Puccini - Tosca (Vinyl LP)
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 5419760205
Format: LP
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 13th October 2023
Contents
Artists
Maria CallasGiuseppe Di Stefano
Tito Gobbi
Franco Calabrese
Angelo Mercuriali
Melchiorre Luise
Dario Caselli
Alvaro Cordova
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Conductor
Victor de SabataWorks
ToscaArtists
Maria CallasGiuseppe Di Stefano
Tito Gobbi
Franco Calabrese
Angelo Mercuriali
Melchiorre Luise
Dario Caselli
Alvaro Cordova
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Conductor
Victor de SabataAbout
This Tosca, made in 1953 with the forces of La Scala, is a landmark in recording history. Conducted with searing intensity by Victor de Sabata, it teams Callas with two of her closest colleagues, the tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano and the baritone Tito Gobbi – a performer who could rival Callas in dramatic finesse and power. Tosca’s aria ‘Vissi d’arte’ (I lived for art) has come to be seen as Callas’s personal manifesto.
Abbey Road Studios engineers have returned to the original studio master tapes in 2014, bringing new clarity and brilliance to a classic interpretation: ‘One of the great classics of the gramophone. Wonderful as Gobbi’s and Di Stefano’s performances are, and superbly dramatic as de Sabata’s conducting is, it is the unique Callas in the title role who provides the greatest marvel. (…) Callas is incomparable as Tosca’ (Gramophone).
Cast:
- Floria Tosca: Maria Callas
- Mario Cavaradossi: Giuseppe Di Stefano
- Scarpia: Tito Gobbi
- Cesare Angelotti: Franco Calabrese
- Spoletta: Angelo Mercuriali
- Il sagrestano: Melchiorre Luise
- Sciarrone, Un carceriere: Dario Caselli
- Un pastore: Alvaro Cordova
Recorded: 10–21.VIII.1953, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Recorded in cooperation with E.A. Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Producer: Walter Legge
Balance engineer: Robert Beckett
Remastered in 2014 from the original tapes at Abbey Road Studios
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