Maria Callas sings the blood-curdling final act of Cherubini’s Medea.
This 1959 London performance has generally stood in the shadow of the exceptionally inspired 1958 Dallas recording. Nevertheless, the far superior sonics of the London recording and Callas’s complete dramatic and vocal commitment make it a special treasure in the Callas catalog.
I have tried to bring out maximal clarity and dimension from the sound using various equalizing and stereoizing techniques.
0:00 Introduction
4:20 Numi, venite a me!
10:14 Del fiero duol
14:33 Neris, che hai fatto tu del dono mio?
16:20 E che? Io s
...on Medea!
24:50 Atre furie, volate a me!
The rest of the cast includes
Jon Vickers as Giasone
Fiorenza Cossotto as Neris
Nicola Zaccaria as Creonte
Joan Carlyle as Glauce
Nicola Rescigno conducts.
Live from Covent Garden, London: June 6, 1959.Show more