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1.Bellini: Norma from: EMI August 01, 1995
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2.Il segreto di una voce (Box Set) from: Fono Enterprise January 01, 2002
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3.Romantica Diva by: Maria Callas
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4.Bellini: Norma [IMPORT] from: Vai Audio August 29, 2000
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5.Norma (Callas) by: Vincenzo Bellini May 02, 2005
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6.Bellini: Norma from: Opera d'Oro February 04, 2003
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7.Bellini: Norma from: Opera d'Oro April 12, 2005
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8.Bellini - Norma by: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra September 08, 2003
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I should start by saying that I am a big Callas fan. I own another 4 of her portrayals of Norma and was keen on hearing how she handled the role a little earlier in her career. I was a little surprised by the vocal harshness here given that around the same time she recorded a wonderful version of Bellini's I Puritani in which I think she is captured at her absolute best. For a relatively early Norma recording I was expecting a little less of a complex character and indeed I feel this is the case when compared to her later recordings. (Even though her first Tosca recording also around this time is wonderfully complex and full of detailed character study). In my opinion even by 1955 she had added a lot to the role. The recording with Callas, ... Read More:

9.Bellini - Norma by: Maria Callas September 01, 2003
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I am a great admirer of Callas - what sane lover of voice and opera isn't? - which is precisely why I cannot understand giving this "Norma" five stars when there is competition of far greater quality - provided by Callas herself in her other recordings. No other artist, including Sutherland or Caballe, can touch her interpretation but if you want to hear her worthily partnered, go to either of the live 1955 mono recordings with Del Monaco as Pollione (conducted by Serafin or Votto, in listenable, but limited, sound) or the 1960 stereo version with Corelli, Ludwig and - for the third time - Zaccaria. Callas' voice had not so much deteriorated by that time, apart from a few flapping top notes, and there are huge compensations in the delicacy of ... Read More:

10.The Best of Norma (Callas, Filippeschi) by: Vincenzo Bellini March 08, 2005
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I am a great admirer of Callas - what sane lover of voice and opera isn't? - which is precisely why I cannot understand giving this "Norma" five stars when there is competition of far greater quality - provided by Callas herself in her other recordings. No other artist, including Sutherland or Caballe, can touch her interpretation but if you want to hear her worthily partnered, go to either of the live 1955 mono recordings with Del Monaco as Pollione (conducted by Serafin or Votto, in listenable, but limited, sound) or the 1960 stereo version with Corelli, Ludwig and - for the third time - Zaccaria. Callas' voice had not so much deteriorated by that time, apart from a few flapping top notes, and there are huge compensations in the delicacy of ... Read More:

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