| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Sonnambula. Come per me sereno. |
| Included Work | Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Chanson bohème. |
| Included Work | Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Habanera. |
| Included Work | Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Pêcheurs de perles. Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre. |
| Included Work | Catalani, Alfredo, 1854-1893. Wally. Ebben? Ne andrò lontana. |
| Included Work | Charpentier, Gustave, 1860-1956. Louise. Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée. |
| Included Work | Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé. Où va la jeune Indoue? |
| Included Work | Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor. Regnava nel silenzio. |
| Included Work | Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948. Andrea Chénier. Mamma morta. |
| Included Work | Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Alceste (1776). Divinités du Styx. |
| Included Work | Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orphée et Eurydice. J’ai perdu mon Eurydice. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Je ris de me voir si belle. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Roméo et Juliette. Je veux vivre dans le rêve. |
| Included Work | Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Cid. Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux. |
| Included Work | Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Manon. Adieu, notre petite table. |
| Included Work | Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Pardon de Ploërmel. Ombre légère qui suis mes pas. |
| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème. Donde lieta uscì. |
| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì, vedremo. |
| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Vissi d’arte. |
| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Turandot. In questa reggia. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Voce poco fa. |
| Included Work | Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Samson et Dalila. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Caro nome. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata Ah, fors’ è lui che l’anima. |
| Contents |
Casta diva, from Norma / Bellini -- Compagne, teneri amici ... come per me sereno, from La sonnambula / Bellini -- Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia / Rossini -- Regnava nel silenzio ... quando, rapito in estasi, from Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti -- Gualtier Maldè! ... Caro nome, from Rigoletto / Verdi -- È strano! ... Ah, fors’è lui ... sempre libera, from La Traviata / Verdi -- Sì, mi chiamano Mimì ; Donde lieta uscì (Mimì’s farewell) from La bohème / Puccini -- Un bel di vedremo, from Madama Butterfly / Puccini -- Vissi d’arte, from Tosca / Puccini -- In questa reggia, from Turandot / Puccini -- Ebben? ne andrò lontana, from La Wally / Catalani -- La mamma morta, from Andrea Chénier / Giordano -- J’ai perdu mon Eurydice, from Orphée et Eurydice / Gluck -- Divinités du Styx, from Alceste / Gluck -- Ombra leggiera (Shadow song) from Dinorah / Meyerbeer -- Ah! je veux vivre (Waltz song) from Roméo et Juliette / Gounod -- Les grand seigneurs ... Ah! je ris, from Faust / Gounod -- Dov’è l’indiana bruna (Bell song) from Lakmé / Delibes -- Printemps qui commence ; Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, from Samson et Dalila / Saint-Saëns -- Me voilà seule ... comme autrefois, from Les Pêcheurs de perles / Bizet -- L’amour est un oiseau rebelle ; Les tringles des sistre tintaient, from Carmen / Bizet -- De cet affreux combat ... Pleurez mes yeux! from Le Cid / Massenet -- Je ne suis que faiblesse ... Adieu, notre petite table, from Manon / Massenet -- Depuis le jour, from Louise / Charpentier. |
| General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| Performer |
Maria Callas, soprano ; with various choirs and orchestras. |
| Language | Excerpts sung in Italian or French. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |