Ponchielli: La Gioconda (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Antonino Votto, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
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Composer: Amilcare PonchielliConductor: Antonino Votto
Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
Performer: Aldo Biffi
Performer: Bonaldo Giaiotti
Performer: Carlo Forti
Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto
Performer: Irene Companez
Performer: Ivo Vinco
Performer: Leonardo Monreale
Performer: Maria Callas
Performer: Pier Miranda Ferraro
Performer: Piero Cappuccilli
Performer: Renato Ercolani
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-08-19
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Preludio
- Act One: Feste E Pane!
- Act One: E Cantan Su lor Tombe!
- Act One: Figlia, Che Reggi Il Temulo Pi?
- Act One: L'ora Non Giunse Ancor Del Vespro Santo
- Act One: Polso Di Cerro!
- Act One: Suo Covo ? un Tugurio
- Act One: Che? La Plebe Or Qui Si Arroga
- Act One: Voce Di Donna O D'angelo
- Act One: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior, Che Pensi?
- Act One: O Grido Di Quest'anima
- Act One: Maledici? Sta Ben...L'amor T'accieca
- Act One: O Monumento!
- Act One: Carneval! Baccanal!
- Act One: Angele Dei
- Act Two: Ho! He! Ho! He! Fissa Il Timone!
- Act Two: Pescator, Affonda L'esca
- Act Two: Pescator, Affonda L'esca
- Act Two: Sia Gloria Ai Canti Dei Naviganti!
- Act Two: Cielo E Mar!
- Act Two: Ma Chi Vien?
- Act Two: Laggi? Nelle Nebbie Remote
- Act Two: E il Tuo Nocchiere Or La Fuga T'appresta
- Act Two: Stella Del Marinar!
- Act Two: E Un Anatema!
- Act Two: L? Attesi E Il Tempo Colsi
- Act Two: L'amo Come Il Fulgor Del Creato!
- Act Two: Il Mio Braccio T'afferra!
- Act Two: Vedi L?, Nel Canal Morto
- Act Three - Scene One: Si! Morir Ella De'!
- Act Three - Scene One: Obre Di Mia Prosapia
- Act Three - Scene One: Qui Chiamata M'avete?... Bella Cosi, Madonna
- Act Three - Scene One: Morir! ? Troppo Orribile!
- Act Three - Scene One: La Gaia Canzone
- Act Three - Scene One: O Madre Mia, Nell'isola Fatale
- Act Three - Scene Two: Benvenuti Messeri! Andrea Sagredo!
- Act Three - Scene Two: Grazie Vi Rendo Per Le Vostre Laudi
- Act Three - Scene Two: Prodigio! Incanto!
- Act Three - Scene Two: Vieni!...Lasciami!
- Act Three - Scene Two: Gi? Ti Veggo Immota E Smorta
- Act Four: Nessun V'ha Visto?
- Act Four: Suicidio!
- Act Four: Ecco, Il Velen Di Laura
- Act Four: Ridarti Il So, La Vita!
- Act Four: O Furibonda Jena
- Act Four: Ten Va Serenata
- Act Four: La Barca S'avvicina
- Act Four: Ora Posso Morir. Tutto ? Compiuto
- Act Four: Vo'farmi Pi? Gaia, Pi? Fulgida Ancora
Music reviews of Ponchielli: La Gioconda (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Antonino Votto, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Music Review: CALLAS CARRIES THE SHOW
Rating: 4 Stars
This recording was done in September, 1959, when Callas was right in the middle of the marital quadrangle with Aristotle Onasis. She had just ended her marriage and was all over the front pages of the newspapers. It is amazing, that in the midst of all of this media frenzy, Callas was able to go into La Scala and record such a performance as that heard here. Callas is in thrilling vocal condition here, and she creates a vivid and compelling characterization of the tormented street singer. There are actually a few instances when her top notes are more secure than they were on her earlier 1952 recording (!) Unfortunately, Callas had to carry much of this performance by herself. Fiorenza Cossotto, certainly a great mezzo, is heard at the very beginning of her career, and the power and authority she later acquired is not very evident here, though she certainly sings well. Also, an equally youthful Piero Cappuccilli provides a somewhat non-menacing Barnaba, though the potential of his voice is certainly obvious (like Cossotto, he also went on to a great career in Europe). Ivo Vinco is a sonorous Alvise. The real weakness in this cast, however, is the tenor Pier Miranda Ferraro, who never really "made it". His singing is merely adequate, but in the company of Callas and even the very young Cossotto and Cappuccilli, it comes off as less than even that.
The stereo sound here is very good, and the sound balances are excellent. I cannot give this recording an unqualified rave (due to the weakness of the tenor, and to a lesser extent, the work of Cossotto and Cappuccilli, both for whom the best work was still in the future), but Callas' performance is so outstanding, and her singing so persuasive that it washes away all else.
Description of Ponchielli: La Gioconda (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Antonino Votto, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
The mercilessly self-critical Maria Callas considered her singing in the last act here among the most satisfying of her records, saying that "it's all there for anyone who cares to understand or wishes to know what I was about." "Suicidio" emerges less a histrionic soliloquy than an interior, multi- dimensional monologue. Moreover, the soprano is in better voice than her 1952 Cetra Gioconda, which, however, boasts a more vibrant supporting cast, greater energy from the podium (especially in the first act), and avoids a small but not insignificant cut Antonino Votto makes here in the final act. EMI furnishes full texts and translations, an excellent essay that places this recording in context, and excellent remastered sonics. --Jed DistlerGeneral CDs
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