Bellini Callas

The Nightingales - Maria Callas, Amelita Galli-Curci
EAC RIP | FLAC CUE LOG | 283 MB | No COVER
Classical | 1 CD | Label: Fono Enterprise | Catalogue: FONO 1076 | Release Date: 2005 | RAR 1% Recovery | RS.com

Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963) was an Italian operatic coloratura soprano. She was one of the best regarded singers of the early 20th century.

Maria Callas: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) - CD 41 of 70
Classical, Opera | CD41 | FLAC LOG CUE | 140 MB | RS |
EMI Classics (3959182) | Release Date: Sep 25, 2007

A true Callas cornucopia, this 70-CD set gathers together everything Maria Callas ever recorded in the studio. That's 26 complete operas (four of which are studio repeats), plus the complete studio recitals made during the legendary soprano's recording career, which lasted from 1949-69. The bonus CD-ROM contains libretti and translations in English, French and German, plus a Callas photo library, while remastered treats include Callas's first recital recording, originally made for the Fonit-Cetra label and featuring arias by Wagner and Bellini. – Barnes & Noble

Maria Callas: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) - CD 40 of 70
Classical, Opera | CD40 | FLAC LOG CUE | 254 MB | RS |
EMI Classics (3959182) | Release Date: Sep 25, 2007

A true Callas cornucopia, this 70-CD set gathers together everything Maria Callas ever recorded in the studio. That's 26 complete operas (four of which are studio repeats), plus the complete studio recitals made during the legendary soprano's recording career, which lasted from 1949-69. The bonus CD-ROM contains libretti and translations in English, French and German, plus a Callas photo library, while remastered treats include Callas's first recital recording, originally made for the Fonit-Cetra label and featuring arias by Wagner and Bellini. – Barnes & Noble

Known for her dramatic singing style, Renata Scotto excelled in the Italian repertoire, including Bellini's Norma and Puccini's Madame Butterfly. She performed in more than 45 operas all over the world and worked with such singers as Renata Tebaldi and Mario Del Monaco.

Callas Live Recordings - Live in Milan 1956 and Athens 1957 - CD 2 of 11
Classical | 1 CD | FLAC CUE LOG | COVER | 325 MB
EMI 7243 5 67917 2 5 | Release Date: 2002

Callas fans prefer her "live" recordings to studio outings for their extra charge of intensity, whether the singer's on the operatic stage or in concert, as she is on this disc, which is part of a series of new reissues from EMI. The first four items derive from a 1956 Radio Italiana program; the final six from her first concert in Greece after an absence of 12 years. Of course, Callas fans will want every scrap of salvaged recorded material they can find, but this will hold interest for anyone interested in the Callas phenomenon and great singing. Not that she's in prime voice here, but she never fails to thrill and enlighten. Her command of line is extraordinary, amply demonstrated by the Milan excerpt from Bellini's Puritani. And while she recorded every selection here on other occasions, such is her artistry that duplication is not a problem. So, even if you have her "Bel raggio" from Rossini's Semiramide, you'll want to hear this more austere version. And the Athens "Liebestod," from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, sung in Italian, is more fiery than in her early Cetra recording. Her late studio recording of the mad scene from Thomas's Hamlet was in French; in Milan, with Callas singing in Italian, it has even more color and tension. The sound is acceptable; the artistry, flaws and all, exceptional.

Maria Callas: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) - CD 25 of 70
Classical, Opera | CD24 | FLAC LOG CUE | 146 MB | RS |
EMI Classics (3959182) | Release Date: Sep 25, 2007

A true Callas cornucopia, this 70-CD set gathers together everything Maria Callas ever recorded in the studio. That's 26 complete operas (four of which are studio repeats), plus the complete studio recitals made during the legendary soprano's recording career, which lasted from 1949-69. The bonus CD-ROM contains libretti and translations in English, French and German, plus a Callas photo library, while remastered treats include Callas's first recital recording, originally made for the Fonit-Cetra label and featuring arias by Wagner and Bellini. –Barnes & Noble

I believe this is the only note-complete performance of this opera, and furthermore, the only one that is sung in all of the original keys (in almost every other recording "Casta diva" and the duets are transposed down). It is a spectacular example of bel canto. Recorded in 1964, Joan Sutherland was at her peak, exhibiting fearless, beautiful singing, thoroughly accurate in fiorature and breath control, and, for Sutherland, dramatically telling. Her usually dreadful diction is somewhat better than elsewhere, and she presents Norma's unhappiness and acceptance of her fate honestly. She's not as good when she must express anger, but she tries very hard, and in the face of such gorgeous singing, one barely minds. Of course she never comes near Callas in psychological depth, but why bother bringing that up? –Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com.

The Great Maria Callas
Classical | CD | FLAC+LOG+ CUE | NO BOOKS NO COVER | 201 MB
Pilz (11 1958-2 011) | Release Date: 1993

Maria Callas (görögül Μαρία Κάλλας) (New York, 1923. december 2. – Párizs, 1977. szeptember 16.) Amerikában született görög opera-énekesnő (szoprán), aki elsősorban lenyűgöző bel canto technikájának, valamint óriási drámai képességének – amely majd Zeffirelli és Visconti rendezéseiben csúcsosodik ki – köszönhette hírnevét; rajongói La Divinaként vagy a "la prima donna assoluta"-ként emlegették. Világkarrierje alatt 36 szerepet énekelt, de figyelembe véve korai athéni éveit, valamint azon operaszerepek teljes lemezfelvételét, amelyeket színpadon nem énekelt, 45 szerepet tudhatott magáénak. Alakításaiban Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Cherubini rég elfelejtett operái születtek újjá.