Bellini La Sonnambula Opera Ah non credea mirarti ( Maria Callas Antonio Votto)

Bellini La Sonnambula Opera Ah non credea mirarti (Maria Callas Antonio Votto) COMPLETE PLAYLIST AND TIMING: COMING SOON. 09:00 Care Compagne 11:09 Come per me sereno 21:52 Prendi: l anel ti dono 1:49:28 Ah non credea mirarti LA SONNAMBULA AND CALLAS. In several respects La Sonnambula is one of the more surprising operas to find in Callas s repertoire. Her stage presence, for one thing, had normally a grandeur about it and, by 1955 when she first sang the part, a sophisticated elegance, both foreign to the simple village girl she plays here. Vocally, Amina is associated with light, pretty voices of the GalliCurci or Toti dal Monte type and neither of those delightful singers could easily be thought of in Callas s great role of Norma, any more than her predecessors in that role, such as Rosa Ponselle or Gina Cigna, could very well be billed as Amina. It is true that Bellini wrote both roles for the same singer, Giuditta Pasta, and in the same y