Maria Callas performs in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
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COMPOSERS: Gaetano Donizetti
LABELS: Minuet Records
ALBUM TITLE: Donizetti
WORKS: Lucia di Lammermoor
PERFORMER: Callas, Di Stefano, Panerai, Zaccaria; Coro del Teatro alla Scala Milano, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Karajan; Philharmonia Orchestra/Serafin
CATALOGUE NO: Minuet Records 428412
One of Callas’s finest live recordings, this 1955 Lucia from Berlin under Karajan finds her at the peak of her powers in an iconic role and with an excellent supporting cast.
George Hall