Verdi: Nabucco
When an artist, through whatever means, becomes a transcendent artistic figure, he or she becomes the object of extreme devotion. In and beyond the operatic world, that person is Maria Callas, and those devoted to her, and they are legion, want nothing less than to hear every recorded note she sang, and are fortunate enough to be able to do so. The start of her 25 years of worldwide stardom is not far in the future as you listen to her sing the role Abigalle in Verdis Nabucco in this 1949 live performance from the Teatro di San Carlo with conductor Vittorio Gui, one of her early champions.
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Decent Nabucco Little improvement over other transfers of this famous Callas recording. Primitive AM radio quality recording with a stupendous performance by Callas. Worth sitting through all the snap, crackle and pop for this singer at her best…and youngest. Where in the heck were the commercial record.companies when this and several other iconic performances were taking place between 1949 and 1954? The de Sabata TRISTAN and FALSTAFF, the La Scala Furtwangler RING and Salzburg productions of Mozart operas,…
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