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Maria Callas Centenary

Matthew Sweet marks the centenary of the birth of soprano Maria Callas with a look back at how she and her recordings have been featured in the cinema.

Matthew Sweet marks the centenary of the birth of soprano Maria Callas with a look back at how she and her recordings have been featured in film. The programme includes music from The First Lady, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent, and Callas Forever. We hear Callas in arias from Tosca, Norma, Gianni Schicchi and Andrea Chenier. Matthew also offers some thoughts and extracts from the soundtrack from Callas's starring role in Pasolini's 1968 film Medea.

The programme also takes a look at the relationship between opera and the cinema in general. Music featured includes cues from Citizen Kane, The Fifth Element, Hannibal, and The Godfather.

59 minutes

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Sat 2 Dec 2023 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca "Suite"

    Conductor: Victor de Sabata. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro della Scala Milano. Singer: Maria Callas.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Cclassics.

  • Brian Tyler

    The Iron Lady "The Great In Great Britain"

    Choir: London Voices.
    • The Iron Lady.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma "Casta Diva"

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI. Conductor: Franco Capuana.
    • Norma, Das Libretto stammt von Felice Romani.
    • Bela Records.

  • Brian Tyler

    Avengers: Age of Ultron "Rise Together"

    Orchestra: Hollywood Studio Symphony.
    • Avengers: Age of Ultron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi "O Mio Babbino Caro"

    Singer: Maria Callas.
    • Maria's Popular Music.
    • Night & Time Records.

  • Bertrand Bonello

    Saint Laurent "Cold Song"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Sound of Bonello.
    • Love Theme Music.

  • Alfredo Catalani

    La Wally "Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana"

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Singer: Maria Callas.
    • Maria's Popular Music.
    • Night & Time Records.

  • Ibrahim Maalouf

    Yves Saint Laurent "Generique Fin (Paris Match Version)"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Yves Saint Laurent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • BO Yves Saint Laurent.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Citizen Kane "Salaambo's Aria"

    Conductor: Joel McNeely. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Citizen Kane.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Richard Wagner

    "Ride of the Valkyries"

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • Wagner Ohne Worte.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • 脡ric Serra

    The Fifth Element "Lucia Di Lammermoor"

    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti. Conductor: Fr茅d茅ric Chaslin. Singer: Inva Mula. Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra.
    • Le cinqui猫me 茅l茅ment (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal Music Division MCA.

  • Patrick Cassidy

    Hannibal "Vide Cor Meum"

    Orchestra: The Lyndhurst Orchestra. Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Bruno Lazzaretti. Choir: Libera. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Hannibal - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Decca Music Group LTD.

  • Nino Rota

    The Godfather Part III "Main Title"

    Composer: Carmine Coppola. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Godfather Trilogy.
    • Recording Arts.

  • Carmine Coppola

    The Godfather Part III "Suite"

    Composer: Nino Rota. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Godfather Trilogy I - II - III.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Umberto Giordano

    Andrea Chenier "La Mamma Morta"

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra.
    • Maria's Popular Music.
    • Night & TIme Records.

  • Hussein Malek

    "The Segah Mode"

    Performer: Hussein Malek. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Anthology Of World Music: Iran.
    • Rounder.

  • Trad.

    "Draga Est Tombee Malade"

    Ensemble: The Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble.
    • Chants et danses de Bulgarie.
    • BnF Collection.

  • Alessio Vlad

    Callas Forever "Main Title"

    Ensemble: Academia Musicale Italiana. Conductor: Antonio Secchi.
    • Callas Forever (Original Film Soundtrack).
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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