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ROSSINI: Turco in Italia (Il) (Callas, Rossi-Lemeni, Gavazzeni) (1954)
This 1954 recording of Il Turco in Italia, featuring Maria Callas in dazzling form, captivated both critics and public on its release. The conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni related how at an earlier performance at the Eliseo in Rome ‘[Callas] rose to a remarkable musical level and mastered all the technical difficulties… People still speak of her Fiorilla’. This reissue is further enhanced by extracts from her famous 1954 recital disc, including a ravishingly sung Bell Song from Lakmé and a sensational Una voce poco fa from Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Tracklist
Romani, Felice - Lyricist
| 17 | Act I Scene 2: Come! Si grave scorno soffrir potete in pace? (Narciso, Selim, Geronio, Fiorilla) | 03:14 |
| 27 | Act I Scene 3: Ah! Che il cor non m’ingannava (Fiorilla, Selim, Poet, Geronio, Narciso, Zaida) | 02:45 |
| 28 | Act I Scene 3: Vada via, si guardi bene di cercar l’amante mio (Zaida, Fiorilla, Selim, Narciso, Geronio, Albazar, Poet) | 04:47 |
| 4 | Act II Scene 1: Non v’e piacer perfetto se nol procura amor The latter wishes Fiorilla were amenable, like his first | 02:17 |
| 15 | Act II Scene 3: Rida a voi sereno il cielo (Chorus, Selim, Zaida, Poet, Fiorilla, Geronio, Narciso) | 02:11 |
Sterbini, Cesare - Lyricist
Barbier, Jules - Lyricist
Carré, Michel - Lyricist
Gondinet, Edmond - Lyricist
Gille, Philippe - Lyricist
Scribe, Augustin-Eugène - Lyricist
Duveyrier, Charles - Lyricist





























