{"product_id":"callas-rossini-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-stereo-1957-paco191","title":"CALLAS Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (stereo, 1957) - PACO191","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eROSSINI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStereo studio recording, 1957\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 9:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRosina \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e- Maria Callas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eIl conte d'Almaviva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e - Luigi Alva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFigaro \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e- Tito Gobbi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBartolo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e- Fritz Ollendorff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBasilio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e- Nicola Zaccaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePhilharmonia Chorus \u0026amp; Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlceo Galliera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO191.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n\"We go to \u003cem\u003eII \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebarbiere \u003c\/em\u003efor refreshment. Here the choice of\nconductor was as happy as it was unexpected. The veteran Serafin and\nman-of-the-moment Giulini were the obvious choices, but already critics and\npublic were complaining about the predictability of cast-lists in this\nwonderful new age of complete operatic recordings. Alceo Galliera had\nattracted attention as a symphonic conductor and an orchestral trainer of\nexceptional ability. Walter Legge had picked him out for some early\nrecordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra, including a sparkling\nperformance of the Overture from \u003cem\u003eIl \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebarbiere. \u003c\/em\u003eTo the\nopera itself he brought a light touch, imaginative care for detail and a\nnice Rossinian feeling of expectancy, of fun brooding in alleyways and lights\nturned on in corners. It is, of course, an ensemble opera, the whole\namounting to much more than the sum of its parts. The famous Rossini \u003cem\u003ecrescendo \u003c\/em\u003eis the embodiment of laughter welling up from all points\nof the compass. It is as important, for instance, that the \"stars\" work\ntogether in the \"Buona sera\" quintet as that Figaro should make a success\nof his \"Largo al factotum\"; and, however brilliant Rosina's \"Una voce poco\nfu\", the general joy of the evening depends more upon the success of the Act I finale. Here, each of the principals makes a special\ncontribution (mostly through an individuality of timbre), but each also\ndraws from the centre (that is, the conductor and, I think, the record\nproducer) a sense of a specialness of occasion, almost of history, that\nLegge was able to impart to every individual session.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nAll three principal singers need grace and agility, with the tenor's role\nwidely regarded as of the greatest technical difficulty. The Act 2 aria\n\"Cessa di piu resistere\" has until recently been almost always omitted and,\non account of this omission and a number of other cuts, it would be\nimpossible to recommend this as the essential version. ButI see no reason to suppose Alva could not have made as good a job of it as\nhis successors have done: he was singing with the most delightful purity of\ntone and definition of line, and both serenades are sung with elegance. The\nlingering \u003cem\u003ediminuendi\u003c\/em\u003e of \"Se ii mio nome\" is in the best tradition\nof his famous predecessor Tito Schipa.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nOf Callas it was said by Walter Legge that comedy failed to brush her with\nits wings. He wrote with the authority of experience, but the unprejudiced\near does not support such a conclusion. The two complete sets - \u003cem\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIl Turco in Italia\u003c\/em\u003e – are sung\nwith a smile which becomes radiantly visible if one can add the memory of\nsparkling eyes and brilliant teeth as shown in video recordings of concert\nperformances. Of course we listen prepared to flinch before every high\nnote. The accursed flap lurks ahead ready to shake, rattle and roll every\ndominant-tonic finale, yet almost always we find on returning to such\nmoments that the internal vocal caricaturist has been at work, distorting\nand exaggerating. The wry humour of \"Dunque io son\" is much to her liking\nand in this (as in much else) she is the mistress of humorous timing.\nOtherwise much is done simply by individuality of timbre, the familiar\nthrill of recognising the irreplaceable voice.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nAnd the same is true of Gobbi: his voice still had an exceptional richness\nof colouration, especially in the middle register and at moderate volume.\nSometimes the vibrations would flatten out, but the savour was never lost\nfor long; always he was Gobbi and once you had caught a love for the voice\nit was not something you would drop for a coarsened note or two. Doctors\nBasilio and Bartolo are also richly cast.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Steane\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGramophone\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis recording, made in London in February 1957, was the first stereo opera recorded by Maria Callas for EMI. Later that year she would return to Milan to record again in mono at La Scala; unlike their Decca counterparts, EMI were slow to adapt to stereo work, particularly in what might now be considered the obvious field of opera. Nevertheless they did a very good job here - one which I hope you will find has been further enhanced in this Pristine XR remastering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eROSSINI \u003c\/b\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC ONE\u003c\/b\u003e (59:44)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Overture  (6:41)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACT ONE, SCENE ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar  (2:55)\u003cbr\u003e3. Ecco ridente in cielo  (4:10)\u003cbr\u003e4. Ehi, Fiorello?  (1:05)\u003cbr\u003e5. Mille grazie, mio signore  (1:56)\u003cbr\u003e6. Gente indiscreta!  (0:33)\u003cbr\u003e7. La ran la le ra, la ran la la  (4:41)\u003cbr\u003e8. Ah, che bella vita!  (3:44)\u003cbr\u003e9. Se il mio nome saper voi bramate  (2:55)\u003cbr\u003e10. Oh, cielo!  (1:00)\u003cbr\u003e11. All'idea di quel metallo  (3:07)\u003cbr\u003e12. Piano, piano  (1:59)\u003cbr\u003e13. Oh, il meglio  (1:38)\u003cbr\u003e14. Ah, che d'amore la fiamma  (1:23)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT ONE, SCENE TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Una voce poco fa  (6:17)\u003cbr\u003e16. Sì, sì, la vincerò  (4:04)\u003cbr\u003e17. La calunnia è un venticello  (3:38)\u003cbr\u003e18. Ah! Che ne dite?  (2:52)\u003cbr\u003e19. Dunque io son  (2:54)\u003cbr\u003e20. Fortunati affetti miei  (2:13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC TWO\u003c\/b\u003e (70:04)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Ora mi sento meglio  (1:23)\u003cbr\u003e2. A un dottor della mia sorte  (4:54)\u003cbr\u003e3. Finora in questa camera  (0:28)\u003cbr\u003e4. Ehi, di casa, buona gente  (5:17)\u003cbr\u003e5. Dunque, lei vuol battaglia?  (3:13)\u003cbr\u003e6. Che cosa accadde, signori miei  (2:17)\u003cbr\u003e7. Fermi tutti, nessun si muova  (1:23)\u003cbr\u003e8. Fredda ed immobile  (3:02)\u003cbr\u003e9. Ma signor ... ma un dottor  (4:43)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eACT TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Ma vedi il mio destino!  (0:45)\u003cbr\u003e11. Pace e gioia sia con voi  (2:27)\u003cbr\u003e12. Insomma, mio signore, chi è lei?  (2:19)\u003cbr\u003e13. Venite, signorina  (0:43)\u003cbr\u003e14. Contro un cor che accende amore  (5:55)\u003cbr\u003e15. Bella voce! Bravissima!  (0:36)\u003cbr\u003e16. Quando mi sei vicina  (0:50)\u003cbr\u003e17. Bravo, signore barbiere, ma bravo!  (2:49)\u003cbr\u003e18. Don Basilio! ... Cosa veggo!  (4:01)\u003cbr\u003e19. Buona sera, mio signore  (2:01)\u003cbr\u003e20. Orsu, signor Don Bartolo  (3:15)\u003cbr\u003e21. Che vecchio sospettoso!  (0:29)\u003cbr\u003e22. Il vecchiotto cerca moglie  (3:20)\u003cbr\u003e23. Temporale  (2:49)\u003cbr\u003e24. Alfine eccoci qua  (1:02)\u003cbr\u003e25. Ah, qual colpo inaspettato  (5:46)\u003cbr\u003e26. Ah, disgraziati noi!  (2:15)\u003cbr\u003e27. 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