Maria Callas teaches Sung Kil Kim how to sing the gorgeous baritone aria (Nemico della Patira) from Giordano's Andrea Chenier with greater emotion and Italian style.
Nel dì della vittoria io le contrai, from Verdi's Macbeth, sung by Maria Callas live at La Scala in 1952. Enzo Mascherini is her Macbeth, & Victor de Sabata is her conductor.
La canzon del salice (The Willow Song/ Mia madre aveva una povera ancella... Piangea cantando), from Verdi's Otello, sung by Maria Callas in studio in 1963. Nicola Rescigno conducts the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.
Part II of II (Col sorriso d'innocenza... Qual suono ferale echeggia... Oh, Sole! ti vela) of the mad scene from Bellini's Il pirata, sung by Maria Callas live in Stuttgart in 1959. Nicola Rescigno conducts the Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
If I Loved You, from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Carousel, sung by the beautiful Renata Tebaldi in a studio recording with Richard Bonynge and the New Philharmonia Orchestra in 1969.
Sì, mi chiamano Mimì... O soave fanciulla from Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, sung by a vocally-ageing yet still vocally-gleaming Renata Tebaldi as Mimì and an absolutely vocally-fresh Placido Domingo as Rodolfo in Boston in 1966. The conductor is Vincent la Selva
Part I of II (Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi) of the mad scene from Bellini's Il pirata, sung by Maria Callas live in Stuttgart in 1959. Nicola Rescigno conducts the Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
The Act II Finale from Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda, sung by Zinka Milanov (Metropolitan Opera, 1946), Maria Callas (Torino della RAI, 1952), and Renata Tebaldi (San Carlo di Napoli, 1968). Their Enzos are Richard Tucker, Gianni Poggi, and Gianfranco Ceccele respectively.
Vittoria! Vittoria! and Vissi d'arte from Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, sung by the incredible Birgit Nilsson (as Tosca) & vocally-fresh José Carreras (as Cavadarossi) in a Metropolitan Opera performance in Los Angeles in 1974. Richard Fredricks is the Scarpia, and Julius Rudel conducts.
The wonderful Renata Scotto sings Care compagne... Come per me sereno... Sovra il sen la man mi posa from Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula in this 1972 Metropolitan Opera performance. Carlo Felice Cillario conducts.
