One of Mike Richter‘s most spectacular achievements was the remastering and digitization of the complete master classes conducted by Maria Callas at the Juilliard School in 1971-1972. Selections from his disc “Callas at Juilliard: The Master Classes” follow the jump.

For this podcast, La Cieca has chosen eight representative tracks from the many hours of classes archived on Mike’s CD-ROM.

October 11, 1971. Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  “Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! quante volte.” Carolyn Val-Schmidt

November 1, 1971.  Massenet: Werther  “Werther! Oui m’aurait dit… Des cris joyeux.” Anita Terzian

February 4, 1972. Mozart: Così fan tutte  “Temerari!… Come scoglio.” Barbara Shuttleworth

February 7, 1972. Puccini: La bohème  “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì.” Kyu Do Park

February 21, 1972. Verdi: Rigoletto  “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata.” Sung-Kil Kim

February 24, 1972. Verdi: Don Carlo  “Nei giardin del bello.” Sheila Nadler

February 28, 1972.  Puccini: Manon Lescaut  “Ah, quai a chi la tocca!… Guardate! Come io piango ed imploro.” Mario Fusco

March 16, 1972. Verdi: La forza del destino “Io muoio! Confessione!”  Barrie Smith; Mario Fusco; Willard White

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