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Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Ollendorff, Nicola Zaccaria, Gabriella Carturan & Mario Carlin Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera This 1957 Walter Legge production was made on the back of Callas’s success in another of Rossini’s comic operas, Il turco in Italia: it was a triumph for the diva in Rome in 1950 and she recorded it with equal success for EMI at La Scala four years later. Oddly, as Tony Locantro’s notes recount, Callas had failed on stage with Rosina at La Scala in 1956 (largely because of a poor production); but Legge held to his guns, and the result – her first stereo recording, in the sympathetic space of Kingsway Hall – is now a classic of the gramophone:
‘She turns in a buoyant, joyful performance. Tito Gobbi’s Figaro and Luigi Alva’s Almaviva also came from the Scala production, and their experienced teamwork adds considerably to the whole achievement. Galliera’s idiomatic conducting gives the singers first-class support.’ “If a criticism is to be made of Callus's Rosina, it is lack of warmth. But there is much to admire, as there is in Alva's Count, Gobi's Barolo and Galleria's conducting.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ettore Bastianini, Luigi Alva, Antonietta Pastori, Andrea Mongelli, Leo Pudis, Rina Corsi, Gerardo Gaudioso, Renato Ercolani & Tony Corcione Orchestra and Chorus del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Recorded live in Naples, August, 1956 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Juan Diego Florez, Maria Bayo, Pietro Spagnoli & Ruggero Raimondi Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (director) This release also offers a bonus disc, headed by a 58 minute documentary giving the story behind Rossini’s opera, as told by members of the cast and the director. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Hermann Prey, Fritz Wunderlich, Max Proebstl, Erika Köth, Hans Hotter, Ina Gerhein, Karl Ostertag & Adolf Keil Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Teresa Berganza, Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara & Paolo Montarsolo Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado (First-time release on DVD) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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de los Angeles, Monti, Rossi-Lemeni Tullio Serafin | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Alceo Galliera | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Victoria de los Angeles, Luigi Alva, Ian Wallace, Carlo Cava Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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