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Maria Callas - Puccini: La Boheme (1958/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Maria Callas - Puccini: La Bohème (1958) [Remastered 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 105:55 minutes | 1,1 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Callas never sang the role of Mimì on stage, but this did not prevent her recorded interpretation from being, as described by Philip Hope-Wallacein Gramophone, 'brilliantly realised… This Mimì comes alive and later haunts you in the most extraordinary way … one of the most moving I have ever heard.' Giuseppe di Stefano is anardent Rodolfo and the young Anna Moffomakes a delectable Musetta.
Maria Callas - Cherubini: Medea (1959/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Maria Callas - Luigi Cherubini: Medea (1959) [Remastered 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 118:51 minutes | 2,11 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The role of the betrayed and finally murderous Medea became closely associated with Maria Callas. In 1969, several years after her final operatic performance, she even starred as Jason’s spurned wife – as an actress, not as a singer – in a film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. She first appeared in Cherubini’s opera in 1953 in Florence, with Vittorio Gui conducting, and later that year collaborated with Leonard Bernstein in a staging at La Scala; in 1962, the role brought her final appearances at Milan’s great opera house.
Maria Callas - Bellini: Norma (1961/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Maria Callas - Bellini: Norma (1961) [Remastered 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 161:32 minutes | 3,32 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklets

Callas first sang Bellini's Norma in 1948, when she was just 25. She went on to perform the role of the heroic, but vulnerable Druid priestess -the ultimate embodiment of bel canto - more frequently than any other. In this second studio recording her conductor was again Tullio Serafin (he originally tutored her in the role in 1948), and the venue was again La Scala - where the opera was premiered in 1831. By 1960, Callas brought a wealth of new nuance to her interpretation, and she is aptly partnered by the creamy-voiced Christa Ludwig (in a rare recording of an Italian role) and the towering Franco Corelli.
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra - Rossini: La scala di seta (2022)

Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra - Rossini: La scala di seta (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:28:16 | 438 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Naxos

Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful with its original audiences. Assisted by the silken ladder of the title, the diverting romantic intrigues of the narrative revolve around secretive assignations and obtuse misunderstandings, by no means helped by the presence of the slow-witted manservant Germano, in one of Rossini’s most successful comedies.
Rossini - The Early Operas (Il Signor Bruschino; La Cambiale di Matrimonio; L'Occasione fa il Ladro; La Scala di Seta) [2008]

Rossini - The Early Operas (Il Signor Bruschino / La Cambiale di Matrimonio / L'Occasione fa il Ladro / La Scala di Seta)
PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR | Italiano (LPCM, 2 ch) | 24.96 GB
Classical | Label: Art Haus | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol

These video recordings all from the Schwetzingen opera festival were recorded in the late 80s and early 90s and originally released on laser disk on the Teldec label.
Gabriele Ferro, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Luciana Serra, Cecilia Bartoli - Rossini: La scala di seta (2002)

Gabriele Ferro, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Luciana Serra, Cecilia Bartoli - Rossini: La scala di seta (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 505 Mb | Total time: 49:12+44:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Fonit | # 0927 43307-2 | Recorded: 1988

"La scala di seta" is an operatic farsa comica in one act by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. It was first performed in Venice, Italy, at the Teatro San Moisè on 9 May 1812. The overture has been frequently recorded and continues to be featured in the modern concert repertoire.

Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Aug. 31, 2024
Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)

Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 605 Mb | Total time: 108:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.110821-22 | Recorded: 1946

The war over, the Milanese set about the immediate rebuilding of the bombed La Scala. By 1946 the work was complete in time for Toscanini to return – by public demand – to his old house to direct the opening concert, a truly legendary occasion now at last officially available on CD in tolerable enough sound to enjoy its many virtues. Chief among them are the old maestro’s inimitable, indeed unique way of inspiriting singers and orchestra to perform Rossini and Verdi as perhaps never before or since.

Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Aug. 31, 2024
Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)

Arturo Toscanini - The Reopening of La Scala Concert (1999)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 605 Mb | Total time: 108:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.110821-22 | Recorded: 1946

The war over, the Milanese set about the immediate rebuilding of the bombed La Scala. By 1946 the work was complete in time for Toscanini to return – by public demand – to his old house to direct the opening concert, a truly legendary occasion now at last officially available on CD in tolerable enough sound to enjoy its many virtues. Chief among them are the old maestro’s inimitable, indeed unique way of inspiriting singers and orchestra to perform Rossini and Verdi as perhaps never before or since.
Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano - Verdi - Choruses (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano - Verdi - Choruses (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 64:52 minutes | 1,16 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Celebrating his 70th birthday on February 20th 2023, Riccardo Chailly releases 'Verdi Choruses'. The album includes the classic 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' ('Va, pensiero' from Nabucco) as well as the Triumphal Chorus, March and Ballet from Aida and highlights from another 7 Verdi operas, recorded in Dolby Atmos in the auditorium of Teatro all Scala.
Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Riccardo Chailly - Verdi Choruses (2023)

Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Riccardo Chailly - Verdi Choruses (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 64:52 | 149 / 271 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.

Celebrating his 70th birthday on February 20th 2023, Riccardo Chailly releases 'Verdi Choruses'. The album includes the classic 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' ('Va, pensiero' from Nabucco) as well as the Triumphal Chorus, March and Ballet from Aida and highlights from another 7 Verdi operas, recorded in Dolby Atmos in the auditorium of Teatro all Scala.