mezzo Soprano), Paolo Caroli (Tenor) Conductor: Tullio Serafin Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1831; Italy	Date of Recording: 1954 Venue: Cinema Metropole, Milan, Italy Length: 160 Minutes 33 Secs. Language: Italian


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Norma (1997 Digital Remaster): Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Introduction (Orchestra) ... Ite sul colle (Oroveso/Coro)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Svanir le voci! (Pollione/Flavio)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Meco all'altar di Venere (Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Odi?... I suoi riti a compiere (Flavio/Coro/Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Me protegge, me difende un poter maggior di loro (Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Norma viene [Coro]
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Sediziose voci (Norma/Oroveso/Coro)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Casta diva (Norma/Coro)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Fine al rito e il sacro bosco (Norma/Oroveso/Coro)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Norma/Oroveso/Coro)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Sgombra � la sacra selva ... Deh! proteggimi, o Dio! (Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Eccola! Va, mi lascia ragion non odo (Pollione/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Va, crudele, al Dio spietato (Pollione/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Vieni in Roma (Pollione/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Vanne, e li cela entrambi (Norma/Clotilde)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Adalgisa!...Alma costanza (Norma/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Oh! rimembranza! (Norma/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Ah! si! fa core e abbracciami (Norma/Adalgisa)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Ma di'...l'amato giovane? (Norma/Adalgisa/Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Oh! di qual sei tu vittima (Norma/Adalgisa/Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Perfido!...Or basti (Norma/Adalgisa/Pollione)
Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Vanne, s�: mi lascia, indegno (Norma/Adalgisa/Pollione/Coro)

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