This Blu-ray disc is part of a collection of three that gather together concert and stage performances from the latter phase of Callas’s career, 1958-1964. These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. All three blu-rays contain footage of Callas performing arias in concert. Even without staging and costumes, she demonstrates her mesmerising stage presence and her ability to bring the music and the character to life – through the music and text, through facial expression, and through subtle use of gesture.
01 La Callas.....Toujours - Opening Introduction - Pierre Tchernia
02 Sediziose voci from Norma - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
03 Casta diva from Norma - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
04 Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco from Norma - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
05 Ah! bello a me ritorna from Norma - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
06 Introduction to Il trovatore - Pierre Tchernia
07 Il trovatore (Act IV): Vanne...lasciami - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
08 Il trovatore (Act IV): D'amor sull'ali rosee - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
09 Il trovatore (Act IV): Miserere d'un'alma già vicina - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
10 Introduction to Il barbiere di Siviglia - Pierre Tchernia
11 Una voce poco fa from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville' (Act I) - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
12 Introduction to Tosca - Pierre Tchernia
13 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Tosca è un buon falco! - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
14 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Ha più forte.... - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
15 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Egli è là - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
16 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Dov'è dunque Angelotti? - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
17 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Ed or fra noi parliamo da buoni amici - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
18 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Orsù, Tosca, parlate - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
19 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Floria!...Amore... - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
20 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Vittoria! Vittoria! - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
21 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Se la giurata fede - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
22 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Vissi d'arte - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
23 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te! - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
24 Tosca (Act II) (2001 Digital Remaster): E qual via scegliete? - Maria Callas/Georges Sébastian/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris