Maria Callas: Puccini Heroines & Lyric Arias
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Label: Naxos - Historical
Cat No: 8111275
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 4th January 2008
Contents
Works
MefistofeleArtists
Maria CallasPhilharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Tullio SerafinWorks
MefistofeleArtists
Maria CallasPhilharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Tullio SerafinAbout
Her September 1954 Watford Town Hall sessions featured on this recording were released on two albums, one devoted to Puccini arias, not without blemishes, and the second featuring a selection entitled 'Coloratura Lyric Arias', which remains justly famous to this day.
In the two areas from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Callas' interpretation benefits from her remarkably expansive breath span. In Boito's L'altra notte, Callas revolutionises performance practice: she not only correctly sings all the written notes, but she understands implicitly what the dramatic situation calls for in her treatment of the cadenzas at the end of each verse.
Throughout the remakable length of her phrases, her choice of vocal colours, her command of rubato and her dynamic range reveal much more than one had thought the music contained.
Recorded in Watford Town hall, London 15-21 September 1954.
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