Maria Callas with Mario-Sereni Giorgio & Tozzi
© Louis Melancon
On February 6, as part of its 2020-21 radio broadcast season, the Metropolitan Opera will air its first-ever Listeners’ Choice broadcast. During December, the Met invited its worldwide radio audience to vote for their favorite from among ten legendary performances drawn from the Met archives. The historic performance chosen by radio listeners from around the world is Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor starring Maria Callas.
This performance from December 8, 1956, is the renowned soprano’s only Met radio broadcast, the Met says. Callas joined a cast featuring Giuseppe Campora as Lucia’s lover Edgardo, Enzo Sordello as Enrico, her brother and Edgardo’s sworn enemy, and Nicola Moscona as Raimondo. Fausto Cleva conducted.
The Listeners’ Choice broadcast of Lucia di Lammermoor will include new commentary and radio features reflecting on Callas’ portrayal of this iconic role, as well as comments from radio listeners explaining why this broadcast was their top choice. Lucia di Lammermoor will be heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CET) on Saturday, February 6.
Maria Callas with Mario-Sereni Giorgio & Tozzi
© Louis Melancon
