Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida (Historic Recording)

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Modesti, Nicola Zaccaria, Elvira Galassi & Franco Ricciardi, with the Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan, conducted by Tullio Serafin
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Label: HMV
Catalogue number: 2909 763
Country of Issue: Germany / UK
Date: 1987
Mono
Digital  (DMM remaster from 1955 original)
Format: LP Boxed Set (2 discs plus booklet)
Label design: late HMV red label full colour logo
Discs: Near Mint, unmarked
Outer box: Near Mint
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, as new
Booklet: full size 28pp, perfect, libretto in Italian, Gerfman, French and English

This item appears as new throughout except as mentioned above. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

Aida needs no introduction  being one of the most popular operas in the canon.  First performed on Christmas Eve, 1871, it was said to combine the melodic geniue of Verdi with the harmonic refinement of Wagner and the monumental quality of Meyerbeer.

This is an illustrious recording of Aida with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus; This is the most recent vinyl reissue from 1987 Digitally remastered, in mono, from the 1956 original. Wonderful as new condition. 

We also have the American 1980 issue on Angel (VG+) and the 1956 UK original from 1955 on Columbia in suberb near mint condition.