| Other author/creator | Votto, Antonino conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Rescigno, Nicola conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Tonini, Antonio, conductor. |
| Included Work | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos. Toi qui sus le néant. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Pirata. Col sorriso d'innocenza. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Cenerentola. Non più mesta. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Guillaume Tell. Sombre forêt, désert triste. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Semiramide. Bel raggio lusinghier. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Lombardi alla prima crociata Te, Vergin santa. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Vêpres siciliennes. Ami! le coeur d'Hélène. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Attila. Oh! nel fuggente nuvolo. |
| Other author/creator | Concertgebouworkest, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Opéra de Paris. Orchestre performer. |
| Other author/creator | Phestival Athēnōn. Orchestra, performer. |
| Contents |
Tristan und Isolde. Dolce e calmo : Liebestod / Wagner (6:24) -- Don Carlo. Tu che le vanità / Verdi (11:24) -- Il pirata. Oh, s'io potessi / Col sorriso d'innocenza / Bellini (18:00) -- La Cenerentola. Nacqui all'affanno / Non più mesta / Rossini (7:00) -- Guglielmo Tell. S'allontanano alfine/Selva opaca / Rossini (9:00) -- Semiramide. Bel raggio lusinghier / Rossini (5:18) -- I Lombardi. Te, Vergin santa / Verdi (3:46) -- I vespri siciliani. Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core / Verdi (3:39) -- Attila. Liberamente or piangi / Verdi (4:42). |
| General note | Opera excerpts. |
| General note | Title from container. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Analog recording. |
| General note | The 1st-4th works were recorded live in concert (mono.) ; the 5th-12th are stereo. |
| General note | Program notes by John Ardoin in English with German and French translations and Italian texts with German, English, and French translations (24 p.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Maria Callas, soprano, with Athens Festival Orchestra, Antonino Votto, conductor (1st work) ; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno, conductor (2nd and 3rd) ; Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini, conductor (4th-6th) ; Paris Opera Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno, conductor (7th-9th). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally recorded Aug. 5, 1957, in Athens (1st work) ; July 11, 1959, in Amsterdam (2nd and 3rd) ; 1960-61, in London (4th-6th) ; 1969, in Paris (7th-9th). |
| Other title | Unknown recordings, 1957-1969. |
| UPC |
7777494282 |
| Publisher number | CDC 7 49428 2 EMI |