MARIA CALLAS: THE COMPLETE VERDI OPERAS (20 CDS)

This 20 CD box set includes six original studio album and three live recordings of Verdi operas by soprano Maria Callas, one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century - "the world's greatest artist" (Leonard Bernstein).

Features the complete recordings of the operas Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, Aida and others. Callas performs alongside her most important partners, Guiseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Richard Tucker and others. These legendary studio recordings and historic live versions are an essential purchase for opera fans.

● Rigoletto
Tito Gobbi (Br) Giuseppe Di Stefano (Ten)
Tullio Serafin, Milan Scala Orchestra
, etc. September 1955 Monaural Recording

● La Traviata
Francesco Albanese (Ten) Ugo Savarese (Br)
Ede Marietti Gandolfo (MSop)
Gabriele Santini conducting, Torino RAI Orchestra
, etc. September 1953 Monaural recording

● Il Trovatore
Giuseppe di Stefano (Ten) Roland Panerai (Br)
Fedora Barbieri (M. Sop) Conducted by
Herbert von Karajan, Maria Callas Orchestra
August 1956 Monaural recording

● Un Ballo un Maschera
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Ten) Tito Gobbi (Br)
Fedora・ Barbieri (M. Sop)
conducted by Antonino Votto, Milan Scala Orchestra
September 1956 Monaural recording

● La Forza del Destino
Richard Tucker (Ten) Carlo Talia Bouer (Br)
conducted by Tullio Serafin, Milan Scala Orchestra
August 1954 Monaural recording

● Aida
Richard Tucker (Ten) Fedora Barbieri (MSop)
Tito Gobbi (Br)
Conductor Tullio Serafin, Milan Scala Orchestra
August 1955 Monaural recording

● I Vespre Siciliani
Enzo Masquerini ( Br) Giorgio Barbieri-Cocolios (Ten)
Boris Christoff (Bs)
Conducted by Erich Cliver, Florence May Music Festival Orchestra
May 26, 1951 Monaural live recording

● Nabucco
Gino Beki (Br) Gino Gino Sinimbergi (Ten)
Luciano Neroni ( Bs)
Vittorio Gui Conductor, San-Carlo Theater Orchestra
, etc. December 20, 1949 Monaural Live Recording

● Macbeth
Enzo Masquerini (Br) Gino Penno (Ten) Italo Tayo (Bs)
Victor de Serafin Conductor, Milan Scala Orchestra
December 7, 1952 Monaural Live Recording