Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano - Italian Opera Duets (1988)

Tracklist

01. I Puritani (1988 Digital Remaster): Finì! Me lassa!
02. I Puritani (1988 Digital Remaster): Nel mirarti un solo istante
03. I Puritani (1988 Digital Remaster): Vieni, fra queste braccia
04. Rigoletto (1988 Digital Remaster): Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi
05. Rigoletto (1988 Digital Remaster): Eil sol dell'amina
06. Rigoletto (1988 Digital Remaster): Addio, addio....Speranza
07. Il Trovatore (1988 Digital Remaster): Miserere...Ah, che la morte ognora
08. Un ballo in maschera (1988 Digital Remaster): Teco io sto
09. Un ballo in maschera (1988 Digital Remaster): Non sai tu che se I'anima mia
10. Un ballo in maschera (1988 Digital Remaster): Oh, qual soave brivido
11. Manon Lescaut (1988 - Remaster): Tu, tu, amore? Tu?
12. Manon Lescaut (1988 - Remaster): O tentatrice!
13. La Bohème (1988 Digital Remaster): Non sono in vena
14. La Bohème (1988 Digital Remaster): Che gelida manina
15. La Bohème (1988 Digital Remaster): Si, mi chiamano Mimi
16. La Bohème (1988 Digital Remaster): O soave fanciulla
17. Tosca (1988 Digital Remaster): E lucevan le stelle
18. Tosca (1988 Digital Remaster): Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca
19. Tosca (1988 Digital Remaster): O dolci mani
20. Tosca (1988 Digital Remaster): Amaro sol per te


Of the duets by Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano much could be written in praise of Callas's part in them. As ever, the first sound of her voice brings a thrill of recognition—not simply of the sound but of the art and the soul within it. We sample her Gilda in Rigoletto and Mimi in La boheme, both special voice creations: not disguises, which might fall off in an accident, but through-and-through identities. Di Stefano is best suited in the Puccini excerpts, least well in the Bellini (I puritani), but one must always be grateful for his responsiveness, never inert or merely nominal.

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