CALLAS: Lyric and Coloratura Arias
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Opera, Vocal Music
Performers: Maria Callas
Available: 11
Price: $8.99
Maria Callas
lo son l'umile ancella: Poveri fiori - Adriana Lecouvrer
Ebben? Ne andro lontano - La Wally
La mamma morta - Andrea Chenier
L'altra notte in fondo al mare - Mefistofele
Una voce poco fa - Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Ombre legere - Dinorah
Bell Song: Ou va la jeune Indoue - Lakme
Merce, dilette amiche - I Vespri Siciliani, Verdi
Non si da folia maggiore - Il turco in Italia
Martern aller Arten (in Italian) - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Depuis le jour - Louise
D'amore al dolce impero - Armida
"these" are from the 1950's when the voice was still in fine condition and the at its artistry most magnetic
Penquin Guide
The intensity of "La mamma morta", the pathos of"Poveri fiori", the sauciness of "Una voce", the breezy joy of "Merce, dilette amiche" are all there to be admired...but the 'plum'...is undoubtedly that haunting piece "L'altra notte"...sums up all that is most truthful and perceptive in her singing..what singer...could bring such variety of feeling, so many different colours of tone even to this lighter repertory? I know of none.
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