"Classical
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Originally Maria Kalogeropoulos Maria was born
in New York City and studied at Athens Conservatory, and excelled in the bel
canto style of pre Verdian Italian Opera
"When music fails to agree, to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the
senses, then it has
missed its point. "
The Listener 1969
Operas performed during her career included:
1938 - Cavalleria Rusticana - Athens
1940 - Sister Angelica - Athens, Masked Ball - Athens, Boccaccio - Athens
1942 - Tosca Athens
1944 - Cavalleria Rusticana - Athens, Fidelio - Athens
1947 - Tristan and Isolde - Venice, La Gioconda - Verona
1948 - Turandot - Venice, Rome, Verona, Genoa, Tristan and Isolde - Genoa,
Aida Turin, Rovigo, Norma Florence
1949 - Die Walkure - Venice, Palermo, I Puritani Venice, Turandot Naples,
Buenos Aires, Parsifal Rome, Norma Buenos Aires, Aida Buenos Aires,
Nabucco Naples
1950 Norma Venice, Rome, Catania, Mexico City, Aida Brescia, Milan, Naples,
Mexico City, Rome, Tristan and Isolde Rome, Tosca Mexico City, Bologna,
Pisa, Il Trovatore Mexico City, Il Turco in Italia Rome, Parsifal Rome,
1951 La Traviata Florence, Cagliari, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero,
Bergamo, Parma, Il Trovatore Naples, Norma Palermo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
Catania, Aida Calabria, Mexico City, I Vespri Siciliani Milan, Florence,
Orfeo and Euridice Florence, , Tosca Rio de Janeiro, , I Puritani
Catania,
1952 I Puritani Florence, Rome, Mexico City, Norma Milan, London, La Traviata
Catania, Mexico City, Verona, Die Entfuhring aus dem Serail Milan, Armida
Florence, Lucia di Lammermoor Mexico City Rigoletto Mexico City, Tosca Mexico
City, La Gioaconda Verona, Milan, Macbeth Milan,
1953 La Traviata Venice, Rome, Lucia di Lammermoor Florence, Genoa, Catania,
Rome, Il Trovatore Milan, London, Verona, Rome, Norma Rome, London, Trieste,
Medea Florence, Milan, Aida London, Verona,
1954 Lucia di Lammermoor Milan, Venice, Bergamo, Chicago, Medea Venice, Tosca
Genoa, Alceste Milan, Don Carlo Milan, La Forza del Destino Ravenna, ,
Mefistofele Verona, La Vestale Milan,
1955 Andrea Chenier Milan, Medea Rome, La Sonnambula Milan, Il Turco in Italia
Milan, La Traviata Milan, Norma Rome, Milan, Lucia di Lammermoor Berlin, I
Puritani Chicago, Il Trovatore Chicago, Madame Butterfly Chicago,
1956 La Traviata Milan Il Barbiere di Seviglia Milan, Lucia di Lammermoor
Naples, Vienna, New York, Fedora Milan, Norma New York, Philadelpia, Tosca New
York
1957 Norma London La Sonnambula Milan, Cologne, Edinburg, Anna Bolena Milan,
Iphigenie en Tauride Milan, Masked Ball Milan,
1958 Norma Rome, La Traviata London, Dallas, Medea Dallas,
1959 Il Pirata Washington DC, Medea London, Dallas, Lucia di Lammermoor Dallas,
1960 Norma Epidaurus Poliuto Milan
1961 Medea Epidaurus, Milan
1962
1963
1964 Tosca London, Norma Paris,
1965 Tosca Paris, New York, London, Norma Paris
4 Roles she performed only for records were Pagliacci La Boheme Manon Lescaut
and Carmen
During the above time she also performed in Concerts and recordings
DVD's, CD's and Books
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RECOMMENDED
The Callas Conversations
EMI Classic Archive - 2003
Maria Callas in conversation with Lord Harewood, April 1968
Maria Callas in conversation with Bernard Gavoty
Arias, May 1956: Massenet Manon "Adieu, notre petite table," Bellini
La Sonnambula "Ah, non credea mirarti," Puccini Gianni Schicchi
"O mio babbino caro"
Encoding: All Regions
Format: Color
DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
Run Time: 119
At Covent Garden 1962 and 1964 (1994)
Verdi Don Carlo, Act IV: Tu ch le vanita; Bizet Carmen Prelude, Habanera,
Entracte, Seguedille; orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
conducted by Georges Pretre
Puccini Tosca, Act II; with Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Renato Cioni (Cavaradossi),
Robert Bowman (Spoletta), Dennis Wicks (Sciarrone), orchestra of the Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario, stage
designer and director Franco Zeffirelli
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 11/4/62 and
2/9/64
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.
Note:This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
Format: Color
Audio Encoding: PCM Mono
DVD Release Date: August 13, 2002
Run Time: 70
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