Verdi - Aida on CD

Description

Aida held an important place in the earlier years of Callas’s career, and in 1950 it brought her debut at La Scala, Milan, the theatre where she soon became reigning diva. That same year, she sang the role of the Ethiopian princess in Mexico City, arousing near-hysteria among the audience (and anger in the competitive tenor singing Radamès) by interpolating a stupendous top E flat at the end of the Triumphal Scene, which closes Act II of the opera. She repeated the feat on her return to Mexico the following year, when this live recording was made. This time, the Radamès was the celebrated, heroic-voiced Italian, Mario del Monaco, while the Mexican mezzo-soprano Oralia Domínguez made an opulent Amneris and Giuseppe Taddei, one of the leading Italian baritones of his time, sang a powerful Amonasro.

Track List:

1.
Maria Callas - Aida: Preludio to Act 1
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Si, Corre Voce Che L'
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Se Quel Guerriero Io
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Celeste Aida (Radame
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Quale Insolita Gioia
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Vieni, O Diletta, App
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Alta Cagion V'aduna
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Ritorna Vincitor! (A
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Possente Ftha ... Tu
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Immenso Ftha! ... Mor
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 1: Nume, Custode E Vindi
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Chi Mai fra Gl'inni E
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Dance of the Moorish S
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Vieni, Sul Crin Ti Pi
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Fu La Sorte Dell'armi
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Pieta Ti Prenda Del M
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Gloria All'egitto, Ad
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Triumphal March
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Ballet
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Vieni, O Guerriero Vi
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Salvator Della Patria
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Che Veggo! Egli? Mio
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: Il Dolor Che in Quel
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 2: O Re, Pei Sacri Numi

2.
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: O Tu Che Sei D'osirid
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Vieni D'iside Al Temp
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Qui Radames Verra! (
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3 O Patria Mia (Aida)
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3 Ciel! Mio Padre! (Aid
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Rivedrai Le Foreste I
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia D
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Nel Fiero Anelito Di
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Fuggiam Gli Ardori in
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 3: Ma Dimmi - Per Qual V
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: L'aborrita Rivale a M
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: Gia I Sacerdoti Aduna
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: Ohime! Morir Mi Sento
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: Spirto Del Nume (Amn
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: a Lui Vivo, La Tomba!
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: La Fatal Pietra Sovra
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: Vedi? Di Morte L'ange
Maria Callas - Aida, Act 4: O Terra, Addio (Aida