Gracias a ti y a todos los que suben estos valiosisimos registros sonoros de la Callas, ya que a nadie se le ocurrió grabarla en vivo, en sus performances. Hoy se cumplen 44 años de su muerte. Sigue siendo la divina, magistral, única, voz sideral, primma donna assoluta¡
Thanks for the great job you have done here. The remaining background noise does not matter: when you have a giant like Callas performing, her Art shines through. I have her singing this aria later in her career which I thought was the pinnacle. But here she has a thinner voice which is even better.
Guido Picco. This was her very first Trovatore, Mexico 1950. She prepared Leonora alone, Serafin having refused to coach her if she was being conducted by someone else. BUT 6 months later he will conduct her at the San Carlo: January 1951, with Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Paolo Silveri and Chloe Elmo. The Napoli live Trovatore is astonishing, an absolute reference and comparable only to the 1962 Salzburg version under Karajan with another superb quartet of singers. Maria delivers this Act 4 aria in a slightly more refined manner compared to Mexico but as she goes on her despair becomes more eloquent, the tears in the voice cascade like black pearls, and she will repeat the violent high D, attacked cleanly in the air "non preparato" and coming out of nowhere. Do look it up my friend.
Vanne, lasciami, né timor di me ti prenda... Salvarlo io potrò forse. (Ruiz si allontana) Timor di me?... sicura, presta è la mia difesa. (I suoi occhi figgonsi ad una gemma che le fregia la mano destra.) In quest'oscura notte ravvolta, presso a te son io, e tu nol sai... Gemente aura che intorno spiri, deh, pietosa gli arreca i miei sospiri... D'amor sull'ali rosee vanne, sospir dolente: Del prigioniero misero conforta l'egra mente... Com'aura di speranza aleggia in quella stanza: Lo desta alle memorie, ai sogni dell'amor! Ma deh! non dirgli, improvvido, le pene del mio cor!
Once you hear ~ really HEAR Callas ~ you cannot go back
So true
I can't tell you how amazing this is; Thank you very much! May you be blessed for sharing those incredible clips.
i was borm too late. this is the most glorious singing of this aria. a true Godess. RIP Callas
Gracias a ti y a todos los que suben estos valiosisimos registros sonoros de la Callas, ya que a nadie se le ocurrió grabarla en vivo, en sus performances. Hoy se cumplen 44 años de su muerte. Sigue siendo la divina, magistral, única, voz sideral, primma donna assoluta¡
Thanks for the great job you have done here. The remaining background noise does not matter: when you have a giant like Callas performing, her Art shines through. I have her singing this aria later in her career which I thought was the pinnacle. But here she has a thinner voice which is even better.
This is probably the best rendition. Ever. Who is the conductor?
Guido Picco. This was her very first Trovatore, Mexico 1950. She prepared Leonora alone, Serafin having refused to coach her if she was being conducted by someone else. BUT 6 months later he will conduct her at the San Carlo: January 1951, with Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Paolo Silveri and Chloe Elmo. The Napoli live Trovatore is astonishing, an absolute reference and comparable only to the 1962 Salzburg version under Karajan with another superb quartet of singers. Maria delivers this Act 4 aria in a slightly more refined manner compared to Mexico but as she goes on her despair becomes more eloquent, the tears in the voice cascade like black pearls, and she will repeat the violent high D, attacked cleanly in the air "non preparato" and coming out of nowhere. Do look it up my friend.
Vanne, lasciami,
né timor di me ti prenda...
Salvarlo io potrò forse.
(Ruiz si allontana)
Timor di me?... sicura,
presta è la mia difesa.
(I suoi occhi figgonsi ad una gemma
che le fregia la mano destra.)
In quest'oscura notte ravvolta,
presso a te son io,
e tu nol sai...
Gemente aura che intorno spiri,
deh, pietosa gli arreca
i miei sospiri...
D'amor sull'ali rosee
vanne, sospir dolente:
Del prigioniero misero
conforta l'egra mente...
Com'aura di speranza
aleggia in quella stanza:
Lo desta alle memorie,
ai sogni dell'amor!
Ma deh! non dirgli, improvvido,
le pene del mio cor!
2:30
Ma deh¡ non dirgli, improvvido, le pene del mio cor…
Sound is awful. Back to the la scala recording