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MARIA CALLAS: The legendary 4 "Lucia di Lammermoor" mad scenes from the Mexico, June 1952, performances (Donizetti)



Adequate mono broadcast sound

"Question: Which is mad, the Callas Lucia or her frenzied public?" wrote Claudia Cassidy for Maria's, Chicago 1954, performances. This applies, even more strikingly, to Callas' debut (YES, debut) Lucias in Mexico, on June 1952. What we have here are the 3 full mad scenes from the June 10th, 14th and 26th performances, plus the bis (THE WHOLE SCENE, FROM THE BEGINING!) from the opening night. Just listen to the first, June 10th, "Pazzia", then to the demented applause of the lucky Bellas Artes audience and the telling commentaries of the breathless and stunned mexican radio broadcaster and you will understand why Maria had to bis the scene: Not only to please her amazed public BUT ALSO, AND MOSTLY, TO PLEASE HERSELF BY CORRECTING SOME SLIGHT TECHNICAL PROBLEMS SHE HAD ENCOUNTERED IN THE FIRST RENDITION. And perfects herself, if these words mean anything. This "work in progress" is obviously felt by comparing all 4 versions: We can just TOUCH the psychological development of the caracter and CHECK the technical progress, it is there for everyone to experience! Yes, she had never sung Lucia on stage before. Yes, there was not a stage director either. Yes, her conductor and orchestra were excecrable. Yes, after and between her 3 Lucias she had also to perform Tosca (June 28th) and make her debut as Gilda (June 16th). Assoluta? Sacred monster? Super human? Yes, all that and even more! Lucia being thus sung, back in 1952, by a dramatic soprano d'agilita was revolutionary,visionary, utterly beyond anything, anyone could have thought possible, well, then. This extraordinary document should be in every Maria and opera lover's collection. NB: There is no "previously unpublished material" as the cover proclaims. The sound is 50ies mono mexican broadcast, not very good but perfectly adequate to enjoy what's happening here. I would pitty anyone giving this document a miss on these grounds only.

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