1958 Los Angeles Concert

Callas, Maria

Callas, Maria / 1958 Los Angeles Concert
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 28 Dec 1999
Catalogue Number: VAI1182.2

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This recently released recording is of Maria Callas' 1958 concert in Los Angeles, from her first U.S. tour. Despite the technical limitations of live recordings of the day (and this one is very limited, having been made on a portable recorder from the audience), this one is sure to impress. It is amazing how the sheer power of Callas' voice carries, without amplification, over the orchestra. She never overpowers. Rather, she is always expressive and musical.

The beauty of her performance and the depth of her range saves LOS ANGELES CONCERT from being of merely archival interest. She moves with grace from a heady excerpt from Verdi's 'Macbeth' to the lighter fare of Rossini. The unaccompanied passages in "Una voce poco fa," from 'The Barber of Seville' are worth the purchase alone. This CD shows Callas at the height of her ability. The somewhat low-fi recording doesn't detract from this in the least. In fact, it will only make you wish you could have been at the performance.

Details:

  • Distributor: Metronome
  • Discs: 1
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Running Time: 104 minutes

Track Listing:

1.  Vestale: Tu Che Invoco [10:54]
2.  Vestale: Tu Che Invoco [5:24]
3.  Vestale: Tu Che Invoco [6:47]
4.  Vestale: Tu Che Invoco [7:47]
5.  Macbeth: Nel di Della Vittoria... Vieni, T'affretta [2:32]
6.  Macbeth: Nel di Della Vittoria... Vieni, T'affretta [10:38]
7.  Barbierre di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa [0:15]
8.  Barbierre di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa
9.  Mefistofele: L'Altra Notte
10.  Mefistofele: L'Altra Notte
11.  Mefistofele: L'Altra Notte
12.  Mefistofele: L'Altra Notte
13.  Mefistofele: L'Altra Notte
14.  Quando M'en Vò [La Bohème]
15.  Hamlet: A Vos Jeux (Mad Scene)
16.  Hamlet: A Vos Jeux (Mad Scene)
17.  Hamlet: A Vos Jeux (Mad Scene)
18.  Hamlet: A Vos Jeux (Mad Scene)
19.  Norma: Overture
20.  Norma: Ite Sul Colle
21.  Norma: Ite Sul Colle
22.  Norma: Oh, Rimembranza! ... Ah Si, Fa Core, Abracciami
23.  Norma: Oh, Rimembranza! ... Ah Si, Fa Core, Abracciami
24.  Argentine National Hymn
25.  Norma: Overture
26.  Norma: Overture
27.  Norma: Overture
28.  Norma: Overture
29.  Norma: Norma Viene

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