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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724355629821 Label: EMI Classics Manufacturer: EMI Classics MPN: 56298 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: EMI Classics Release Date: August 19, 1997 Studio: EMI Classics Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Medea as a ButterflyWhile working on the PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES Archives page, I started thinking about Maria Callas & her rather bizarre, non-singing role in the equally bizarre 1970's Pier Passolini film MEDEA--and noticed this CD of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY. I must admit that I was kind of turned-off to see that the CD was remastered from the original non-sterophonic LP (there's just so much even digital technology can do in salvaging pre-stereo operatic recordings) and I really only purchased it because I was curious ... Read More Rating: - Stick with the PlotPuccini. Up there with Mozart when it comes to tearing the heart out of your soul. Maria Callas - what a sexy women - no wonder that rich Greek fella courted her. She is a diamond, a truly wonderful opera singer. No, she is better than that. Maria Callas interprets the music into an emotional fury that extends passion and mundanity to their horizons. Why buy Playboy when you can get the real deal right here. Smouldering femininity with knobs on. Simply the best. ... Read More Rating:  - Callas, an over-rated sopranoNicolai Gedda as B.F Pinkerton is brilliant, a true showman in the role and a brilliant tenor full-stop. Callas on the other was not good at Cio-Cio San, in fact she was terrible. It truly shows the difference between the two lead roles vocal technique and capability, in 'Vogliatemi bene', Gedda was brilliant note perfect and tone perfect, Callas was terrible she shrieked most of her way through the duet and sang a shrill top C at the end which compared with Gedda's masterful top C was a piece of dirt. ... Read More Rating: - It's a SHOCK!It's a SHOCK how Callas interpreted "Madama Butterfly" It's close to perfect. Must listen for opera lovers! Rating: - Perhaps The Best Recorded "Madama Butterfly"There are many "Butterfly" recordings out there that are excellent in their own right but this recording deserves a category of excellence all it's own. What almost looks like mis-casting on paper, Callas does an astonishing job with the title role, which she recorded months before singing a series in Chicago and never to touch the role again. This is really one of those recordings that should be considered an historical event in the history of recorded opera. The collaboration of all the principles with von ... Read More |
