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Bellini: La sonnambula (1957 - Votto) - Callas Remastered

9/19/2014, 34 Tracks, 1:55:51

Featuring

  • Antonino Votto
  • Eugenia Ratti
  • Fiorenza Cossotto
  • Giuseppe Morresi
  • Maria Callas
  • Nicola Monti
  • Nicola Zaccaria
  • Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
  • Vincenzo Bellini

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Performer Biography

Maria Callas, the soprano singing Amina, performed this role 22 times between 1955 and 1957.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album has been newly remastered from the original tapes at Abbey Road Studios in 2014.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made in Milan at the Basilica di Sant'Eufemia from March 3-9, 1957.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Conductor Antonino Votto made cuts to the opera to tighten the piece, though these fortunately barely affected Amina's role.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

For this 1957 recording, Maria Callas had scaled down her sound, achieving a new delicacy that made her Amina more tender and her singing more 'Bellinian'.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording was produced by Walter Legge and engineered by Robert Beckett.

Source: Booklet

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