Maria Callas & Ebe Stignani - Adalgisa! ... Alma, costanza! ... Tinoltra, o giovinetta! ... Ah! Rimembranza! ... Sala, furtiva al Tempio ... Ah! sì, fa core e abbracciami - Recitative and Duet Norma-Adalgisa - Norma (1831) I Act - Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835). Maria Callas Norma Ebe Stignani Adalgisa LIVE at Royal Covent Garden Opera Theater - 1952. Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden M.° Vittorio Gui Conductor. Throughout the 20th century, many singers have taken the role of Norma. In the early 1920s, its was Rosa Raisa, Claudia Muzio, and Rosa Ponselle who were each admired. Maria Callas emerged as a major force in the role in the post-World War II period and she made several recordings. During the 20th century, with the bel canto revival, the most prolific Norma was Maria Callas, who gave 89 stage performances (several of which exist on live recordings as well as two on studio versions made in 1954 and 1960). Callas first appearances in the role began at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze in November/December 1948 followed by the second at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires in June 1949, both of which were conducted by Tullio Serafin. The following year, she appeared in the role at La Fenice in Venice in January 1950, this time under Antonino Votto. In London in 1952, Callas sang Norma at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in November (where one of the smaller roles was taken by Joan Sutherland); she made her American debut singing the role at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in November 1954 under Nicola Rescigno; and then she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York under Fausto Cleva in October/November 1956. https://youtube/watch?v=Q9dmHPbKwfw
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