NAXOS Historical VERDI: Un ballo in maschera 8.111278-79 Time , her singing Playing 2:12:02 Ecco l’orrido campo ADD PreludeAct 1Act 1I (beginning) 18:50 4:19 46:52 Act 1I (conclusion)Act 1I I 12:46 49:15 ¢ ¡ ¶ 5 - - - - 8.111278-79 CD 11 2 ™ CD 2 70:01 1 6 62:01 was made before Maria Callas undertook Maria it on stage.was made before performances Of her Giuseppe (1813-1901) VERDI Antonino Votto Un ballo in maschera in the Teatro alla Scala,Teatro Milan in the Recorded 4th-9th September,Recorded 1956 Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala,MilanChorus and Orchestra Un ballo in maschera ballo Un at the beginning of the 1957/8 season at La Scala,at the beginning of the 1957/8 Milan, remembers Gavazzeni Gianandrea the conductor Riccardo ...... Di Stefano Giuseppe Renato...... Tito Gobbi Amelia...... Maria Callas Ulrica...... Barbieri Fedora Oscar...... Ratti Eugenia Samuel ...... Silvio Maionica Tom ...... Nicola Zaccaria www.naxos.com Un ballo shows the kind of detail redolent of her best work: the kind of detail redolent shows triplets, repeated of the the perfection and control, her shaping and with the cadenza. her inimitable way ‘[how] she had this strange,‘[how] burning, rôle. in every singular talent; different always herself and yet she was always A voice imparted the tension, quality could not have desperation so effectively. even of more Amelia’s or Had she sought less wide a range, homogeneous sound, a more achieved she might have colours then perhaps fewer but she preferred the rôle Callas chooses an Throughout the character.’ of lightness and shade in recreating richness of colour and play Amelia. colour to characterize plangent vocal appropriate In, example, for Act II aria the of This 1956 recording of This 1956 recording Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer:Reissue Producer Obert-Thorn Mark photo:Cover Maria Callas (Private Collection)
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NAXOS Historical Callas • Di Stefano • Gobbi • Votto 8.111278-79