Notes and Editorial Reviews
This set includes 9 CDs of material from live concerts that formed an integral part of Callas’s public career alongside her stage performances. In them she sang not only scenes and arias from her stage repertoire, but other pieces as well, including items by French composers such as Delibes, Charpentier and Massenet, that she never sang on stage. These recital performances are an invaluable addition to Callas’s recorded legacy and provide a unique insight into this great artist in the concert hall performing in front of an audience. The programme begins with extracts from concerts given in Rome in 1952 and San Remo in 1954 and broadcast by RAI in their famous and long-established Grandi Concerti Martini e Rossi series, and continues up to a
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triumphant concert given in Paris in 1963. It concludes with an extract from a private rehearsal in 1976 when Callas was preparing to make a comeback that never eventuated. As a bonus, there is an extra CD containing an interview in English that Callas gave with the American commentator Edward Downes in December 1967 and January 1968 in New York. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Macbeth: Vieni, t'affretta...Or tutti sorgete by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/18/1952
Venue: Live RAI Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Nabucco: Ben io t'invenni...Anch' io dischiuso un giorno by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 7 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Italian
3.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Ardon gl'incensi "Mad Scene" by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/18/1952
Venue: Live RAI Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 12 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Lakmé: Où va la jeune indoue? "Bell Song" by Léo Delibes
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; France
Date of Recording: 02/18/1952
Venue: Live RAI Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K 384: Martern aller Arten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1782; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 13 Minutes 36 Secs.
6.
Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah": Ombre legère by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/27/1954
Venue: Live Teatro dell'Opera, San Remo, Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Louise: Depuis le jour by Gustave Charpentier
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; France
Date of Recording: 12/27/1954
Venue: Live Teatro dell'Opera, San Remo, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: French
8.
La Vestale: Tu che invoco con orrore by Gasparo Spontini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1807; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 07/11/1959
Venue: Live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Length: 11 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
I puritani: Oh vieni al tempio by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan,
Italian Radio Chorus Milan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/27/1956
Venue: Live RAI Studios, Milan, Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
10.
Hamlet: A vos jeux "Mad Scene" by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 10 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: Italian
11.
Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 6 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
12.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 6 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: Italian
13.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
14.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 8 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
Hamlet: Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson! by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Athens Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 08/05/1957
Venue: Live Herodes Atticus Arena, Athens, Greece
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Italian
16.
La traviata: Ah, fors' è lui...Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs.
17.
I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 9 Minutes 22 Secs.
18.
I puritani: Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs.
19.
Anna Bolena: Piangete voi?...Al dolce guidami castel natio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/27/1962
Venue: Live Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Length: 9 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: Italian
20.
Anna Bolena: Qual mesto suon by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 7 Minutes 10 Secs.
21.
Anna Bolena: Suon festivo by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs.
22.
Anna Bolena: Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Nicola Rescigno (Spoken Vocals),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/20/1957
Venue: State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas
Length: 9 Minutes 58 Secs.
23.
Macbeth: Vieni, t'affretta! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
South German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/19/1959
Venue: Live Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 33 Secs.
24.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/17/1958
Venue: Live Chelsea Palace, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Italian
25.
Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/23/1958
Venue: Live Chelsea Palace, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
26.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/23/1958
Venue: Live Chelsea Palace, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: Italian
27.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/03/1959
Venue: Live Wood Green Empire, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
28.
Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (Piano),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/30/1961
Venue: Live St. James's Palace, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Italian
29.
Macbeth: Una macchia è qui tuttora "Sleepwalking Scene" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/23/1959
Venue: Live Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Length: 7 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
30.
Il pirata: Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/11/1959
Venue: Live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Length: 9 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: Italian
31.
Don Carlos: Tu, che la vanitá conoscesti del mondo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (Piano),
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/30/1961
Venue: Live St. James's Palace, London, England
Length: 7 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: Italian
32.
Il pirata: Col sorriso d'innocenza by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/11/1959
Venue: Live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Italian
33.
Il pirata: Oh! sole! ti vela by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/11/1959
Venue: Live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: Italian
34.
Ernani: Ernani, involami by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/11/1959
Venue: Live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Length: 6 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: Italian
35.
Le Cid: Pleurez, mes yeux! by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Sir Malcolm Sargent (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; France
Date of Recording: 05/30/1961
Venue: Live St. James's Palace, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: French
36.
Macbeth: La luce langue by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 02/27/1962
Venue: Live Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
37.
Carmen: Act 1 Prelude "Les toréadors" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 11/04/1962
Venue: Live Covent Garden, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs.
38.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 11/04/1962
Venue: Live Covent Garden, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: French
39.
Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Date of Recording: 11/04/1962
Venue: Live Covent Garden, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
40.
Carmen: Près des ramparts de Seville "Seguidilla" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 11/04/1962
Venue: Live Covent Garden, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: French
41.
Manon: Adieu, notre petite table by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1884; France
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: French
42.
Werther: Werther! Qui m'aurait dit...Des cris joyeux "Letter scene" by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; France
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 7 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: French
43.
La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Italian
44.
Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio [Death of Butterfly] by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: Italian
45.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Italian
46.
Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Jeffrey Tate (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1795-1796; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 03/03/1976
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 7 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Italian
47.
Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 6 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Italian
48.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
South German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/19/1959
Venue: Live Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Italian
49.
La Cenerentola: Nacqui all' affano...Non più mesta by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1963
Venue: Live Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Length: 6 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
50.
Armida: D'amore al dolce impero by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Alfredo Simonetto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/27/1954
Venue: Live Teatro dell'Opera, San Remo, Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Italian
51.
Oberon, J 306: Ozean! du Ungeheuer by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/27/1962
Venue: Live Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Length: 9 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: English
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