For this trip we need to put apart many things that we know now. We are travelling to a time where Maria Callas whas Meneghini Callas, she was not La Divina. She was not as famous as she came to be years later. We have no mobile telephones, meaning there is no way to learn immediately news from all other places almost at the time they are happening. This program is built with a number of sources to provide a bigger picture of what was actually happening back then.

This program, this first travel in time is: The expectation

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Sources for this program are:
Sophia Lambton's book: The Callas Imprint

https://www.amazon.com/Callas-Imprint-Centennial-Biography-ebook/dp/B0BRYPL5WN

Special thanks to radio program: Viva la Opera! Erick Zermeño collaborated positively with his thoughts for this program. If you speak Spanish you can find this directory of the radio programs they have in Spotify for 1950 Callas in México:

Norma

https://open.spotify.com/episode/22e9DP5PCLFf9pLvFKw4Su

Aida

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wiKLI9GCLapPaMRZ8Qf7G?si=ix7Hy9YsShqbvIVZsA8Lnw

Aida on June 3

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UJCm3Jqla5YV06KMkt5uD?si=dEVklw0mQ6Svf0wJBdNvNg

Il Trovatore June 20

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EC80DUkBczztvuglY0Cy9?si=zJgYD_U5RM6AM-4k6UsraQ

Il Trovatore June 27

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0slAHPZKM8XrqWPuPYRqH2

Tosca

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DMuhtKbC1II1H2dWSGatl?si=P8jrARQET62wEjhsXSCGoQ

Interview with tenor Rafael Sevilla:

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/maria-callas/

Alternatively, if you are interested in the Youtube available complete recordings, here's what we found:
NORMA Callas, Simionato, Baum, Moscona - PICCO - Mexico City, 23.05.1950
Maria Callas Nicola Moscona Robert Weede Giulietta Simionato Aida (May 30, 1950, WITH SCORE)
Maria Callas Mario Filippeschi Robert Weede Tosca full opera (1950 Mexico live, WITH SCORE)

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