{"product_id":"callas-verdi-la-traviata-1953-paco090","title":"CALLAS Verdi: La Traviata (1953) - PACO090","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVERDI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recording, 1953 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 2:07\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eVioletta Valéry - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMaria Callas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003esoprano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlfredo Germont -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Francesco Albanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003etenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGiorgio Germont - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eUgo Savarese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ebaritone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCoro Cetra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOrchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eConductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Gabriele Santini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fAndrew Rose has done perhaps his finest work yet .. Callas’s voice benefits from this, as do all the other singers and, in particular, the orchestra578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis 1953 Cetra studio recording has\nnever sounded this good. Andrew Rose has done perhaps his finest work\nyet in restoring this to something much more gratifying than the\noriginal release (which I have on Cetra LPs, as well as a few different\nCD incarnations). The sound is less harsh, warmer, and much more open\nthan the close-in, almost claustrophobic original. Callas’s voice\nbenefits from this, as do all the other singers and, in particular, the\norchestra. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eFor Callas collectors this will be a\nvery important release, even perhaps a revelation. For the rest, even\nserious opera lovers who want in their collection at least one\nrepresentation of Callas in her greatest role, this is clearly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003enot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003ethe\none. My recommendation continues to be for the Covent Garden\nperformance with Valletti, Zanasi, and Rescigno, available on a number\nof labels (I wish Andrew Rose would have a go at that one). This is\nCallas’s first recorded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003etraviata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e,\nand while the voice probably never sounded as secure and solid in any\nof the later ones, her ability to convey the drama—unusually strong here\nwhen compared with other sopranos—continued to grow far beyond what we\nhave here. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAnd then there is the problem of the\nartists with whom Cetra surrounded her. Santini’s conducting is often\npedestrian (particularly in the Germont-Violetta duet, where many\nconductors reflect so much more vividly the pathos of the situation but\nSantini plods along without inflection or real phrasing). Albanese’s\nAlfredo is decently sung, and gains much from the warmer sound of this\ntransfer; but it is singing without insight or coloring—mere\nnote-spinning. Savarese’s dry, throaty baritone begins to wear on the\nears. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe value here is Callas in her best\nvoice. Although she does not reduce “Dite alla giovine” to the mere\nthread of sound as she was to later in her live performances, it is\nstill magical enough. There is a pure vocal beauty that was not to\nremain long for Callas, and it is worth hearing this recording for that\naspect alone, particularly because it is married to an already\nintelligent dramatic portrayal, even if it is one that would be\nsurpassed a few years later. A few specifics: “Amami Alfredo” here is\nfull voiced and desperate, with a richness to the sound that was no\nlonger there even in 1958; but the lines leading up to that climactic\nmoment were to gain a sense of urgency, even panic, that is missing\nhere. And the last act outburst at the realization that she was to die\nso young, while certainly gripping here, lacks the utter horror and\nanguish of later Lisbon, La Scala, and Covent Garden performances, where\nthe crescendo on “Ah…Morir” is shocking in its explosiveness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAs usual with Pristine, there is no\nlibretto, but there are interesting notes, including comments about the\ntransfer. I must admit that when I received this to review, my first\nthought was “why did Pristine bother with this recording?” After hearing\nthe difference between the Cetra and this, and hearing just how much\nbetter Callas and all aspects of the performance sounded, I understand.\nIt still is primarily of value for Callas fans and serious students of\noperatic performance as an art form, an art form of which Maria Callas\nwas one of the unique and most important practitioners. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Fogel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 37:1 (Sept\/Oct 2013) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO090.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There is addiction to the heroine...such art is priceless\" - Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"For Callas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecollectors this will be a very important release, even perhaps a revalation\" - Fanfare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBefore signing a contract with Walter Legge at EMI,\nMaria Callas had already committed herself to recording four operas for\nCetra in Italy. Of these, only \u003cem\u003eLa Gioconda\u003c\/em\u003e in 1952 and \u003cem\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/em\u003e in\n1953 materialised; it remains unclear as to why the contract was not\ncompleted. Even though the Italian recording remained available on\nimport only outside Italy for a number of years, it meant that Legge\nnever commissioned an EMI studio recording of Callas in what was one of\nher most famous roles. And I'm afraid Cetra's recording facilities\nweren't up to those of EMI at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus this classic recording of Callas (albeit with a\nsomewhat second-rate supporting cast) has long suffered from a rather\ninadequate sound quality which has a rather boxy, enclosed quality to\nit, with an unsympathetic acoustic and a tendency to peak distortion on\nthe voices. The combination of re-equalisation, distortion reduction,\nsubtle de-noising and the acoustic space of one of the world's finest\nopera houses that has made up this new 32-bit XR remastering goes a huge\nway to alleviate these issues, bringing significant sonic improvements\nthat breathe new life and colour into Maria Callas's wonderful\nperformance.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Cast Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERDI \u003c\/b\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eLibretto: Francesco Maria Piave\u003cbr\u003e Recorded September 1953, Studio del RAI, Turin, Italy\u003cbr\u003e Originally issued in Italy. 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