Rossini, Gioachino - Barbiere di Siviglia, Il - Callas, Maria (soprano)

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Historical live recording with outstanding casting!
Recorded in Milano, Teatro alla Scala

Carlo Maria Giulini was born in 1914 in Barletta in Apulia, but grew up in Bolzano, where he was buried in the family vault after his death in June 2005.

He initially studied the viola, composition and conducting at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. After playing under many renowned conductors as an orchestral musician, he decided to become a conductor himself. He began conducting for the RAI broadcasting service in 1946 and took over its symphony orchestra in Milan when it was founded in 1950. He was discovered by Arturo Toscanini the following year, but Giulini was not aiming at a scintillating career and made very few permanent commitments. He was a conductor of rigorous, virtuosic and completely practical authority. His marked tendency towards perfectionism and dislike of glamorous appearances earned him the loving nickname of "holy Carlo". He always saw himself as a servant of music.