Search - Gustave Charpentier, Leo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :: Maria Callas: Live in Rome 1952 and San Remo 1954

A MUST have for all Callas fans!

eternally18 | Norway | 03/18/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This cd i really love!! its La Divina live!! the sound is ok, i mean its recorded 50 years ago!!
the 3 best arias on the cd are, The Bell Song, Tutte le torture and Ombra leggera!Her coloratura is just amazing...
Her Lucia is always great.
I think its great that EMI are releasing this concert so we who didn't have the opportunity to see her on stage can hear her voice live again and again. BUY this cd, along with the "live in Milan" cd. which also is GREAT!"

Great performance - terrible mastering

J. Kauffman | Haddonfield, NJ USA | 03/27/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Avoid this mastering of the famous 1952 RAI recital like the plague - terrible sound. The strange thing is that EMI already issued the 1952 RAI recital in its 1997 2-CD "Live in Concert" from a far superior source. Buy that one instead."

Amazing recital, but...

Manuel Calderón | Guatemala City | 01/20/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I recommend you seek out a previous EMI album entitled "Maria Callas: Live in Concert", since it feautures this same recital, but in much superior sound (no doubt from a different source), thus making the experience all that more enjoyable. As to the performances themselves, they really need to be heard to be believed (and in that sense I give them 5 stars, I take 2 from this release because the source EMI chose isn't as good as the one of their previous release). This also goes for "Live in Milan/Athens". Though not all of the items featured in that disc are actually in "Live in Concert", I'd still recommend the latter for the same reasons stated above."