Various Composers - Maria Callas in Spatial Audio

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1. Vincenzo Bellini - Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Coro)
2. Georges Bizet - Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur)
3. Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly)
4. Giacomo Puccini - Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca)
5. Alfredo Catalani - La Wally, Act 1: "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (Wally)
6. Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata, Act 1: "Ah fors'è lui" (Violetta)
7. Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata, Act 1: "Sempre libera" (Violetta, Alfredo)
8. Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
9. Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier, Act 3: "La mamma morta" (Maddalena)
10. Giacomo Puccini - La bohème, Act 3: "Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore" (Mimì)
11. Francesco Ciléa - Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1: "Ecco, respiro appena… Io son l'umile ancella" (Adriana Lecouvreur)
12. Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" - "Ardon gli incensi" (Lucia, Raimondo, Normanno, Coro)
13. Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore, Act 4: "D'amor sull'ali rosee" (Leonora)
14. Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina)
15. Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 4: "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orphée)
16. Camille Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2: "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila)
17. Georges Bizet - Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" (Camen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
18. Giacomo Puccini - La bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" (Mimì, Rodolfo)
19. Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1: "Quando rapito in estasi" (Lucia, Alisa)
20. Giuseppe Verdi - I vespri siciliani, Act 5: "Mercé, dilette amiche" (Elena)
21. Giuseppe Verdi - Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor" (Aida)
22. Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto, Act 1: "Gualtier Maldè!" - "Caro nome" (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo)
23. Francesco Ciléa - Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 4: "Poveri fiori" (Adriana)

Maria Callas, soprano

Compilation: 2026

Label: Warner Classics

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This newly remastered collection showcases the unmatched artistry of legendary soprano Maria Callas through immersive 3D spatial audio. By surrounding the listener in a vivid, three-dimensional acoustic environment, the enhanced technology highlights every dramatic tone and delicate nuance of "La Divina’s" voice with breathtaking clarity and realism. Fans and new listeners alike can now experience her most iconic opera arias as if seated in the hall, offering an extraordinarily lifelike audio experience that breathes new depth into these timeless classical performances.

Maria Callas (1923–1977) was an influential 20th-century Greek-American soprano acclaimed for her masterful bel canto technique, expansive vocal range, and compelling dramatic versatility. Trained in Greece and propelled to stardom in Italy, "La Divina" mastered a vast repertoire spanning classical opera seria, bel canto, Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner. Despite enduring wartime hardship, severe near-sightedness, vocal decline, and relentless media scrutiny surrounding her private life, Callas revolutionized operatic performance. Described by Leonard Bernstein as "the Bible of opera," her enduring artistic legacy solidifies her status as the definitive archetype of the operatic diva and a timeless best-selling artist.

High Resolution 24-bit / 96 kHz