 | Puccini: Tosca (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victor de Sabata, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan by Giacomo Puccini
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $12.44 Tosca - A Masterpiece, Penguin CD guide rosette winner (& deserved!)
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 | Bellini - Norma / María Callas by Vincenzo Bellini
Buy new: $49.89 / Used from: $9.55 Norma 1954 studio/mono - Both versions of Norma are essential. I love Callas's Norma's so much I have never been able to decide on a first set & a supporting set.
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 | Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, Zaccaria, Teatro alla Scala, Serafin by Vincenzo Bellini
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $17.68 Norma 1960 studio/stereo - as above, essential! Patchy beginning, harsh Casta Diva but Callas sings her way into the performance and to a thrilling finale (in stereo too) Callas fearlessly triumphant
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 | Cherubini: Medea
Buy used from: $16.92 Medea - Studio version. Love the opera/love the overture/love the 'strings'/love the finale - need the VERY BEST sound quality available; get the Live versions only after this.
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 | Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera); Maria Callas; Alfredo Kraus by Mario Sereni
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $15.78 The 1958 "Lisbon" Traviata - Best Live sound as there is no Callas Traviata studio version, almost a crime! but thank God we have this and the below set.
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 | Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan by Giuseppe Verdi
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.29 Traviata 1955 Live - Achingly beautiful but very poor 3rd act sound. Supporting set for the above Traviata set.
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 | Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $5.99 Lucia 1953 Studio - Callas's first EMI studio recording - Caused quite a fuss! Find out why...
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 | Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Callas, di Stefano, Panerai, Zaccaria; Karajan by Maria Callas
Buy used from: $17.98 Lucia 1955 Live - There is always something extra thrilling with Callas live. Supporting set for the above Lucia set
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