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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724356644724 Label: EMI Classics Manufacturer: EMI Classics MPN: 66447 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: EMI Classics Release Date: March 17, 1998 Studio: EMI Classics Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Verdi's Macbeth: "full of sound and fury.""Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Giuseppe Verdi composed operas based on three of Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth in 1847, Otello in 1887, and Falstaff in 1893 (based on the Merry Wives of Windsor). As an opera, Macbeth is not considered as important as Verdi's later Otello and Falstaff. Macbeth follows Shakespeare's tragedy involving ... Read More Rating: - AmazingThe sound is lousy; most of the cast, pedestrian, though the MacDuff more than passes muster; the conducting is well nuanced, and Callas is incredible. This strikes me as the finest example of vocal operatic acting available, subtle and multifacited so that we do not have a cut-out villainess, even though overall Callas develops a thoroughly repulsive character. The set is well worth getting for this alone. Most productions of Macbeth are way more beautiful -- but if that is what you want, maybe you really ... Read More Rating:  - Good Cast, but raspy soundWhat was I thinking? the original recording is so old that the sound quality is really bad. It's not the manufacturer's fault, I just didn't do enough research. You'd be better off buying a recording with a less known soprano but with better sound quality Rating:  - Advice for the price consciousEMI has issued two sets of the Maria Callas's Macbeth. The first set says 1993 on the back, the second says 1997. The earlier issue has a black cover, the latter is blue. With the second issue you get somewhat fancier packaging, a couple of more pictures of Callas, and the libretto is easier to read. It also costs more on the used market. To my ears there is absolutely no difference in sound between the two. Around the Internet there is talk that EMI substituted without ... Read More Rating:  - Verdi: MacbethWhile not on the level on the level of the sound quality of a recent digital recording, it is good, and its historic value makes up for the sound quality. I am glad I bought it. |
