MANON: JURINAC-DERMOTA-OLAH-NE

FAUST: ROSVAENGE-BOHNEN-SINGEN

When an artist, through whatever means, becomes a transcendent artistic figure, he or she becomes the object of extreme devotion. In and beyond the operatic world, that person is Maria Callas, and those devoted to her, and they are legion, want nothing less than to hear every recorded note she sang, and are fortunate enough to be able to do so. The start of her 25 years of worldwide stardom is not far in the future as you listen to her sing the role Abigalle in Verdi's Nabucco in this 1949 live performance from the Teatro di San Carlo with conductor Vittorio Gui, one of her early champions.

Verdi: Il trovatore (Live)

Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1961)

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: MIALNOV-

For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Hans Hopf as Siegfried, Gottlob Frick as Hagen, and Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde. Gotterdammerung is the fourth of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Stolz: Die Rosen der Madonna Otto (Recorded 1961)

For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Otto Wiener as Wotan, Grace Hoffmann as Fricka, Gottlieb Frick as Hundig, Fritz Uhl as Siegmund, and Astrid Varnay as Brunnhilde. Die Walkure is the second of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Live)

For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Otto Wiener as Wotan, Grace Hoffmann as Fricka, and Gerhard Stolze as Loge. Das Rheingold is the first of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded 1952) [Live]

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Sung in German) [Recorded 1955

Wilhelm Furtwängler & The RAI Orchestra (Live)

WEBER, LUDWIG SINGT WAGNER: HO

For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Otto Wiener as Wanderer, Hans Hopf as Siegfried, and Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde. Siegfried is the third of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Gluck: Iphigenia auf Tauris (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Ljuba Welitsch Recital

Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live 1954]

Cherubini: Ali-Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs (1963)

Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1951)

Maria Callas in Athens (1952, 1957)

Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 4