Maria Callas Verdi

Maria Callas – Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi – Aida (1956)

Maria Callas – Richard Tucker – Fedora Barbieri – Tito Gobbi
Direction: Tullio Serafin – Orchestra and Choirs of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Editing EMI Pathé Marconi, 3 vinyls 33 single towers, reference 2C 163-00429/31, French pressing of 1958.
Complete box with large illustrated booklet.

Description

A masterpiece of Italian opera, Aida find here an interpretation of legend with Maria Callas, at the top of his art, surrounded by the prestigious distribution of La Scala under the baton of the maestro Tullio Serafin.
Registered in Milan in 1955, this recording is considered One of the most beautiful historical versions of the Aida Never engraved on disc.

This original French edition EMI Pathé Marconi is distinguished by:

• one mono pressing period warm and natural sound,
• a Careful presentation in a rigid box,
• one large format booklet (trilingual texts, illustrations, historical engravings and period photographs).

State

• Box: ("Very good general condition, clean corners, a few slight marks of time.")
• Vinyls: [“Proches du NM, très peu joués, son clair et dynamique.”]
• Booklet: complete, clean pages without tear.

Interest and scarcity

This edition origin of the 1950s is not a late reissue: it is a pressing collector faithful to the first mono time release.
Complete French versions with booklet are increasingly rare on the market.
An ideal piece for any collector of opera, Callas amateur or old classic vinyl enthusiast.

Further information

• Year of registration : 1955
• Publication Pathé Marconi : 1958
• Reference: 2C 163-00429/31
• Label : EMI Pathé Marconi – Made in France
• 3 33T vinyls – rigid box + original booklet