Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, in August 1956, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success.
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Studio recording, 1956
Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Act I Scene 1: All'erta, all'erta! (Ferrando, Retainers, Soldiers)
Act I Scene 1: Di due figli vivea (Ferrando, Retainers, Soldiers)
Act I Scene 1: Sull'orlo dei tetti alcun l'ha veduta! (Ferrando, Retainers, Soldiers)
Act I Scene 2: Che piu t'arresti? (Inez, Leonora)
Act I Scene 2: Tacea la notte placida (Leonora, Inez)
Act I Scene 2: Di tale amo che dirsi (Leonora, Inez)
Act I Scene 3: Tace la notte! (Count)
Act I Scene 3: Deserto sulla terra (Manrico, Count, Leonora)
Act I Scene 3: Di geloso amor sprezzato (Count, Manrico, Leonora)
Act II Scene 1: Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie, "Anvil Chorus" (Gypsies)
Act II Scene 1: Stride la vampa (Azucena, Gypsies, Manrico, an old Gypsy)
Act II Scene 1: Soli or siamo (Manrico, Azucena)
Act II Scene 1: Condotto ell'era in ceppi (Azucena, Manrico)
Act II Scene 1: Non son tuo figlio? (Manrico, Azucena)
Act II Scene 1: Mal reggendo (Manrico, Azucena, Messenger)
Act II Scene 1: Perigliarti ancor languente (Azucena, Manrico)
Act II Scene 2: Tutto e deserto (Count, Ferrando)
Act II Scene 2: Il balen del suo sorriso (Count)
Act II Scene 2: Quel suono! Oh, ciel! … Per me ora fatale (Count, Ferrando, Retainers)
Act II Scene 2: Ah! Se l'error t'ingombra (Nuns, Count, Ferrando, Retainers)
Act II Scene 2: Perche piangete? (Leonora, Inez, Count, Nuns)
Act II Scene 2: E deggio e posso crederlo? (Leonora, Manrico, Count, Inez, Nuns, Ferrando, Retainers, Ruiz, Soldiers)
Act III Scene 1: Or co' dadi (Soldiers, Ferrando)
Act III Scene 1: Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera (Soldiers)
Act III Scene 1: In braccio al mio rival! (Count, Ferrando, Soldiers, Azucena)
Act III Scene 1: Giorni poveri vivea (Azucena, Ferrando, Count, Soldiers)
Act III Scene 2: Quale d'armi fragor poc'anzi intesi? (Leonora, Manrico)
Act III Scene 2: Ah, si, ben mio (Manrico)
Act III Scene 2: L'onda de' suoni mistici (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz)
Act III Scene 2: Di quella pira (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, Soldiers)
Act IV Scene 1: Siam giunti (Ruiz, Leonora)
Act IV Scene 1: D'amor sull'ali rosee (Leonora)
Act IV Scene 1: Miserere d'un alma gia vicina (Monks, Leonora, Manrico)
Act IV Scene 1: Di te, di te scordarmi! … Tu vedrai che amore in terra (Leonora)
Act IV Scene 1: Udiste? (Count, Leonora)
Act IV Scene 1: Mira, di acerbe lagrime (Leonora, Count)
Act IV Scene 1: Vivra! Contende il giubilo (Leonora, Count)
Act IV Scene 2: Madre, non dormi (Manrico, Azucena)
Act IV Scene 2: Ai nostri monti (Azucena, Manrico)
Act IV Scene 2: Che! Non m'inganno! (Manrico, Leonora, Azucena)
Act IV Scene 2: Ti scosta (Manrico, Leonora, Count, Azucena)
July 2008
*****
“Despite later uncut performances, Callas, di Stefano and Karajan at his most dramatic, are a thrilling team, with an excellent cast and vivid recording from EMI's LPs rather than master tapes.”
2010 edition
***
“The combination of Karajan and Callas is formidably impressive. There is toughness and dramatic determination in Callas's singing...Barbieri is a magnificent Azucena, Panerai is a strong, incisive Count, and di Stefano is at his finest as Manrico...The Naxos transfer is well up to Mark Obert-Thorn's usual high standard, and one is struck by the wide dynamic range of the recording.”
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Act I Scene 1: All'erta, all'erta! (Ferrando, Retainers, Soldiers)
