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Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra
: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage ...
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Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
from: Gala
: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage ...
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André Messager: Véronique
from: Angel Records
: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage ...
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Pavarotti in Central Park
from: Decca
: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage ...
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Bizet: Carmen
from: EMI Records
: :Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy. Maria Callas as Carmen.~~~CD1)~~Act I~~CD2)~~Act II~~CD3)~~Act III & IV.
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Satie: Les Inspirations insolites
from: EMI Classics France
: :Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy. Maria Callas as Carmen.~~~CD1)~~Act I~~CD2)~~Act II~~CD3)~~Act III & IV.
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Bizet: Carmen
from: Angel Records
: :Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy. Maria Callas as Carmen.~~~CD1)~~Act I~~CD2)~~Act II~~CD3)~~Act III & IV.
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Les Inspirations Insolites D'Erik Satie
from: EMI
: :Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy. Maria Callas as Carmen.~~~CD1)~~Act I~~CD2)~~Act II~~CD3)~~Act III & IV.
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Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
from: Angel Records
: :Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy. Maria Callas as Carmen.~~~CD1)~~Act I~~CD2)~~Act II~~CD3)~~Act III & IV.
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Bizet: Carmen / Maria Callas / Georges Pretre
from: EMI
: :Disc one is Actes I & IIa. Disc two is Actes III & IV.
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