The Maria Callas Music Mix
Maria Callas was one of opera's most revered sopranos. Hear some of her most mesmerising performances as well as some of the most beautiful overtures in operatic history.
It's been 100 years since the birth of one of opera’s most revered singers, Maria Callas. The celebrated soprano led a complicated, tempestuous and artistically ambitious life. But her legacy was shaped by her intense, lyrical voice and the performances that awarded her standing ovations and international acclaim.
Praised for her dramatic stage presence, this playlist celebrates ‘La Divina’ with her standout performances from Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly and Bellini’s Norma. Alongside some of opera’s most beautiful intermezzi and overtures by composers Mozart, Offenbach, Rossini, Tchaikovsky and Verdi, this is a night at the opera you’ll never forget.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chorus) [Habanera]
Performer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chœur René Duclos. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Georges Prêtre. -
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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. -
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Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II: Intermezzo
Performer: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
Performer: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. -
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (Tosca)
Performer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Victor de Sabata. -
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Eduard Strauss
Carmen-Quadrille, Op. 134
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. -
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Jacques Offenbach
Galop Infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. -
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly)
Performer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. -
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Franz Schmidt
Intermezzo (Notre Dame)
Performer: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lyricist: Leopold Wilk. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act III: Polonaise
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. -
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Vincenzo Bellini
Casta Diva (Norma)
Performer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. -
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Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Symphony
Performer: Fernando Corena. Performer: Ettore Bastianini. Performer: Cesare Siepi. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Alberto Erede. Ensemble: Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata: Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Performer: Anna Moffo. Performer: Richard Tucker. Orchestra: Rome Opera Orchestra. Choir: The Rome Opera Chorus. Conductor: Fernando Previtali.
