Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio ... | Gaetano Donizetti, Tullio Serafin, ... | Best Studio Recording

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Donizetti: Lucia d...

	Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio ... Gaetano Donizetti, Tullio Serafin, ... EMI Classics, 2005 average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Lovely recording

I'm a huge bel canto fan and Lucia is one of my top 3 operas. (The others are NORMA and ANNA BOLENA) There is no other Lucia like Callas. Nobody embodies the melancholy, the tragic, fragile beauty and the torment of this doomed heroine more than she. And her coloratura and E-flats glitter and sparkle but never sound senseless or bland. Her partners (di Stefano, Gobbi) are in pristine form and Serafin conducts bel canto with unmatched perfection. This is THE Lucia to buy! A steal, grab it while you can!

Best Studio Recording

Without a doubt this is the best studio recording of the opera hands down. Callas, Di Stefano and Gobbi are in fine form and Serafin keeps things going at a good pace. The best RECORDING of the opera is of course the 1955 Berlin performance with Karajan conducting. The sound is quite good as Callas bootlegs go and everybody is ON FIRE. One of those magical moments that thankfully somebody taped. If you MUST have your stereo, go with the first Sutherland recording or the Gruberova/Kraus/Rescigno.

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An actress, and a woman sings

Befoe Maria came onto the scene in 1952, I actually believed that only the "whistling teakettle" type of voice could sing this type of work. When I actually heard a woman's voice, I was transformed from that day.

Callas, di Stefano and Gobbi. Lucia di Lammermoor.

Beautiful recording, fabulous voices, Callas was at her very best in this period

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Tracks
Preludio | Act 1. Scene 1. Percorrete le spiagge vicine | Act 1. Scene 1. Tu sei turbato!... E n'ho ben donde | Act 1. Scene 1. Cruda, funesta smania | Act 1. Scene 1. Il tuo dubbio è omai certezza | Act 1. Scene 1. La pietade in suo favore | Act 1. Scene 2. Maestoso | Act 1. Scene 2. Ancor non giunse! | Act 1. Scene 2. Regnava nel silenzio | Act 1. Scene 2. Quando rapito in estasi | Act 1. Scene 2. Egli s'avanza | Act 1. Scene 2. Sulla tomba che rinserra | Act 1. Scene 2. Qui di sposa eterna fede | Act 1. Scene 2. Ah, talor del tuo pensiero | Act 1. Scene 2. Verranno e te sull'aure | Act 2. Scene 1. Moderato... Lucia fra poco a te verrà | Act 2. Scene 1. Appressati, Lucia | Act 2. Scene 1. Il pallor funesto, orrendo... A ragion mi fe' spietato | Act 2. Scene 1. Nobil sposo... Cessa, cessa! | Act 2. Scene 1. Soffriva nel pianto | Act 2. Scene 1. Che fia?... Suonar di giubilo | Act 2. Scene 1. Se tradimi tu potrai | Act 2. Scene 2. Per te d'immenso giubilo... Per poco fra le tenebre | Act 2. Scene 2. Dov'è Lucia?... Qui giungere or la vedrem | Act 2. Scene 2. Ecco il tuo sposo | Act 2. Scene 2. Chi mi frena in tal momento | Act 2. Scene 2. T'allontana, sciagurato... Rispettate in me di Dio | Act 2. Scene 2. Sconsigliato! In queste porte chi ti guida? | Act 3. Scene 1. D'immenso giubilo | Act 3. Scene 1. Ah!... Deh, cessate quel contento!... Dalle stanze ove Lucia | Act 3. Scene 1. Oh! Qual funesto avvenimento! | Act 3. Scene 1. Oh giusto cielo!... Il dolce suono | Act 3. Scene 1. Ohimè! Sorge il tremendo | Act 3. Scene 1. Ardon gli incensi; splendon le sacre faci | Act 3. Scene 1. Spargi d'amaro pianto | Act 3. Scene 2. Maestoso... Tombe degli avi miei | Act 3. Scene 2. Fra poco a me ricovero | Act 3. Scene 2. Dove corri, sventurato? | Act 3. Scene 2. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali | Act 3. Scene 2. Che facesti?

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