La Traviata

Verdi “Bonus” Arias with Maria Callas (from Verdi Arias & Mad Scenes ALC 1156):
Nel di della vittoria…Vieni! T’affretta
La luce langue
Sleepwalking Scene - Una macchia
(all above - Macbeth:Verdi:Piave & Maffei)
Surta e la notte…Ernani Ernani involami… Tutto sprezzo che d’Ernani (Ernani)

“Anna Moffo makes a most beautiful Violetta in a performance that is never less than sympathetic ... her unaffected manner and and care for phrasing and tonal nuances make for a performance to match amost any in the catalogue at whatever price. Richard Tucker makes for a strong but not coarse Alfred ... the casting is more consistent than most versions.” (Penguin Guide). “the intelligence of the performance very pleasing. She can really ‘ask a question’ in singing, can differentiate clearly between remorse and gratitude. The great duo scene with Germont is very delicately done. I have pleasure and growing admiration in many details in the performance (including) the dignity and resigna­tion in the beautiful Addio del passato (lovely phrasing) in replay after replay. Robert Merrill puts a lovely baritone to the service of (the father). This is a sound I like to listen to” (Gramophone)