Maria Callas: Portrait of a Legend

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Madama Butterfly: Tu tu piccolo iddio soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Con onor muore … Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica part of: Madama Butterfly: Atto III (also: Atto II, parte 2)	Giacomo Puccini		2:58
2	La traviata: Addio del passato soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Francesco Maria Piave part of: La traviata: Atto III	Giuseppe Verdi		5:16
3	Ernani: Ernani involami soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4b) Cavatina “Ernani!… Ernani, involami” (Elvira) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) part of: Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)	Giuseppe Verdi		2:52
4	Macbeth: Ben io t’invenni soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Nabucco: Parte II, scena 1. Recitativo “Ben io t’invenni, o fatal scritto!” (Abigaille) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Temistocle Solera part of: Nabucco: Parte II. L’empio	Giuseppe Verdi		3:42
5	La traviata: Amami Alfredo soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: La traviata: Atto II, scena 1. “Dammi tu forza, o cielo!” … “Che gli dirò?” … “Amami, Alfredo” (Violetta, Annina, Alfredo) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Francesco Maria Piave part of: La traviata: Atto II	Giuseppe Verdi		2:08
6	Medea (excerpts) soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) partial recording of: Medea (Italian translation of Franz Lachner's 1855 German version of the Cherubini/Hoffmann French opéra-comique Médée) composer: Luigi Cherubini (composer) librettist: François Benoît Hoffmann translator: Carlo Zangarini (in 1909)	Luigi Cherubini		8:52
7	Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giovacchino Forzano publisher: Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd. part of: Gianni Schicchi	Giacomo Puccini		2:19
8	La traviata: È strano… Ah fors’e e lui… Sempre librera soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: La traviata: Atto I. “Ah, fors’è lui” (Violetta) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Francesco Maria Piave part of: La traviata: Atto I recording of: La traviata: Atto I. “Sempre libera” (Violetta) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Francesco Maria Piave part of: La traviata: Atto I recording of: La traviata: Atto I. Recitativo “È strano! è strano!” (Violetta) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Francesco Maria Piave part of: La traviata: Atto I	Giuseppe Verdi		9:42
9	Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°5a. Cavatina “Una voce poco fa” (Rosina) composer: Gioachino Rossini (composer) librettist: Cesare Sterbini part of: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I	Gioachino Rossini		6:46
10	Carmen: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Havanaise « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur) (Habanera) composer: Georges Bizet (composer) librettist: Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) and Henri Meilhac is based on: El arreglito music quoted on: Nxde part of: Carmen : Acte I	Georges Bizet		4:40
11	La bohème: Quando me’n vo’ soletta soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: La bohème: Atto II. no. 13. “Quando me’n vo soletta” (Musetta, Marcello, Alcindoro, Mimi, Schaunard, Colline) (Musetta’s Waltz) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica part of: La bohème: Atto II. Al Quartiere Latino (Puccini)	Giacomo Puccini		2:20
12	Mefistofele: L’altra notte in fondo al mare soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Mefistofele: Atto III. “L’altra notte in fondo al mare” (Margherita, Faust, Mefistofele) composer and librettist: Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer) part of: Mefistofele: Atto III	Arrigo Boito		6:00
13	Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori engineer: Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly) producer: Walter Legge (British classical record producer, 1906-1979) soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) (on 1954-09-20) orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (on 1954-09-20) conductor: Tullio Serafin (conductor) (on 1954-09-20) recorded at: Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1954-09-20) recording of: Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto IV. “Poveri fiori” (Adriana) (on 1954-09-20) composer: Francesco Cilea (composer) librettist: Arturo Colautti part of: Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto IV	Francesco Cilea		3:09
14	Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida… Di tale amor soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Il trovatore: Atto I, scena 2. “Tacea la notte placida!” (Leonora, Ines) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) librettist: Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) part of: Il trovatore: Atto I. Il duello	Giuseppe Verdi		4:40
15	Ernani: Surta e la notta soprano vocals: Maria Callas (soprano) recording of: Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4a) Scena “Surta è la notte” (Elvira) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) part of: Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)	Giuseppe Verdi		2:15