Verdi: Il trovatore

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Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

Herbert von Karajan

Like Norma, the role of Leonora in Il trovatore demands both bel canto finesse and considerable vocal and dramatic weight, but Callas sang it only some 20 times. This recording – in which she, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano and Roland Panerai constitute a suitably impressive quartet of principals – marked her farewell to the complete role and also her final collaboration with  Herbert von Karajan.

Leonora: Maria Callas

Il conte di Luna: Rolando Panerai

Azucena: Fedora Barbieri

Manrico: Giuseppe Di Stefano

Ferrando: Nicola Zaccaria

Ines: Luisa Villa

Ruiz/Un messo: Renato Ercolani

Uno zingaro: Giulio Mauri