Ponchielli: La Gioconda (1959 - Votto) - Callas Remastered
9/19/2014, 51 Tracks, 2:46:43
Featuring
Antonino Votto
Piero Cappuccilli
Maria Callas
Irene Companeez
Leonardo Monreale
Renato Ercolani
Fiorenza Cossotto
Pier Miranda Ferraro
Ivo Vinco
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Carlo Forti
Aldo Biffi
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Amilcare Ponchielli
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Performer Biography
Maria Callas, the soprano singing La Gioconda, sang this role on stage only 13 times in her career.
Composer Biography
Amilcare Ponchielli, the composer of "La Gioconda," lived from 1834 to 1886.
Recording & Production
This recording of "La Gioconda" is Maria Callas's second studio recording of the opera, made seven years after her first complete opera release.
Interpretation
This recording captures Maria Callas at a peak moment, where her artistic maturity and vocal glory coincided, possibly for the last time.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala in September 1959, in cooperation with E.A. Teatro alla Scala.
Performer Biography
Maria Callas's audition for "La Gioconda" in 1947 led her to meet Giovanni Battista Meneghini, whom she married, and Maestro Tullio Serafin, who became her artistic mentor.
Composition History
The libretto for "La Gioconda" was written by Arrigo Boito under the pseudonym 'Tobia Gorrio'.
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