Maria Callas 'London Farewell Concert' at the Royal Festival Hall with Giuseppe di Stefano, 1973
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- Now that I can upload longer videoes, this is the full version of the concert I have in pieces on this channel.
This was Maria Callas' farewell concert in London in 1973. It was held at the Royal Festival Hall. She sang with Giuseppe di Stefano. They were accompanied by Ivor Newton. The programme is:
1. Verdi, Don Carlos, Act II duet
2. Lalo, de Roi D'ys, Vainement ma bien aimé (di Stefano solo)
3. Poncinelli, La Gioconda, Suicidio (Callas solo)
4. Bizet, Carmen (duet)
5. Mascagni, Cavalliera Rusticana, Voi lo sapete (Callas solo)
6. Mascagni, Cavalliera Rusticana, Tu qui Stanuzza (duet)
7. Puccini, O Babbino caro (encore, Callas solo)
I think we have to have tremendous respect for Maria Callas here. This was her farewell concert, and she was very aware of how her voice sounded at this point of her life. And yet regardless of what people would think, she did this to help a friends child who was sick. She put her reputation second, and good actions first. Nothing is more respectable than that. She is truly a legend, and even here her voice is still beautiful.
@@ChewVurse She could have and should have just given them money.
@@mmjhcb You will do that.
@@HannaARTzink WTH??????
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I watched her being interviewed after this performance. "Your audience gave you a wonderful reception" the interviewer said. "They applauded what they imagined they had heard." replied Callas. What a frank and brave reply.
No thanks
+Barbara Northwood That is correct. See my comment above. I was there.
I think that she said:" They applaud what I used to be not what I am"...even more poignant....She was absolutely true to herself. Once she was asked what she felt about beeing idolized she had this sharp comment:" Idols can be destroyed very quickly and easily". She never got caught up in her stardom and status and unlike so many others she knew when to stop. This tournee was only made to raise money for Di Stefano's sick daughter because she knew she was not up to it and did it to help a friend and partner....Brava Maria....
123pailin
Brava!
The Ultimate Diva. RIP. I prefer Callas on a bad day to the others on a good day. I was there aged 17 with my teacher. We realized that that was the last time we would see her live. It was highly emotional and heart breaking. She knew she wasn't at her best but only did the concert to raise money for Stefano's child who had cancer.
Her bones, muscles and inner organs were disintegrating. She was now fighting her body instead of the critics. She retired to her Paris apartment to become a recluse and died within three years.
I'm very tearful reading this. I had my photo taken outside her Paris home in 2000. I never saw her live and would have loved it. God bless La Divina. Thank you for sharing this moving memory x
She had a disease?
I always come back to her...after so many singers come and go, Maria for me is supreme, the raw emotion is what counts. She puts the action to the words. Brilliant in every way.
And she not only played the role but become the persona
Stop the stupidities about Callas. She was the greatest ever because she was much more than her voice. No one has come or will come near. Callas was, is, opera.
exactly.
The Greek goddess Maria Callas!
absolutely!!! it doesnt get any better…. EVER!
Very rightly said.
"She was the greatest ever because she was much more than her voice. No one has come or will come near. Callas was, is, opera."
Ohh so well said.
I listen to her recordings all the time. For me no other singer brings the pathos and deep understanding of whatever roles she is singng. I am not ashamed of telling someone I have an addiction. I am addictd to Maria Callas.
Indeed
Soffro di depressione da diversi anni e giuro che ascoltare la sua voce è più potente di un farmaco!❤🎼
One of the greatest voices ever..... This s so sad to watch as she died not long after ... A legend that will be remembered hundreds of years from now
Callas was a gift to this world.
I have read that she had suffered from dermatomyositis which is a form of muscular dystrophy, and the disease had eaten away at her diaphragm and heart muscle. This is why she kept losing weight, and why her voice slowly weakened, and why she died of a heart attack at the young age of 53. It makes sense. God bless her soul, what a wonderful talent!
I believe this is true, yes.
Beautifully written and extremely sad but really does explain so much. Thank you so much for this as I could never understand why her voice started to fail in the early 1970's. It was obvious in that sad Japan concert tour with DiStefano and also it knocks a rumour that she took an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.
Young?
Giuseppe must loved Callas so much! He wanted to make a last tour together, Callas voice is weak but not that bad, she is still very beautiful....she can only be compared to herself.
the problem was Di Stefano 's voice.
They were lovers sometimes
@@mistersmith1883 She said nothing very nasty in this regard, ‘We should have been together when he had a voice.’
When Callas sings, every sentence gets a special meaning ...
Love to listen her even after 50 years. She is alive and will always be because her archive is still be watched. Great opera performer and lovely woman. I wished her mother to see how much people in the world love her for who she was.
Her voice was clearly a shadow of her once former glory here. But damn, she has one of the best charisma and stage presence I have seen. She stays in character throughout the entire songs.
like in her interview before if she wasnt a singer she would be more likely and actress which she also is her natural talent yet one is more dominant than the other which is her singing but both need to coexist one way or another
aria!!!!blody hell do not bee to smart....
@@lindajumaila354 Callas got even compliments from Meryl Streep, arguably the most talented film actress in Hollywood today. She called Callas the greatest artist of the 20th century. What Callas had over other singers is her meticulous phrasing. She didn't have the most conventionally beautiful instrument, but that voice was very expressive. She knew how to express pain, anguish, love, sorrow, anger, warmth, jealousy, etc with that magnetic voice. She understood the importance in the small details. She was so nuanced in her vocal coloring and diction, hence why the audience immediately felt captivated by her. She was a true vocal actress, aside from just a visual stage actress.
I heard Callas and all the others! Callas revived Opera. She was a great actress and an intelligent teacher. She was the ultimate Diva. RIP La Divina. You will never be equalled or forgotten.
This recital is incredible, even though their voices are definitely not what they once were. As a singer, I really appreciate and learn from the depth of artistry here. Callas was a true singing actress, where the words informed the music. No better example is the Carmen duet (22:28). A master of her métier.
I would sell my soul to be able to travell back in time and hear her live...
intellectuality kw and you got the rest of us a headache. Have a good day.
Intellectually kw...and yet here you are commenting on her farewell concert.
MrLisztian it's just a troll. Move along, nothing to be stressed about
intellectuality kw you are ugly. Loved to come down to your lvl of thinking. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to not being an utter idiot. *flies away*
intellectuality kw oh, go put +1 on your own comments elsewhere, douche.
Callas is a timeless example to singers of interpretation, vocal agility and visual beauty.
That having been said, I am and will always be a devoted Callas follower. La Divina for life!
So sad to see how her voice had deteriorated ... BUT WHO CARES?!! Her legend was enough. I felt so moved watching her because she was a singer never to be matched. Just to hear the applause was wonderful .. ALL those people there knew how great she was!
I was there, aged 20. Ivor Newton gave me a ticket. I will never forget. The audience seemed unsympathetic for some reason. Then her earring dropped with a plonk onto the floor. Ivor woke up with a jerk. She stooped to pick it up and seemed to be beseeching the audience for sympathy, that it gave as a great wave of warmth and love and admiration. At that point the concert took off. It may be all in my head but that is how I remember it.
how lucky
unsympathetic because the singing is so bad?
I'd still sell my soul to see that concert
I am grateful to see this video -- as a teenager, I saw their performance during this tour in, god-help-them, Columbus, Ohio. If my memory serves, they were both having a rockier night than here; but even in the diminishment of Callas' voice and physical/emotional state, there is music at its most human to be found.
Today is another anniversary since she left us. Yes, her voice was not there anymore, but even so she sounds better than most today, and this woman with just one look and a hand gesture, can distroy anyone. Love you forever Maria.
Her interview with Mike Wallace shortly before this interview was so sad. He was asking her tough personal questions and you can see he was hurting her feelings. She knows she was difficult throughout her life. She knows she made some poor decisions but I truly think she felt alone and that no one loved her and she did die of a broken heart . I hope she rests in peace.
+ljude01 What an insensitive pig, Mike Wallace was. She should have stood up and told him she had another engagement - something. Anything to put an end to that relentless, rude grilling.
+ArtSmart him and that disgusting pig of a woman barbara walters despicable both
ljude01 yes
And Mike Wallace was/is the Swiss Franc of news guys AND fathers?? C'mon!!
Chris, his son, ain't even pops' wannabe equal - but AGREED. Someone in Maria's corner needed to slap the shit outta Mikey. Ideally, on air.
" no one loved her and she did die of a broken heart" . Di Stefano loved her.
La Divina was still magnificent. Particularly interesting is the contrast in the two operatic scenes, from Carmen and Cavalleria Rusticana in which the roles of spurned lover are reversed. Callas' acting is state of the art, as always. True, the voice is not what it was 25 years earlier but even the most average Callas performance (which this is NOT) far outshines legions of contemporary singers.
Happy birthday, La Divina! We love and miss you! BRAVA!!!!
La Callas avrà anche perso volume nella voce col tempo, ma la sua voce,la sua tecnica, la sua teatralità resteranno sempre appellabili con l'aggettivo Divina!
This woman was a gift to this world
Thanks for this upload.These two amazing performers did so with just a grand piano!! Not the big orchestra to disguise poor notes, all the focus on them! Nothing to hide behind with an orchestra and clever conductor, it takes great talent to perform lthis way.And they were both greats, what if their voices were no longer in their prime, they gave such pleasure and will be remembered as two of the all time greats, performing from the heart.
A wonderful treat for Callas fans. Thanks for putting this up.
Greatest singers ever born! the endeared charismatic personalities
who worked tirelessly with dedication to perfect the art of singing. May their souls rest in peace.
Beautiful singers like Callas should never age, should never die.
+Paul France
Unfortunately they do....but we do have their beautiful voices that are still with us.
The more I hear her performing, the more I like her. Every time I appreciate her more.
An telwi because she was a witch.
That's the Callas quality and brand! She will never get off the emotion even a few seconds after the song... and who says she lost the voice, low tones perhaps, but the voice?! Unless you're deaf or you don't understand music at all. Carlos Bas was right, she is Opera.
Not a single comment for an amazing Giuseppe di Stefano! Bravissimo!
She was a great singer, a great actress, a great legend.
She had an incredible voice. She could also put emotions in her singing as few other singers had before her.
A famous voice teacher in Chicago said that it was worth the price of a ticket just to see Callas walk on to the stage. She was right. I was there. I had a seat but only used the edge. Callas on her worst night was better than the others on their best night. RIP La Divina.
.... Esattamente 💖
it is so sad that such a strong and talented woman like her would loose her mind and and her life over loosing a man like Onassis that not only did betrayed her, he did not even deserve her.
Well, Jaqueline Kennedy took revenge on him.
Maria Callas is still over today singers.. And nobody will never "double" Callas ! On her own words ! Its the fact.. And stays for ever !
No that were the words of I think manager of opera a Roma
impressive were her hands, her gestures, I saw that her performances must have been great, her singing never sounded dated.
I wish she can see how there are also now new audiënties who love her.
Thank you so much for uploading! I love Maria so much, I can't believe she had such a tragic life; What a beautiful, talented woman!
Thank you for sharing this. The amazing Maria Callas!
Marcy Goldsmith qui finalmente si sono dichiarati amore...Pippo cche voce ancora, che voce. La divina , restA per sua stessa essenza, ma povera senza voce
Thank you for sharing this video. Her magnificent voice deserved the beautiful vessel God placed it in. May her soul be blessed with eternal joy...
without putting Maria Callas into the pedestal and fanaticism I discover the true art of opera after hearing her name I thought opera is just a form of haute le chant but ive been following her in youtube during her prime years to the years of her decline I try to check other opera singers like Tribaldi, Sills, Escoto, Sutherland and the one who comes close to her is Caballe. something about Marias brand of opera that is different from the rest her charisma is outstanding among the one existed even now. Looking at La Divina is a work of art thats why her influence even stretched to more than the Opera and music itself but also in fashion, art, films and literature there is the reason why the current haute couture collection of valentino is inspired by her and Passolini the film director call her the walking art and german indie film director Werner Shroeter is inspired to make film base on her work even her life is like a literature or story line of a tragic play..... depite her vocal decline that is visible in this concert she still have the voice but not strength she use to have during her prime yes she still have the character of what she is singing and able to feel it while you are listening... she is still Carmen and she is still la Gioconda in her suicidal tendency and a anxious Lauretta begging for her father for her love in O mio Babbino Caro.... this is the reason why often times when opera is used in many soundtrack they use Maria Callas version singing in those arias. to be honest aside from all the idolizing I find it amazing Maria never have a bad hair day everywhere you see not to mention she looks older in her heavy make up in her prime years and much younger in her less make up in her later years
Maria Callas a glamouring star of all times!
Such beauty such talent!
She was the greatest...She is the greatest. enough of the analysis.. rest in her talent, her brilliance...that is enough
Великая Певица всех Времен! И Всех народов!!! Нет Равных!!!
Clapping for over a minute just for showing up... I wish I could have been there
A grand voice ever. Even at its end! She was the grandest ever for a century, no way! BRAVO Maria! So many years alone... A great tribute to the ultimate STAR of Opéra. Bravo! Rest in peace. Emmanuel from Paris
Even though, many Diva's came before and after Maria, she was simply the greatest Diva of all time. Some come close, but ladies its no cigar! Viva Maria.
Mick Hanna .
Hear, hear
I’ll be honest not an opera fan but when I heard her sing in the movie Philadelphia I was blown away with her voice and the passion it exudes I was close to tears and everything around me simply didn’t exist anymore. No one comes close though I am a fan of Sarah brightman also
I cant stop watch Maria...shes great, diva. Callas forever ♥️
maria is immortal.
A diva like no other, thanks for uploading this
Todo en ella es música... Todo en ella es Arte. Callas aún vive...
She's so pretty!
Божественная, трагическая Мария Каллас❤
Fue una soprano inmensamente fiel a la ópera de altura. De calidad voz, natural y sin esfuerzo, prestancia, y capaz de cantar las más difíciles áreas. Su personalidad está muy por encima de lo común. Además, su figura delicada y penetrante hechizada al público. GRANDIOSA!!!
Maria Callas....so beautiful, thank you for this post!
The thought that Maria Callas is no longer with us brings me tremendous sadness. Her angelic voice, charm, beauty and elegance will be remembered for centuries to come. Thank you for posting.
She is awesome best voice of the eras ♥
This is one of those magical events where I remember exactly where I was. It my was my first year of music college, and all the voice students at the RNCM in Manchester, UK, gathered in the hall of residence common room to watch this concert on the TV. Unfortunately, this momentous occasion was not appreciated by other (non-vocal) students who wanted to watch another channel, some going as far as getting onto the roof and trying to dislodge the antennae!
Callas estupenda! Que registro mais maravilhoso, grata por disponibilizar!
Thanks for uploading this video. This has just made my day. Great to actually see my childhood heroes sing, when all we could do in the past was to listen to them on records.
Thank you so much - this is simply the best. What a wonderful voice!
Bravo, bravo. What a voice and talent.
I remember when I saw Ella Fitzgerald in concert in 1989. Her voice had deteriorated somewhat but it did not matter one bit. It’s the magic, the class, the communication, the intention, the phrasing......The presence!
This is what’s going on here with Callas. She is absolutely wonderful but I still feel sorry for her . The saddest part is that it’s obvious she knows.
Beautiful recording, for it shows a duality: her magnificent voice and passion for singing, and the dedication a good friend had to her. Giuseppe, a loyal friend. RIP both in His memory.
I was there on the front row ! The only time I ever heard live the great Callas. I shall never forgot this extraordinary time, even if She was no longer what She had been.....
La mejor............soprano de todos los tiempos
I here because my mother love Maria Callas.
What a great duet he is incredible
¡La mayor Diva en la historia! Es muy hermoso verla en sus últimas actuaciones, aunque no son tan buenas e inmejorables con anteriores, pero verla es DIVINO.
Un privilegio poder revisar este registro audiovisual, que perpetua el talento de Maria Callas, para deleite de futuras generaciones,
Maria Callas es LA ÓPERA en toda su extensión. No se puede hablar de Ópera sin mencionarla. Fue LA DIVA de la ÓPERA. Murió demasiado joven, pero su enorme legado lo tenemos para disfrutar de su voz y su talento. ¡Bravo!
Chère Maria, que d'émotion....encore merci pour ce talent jamais égalé
She was a legend .... Yes, her voice was a figment of what it was, BUT she was a legend... the world will NEVER see anyone like her.... The audience didn't give a shit about her voice ... her legend, her charisma were enough to drive the audience crazy!
Callas in her prime was STUPENDOUS! I feel if she would have stayed in her fach she would have sung longer. The belcanto and dramatic coloratura repertory. She had 6 or 7 tremendous years and changed the world of opera. You can't sing everything and forever. The dramatic stuff was a mistake and shortened her career. But her emotional private life took a huge toll on her voice. She was a master musician and a beautiful classy woman. We miss her.
+Jim Buxton 6-7 Years? She started singing in 1936 and her prime wasn't until 1952, London. She had a good 30 years of singing and she made Opera what it is today. She was a Soprano Sfogato or an Assoluta... capable of singing ANYTHING written for the female voce.
She could sing the Bell Song from Lakme and had no problem with the tessitura. Many light sopranos have trouble with this. She could sing anything its true, but she was a Dramatic Coloratura and this repertory she really shines in. The 6 or 7 years are all we got to hear of her prime. She was a beautiful classy fine musician.
+tonshaad1230 Maria Was 13 in 1936. The early years of training, we don't count as part of our professional career. It takes 8 years of private study before you are ready to sing an opera in public. Some Coloraturas start at 18 or 19, but unless you're Deanna Durbin , you're not ready.
Jim Buxton Well you have to look at the time frame for when she was already practicing. Ardouin explains that by 13, Elvira de Hidalgo saw EXCEPTIONAL talent for someone so young and even though Callas lied about her age (her weight and her maturity) saved her and allowed her entrance into the vocal program. This training would propel her into singing the one opera that's forgotten now "Bocaccia". Plus, this was during wartime Greece so if you showed enough maturity, you were tehincally ready. So, yes by all standards we MUST take those earlier years into her overall career span because those were the crucial years she started singing Opera.
By the time she was 27, she was already singing Turandot, Armida, Fidelio, Norma, Tannhauser, Brunnhilde.
Today's system makes it so that you have to sing for 8 or so years to be "fully" ready, but there's still rare occasions where most branch out after the 4th year and 5th years respectively. Luckily for us, you need to be at least 21-24 in order to start professionally singing now but that's starting to do more harm than good (look at some of the current voices now.)
Jim Buxton See I have a problem with you saying she only had 7 years of a prime because when she had hit her stride in 1952, she was already singing for a good 12 years. Callas had more than just that for a prime because her first sign of vocal problems wouldn't occur until 1959 (17 years in her prime, and one year off before she would add her last opera of Poliuto).
one cant't help but think of God when we watch and listen to great singers and beautiful composing.
Beautiful! Thanks for posting this.
Calla is IMMORTAL!
Flashes of her magic still there! ⚡️⚡️
" Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera" " wiki2006, Opera News
wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the
definition of the diva as artist-and still one of classical music's
best-selling vocalists."
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I do not care about any of the hateful comments on here and what people think. Maria Callas was the BEST!
Thanks YOU Samuel... from the bottom of my HEART!
My voice teacher in Boston said "It was worth the price of admission to see Callas walk out on stage."
She's very pretty and a great soprano too!
Yes! Callas was, is, and will be Opera for ever.Please keep away any word outside Opera! Not a word if you cannot sell out your soul for seeing her again. Life is short, Art is Long!
Thank you for this: what an artist: what a class act
Callas presence on stage speaks for itself regardless of whether her voice was good or not. She is the greatest of all time. Period.
A Greece godes and a Roman warrior, the image off two times 2000 years of culture.
She is the greatest ever !!! It's not only the voice...!
No hubo , ni habrá otra como ella .
British people has always loved so much Maria Callas ! And she deserved so much too ! Moving moment at the end when the public come around her to lead her back stage !
Maria, you are incomparable! Di Stefano is also very thrilling here and one can easily see the drama and beauty of these two legendary singers who were paired together in so many performances on the operatic stages of the world!
greatest singer in the history of man
bellissime voci cosa dire si è detto tanto che aggiungere! GRANDI!!!
This is why videos and sound documents are sad. Let us remember her for her glory. Not her last days of decadence. She was great for the time she was great. Let's honour her memory and the miracle of her talent... Callas for ever.
I’ve read various accounts that say things like her voice was “in shreds” here. I don’t hear it!
Greg Glienna well,there was a reason for saying good bye
It wasn't but no where near like previous
أكثر من رائع ، لقد أثرت حياتنا العاطفية بالكثير من المشاعر الفياضة والود الكبير ، ما لنا وهذه الأيام الحالية وقد أجدبت مروجها وجفت ثمارها ، وتخشبت شجراتها ومرت بها السنين العجاف لا تتركها ، رحم الله ذا الزمانا وعوضنا عنه باخير منه ويحيا التفاؤل ....