Callas,Maria Verdi: Aida (Mexico 03/07/1951) CD

VERDI: AIDA (MEXICO 03/07/1951) Aidaheld an important place in the earlier years of Callas's career, and in 1950 it brought her debut at La Scala, Milan, the theatre where she soon became reigning diva. That same year, she sang the role of the Ethiopian princess in Mexico City, arousing near-hysteria among the audience (and anger in the competitive tenor singing Radam?s) by interpolating astupendous top E flat at the end of the Triumphal Scene, which closes Act II of the opera. She repeated the feat on her return to Mexico the following year, when this live recording was made. This time, the Radam?s was the celebrated, heroic-voiced Italian, Mario del Monaco, while the Mexican mezzo-soprano Oralia Dom?nguez made an opulent Amneris and Giuseppe Taddei, one of the leading Italian baritones of his time, sang a powerful Amonasro.

1. Aida: Prelude to Act 1 (Live) 2. Aida, Act 1: "S?, Corre Voce Che L'etiope Ardisca" (Ramfis, Radam?s) [Live] 3. Aida, Act 1: "Se Quel Guerriero Io Fossi!" (Radam?s) [Live] 4. Aida, Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (Radam?s) [Live] 5. Aida, Act 1: "Quale Insolita Gioia Nel Tuo Sguardo!" (Amneris, Radam?s) [Live] 6. Aida, Act 1: "Vieni, O Diletta, Appressati" (Amneris, Aida, Radam?s) [Live] 7. Aida, Act 1: "Alta Cagion V'aduna" (King, Messenger, Aida, Radam?s, Amneris, Chorus) [Live] 8. Aida, Act 1: "Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido" (King, Ramfis, Chorus, Aida, Radam?s, Amneris, Messenger) 9. Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna Vincitor!" (Aida) [Live] 10. Aida, Act 1: "Possente FTH?... Tu Che Dal Nulla Hai Tratto" (Prietess, Ramfis, Chorus) [Live] 11. Aida, Act 1: "Immenso FTH?!... Mortal, Diletto Ai Numi" (Chorus, Ramfis) [Live] 12. Aida, Act 1: "Nume, Custode E Vindice" (Ramfis, Radam?s, Chorus, Prietess) [Live] 13. Aida, Act 2: "Chi Mai Fra Gl'inni E I Plausi" (Chorus, Amneris) [Live] 14. Aida, Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves (Live) 15. Aida, Act 2: "Vieni, Sul Crin Ti Piovano" (Chorus, Amneris) [Live] 16. Aida, Act 2: "Fu la Sorte Dell'armi A' Tuoi Funesta" (Amneris, Aida) [Live] 17. Aida, Act 2: "Piet? Ti Prenda Del Mio Dolor" (Chorus, Aida, Amneris) [Live] 18. Aida, Act 2: "Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido... Numi, Piet?" (Chorus, Aida, Amneris) [Live] 19. Aida, Act 2: "Gloria All'egitto, Ad Iside" (Chorus) [Live] 20. Aida, Act 2: Triumphal March (Live) 21. Aida, Act 2: Ballet (Live) 22. Aida, Act 2: "Vieni, O Guerriero Vindice" (Chorus) [Live] 23. Aida, Act 2: "Salvator Della Patria" (King, Radam?s, Ramfis, Chorus) [Live] 24. Aida, Act 2: "Che Veggo! Egli? Mio Padre!... Anch'io Pugnai... Ma Tu, Re, Tu Signore Possente" (Ai 25. Aida, Act 2: "Il Dolor Che in Quel Volto Favella" (Radam?s, Amneris, Amonasro, King, Aida, Chorus, R 26. Aida, Act 2: "O Re, Pei Sacri Numi... Gloria All'egitto" (Radam?s, Amneris, Amonasro, King, Aida, C 27. Aida, Act 3: "O Tu Che Sei D'osiride" (Chorus) [Live] 28. Aida, Act 3: "Vieni D'iside Al Tempio" (Chorus, Ramfis, Amneris) [Live] 29. Aida, Act 3: "Qui Radam?s Verr?!" (Aida) [Live] 30. Aida, Act 3 "O Patria Mia" (Aida) [Live] 31. Aida, Act 3 "Ciel! Mio Padre!" (Aida, Amonasro) [Live] 32. Aida, Act 3: "Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate" (Aida, Amonasro) [Live] 33. Aida, Act 3: "Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia Dolce Aida" (Radam?s, Aida) [Live] 34. Aida, Act 3: "Nel Fiero Anelito Di Nuova Guerra" (Radam?s, Aida) [Live] 35. Aida, Act 3: "Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti... L?, Tra Foreste Vergini" (Radam?s, Aida) [Live] 36. Aida, Act 3: "Ma Dimmi - Per Qual Via" (Aida, Radam?s, Amonasro, Amneris, Ramfis) [Live] 37. Aida, Act 4: "L'aborrita Rivale a Me Sfuggia" (Amneris) [Live] 38. Aida, Act 4: "Gi? I Sacerdoti Adunansi" (Amneris, Radam?s) [Live] 39. Aida, Act 4: "Ohim?! Morir Mi Sento!" (Amneris, Ramfis, Chorus) [Live] 40. Aida, Act 4: "Spirto Del Nume" (Amneris, Ramfis, Chorus) [Live] 41. Aida, Act 4: "A Lui Vivo, la Tomba!... Sacerdoti - Compiste Un Delitto!" (Amneris, Ramfis, Chorus) 42. Aida, Act 4: "La Fatal Pietra Sovra Me Si Chiuse" (Radam?s, Aida) [Live] 43. Aida, Act 4: "Vedi? Di Morte L'angelo... Immenso FTH?" (Radam?s, Aida, Chorus) [Live] 44. Aida, Act 4: "O Terra, Addio" (Aida, Radam?s, Chorus, Amneris) [Live]