The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: The First Recordings (1949)
2▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (1952)
3▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (1952)
4▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (1952)
5▶Digital Media: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (1953)
6▶Digital Media: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
7▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Act 1) (1953)
8▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
9▶Digital Media: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (1953)
10▼Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (1953)
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1Tosca: Atto I. “Ah! Finalmente!” (Angelotti, Sagrestano, Cavaradossi)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals [Cesare Angelotti]:
Franco Calabrese (operatic bass) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
bass-baritone vocals [Il sagrestano]:
Melchiorre Luise (bass-baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ah! Finalmente!” (Angelotti) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “E sempre lava!” (Sagrestano, Cavaradossi) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:35
2Tosca: Atto I. “Dammi i colori…Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass-baritone vocals [Il sagrestano]:
Melchiorre Luise (bass-baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:23
3Tosca: Atto I. “Gente là dentro!” (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Tosca)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals [Cesare Angelotti]:
Franco Calabrese (operatic bass) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Gente là dentro!” … “Voi! Cavaradossi” (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Tosca) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini1:10
4Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!” (Tosca, Cavaradossi)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
partial recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!... Son qui!” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Non la sospiri la nostra casetta” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ora stammi a sentir” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini6:58
5Tosca: Atto I. “Ah, quegli occhi…Quale occhio al mondo può star di paro” (Tosca, Cavaradossi)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Scala de Milan (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ah, quegli occhi!…” – “Quale occhio al mondo” (Tosca, Cavaradossi) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:09
6Tosca: Atto I. “È buona la mia Tosca” (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Sagrestano, Coro)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals [Cesare Angelotti]:
Franco Calabrese (operatic bass) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
bass-baritone vocals [Il sagrestano]:
Melchiorre Luise (bass-baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “È buona la mia Tosca” (Cavaradossi, Angelotti) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza!” (Sagrestano, Coro) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:52
7Tosca: Atto I. “Un tal baccano in chiesa!” (Scarpia, Sagrestano, Spoletta)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
bass-baritone vocals [Il sagrestano]:
Melchiorre Luise (bass-baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Un tal baccano in chiesa!” (Scarpia, Sagrestano, Spoletta) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:28
8Tosca: Atto I. “Or tutto è chiaro…Tosca? Che non mi veda…Mario! Mario!” (Scarpia, Tosca, Sagrestano)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
baritone vocals [Il sagrestano]:
Melchiorre Luise (bass-baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Or tutto è chiaro” … “Mario! Mario!” (Scarpia, Tosca, Sagrestano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:04
9Tosca: Atto I. “Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa” (Tosca, Scarpia)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa” (Tosca, Scarpia) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:45
10Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri, una carrozza” (Scarpia, Spoletta, Coro)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
Tito Gobbi (baritone) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
conductor:
Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
chorus master:
Vittore Veneziani (Italian chorus master & composer) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri … una carrozza …” … “Te Deum” (Scarpia, Spoletta, Coro) (from 1953-08-10 until 1953-08-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:30
11▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
12▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (1953)
13▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (1953)
14▶Digital Media: Norma: Act 1, Scene 1 (1954)
15▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2) (1954)
16▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (1954)
17▶Digital Media: Ruggero Leoncavallo: I pagliacci (1954)
18▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Acts 1 & 2) (1954)
19▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 3) (1954)
20▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 4) (1954)
21▶Digital Media: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1) (1954)
22▶Digital Media: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 2) (1954)
23▶Digital Media: Puccini Arias (1954)
24▶Digital Media: Lyric and Coloratura Arias (1954)
25▶Digital Media: Callas at La Scala (1955)
26▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1955)
27▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 2 conclusion) (1955)
28▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (1955)
29▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (1955)
30▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (1955)
31▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (1955)
32▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 1 & 2) (1956)
33▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 3 & 4) (1956)
34▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 1 & 2) (1956)
35▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 3 & 4) (1956)
36▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1956)
37▶Digital Media: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (1956)
38▶Digital Media: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 beginning) (1957)
39▶Digital Media: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 conclusion, Act 2) (1957)
40▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (1957)
41▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (1957)
42▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 1 & 2) (1957)
43▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 3) (1957)
44▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 1 & 2) (1957)
45▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 3 & 4) (1957)
46▶Digital Media: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (1957)
47▶Digital Media: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (1957)
48▶Digital Media: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi Arias I) (1958)
49▶Digital Media: Mad Scenes (1958)
50▶Digital Media: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (1959)
51▶Digital Media: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (1959)
52▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (1959)
53▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (1959)
54▶Digital Media: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (1959)
55▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 beginning) (1960)
56▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 conclusion) (1960)
57▶Digital Media: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (1960)
58▶Digital Media: Great Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris I) (1961)
59▶Digital Media: More Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris II) (1963)
60▶Digital Media: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Recital (1963 & 1964)
61▶Digital Media: Verdi Arias II (1963 & 1964)
62▶Digital Media: Rossini & Donizetti Arias (1963 & 1964)
63▶Digital Media: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1964)
64▶Digital Media: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 2 conclusion, Acts 3 & 4) (1964)
65▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (1964 & 1965)
66▶Digital Media: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (1964 & 1965)
67▶Digital Media: Verdi Arias III (1965 & 1969)
68▶Digital Media: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (1953, 1958, 1960 & 1961)
69▶Digital Media: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (1962, 1964, 1965 & 1969)

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includes:Aida (1955 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Callas à Paris (Album II) by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
Callas à Paris I by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (National Orchestra of France, RTF / ORTF / Radio France), Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
Callas at La Scala by Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Callas sings Rossini and Donizetti Arias by Rossini (composer), Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Callas Sings Verdi Arias by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Carmen (1964 studio cast) by Georges Bizet (French composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Andréa Guiot (soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), Nadine Sautereau (French soprano), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Claude Calès (French baritone), Chœurs René Duclos, Chœurs d’enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
Cavalleria rusticana (1953 EMI recording) by Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor); Maria Callas (soprano) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
I puritani (1953 Milan studio cast) by Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (1957 studio recording) by Rossini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Alva (tenor), Carturan (mezzo-soprano), Ollendorff (operatic bass), Zaccaria (operatic bass), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) & Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Alceo Galliera (organist, conductor and composer)
Il trovatore (1956 recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Il turco in Italia (1954 studio cast) by Gioachino Rossini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni (operatic bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Mariano Stabile (baritone), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor)
La bohème (1956 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Anna Moffo (soprano), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La forza del destino (1954 Milan recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Carlo Tagliabue (baritone), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
La Gioconda (1959 recording) by Ponchielli (composer); Callas (soprano), Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Companeez (mezzo-soprano / contralto), Vinco (operatic bass), Ferraro (tenor), Cappuccilli (baritone), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Antonino Votto (conductor)
La Gioconda (1952 recording) by Amilcare Ponchielli (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Giulio Neroni, Maria Amadini (mezzo-soprano), Gianni Poggi (tenor), Paolo Silveri (baritone), Piero Poldi (bass vocalist), Armando Benzi (operatic tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Antonino Votto (conductor)
La sonnambula (1957 studio cast) by Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Nicola Monti (tenor), Giuseppe Morresi (operatic bass), Franco Ricciardi (Italian tenor), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Antonino Votto (conductor)
La traviata (1953 studio recording) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Francesco Albanese (tenor), Ugo Savarese (Italian baritone), Coro Cetra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (RAI National Symphony Orchestra, formed in 1994, merging the four former RAI orchestras of Turin, Rome, Naples, and Milan), Gabriele Santini (conductor)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1959 London Recording) by Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Bernard Ładysz (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) and Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1953 Florence Recording) by Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Lyric and Coloratura Arias by Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Manon Lescaut (1957 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano e Isotta, Norma, I puritani by Wagner (Richard Wagner, composer), Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Arturo Basile (Italian opera conductor)
Medea (1957 Milan recording) by Luigi Cherubini (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Renata Scotto (operatic soprano), Miriam Pirazzini (mezzo soprano), Mirto Picchi (tenor), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Weber (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Norma (1960 studio cast) by Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Piero de Palma (tenor), Edda Vincenzi (soprano), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Norma (1954 studio cast) by Bellini (Sicilian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Mario Filippeschi (tenor), Ebe Stignani (mezzo soprano), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Pagliacci (1954 Scala cast) by Leoncavallo (composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Nicola Monti (tenor), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Puccini Arias by Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Rigoletto (1955 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Maria Meneghini Callas (soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Giuse Gerbino (Italian mezzo-soprano), Plinio Clabassi (operatic bass), William Dickie (british bass-baritone), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Carlo Forti (operatic bass), Elvira Galassi (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Tullio Serafin (conductor), Norberto Mola (chorus master), L'Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
The Callas Rarities
Tosca (1964 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris National Opera Chorus), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
Turandot (1957 studio cast) by Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Eugenio Fernandi (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Un ballo in maschera (1956 studio cast) by Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Orchestra (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto (conductor)
Verdi Arias I by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Verdi Arias III by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)