Music CD - Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Maria Giulini, Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Silvio Maionica, Luisa Mandelli, Arturo La Porta: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan

	Music CD: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan Artist: Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Maria Giulini, Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Silvio Maionica, Luisa Mandelli, Arturo La Porta List Price: $21.98 Our Price: $12.97 Your Save: $ 9.01 ( 41% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Tracks: 1. La Traviata: Preludio (Orchestra) 2. La Traviata: Act One: Dell'invito trascorsa e gia l'lora 3. La Traviata: Act One: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici 4. La Traviata: Act One: Che e cio (coro/Violetta/Flora/Marchese/Barone/Dottore/Gaston/Alfredo) 5. La Traviata: Act One: Un di felice, eterea (Alfredo/Violetta) 6. La Traviata: Act One: Ebben? Che diavol fate? (Gastone/Violetta/Alfredo) 7. La Traviata: Act One: Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora (Flora/Gastone/Barone/Dottore/Marchese/Coro) 8. La Traviata: Act One: E strano! E strano! 9. La Traviata: Act One: Ah, fors'e lui che l'anima 10. La Traviata: Act One: Follie! follie! Delirio vano e questo! (Violetta) 11. La Traviata: Act One: Sempre libera (Violetta - Alfredo) 12. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Lunge da lei 13. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: De' miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo) 14. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Annina, donde vieni?...Alfredo?...Per Parigi or or partiva (Alfredo/Annina/Violetta/Germont) 15. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Pura siccome un angelo 16. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Non sapete quale affetto 17. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Un di, quando le veneri 18. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Ah! dite alla giovine 19. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Imponete...Non amarlo ditegli 20. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Morro! La mia memoria (Germont/Violetta) 21. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta/Annina) 22. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Che fai?...Nulla (Alfredo/Violetta) 23. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Ah, vive sol quel core all'amore mio! (Alfredo/Commissionario/Germont) 24. La Traviata: Act Two: Scene One: Di Provenza il mar (Germont /Alfredo)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724356645028 Label: EMI Classics Manufacturer: EMI Classics Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: EMI Classics Release Date: 1998-03-17 Studio: EMI Classics
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Not a good first version for your library Comment: Due to its' age this recording's quality is spotty. Sometimes the chorus may as well have been in another state. Callas' performance is wonderful, the rest of the principals are adequate. If you are filling out a collection of Callas' work this would be a worthy addition. If you really want to hear the opera, pick another version. Customer Rating: Summary: A historic performance Comment: A historic performance, with Maria Callas in her best moment. Very good work in the orchestra, too. Warning: the quality of the recording is below the standard, as a label in the box honestly warns, and it is mono, not stereo, but anyway it's worth to cope with that given the quality of the interpretation. Customer Rating: Summary: Verdi: Opera LaTraviata Comment: Enjoyable recording,singers Maria Callas, DiStefano,Bastianini surperb. Clarity as if recently recorded. Orchestra and chorus fantastic. Customer Rating: Summary: The Sound is very listenable Comment: Don't be put off by other reviewers' rants on the sound of this superb performance. If you're comfortable listening to some of the better Opera D'Oro sets, you'll find this more than satisfactory. I ordered it recently despite those complaints and am VERY glad I did. If you want to hear truly unforgivable EMI sound of a pirate Callas, listen to the MACBETH; you'll then see what a good job EMI did with this Callas performance. But if you decide you want the Lisbon TRAVIATA instead of this one, just about everyone says the Pearl is far superior to EMI in their remastering job. Customer Rating: Summary: Come closer to Maria Callas Comment: This CD is a master piece of Maria Callas' performance. Together with Stefano, they created a milestone that their followers are difficult to overpass. Listen to this live, you feel you were back in 1955. The atmosphere it produced is fresh and new to the later generations. But because the record technique as mono, not stereo, if you feel untolerable for the mono, it will cut your expectation little bit. But generally, if you are really a fans of Maria Callas, you will definately like it. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: This live recording of the 1955 Visconti production at La Scala is the best of the available Maria Callas Traviatas. Aside from a minor pitch problem or two, she's in great voice, coloring phrases to reveal character and investing the coloratura with variety and passion. Her "Addio del passato" is heart-breaking. She fully captures Violetta's pride and vulnerability in the scene with Germont, though her partner, Ettore Bastianini, sings insensitively, if beautifully. Giuseppe Di Stefano is all one could ask for as Alfredo. Carlo Giulini conducts a performance that delivers all the lyricism and drama of the score. The recorded sound is primitive, but in EMI's latest transfer you can listen through it to a wondrous performance. --Dan Davis