Maria Callas - Live & Alive: The Ultimate Live Collection Remastered (2017)

It is 40 years since Maria Callas died (16th September 1977), but she lives on as the epitome of the operatic diva. She has never lost her place among the top-selling classical artists. To mark this anniversary alongside the luxury boxset – 0190295844707 Maria Callas Live - Warner Classics also releases two compilations: 2CD Digipak 1LP Standard 180gr. These two collections benefit from the superb new remastering and convey thus Callas’ compelling genius as a singing actress with a new truthfulness and immediacy: Maria Callas Live and Alive! ü The passion and charisma of Maria Callas, performing live on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls, can now be experienced as never before – thanks to new audio remastering from the best available sources. These are performances that played a crucial part in creating the legend of Callas, La Divina, and which keep her thrilling art very much alive.

Tracklist:
CD1
1 Maria Callas: Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca)
2 Maria Callas: Tosca, Act 3: "E non giungono" (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Carceriere)
3 Maria Callas: Tosca, Act 3: "Come è lunga l'attesa!" (Tosca)
4 Maria Callas: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Regnava nel silenzio alta la notte e bruna" (Lucia, Alisa)
5 Maria Callas: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Quando rapito in estasi" (Lucia)
6 Maria Callas: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Ardon gli incensi" (Lucia, Raimondo, Normanno, Chorus)
7 Maria Callas: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Spargi d'amaro pianto" (Lucia, Raimondo, Chorus, Enrico)
8 Maria Callas: Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Piangete voi? D'onde tal pianto?" (Anna, Chorus)
9 Maria Callas: Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Al dolce guidami castel natio" (Anna)
10 Maria Callas: Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Qual mesto suon?" (Anna, Hervey, Percy, Rochefort, Smeton, Chorus)
11 Maria Callas: Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Cielo, a' miei lunghi spasimi" (Anna, Smeton, Percy, Rochefort, Chorus)
12 Maria Callas: Anna Bolena, Act 2: "Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta" (Anna, Smeton, Percy, Rochefort, Chorus)
13 Maria Callas: Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor!" (Aida)
14 Maria Callas: Aida, Act 2: "O Re, pei sacri numi … Gloria all'Egitto" (Radamès, Amneris, Amonasro, King, Aida, Chorus, Ramfis)

CD2
1 Maria Callas: Norma, Act 1: "Casta Diva" (Norma, Chorus, Oroveso)
2 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 1: "Libiamo, ne' lieti calici" (Chorus, Violetta, Flora, Marchese, Gastone, Alfredo, Barone, Dottore)
3 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 1: "# strano! # strano!" (Violetta)
4 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 1: "Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima" (Violetta)
5 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 1: "Follie! follie! Delirio vano è questo!" (Violetta)
6 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 1: "Sempre libera" (Violetta, Alfredo)
7 Maria Callas: La Traviata, Act 3: "Addio, del passato" (Violetta)
8 Maria Callas: Parsifal, Wwv 111, Act 2: "ho Visto, Il Figlio Sul Materno Sen" (Kundry)
9 Maria Callas: La Sonnambula, Act 2: "Ah! non credea mirarti" (Amina, Elvino)
10 Maria Callas: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act 2: "O sventurata Ifigenia" (Iphigénie, Chorus)
11 Maria Callas: Poliuto, Act 1: "Di quai soavi lagrime" (Paolina)
12 Maria Callas: Il Pirata, Act 1: "Sorgete; è in me dover" (Imogene, Itulbo, Adele)
13 Maria Callas: Il Pirata, Act 1: "Lo sognai ferito, esangue" (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
14 Maria Callas: Il Pirata, Act 1: "Quando a un tratto il mio consorte" (Imogene, Chorus, Itulbo, Adele, Gualtiero)
15 Maria Callas: Il Pirata, Act 1: "Sventurata, anch'io deliro" (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
16 Maria Callas: Andrea Chénier, Act 3: "La mamma morta" (Maddalena, Gérard)
17 Maria Callas: Turandot, Act 2: "In questa Reggia" (Turandot, Chorus, Calaf)