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Maria Callas
Maria Callas Commendatore OMRI was an American and Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina. Born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York City, to Greek immigrant parents, she was raised by an overbearing mother who had wanted a son. Maria received her musical education in Greece at age 13 and later established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of 1940s wartime poverty and with near-sightedness that left her nearly blind on stage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She underwent a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Norma: "Casta diva"
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Carmen, GB 9, IGB 16, Act I: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) (Carmen)
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Madame Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo (Act. 2)
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Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
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La Traviata: Brindisi (Act. 1)

Albums

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Album2024
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (feat. Anna Maria Canali, Raffaele Arié & Tito Gobbi)

Album2024
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The 1949 Cetra Recordings: Works by Bellini, Mozart & Wagner (The Original Sound of Maria Callas)

Album2023
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Rossini: Il turco in Italia

Album2024
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Verdi: La traviata (feat. Ede Marietti Gandolfo, Francesco Albanese & Ugo Savarese)

Album2024
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The 1958 Recital at the Paris Opera, Part 1: Works by Bellini, Verdi & Rossini (The Original Sound of Maria Callas)

Album2023
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Verdi: La forza del destino

Album2024
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Bellini: Norma

Album2024
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Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9 (feat. Fiorenza Cossotto, Irene Companeez, Pier Miranda Ferraro & Piero Cappuccilli)

Album2024
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María Callas – Bellini / Norma Excerpts Teatro Colón 1949 (Live)

Album2023

Singles

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Vissi d'arte

2024
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Carmen's Habanera - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (feat. Chœurs René Duclos)

2023
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Maria Callas Live - Vissi d'arte

2017
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Un bel dì vedremo

2023
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Casta diva

2023
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Callas - Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena, Hamlet & Il pirata - Callas Remastered

2014
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Ebben? Ne andrò lontana

2023
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Callas - Bellini Casta Diva

2022
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O mio babbino caro

2023
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Maria Callas Live - Casta Diva

2017

Videos

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Norma, Act I Scene 4: Preghiera, "Casta diva" (Norma, Chorus)

Georges Sebastian, Maria Callas, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, and Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris26M views
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Maria Callas sings Bizet's Carmen: Séguedille (Hamburg, 1962)

Nicolai Gedda, Chœurs René Duclos, Jane Berbié, Maurice Maievski, Claude Calès, Choeurs D'Enfants Jean Pesneaud, Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National, Andréa Guiot, Jacques Mars, Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jacques Pruvost, Robert Massard, and Jean-Paul Vauquelin140K views
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Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Una voce poco fa

Maria Callas299K views
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Verdi: Don Carlo, Act 3: "O don fatale, o don crudel" (Eboli)

Maria Callas65K views
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Don Carlo, Act 4: "Tu che le vanità" (Elisabetta) [Live, Hamburg, 1959]

Maria Callas132K views

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Opera for the Ages

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Essential Classical

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