At the beginning of Maria Callas' tour in 1959 through Germany, the opera star gave a concert with the NDR Symphony Orchestra (today's NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) in the sold out Musikhalle Hamburg. Under the direction of Nicola Rescigno, the soprano performed arias by Rossini, Spontini, Bellini and Verdi.

Maria MeneghiniCallas, soprano
Nicola Rescigno, conductor
NDR Symphony Orchestra

GASPARE SPONTINI
"Tu che invoco con orrore" (from "La Vestale") 1:22
GIUSEPPE VERDI
"Ambizione spirito tu sei" (from "Macbeth") 13:33
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Overture to the opera "L'italiana in Algeri" 23:11
Una voce poco fa" (from "Il Barbiere di Siviglia") 33:15
BREAK
GIUSEPPE VERDI
"Tu che le vanità" (from "Don Carlos") 41:58
Overture to the opera "I Vespri Siciliani" 58:27
VINCENZO BELLINI
"Oh! S'io potessi Col sorriso d’innocenza" (from "La Pirata") 1:10:16

May 15, 1959, Hamburg Music Hall

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