La Gioconda

Labelography ER3 - BW Stamp Reissue of Original Stereo Release SAX 2359-2361 [r=13839263] Recorded at Teatro Alla Scala, Milan in September 1959, but not stated on the release. The box includes a 16-page 11" x 11" booklet with the libretto in Italian and English. The booklet is titled "Maria Callas sings LaGioconda". Each LP comes in an EMI branded square plastic inner sleeve. On the spine 'OC' is rotated 90° to the rest of the text and appears last following '157 00881/3', despite which the convention is to include it first in the catalog number. [Labels] ℗ 1960 EMI Records Limited Sung in Italian (Recorded in co-operation with 'E.A. Teatro alla Scala', Milan) Made in Gt Britain [Booklet pg 3] Libretto by Arrigo Boito (writing under the pen name of Tobia Gorrio) Based on Victor Hugo's drama "Angelo, Tyran de Padoue' First performed at La Scala, Milan, April 8, 1876 ℗ 1960 EMI Records Limited English translation of libretto by Jacquiline Clark © 1952, Capitol Records, Inc. [Booklet pg 16] [His Master's Voice logo] Registered Trademark of EMI Records Limited EMI Records Limited A member of the EMI Group of Companies. Printed in Great Britain [Runouts] On sides A and B, 'Y' is re-stamped over an 'X'. For variant 2, side B, the stamper alpha is poorly formed and my interpretation of it is 'L'.