Maria Callas

The Unknown Recordings vol. 1

Concerts and Interviews Never Before
Released, 1935-1959
Live Recordings
70 min. (mono)
DVN-1

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• Liner notes in English
• Lyrics
• Interviews translations into English
• 5 videos (14.10 min.)
• 6 documents (scans)
• 26 photographs
• 22 newspaper reviews (scans)
• Hand program (scan)

Sound Restoration © 1997 Divina Records
Restored and remastered by Pablo Berruti

CONCERTS
1 • Un bel dì
 (abridged) [2.41]
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, G. Puccini
Major Bowes Amateur Hour, NY, 7 April 1935
2 • Ecco l’orrido campo [7.29]
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, G. Verdi
3 • Io son titania (excerpts) [2.20]
MIGNON, A. Thomas
4 • Deh! torna mio bene [5.51]
VARIATIONS, H. Proch
RAI Orchestra of Turin, M. Wolf-Ferrari
RAI Auditorium,Turin, 12 March 1951
5 • Eurovision Tune and Announcement [0.42]
6 • Casta diva 
[7.18]
NORMA, V. Bellini
RAI Orchestra of Rome, G. Santini
RAI TV Studios, Rome, 31 December 1957
7 • Una macchia è qui tuttora! [7.11]
MACBETH, G. Verdi
8 • Oh, s’io potessi (excerpts) [6.24]
IL PIRATA, V. Bellini
London Symphony Orchestra, N. Rescigno
Royal Festival Hall, London, 23 September 1959

INTERVIEWS
9 • Milan, Teatro alla Scala 
[1.09]
7 December 1954, in Italian
10 • Milan, Teatro alla Scala [0.36]
7 December 1954, in Italian
11 • Milan, Malpensa Airport [2.48]
Early October 1955, in Italian
12 • Milan, Malpensa Airport [0.48]
18 November 1955, in Italian
13 • Cologne [1.06]
2 or 3 July 1957, German & English
14 • “Theater Through Microphone” [4.28]
Athens, 4 August 1957, in Greek
With Achilleas Mamakis
15 • “Hy Gardner calling” [18.27]
New York, 26 February 1958, in English
With George Callas