Author: Callas
Brand: EMI
Format: Box set
Release date: 26-04-1997
Details: Amazon.de
A recording of Bellini's Norma is essential for any Callas collection. This powerful and demanding drama deals with forbidden love, disbelief, conflicting emotions, and death, seen as the way out of a situation of overexcited passions. For Callas, this represents a magnificent opportunity to demonstrate her ability for characterization and dramatic representation in temporality, vocal coloration, and dynamic scoring. Among the half-dozen recordings released annually, this first one, from 1954, occupies an exceptional position, although a 1960 EMI recording conducted by Tullio Serafin deserves mention for its more accomplished acting and Christa Ludwig in a supporting role. Callas is essential for those who appreciate the theatrical aspect of opera above all else: her singing is lively, if characteristically somewhat uneven. This is beautifully realized on this recording by a conductor of exceptional caliber. --Joe McLellan
Product descriptions
Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas Vincenzo Bellini; Tullio Serafin; Maria Callas; Mario Filippeschi; Rina Cavallari; Paolo Caroli and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
UPC: 072435562712
EAN: 0072435562712
Languages: English
Binding: audio CD
Item Condition: Used - Very Good
