Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with its extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto. La Divina Maria Callas BEST OF 2CD is a glittering selection of opera favorites that showcases, both in the studio (CD1) and on stage (CD2), her unique voice and her heartbreaking portrayal of tragic heroines.
. - Innhold: Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Maria Callas (soprano) Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Maria Callas (soprano) Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Maria Callas (soprano) Verdi: Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Maria Callas (soprano) Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) Maria Callas (soprano) Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma) Maria Callas (soprano) Verdi: È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui...Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Maria Callas (soprano) Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Maria Callas (soprano) Donizetti: Cielo, a miei lunghi spasimi…Coppia iniqua (from Anna Bolena) Maria Callas (soprano) Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Maria Callas (soprano)
