Norma-Highlights

V. Bellini (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 29, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Melodram (Ita)
• ASIN: B000001ZOT
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,215,708 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Norma: Norma Viene - Maria Callas/Ivo Vinco/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Parigi/Georges Pretre

2. Norma: Casta Diva - Maria Callas/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Parigi/Georges Pretre

3. Norma: Ah, Bello A Me Ritorna - Maria Callas/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Parigi/Georges Pretre

4. Norma: Ma Di! L'amato Giovine - Maria Callas/Fiorenza Cossotto/Gianfranco Cecchele

5. Norma: Dormono Entrambi - Maria Callas/Marie-Luc Bellary

6. Norma: Deh Con Te Li Prendi - Maria Callas/Fiorenza Cossotto

7. Norma: Mira, O Norma - Fiorenza Cossotto/Maria Callas

8. Il Trovatore: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - Maria Callas

9. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa - Maria Callas

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars FOR CALLAS FANATICS ONLY!, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Norma-Highlights (Audio CD)

It is a pity that this amateurly recorded 1965 live performance is available at all. To begin with, the sound is poorish. But the crux of the problem is the great Callas. heard here in her last desperate performances of her greatest role.By this time, the voice was in shreds (sustained notes anywhere are wobbly, top notes, where attempted, are nothing more than pitched screams.The magical moments of Callas' great musical insights are virtually mitigated by the diva's deplorable vocal condition. Callas retired from the operatic stage only a matter of six weeks after these performances. She was only 41, and one can only be saddened once again by the now familiar story of how this greatest of artists burned herself out at such an early age. If one wants a Callas Norma that represents the real Callas, they should turn to either of the two newly reissued EMI studio recordings, the first of which captures her in her vocal prime, the second of which preserves her greatest insights (though with noticeable decine in vocal resources). The Callas heard in these 1965 Paris live recordings doesn't compare to either of them.