Maria Callas

Unknown Teatro Colón Recordings

NORMA (Excerpts)
June 17, 1949
GALA PERFORMANCE (Part I)
July 9, 1949
TURANDOT (Act III fragments)
1949
Live Recordings
69 min. (mono)
DVN-12

DESCRIPTION
• Digitally remastered from the original paper tapes
• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 never before released
• Tracks 3 & 13 in much better sound quality than any other CD/LP edition
• Track 14 first time in correct pitch

Sound Restoration © 1999 Divina Records
Restored and remastered by Pablo Berruti

FREE EXTRA MATERIAL: click here
• Liner notes in English
• Lyrics
• Radio commentary original texts and English translations
• 9 high-quality photographs
• 23 newspaper reviews (scans)
• Hand programs (scans)
• Radio announcements (original text and English translations)

NORMA
June 17, 1949

Conducted by Tullio Serafin
Rafael Terragnolo, Chorus Master

1 • Overture 
[5.41]
2 • Ite sul colle
 [8.43]
3 • Oh, rimembranza!…
Ah sì, fa core, abbracciami
 [7.58]
Norma: Maria Callas
Adalgisa: Fedora Barbieri
Oroveso: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

 

GALA PERFORMANCE (Part I)
133rd Aniversary of Argentine Independence
July 9, 1949

4 • Radio commentary [1.49]
Introduction to the concert
5 • Argentine National Hymn
 [4.07]
Chorus of the Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla
6 • Radio commentary [2.55]
Introduction to Norma scene

NORMA
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
Rafael Terragnolo, Chorus Master

7 • Overture
 [5.19]
Introduction to Norma scene
8 • Norma viene [4.09]
9 • Sediziose voci
 [4.13]
10 • Casta diva
 [6.38]
11 • Ah! bello a me ritorna
 [2.42]
Norma: Maria Callas
Oroveso: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

FAUST (sung in Italian)
Conducted by Hector Panizza
12 • Radio commentary
 [2.43]
Introduction to Faust arias
13 • Come vorrei saper del giovin…
C’era un re, un re di Thule…
È strano, poter il viso suo veder 
[9.17]
Marguerite: Helena Arizmendi

TURANDOT
May 20, 29/June 11, 22/July 9, 1949

Conducted by Tullio Serafin
14 • a) [Io son] Calaf figlio di Timur! [1.30]
b) [Padre] augusto! [0.28]
Turandot: Maria Callas
Calaf: Mario del Monaco