La Divina: Maria Callas in All Her Roles

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

Annotation

The complete collection of Warner Classics (EMI) recordings by Maria Callas. Includes all her studio and live recordings on 131 CDs, 3 Blu-Rays of concert videos, a DVD-ROM (libretti, texts, recording sheets, interviews), a 148-page hardcover book, and an NFT with digital content.

The CDs also include studio alternate takes and working sessions from the 1960s (previously unreleased), and Julliard Master classes.

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-14 10:48 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
2▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
3▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
4▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
5▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
6▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1960)
7▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
8▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
9▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
10▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
11▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
12▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 2 conclusion, Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1964)
13▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
14▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
15▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
16▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
17▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
18▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
19▶CD: Ruggero Leoncavallo: I pagliacci (Studio, Recorded 1954)
20▶CD: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Studio, Recorded 1953)
21▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
22▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
23▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1952)
24▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
25▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
26▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1959)
27▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
28▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
29▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
30▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 2 conclusion) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
31▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
32▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
33▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
34▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
35▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
36▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1964 & 1965)
37▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
38▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 3) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
39▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
40▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 conclusion, Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1957)
41▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
42▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
43▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
44▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
45▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
46▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
47▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
48▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
49▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 4) (Studio, Recorded 1954)
50▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
51▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Studio, Recorded 1955)
52▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
53▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Studio, Recorded 1953)
54▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 1 & 2) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
55▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 3 & 4) (Studio, Recorded 1956)
56▶CD: The First Recordings (1949) (Studio, Recorded 1949)
57▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1953, 1958, 1960 & 1961)
58▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (Studio, Recorded 1962, 1964, 1965 & 1969)
59▶CD: Operatic Arias by Puccini (Studio, Recorded 1954)
60▶CD: Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Studio, Recorded 1954)
61▶CD: Callas at La Scala (Studio, Recorded 1955)
62▶CD: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi Arias I) (Studio, Recorded 1958)
63▶CD: Mad Scenes (Studio, Recorded 1958)
64▶CD: Great Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris I) (Studio, Recorded 1961)
65▶CD: More Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris II) (Studio, Recorded 1963)
66▶CD: Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
67▶CD: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Recital (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
68▶CD: Verdi Arias II (Studio, Recorded 1963 & 1964)
69▶CD: Verdi Arias III (Studio, Recorded 1965 & 1969)
70▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 1 • Act 1, Scene 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1952)
71▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
72▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1959)
73▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1959)
74▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1955)
75▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
76▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
77▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
78▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1953)
79▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1953)
80▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1957)
81▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
82▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
83▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
84▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1960)
85▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1960)
86▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1955)
87▶CD: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1955)
88▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
89▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
90▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1957)
91▶CD: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1957)
92▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1964)
93▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1964)
94▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
95▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Armida (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
96▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1954)
97▶CD: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1954)
98▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
99▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1951)
100▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1957)
101▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1957)
102▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1952)
103▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Acts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1952)
104▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1949)
105▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Parts 3 & 4) (Live, Recorded 1949)
106▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (Live, Recorded 1952)
107▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (Live, Recorded 1952)
108▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1955)
109▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1955)
110▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (Live, Recorded 1958)
111▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1958)
112▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 1 & 2) (Live, Recorded 1951)
113▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1951)
114▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Acts 4 & 5) (Live, Recorded 1951)
115▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 beginning) (Live, Recorded 1950)
116▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 1 conclusion • Act 2) (Live, Recorded 1950)
117▶CD: Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3) (Live, Recorded 1950)
118▶CD: Live in Turin 1951 / Live in Rome 1952 / Live in San Remo 1954 (Live, Recorded 1951, 1952 & 1954)
119▶CD: Live in Milan 1956 / Live in Athens 1957 (Live, Recorded 1956 & 1957)
120▶CD: In Rehearsal Dallas 1957 (Live, Recorded 1957)
121▶CD: Live in London 1958 & 1959 (Live, Recorded 1958 & 1959)
122▶CD: Live in Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
123▶CD: Live in Hamburg 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
124▶CD: Live in Stuttgart 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
125▶CD: Live in Amsterdam 1959 (Live, Recorded 1959)
126▶CD: Live in London 1961 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1961 & 1962)
127▶CD: Live in Paris 1963 & 1976 (Live, Recorded 1963 & 1976)
128▶Blu-ray: La Callas…Toujours - Paris 1958 (Live, Recorded 1958)
129▶Blu-ray: Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (Live, Recorded 1959 & 1962)
130▶Blu-ray: Maria Callas at Covent Garden 1962 & 1964 (Live, Recorded 1962 & 1964)
131▶CD: Bonus: Studio alternate takes and working sessions 1960-1964
132▶CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 1
133▶CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 2
134▼CD: Maria Callas at Julliard: the Master Classes - 3
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1Werther: Act III. “Qui m'aurait dit…Des cris joyeux“ (Air des lettres): Master Class: Anita Terzian
piano:
Eugene Kohn (pianist, conductor) (in 1973-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Anita Terzian (mezzo-soprano) (in 1973-11)
soprano vocals and spoken vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1973-11)
recorded at:
The Juilliard School in Lincoln Square, New York, New York, United States (in 1973-11)
partial recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (in 1973-11)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
Jules Massenet22:39
2Werther: Act III. “Qui m'aurait dit…Des cris joyeux“ (Air des lettres): 1963 Studio recording by Maria Callas
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
Jules Massenet7:07
3La bohème: Act I. “Sì, mi chlamano Mimì“: Master Class: Kyu Do Park
piano:
Eugene Kohn (pianist, conductor) (in 1972-02)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1972-02) and Kyu Do Park (soprano) (in 1972-02)
spoken vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1972-02)
recorded at:
The Juilliard School in Lincoln Square, New York, New York, United States (in 1972-02)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì) (in 1972-02)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini14:02
4La bohème: Act I. “Sì, mi chlamano Mimì“: 1954 Studio recording by Maria Callas
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì) (from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:51
5Madama Butterfly: Act II. “Che tua madre“: Master Class: Akiko Ikuo Hayashi
piano:
Eugene Kohn (pianist, conductor) (in 1972-02)
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1972-02) and Akiko Ikuo Hayashi (soprano) (in 1972-02)
spoken vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1972-02)
recorded at:
The Juilliard School in Lincoln Square, New York, New York, United States (in 1972-02)
partial recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Che tua madre dovrà” (Butterfly) (in 1972-02)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini10:49
6Madama Butterfly: Act II. “Che tua madre“: 1955 Studio recording by Maria Callas
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals [Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1955-08-01 until 1955-08-06)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (from 1955-08-01 until 1955-08-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1955-08-01 until 1955-08-06)
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Teatro alla Scala in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (from 1955-08-01 until 1955-08-06)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Che tua madre dovrà” (Butterfly) (from 1955-08-01 until 1955-08-06)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:36
7Callas' Farewell to the Students
spoken vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano) (in 1972-03)
recorded at:
The Juilliard School in Lincoln Square, New York, New York, United States (in 1972-03)
Maria Callas1:49
135▶Data DVD-R: Libretti, Texts, Interviews, Recording sheets