Pablo replied:

>Mitch Friedfeld <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>>Walter asked, re the upcoming GROC Tosca:
>>
>>>Is that the one w/ Callas, DiStefano, and Gobbi, conducted by De Sabata?
>>
>>The one and only.
>
>There may be a worthy 2nd place?, for example EMI's Callas/Bergonzi/Gobbi,
>conducted by Pretre (1965)? Unfortunately the only thing that I have heard
>yet of the former version are (good) notices, but a single note of it.
>I expect to fix this situation soon.  Meanwhile, what are the differences
>--of course, if they can be described-- with this 1965 version (the only
>I've heard by Callas)?

I'm far from an opera connoisseur, but isn't it "received wisdom" that
Callas's voice was shot by 1965?

Mitch Friedfeld