La Divina: Maria Callas in All Her Roles

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

The complete collection of Warner Classics (EMI) recordings by Maria Callas. Includes all her studio and live recordings on 131 CDs, 3 Blu-Rays of concert videos, a DVD-ROM (libretti, texts, recording sheets, interviews), a 148-page hardcover book, and an NFT with digital content.

The CDs also include studio alternate takes and working sessions from the 1960s (previously unreleased), and Julliard Master classes.

Tracklist

1CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
2CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
3CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
4CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
5CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
6CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
7CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
8CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
9CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
10CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
11CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
12CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 2 conclusion, Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
13CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
14CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
15CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
16CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
17CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
18CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
19CD: Ruggero Leoncavallo: I pagliacci (Studio, Recorded 1954)
20CD: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Studio, Recorded 1953)
21CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
22CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
23CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
24CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
25CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
26CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
27CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
28CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
29CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
30CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 2 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
31CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
32CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
33CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
34CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
35CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
36CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
37CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
38CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
39CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
40CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 conclusion, Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
41CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
42CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
43CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
44CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
45CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
46CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
47CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
48CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
49CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 4) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
50CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
51CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
52CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
53CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
54CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
55CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
56CD: The First Recordings (1949) (Studio, Recorded 1949)
57CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1953, 1958, 1960 & 1961)
58CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1962, 1964, 1965 & 1969)
59CD: Operatic Arias by Puccini (Studio, Recorded 1954)
60CD: Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Studio, Recorded 1954)
61CD: Callas at La Scala (Studio, Recorded 1955)
62CD: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi Arias I) (Studio, Recorded 1958)
63CD: Mad Scenes (Studio, Recorded 1958)
64CD: Great Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris I) (Studio, Recorded 1961)
65CD: More Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris II) (Studio, Recorded 1963)
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1Iphigénie en Touride: Act II. “Ô malheureuse Iphigénie !”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46: "Ô malheureuse Iphigénie" (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
part of:
Ifigenia in Tauride, Wq. 46: Atto II
part of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
recording of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46: "Ô malheureuse Iphigénie" (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
part of:
Ifigenia in Tauride, Wq. 46: Atto II
part of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:34
2La Damnation de Faust: “D'amour l'ardente flamme”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Quatrième Partie, scène 15. « D'amour l'ardente flamme » … « Au son des trompettes » (Marguerite, Chœur) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Hector Berlioz
librettist:
Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Quatrième Partie, scène 15. « D'amour l'ardente flamme » … « Au son des trompettes » (Marguerite, Chœur) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Hector Berlioz
librettist:
Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
Hector Berlioz8:15
3Les Pêcheurs de perles: Act II. “Me voilà seule…Comme autrefois”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II. No. 7 Récit et cavatine « Me voilà seule dans la nuit » (Leïla) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II. No. 7 Récit et cavatine « Me voilà seule dans la nuit » (Leïla) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Georges Bizet (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II
Georges Bizet6:02
4Manon: Act II. “Je ne suis qui faiblesse…Adieu, notre petite table”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Je ne suis que faiblesse » (Manon) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Manon : Acte II
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Je ne suis que faiblesse » (Manon) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Manon : Acte II
Jules Massenet3:23
5Manon: Act III. “Suis-je gentille ainsi ?…Je marche sur tous les chemins”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Manon: Acte III, Scène I. “Voici les élégantes !…Suis-je gentille ainsi ?” (Chœur, Brétigny, Manon) (Air du Cours la Reine) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon: Acte III
recording of:
Manon: Acte III, Scène I. “Voici les élégantes !…Suis-je gentille ainsi ?” (Chœur, Brétigny, Manon) (Air du Cours la Reine) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon: Acte III
Jules Massenet2:52
6Werther: Act III. “Werther ! Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit la place” (Air des lettres)
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd.
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
Jules Massenet7:06
7Faust: Act III. “Je vaudrais bien savoir…Il était un Roi de Thulé…Les grands seigneurs…Ah ! Je ris” (Chanson du Roi de Thulé et Air des bijoux)
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. Scène « Je voudrais bien savoir » … No. 14a « Il était un roi de Thulé » (Marguerite) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Charles Gounod
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
part of:
Faust : Acte III
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. Scène « Je voudrais bien savoir » … No. 14a « Il était un roi de Thulé » (Marguerite) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Charles Gounod
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
part of:
Faust : Acte III
Charles Gounod11:38
66CD: Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
67CD: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Recital (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
68CD: Verdi Arias II (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
69CD: Verdi Arias III (Studio, Recorded 1965 & 1969)
70CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1 • Act 1, Scene 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1952)
71CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
72CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1959)
73CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1959)
74CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1955)
75CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
76CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
77CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
78CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1953)
79CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1953)
80CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
81CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
82CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
83CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
84CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1960)
85CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1960)
86CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
87CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1955)
88CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
89CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
90CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
91CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1957)
92CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1964)
93CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1964)
94CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
95CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
96CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
97CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
98CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
99CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1951)
100CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1957)
101CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1957)
102CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
103CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1952)
104CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1949)
105CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1949)
106CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
107CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
108CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
109CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
110CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1958)
111CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1958)
112CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
113CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1951)
114CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 4 & 5) (Live, Recorded 1951)
115CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1950)
116CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1950)
117CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1950)
118CD: Live in Turin 1951 / Live in Rome 1952 / Live in San Remo 1954 (Live, Recorded 1951, 1952 & 1954)
119CD: Live in Milan 1956 / Live in Athens 1957 (Live, Recorded 1956 & 1957)
120CD: In Rehearsal Dallas 1957 (Live, Recorded 1957)
121CD: Live in London 1958 & 1959 (Live, Recorded 1958 & 1959)
122CD: Live in Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
123CD: Live in Hamburg 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
124CD: Live in Stuttgart 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
125CD: Live in Amsterdam 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
126CD: Live in London 1961 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1961 & 1962)
127CD: Live in Paris 1963 & 1976 (Live, Recorded 1963 & 1976)
128Blu-ray: La Callas…Toujours - Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
129Blu-ray: Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1959 & 1962)
130Blu-ray: Maria Callas at Covent Garden 1962 & 1964 (Live, Recorded 1962 & 1964)
131CD: Bonus: Studio alternate takes and working sessions 1960-1964
132CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 1
133CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 2
134CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 3
135Data DVD-R: Libretti, Texts, Interviews, Recording sheets