The Very Best of Maria Callas

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  • Release Date: 4/16/2003
  • Label: Emi Europe Generic
  • UPC: 724357589727
  • Catalog Number: 575897
  • Sales rank: 49,763

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Tosca, opera: Act 2. Vissi d'arte - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (3:21)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byVictor de Sabata
    Performed byMaria Callas, Victor de Sabata, La Scala Theater Orchestra
  2. 2 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2. Un bel dì vedremo - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (4:44)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byHerbert von Karajan
    Performed byMaria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, La Scala Theater Orchestra
  3. 3 Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 3. La mamma morta - Maria Callas & Umberto Giordano (4:53)
    Composed byUmberto Giordano, Umberto Giordano
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  4. 4 Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Act 1. Una voce poco fa - Maria Callas & Gioachino Rossini (6:53)
    Composed byGioachino Rossini, Gioachino Rossini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  5. 5 La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Compagne... Come per me sereno - Vicenzo Bellini & Vicenzo Bellini (5:47)
    Composed byVicenzo Bellini, Vicenzo Bellini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  6. 6 Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Gualtier Maldè... Caro nome - Maria Callas & Giuseppe Verdi (7:35)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, La Scala Theater Chorus, Renato Ercolani, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Tullio Serafin, William Dickie, Carlo Forte
  7. 7 La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Ah, fors' è lui - Maria Callas & Giuseppe Verdi (3:22)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byFranco Ghione
    Performed byMaria Callas, Franco Ghione, San Carlo National Theater Symphony Orchestra (Lis
  8. 8 Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. In quelle trine morbide - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (2:33)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  9. 9 La bohème, opera: Act 1. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (4:50)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  10. 10 La bohème, opera: Act 3. Donde lieta usci - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (3:21)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  11. 11 Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (2:36)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  12. 12 La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Act 1. Ebben? ne andrò lontana - Alfredo Catalani & Alfredo Catalani (4:51)
    Composed byAlfredo Catalani, Alfredo Catalani
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  13. 13 Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Ombra leggera (Shadow Song) - Giacomo Meyerbeer & Giacomo Meyerbeer (5:42)
    Composed byGiacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  14. 14 Turandot, opera: Act 1. Signore, ascolta - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (2:31)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  15. 15 Turandot, opera: Act 2. In questa reggia - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (6:26)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  16. 16 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) - Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini (7:18)
    Composed byGiacomo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted byHerbert von Karajan
    Performed byMaria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, La Scala Theater Orchestra
Disc 2
  1. 1 Carmen, opera: Act 1. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) - Georges Bizet & Georges Bizet (4:04)
    Composed byGeorges Bizet, Georges Bizet
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchester National De La Radiodiffusion Française
  2. 2 Carmen, opera: Act 2. Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson - Georges Bizet & Georges Bizet (4:22)
    Composed byGeorges Bizet, Georges Bizet
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Jane Berbié, Paris National Opera Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Nadine Sautereau
  3. 3 Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Act 1. Printemps qui commence - Maria Callas & Camille Saint-Saëns (5:16)
    Composed byCamille Saint-Saëns, Camille Saint-Saëns
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchester National De La Radiodiffusion Française
  4. 4 Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Act 2. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix - Maria Callas & Camille Saint-Saëns (5:18)
    Composed byCamille Saint-Saëns, Camille Saint-Saëns
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchester National De La Radiodiffusion Française
  5. 5 Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 1. Ah! Je veux vivre - Maria Callas & Charles Gounod (3:39)
    Composed byCharles Gounod, Charles Gounod
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchester National De La Radiodiffusion Française
  6. 6 Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 2. Je ne suis que faiblesse... Adieu, notre pe - Maria Callas & Jules Massenet (3:20)
    Composed byJules Massenet, Jules Massenet
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire
  7. 7 Orphée et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: Act 4. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice - Christoph Willibald Gluck & Christoph Willibald Gluck (4:24)
    Composed byChristoph Willibald Gluck, Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byMaria Callas, Georges Prêtre, Orchester National De La Radiodiffusion Française
  8. 8 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 2. Porgi, amor - Maria Callas & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (4:12)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byNicola Rescigno
    Performed byMaria Callas, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire
  9. 9 Norma, opera: Act 1. Casta Diva - Vicenzo Bellini & Vicenzo Bellini (5:38)
    Composed byVicenzo Bellini, Vicenzo Bellini
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  10. 10 Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 1. Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in es - Maria Callas & Gaetano Donizetti (8:05)
    Composed byGaetano Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti
    Conducted byTullio Serafin
    Performed byMaria Callas, Anna Maria Canali, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
  11. 11 Anna Bolena, opera: Act 2. Al dolce guidami castel natio - Maria Callas & Gaetano Donizetti (3:54)
    Composed byGaetano Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti
    Conducted byNicola Rescigno
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
  12. 12 Macbeth, opera: Act 1. Nel dì della vittoria... Ambizioso spirto.. - Maria Callas & Giuseppe Verdi (7:46)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byNicola Rescigno
    Performed byMaria Callas, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
  13. 13 Aida, opera: Act 1. Ritorna vincitor! - Maria Callas & Giuseppe Verdi (7:04)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byNicola Rescigno
    Performed byMaria Callas, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire
  14. 14 La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 4. Suicido! - Maria Callas & Amilcare Ponchielli (4:38)
    Composed byAmilcare Ponchielli, Amilcare Ponchielli
    Conducted byAntonino Votto
    Performed byMaria Callas, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Antonino Votto
  15. 15 Otello, opera: Act 4. Ave Maria - Maria Callas & Giuseppe Verdi (4:30)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byNicola Rescigno
    Performed byMaria Callas, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire
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