Organization

Conductor

Georges Prêtre

Singer

Maria Callas

Soloist

Orchestra

Symphonieorchester des NDR

Symphoniker Hamburg

Maria Callas in Concert

Hamburg

Germany

Laeiszhalle

Public

Opera Gala

Approved

Callas’s only operatic appearances in Germany were Lucia di Lammermoor, with Karajan conducting, in Berlin in 1955, and La sonnambula in Cologne in 1957, but in both 1959 and 1962 she made concert tours of the country, visiting Hamburg twice. The video recordings of her concerts in the city showcase her in a dazzling variety of Italian and French repertoire for both soprano and mezzo-soprano: three contrasting Verdi roles (Lady Macbeth, Elvira from Ernani and Elisabetta from Don Carlo); Imogene from Bellini’s Il pirata; Giulia from La vestale; Chimène from Massenet’s Le Cid; Verdi’s most explosively dramatic aria for mezzo-soprano – Eboli’s ‘On don fatale’ from Don Carlo; Carmen’s seductive Habanera and Seguédille and, from Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Angelina’s final rondo, which magically combines modest charm and sparkling virtuosity.

Maria Callas Live: Bizet's Carmen Habanera, Hamburg 1962

Maria Callas in Concert by Various, From (1962/1962), Conductor Georges Prêtre, Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

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