MARIA CALLAS - ARIAS I LOVE - 1973 ANGEL USA PRESS * Winchester, VA Press - NM 9/10 *

MARIA CALLAS - ARIAS I LOVE 1973

ANGEL USA PRESS

* Winchester, VA Press - NM 9/10 *

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind onstage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's allegedly temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldi and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera" and her influence so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists." (DSC)

Maria Callas ‎– Arias I Love
Label: Angel S-36979
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: Recorded in Italy; USA Press
Released: 1973

Track List:
A1 Medea. Acto I. Dei Tuoi Figli
A2.1 La Vestale. Acto II. Tu che invoco
A2.2 La Vestale. Acto III. O Nume, Tutelar
A2.3 La Vestale. Acto III. Caro Oggetto
B1 Un Ballo In Maschera.Acto III. Morrò, Ma Prima In Grazia
B2 Rigoletto. Acto I. Gualtier Maldo... Caro Nome
Baritone Vocals – Carlo Forti, Renato Ercolani, William Dickie

B3 La Sonnambula. Acto II. Non Credea Mirarti.
B4 La Sonnambula.Acto Ii. Ah! Non Giunge

Manufactured By – EMI-Odeon, S.A.
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala

Notes: 1st pressing includes credits insert with textured black & white photo.

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