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Maria Callas at Covent Garden 1962 & 1964 (2015) [Blu-Ray]

Posted By: Vilboa

Date: 14 Dec 2018 09:19:05

Callas first appeared at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1952, as Norma. It became the scene for her last-ever operatic appearance: in June 1965, in a Zeffirelli production of Tosca that had been mounted for her the previous year. This Blu-ray disc includes Act 2 of that production, recorded in February 1964. Callas is joined by that Scarpia of Scarpias, Tito Gobbi, and as Cavaradossi, the dynamic tenor Renato Cioni. The conductor is Carlo Felice Cillario. This disc also contains extracts from a gala concert given two years earlier at Covent Garden. Callas performs Elisabeth’s magnificent Act 5 aria from Don Carlo (recalling a role she sang at La Scala in 1955) and the Habanera and Séguedille from Carmen, evoking one of the great might-have-beens of operatic history, since she never sang the entire role of Carmen on stage.

Cast:
Live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden 4 November 1962:
Maria Callas, soprano
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden 9 February 1964 - Puccini "Tosca" Atto II:
Tosca - Maria Callas
Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni
Baron Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Spoletta - Robert Bowman
Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

Track List:
Live at the Royal Opera House 4 November 1962
01. Verdi - Don Carlo: Tu che le vanità
Bizet - Carmen:
02. Prelude
03. Habanera
04. Entrance
05. Séguedille
Live at the Royal Opera House 9 February 1964
Puccini - Tosca, Atto II:
06. Tosca è un buon falco!
07. Ha più forte
08. Egi è là
09. Dov'è dunque Angelotti?
10. Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici
11. Orsù, Tosca, parlate
12. Floria! Amore…
13. Vittoria! Vittoria!
14. Se la giurata fede
15. Vissi d'arte
16. Vedi, le man giunte
17. E qual via scegliete?

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00:19:24.429 : en:Chapter 04
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00:40:42.239 : en:Chapter 11
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00:46:07.931 : en:Chapter 13
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00:56:45.402 : en:Chapter 16
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