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.
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.
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....
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.....
Sorry , nobody says about the great pianist , it is not right , he was a great accompanist , it is humiliation for him , ( I 'm a pianist and accompanist also !!
You were so extraordinarily fortunate. Someday, when you have time, write down everything you remember from the occasion, how you felt etc. it would b a valuable document.
There are so many riches in this video, I don't know where to start. She is beautiful. Her style is immaculate. That asymmetrical cape! From the moment she walks on stage, she has an innate understanding of the level of excitement the public needs from an artist. Sure, the middle of her voice, just above her break, is problematic, as are notes above the stave. But this is an object lesson in how much power a human being can summon in the face of diminished resources. She seems to hit a stride in the Carmen duet. The emotional intensity she brings to the Cavalleria duet is staggering. And that face--is it possible to teach people how to capture a world of emotion in a single expression? It took tremendous courage for her, at such an emotionally vulnerable period of her life, to give a gift like this. I'm so glad she did.
Angelo Ragaza pippo che grazia divina la tua voce...in italy for the fans of distefano, his name is a nickname, Pippo. La divina is Divina for her is Nature. Che meraviglia, keine evaluation techinc, only with heart
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.
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
@@georgemichas3393 No. Official cause was heart attack. But it was due to accidental misuse of prescription drugs which began happening with many people at this time in the 70s, as they didnt yet understand the dangers. Di Stefano described her taking too many pills and forgetting which pill she had taken. She wasnt "disintegrating" any more than someone else her age. it was just impossible to sustain the super-human voice she had when she practiced 8 hours every single day.
"Her bones, muscles and inner organs were disintegrating. " What?? She was just aging like anyone else. But the superhuman voice of her youth simply couldnt be sustained. She died of an accidental overdose. Di Stefano described her use of pills.
@@afritimm I stand by every word. Read the book Casta Diva. She had a gay servant living with her who denied an overdose. He described her death even the tresse he formed for her. You were not there. He was. The coroner recorded heart failure and did not mention an overdose. Stop speaking ill of the dead. Especially as it is not true.
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.
I don’t hear flaws then again I am not an expert. I absolutely love this concert, people were so lucky to be in the presence of greatness, goddess, talented Maria Callas, the one and only ❤💐🌺🌷🌸🙏👍🎉🎊🥂
Look up her earlier version of "Il Suicidio" from La Gioconda on youtube. Just audio. From the late 40s or early 50s. You will hear Callas in all her stunning glory and power. It will knock you out of your chair.
La Callas' voice had long gone by the time the tour began, her confidence too. But this is utterly beautiful. Her incredible talent to act on stage and her own tragic story had made her performances moving. She made her characters real. Callas was one of a kind.
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.
She wasnt from this world. Her voice, her act, her looks, her dramatic personal life says that. And nothing from "another world" lasts much here on this planet. She was the greatest ever, hands down.
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.
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.
I was there! On the whole, it was terribly upsetting and depressing. She wobbled so. But every once in a while that Callas sound would come out -- and that was worth every pound I paid and more.
Callas at her worst was much better than most we have today. She was breathtaking and nothing less than scintillating in this final performance. She was the pinnacle of everything opera could and should be. In opera this is only before Callas and after Callas. She was its apex.
I still can't believe there are people who were so lucky to hear her. I would love to meet someone of those people and get to know about that amazing experience. Callas seems so distant and unreachable to me, like a goddess; and I often forget that she was real and that her legacy is still alive in a few people's memories. I envy you.
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!
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.
Fantasy. She died of an accidental overdose of prescription pills. De Stefano talked about her taking too many pills, which people didnt really understand yet. She didnt "keep losing weight." After the big loss in 1953, she stayed basically the same the rest of her life. Her voice declined for 2 reasons: (i) it was always an unnatural voice that required relentless training and practice to keep at top level, and her boring marriage with Meneghini allowed her to follow such a routine until 1959. (ii) after meeting Onassis, she didnt want that kind of life any more, she wanted to have fun for a change.
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
@@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 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.
What raw gut wrenching emotion on the last Aria. O mio bambino Caro. Most soprano's today can only dream of singing like Maria. She may have been past her prime But she still had it. Anyone else would be second rate
It breaks my heart to think of all the things she went through. Such a loss of a lady and one of the most astounding talents to have ever graced opera.
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.
How quickly people forget! In their prime these two were stupendous. Why give them a thumbs down for showing their human frailty? Even great artists aren't gods. They are mortal and so are their voices. If only one could last as long as the other!
@@delflorida2480 Ridiculous response. Really bizarro funny, written by one who refuses to admit ANY defect in an idol. But I will tell you, I would not have made THIS disastrous one. No way.
Totally agree. I was AMAZED when I heard her masterclasses and she was throwing off phrases from all kinds of arias like it was as easy as speaking. The masterclasses are amazingly insightful to listen to.
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I would sell my soul to be able to travell back in time and hear her live...
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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.
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MrLisztian it's just a troll. Move along, nothing to be stressed about
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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*
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intellectuality kw oh, go put +1 on your own comments elsewhere, douche.
You all need to understand something. Maria Callas was a professional singer! That means, she was smart enough to choose roles that would not represent a vocal damage, although when you've had a damn good vocal training, you know that if you sing properly, any role is bad for the voice. It was her private life which was tremendously perjudicial for her. When you stop singing for a very long time like she did, the muscles needed for singing (diaphram, vocal cords and the chest register) looses their strenght, and this is reflected in the way of reaching the top notes, the vocal acrobats and the support for the voice. The voice was not broken! It was out of strenght, if she'd have the volunty to work very hard and study again, she could've had another chance, but she couldn't because she had nothing to grap on in this life & she passed away. So, a little bit of respect & please don't talk about thing you know anything about, it's disrespectful for her legacy and you look very bad.
Thank you for your explanations. I hope she rests in peace. A l epoque, many people said it was a mistake. But I think she felt good about it, and we all enjoy it. She never sounded as an "old" voice, in spite of her age, her talent was always there... beyond any critics. Adorada ....
neither gramar, nor pronunciation were important in those times. The importance of the text had never been stressed until the late 80's. Before that, the singers wouldn't care because the important thing to them was the music itself.
She really was just divine. No other opera singer will come close to her legacy or work ethic or passion or ability to transform opera into a living being.
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.
If you are disappointed from her performance you need to read her life story.Her career was not even close to anyones career.She was a dramatic soprano!!You can not compare Callas's voice,soul,musicality,stage performance,quality and career with Sutherlad's or with any soprano..That is why Callas was /is a legend.End of story..!
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.
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.
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.
Non parlerei di tramonto vocale... Quello che in Maria Callas è considerato il periodo meno "brillante" è ciò che oggi ascoltiamo in molte voci ad inizio carriera. Lei ci aveva abituato a ben altro, d'accordo, ma è comunque una DEA. SEMPRE. Sempre straordinaria. Artista meravigliosa. Guai a chi la tocca 💟Sono una Cantante che ha attraversato molte crisi vocali e so bene quanto sia dura. Avrei dato chissà cosa (all'epoca non ero ancora nata) per essere lì, anche"solo" a girare le pagine al pianista, pur di stare sul palco a pochi cm da lei... 😅Mi inchino e mi inchinero'sempre a tanta arte 🙏🙏❤️
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.
Listen carefully. Callas only agreed to do that concert to raise money for DeStefano's child who had cancer. She knew that she was past her best but pushed herself with sheer will power and technique against her own will. It was mind over matter. The charity involved absolves her from any criticism. RIP Diva Ultima.
Not true. Italy then, as now, had universal Healthcare. So Luisa Di Stefano's health-care was taken care of. Plus Di Stefano was still performing regularly. The concerts were done for her, not Di Stefano.
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.
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.
Какая же она красавица! с таким умеренным макияжем она даже еще красивее, чем в молодости! Нас впечатляет не только внешность, не только голос, но и её грандиозная судьба, её трагедия, её способность чувствовать, любить и страдать. Всё это имеет мистическое воздействие на нас.
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.
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.
I find her in pretty good shape, she picked pieces where she sounded really good and suited her capabilities at that moment. Don't think it was the voice that deteriorated much, more a matter of getting out of shape because she stopped singing actively for many years. There's "celebrity" sopranos past their prime nowadays that keep getting hired by the top opera theatres who sound way worse than her in these recordings, who cannot even intonate properly anymore and everything sounds like one never ending, exhausted wobble....Yet people keep judging Callas for these wonderful performances which are better than a lot we witness in some major theatres today.
Now days: Dec. 2013; we don't have even ONE tenor that can touch Pipo Di Stefano, in this recording, and to think that he was already out of the business; but he defended himself like a real Lion with his diction and with those clear A vowels, and phrasing
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!
Well, "Pippo"/di Stefano misses a few notes, but not by a WIDE margin ... and Ms. Callas has a VERY-few moments, of intonations, that might be questionable. The Greek woman, and the very-Italianate tenor (di Stefano) achieve some VERY-fine duets, together. Ivor Newton (piano accompaniment) is very fine, also! This is a very-VALUABLE remembrance of two of the GREATest of the tenor/soprano eras of the past century. Thanks for this upload!
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
Thank you for posting this. My parents were at this concert and they never forgot it. Callas and di Stefano - two heroes of opera and the very greatest.
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.
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.
Assolutamente ogni parola,ogni giudizio,ogni pensiero sono inutili dinanzi a tanta grandezza. Irraggiungibile. Una coppia assolutamente unita,grande,unica. Sintesi perfetta del bel canto.
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 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).
It is absolutely cruel to judge the great singers like Callas and Sutherland as examples, great pianists and violinists like Arrau, Horowitz, Rubenstein, Menuhin, Stern and others by their not so good performances. They are human in the end. No one is perfect. We are not a perfect audience either.
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.
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
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!
OMG... her high... is SO BEAUTIFUL... the lower voice... a little bright... BUT OMG... she's GLORIOUS...! I have "friends" who are singing on BIG stages still... and NEVER sounded like this... EVER... EVER... EVER... (and NEVER will...!)
¡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.
Восторг! Я вижу уставшую, мужественную женщину! Может ее голос и не тот, что был раньше, но она Великая в своем мастерстве пения, артистизма, ей не надо кружиться по сцене и сбрасывать туфли, она в своих пропетых фразах сказала все….
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
Actually, no it was not her own words. She was recounting the Rome story where she quit halfway through. She had told them beforehand she wasnt well and that they should get a replacement. They said, no, no, because "no one can double Callas". So, she went ahead and got halfway through and then told them she couldnt continue. Huge scandal as the Italian President was there.
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
Yes, who cares the quality of her wonderful voice at that time. Did anyone of us don´t give everything for having being there?. Thanks for uploading this video!.
I don't get into technicalities or specific roles or pieces or performances or comparisons. I simply say that nobody has even come close to relay the emotional depth of pieces of music, which is the most important aspect of any performance, and Callas was and is the standard par excellence. That is all.
Mick Mack If "relaying the emotional depth" is the most important aspect, why don't we just send actors out to talk the operas? SINGING is THE most important aspect. Period.
@ Give me a break! Yes, I've read the disease excuses. You're right. Bel canto doesn't translate to "perfect singing"; it translates to "beautiful singing," and Callas' often wasn't.
@ Beautiful CAN equate to perfect, but that's not the point here. You haven't comprehended what I wrote. Callas' technique was not what it needed to be, and her singing suffered accordingly. That's why you often hear a beautiful passage followed by an ugly one, and this phenomenon didn't just suddenly occur later in life.
@ Oh, brother! There's no rational argument possible when one is engaged with a Callas cultist. Absurd? No, sir! Simply the truth that someone who's starstruck and obsessed with Callas apparently can't handle. I'm willing to concede and applaud her good points, while recognizing her obvious flaws. You, on the other hand, wish to describe her only in hagiographic terms.
" 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."
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.
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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And she never looked more beautiful.
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.
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+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....
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Brava!
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.....
you are very lucky
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Callas was the greathest Singer in the world !!
Sorry , nobody says about the great pianist , it is not right , he was a great accompanist , it is humiliation for him , ( I 'm a pianist and accompanist also !!
You were so extraordinarily fortunate. Someday, when you have time, write down everything you remember from the occasion, how you felt etc. it would b a valuable document.
There are so many riches in this video, I don't know where to start. She is beautiful. Her style is immaculate. That asymmetrical cape! From the moment she walks on stage, she has an innate understanding of the level of excitement the public needs from an artist. Sure, the middle of her voice, just above her break, is problematic, as are notes above the stave. But this is an object lesson in how much power a human being can summon in the face of diminished resources. She seems to hit a stride in the Carmen duet. The emotional intensity she brings to the Cavalleria duet is staggering. And that face--is it possible to teach people how to capture a world of emotion in a single expression? It took tremendous courage for her, at such an emotionally vulnerable period of her life, to give a gift like this. I'm so glad she did.
Angelo Ragaza pippo che grazia divina la tua voce...in italy for the fans of distefano, his name is a nickname, Pippo. La divina is Divina for her is Nature. Che meraviglia, keine evaluation techinc, only with heart
hermoso y profundo tu comentario.
She Will Always be The Great Callas!...💖
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
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.
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?
@@georgemichas3393
No. Official cause was heart attack. But it was due to accidental misuse of prescription drugs which began happening with many people at this time in the 70s, as they didnt yet understand the dangers. Di Stefano described her taking too many pills and forgetting which pill she had taken.
She wasnt "disintegrating" any more than someone else her age. it was just impossible to sustain the super-human voice she had when she practiced 8 hours every single day.
"Her bones, muscles and inner organs were disintegrating. " What?? She was just aging like anyone else. But the superhuman voice of her youth simply couldnt be sustained. She died of an accidental overdose. Di Stefano described her use of pills.
@@afritimm I stand by every word. Read the book Casta Diva. She had a gay servant living with her who denied an overdose. He described her death even the tresse he formed for her. You were not there. He was. The coroner recorded heart failure and did not mention an overdose. Stop speaking ill of the dead. Especially as it is not true.
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
I don’t hear flaws then again I am not an expert. I absolutely love this concert, people were so lucky to be in the presence of greatness, goddess, talented Maria Callas, the one and only ❤💐🌺🌷🌸🙏👍🎉🎊🥂
All true. If you want to hear her at her best search yuytube for her mother renditions of some of these arias
Look up her earlier version of "Il Suicidio" from La Gioconda on youtube. Just audio.
From the late 40s or early 50s. You will hear Callas in all her stunning glory and power. It will knock you out of your chair.
@@afritimm thank you dear for sharing ♥️👍
La Callas' voice had long gone by the time the tour began, her confidence too. But this is utterly beautiful. Her incredible talent to act on stage and her own tragic story had made her performances moving. She made her characters real. Callas was one of a kind.
Facts.
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.’
She wasnt from this world. Her voice, her act, her looks, her dramatic personal life says that. And nothing from "another world" lasts much here on this planet. She was the greatest ever, hands down.
@@boubou230910 Nope.
@@mmjhcb go listen hiphop, it fits you, ASS
La pura verita
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.
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.
After all these decades it's very emotional to see her live for her last tour.... 💜
I was there! On the whole, it was terribly upsetting and depressing. She wobbled so. But every once in a while that Callas sound would come out -- and that was worth every pound I paid and more.
The voice doesn't matter anymore, rather, her presence.
Callas at her worst was much better than most we have today. She was breathtaking and nothing less than scintillating in this final performance. She was the pinnacle of everything opera could and should be. In opera this is only before Callas and after Callas. She was its apex.
Wow!
I still can't believe there are people who were so lucky to hear her. I would love to meet someone of those people and get to know about that amazing experience. Callas seems so distant and unreachable to me, like a goddess; and I often forget that she was real and that her legacy is still alive in a few people's memories. I envy you.
@@joaquin8670 Still many people's memories, I suppose.
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?
Fantasy.
She died of an accidental overdose of prescription pills. De Stefano talked about her taking too many pills, which people didnt really understand yet.
She didnt "keep losing weight." After the big loss in 1953, she stayed basically the same the rest of her life.
Her voice declined for 2 reasons:
(i) it was always an unnatural voice that required relentless training and practice to keep at top level, and her boring marriage with Meneghini allowed her to follow such a routine until 1959.
(ii) after meeting Onassis, she didnt want that kind of life any more, she wanted to have fun for a change.
No. See my comment.
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.
You gave us your soul La Callas and we were not worthy. You will always stay in our hearts. Divine! Of the Gods!
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!❤🎼
What raw gut wrenching emotion on the last Aria.
O mio bambino Caro.
Most soprano's today can only dream of singing like Maria.
She may have been past her prime
But she still had it.
Anyone else would be second rate
It breaks my heart to think of all the things she went through. Such a loss of a lady and one of the most astounding talents to have ever graced opera.
Yes, some difficulties. But she also had the great joy of a life in music, which she loved. She also said she was very happy with Onassis for 8 years.
Callas is a timeless example to singers of interpretation, vocal agility and visual beauty.
Callas was a gift to this world.
A wonderful 🎁 🌹
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.
How quickly people forget! In their prime these two were stupendous. Why give them a thumbs down for showing their human frailty? Even great artists aren't gods. They are mortal and so are their voices. If only one could last as long as the other!
@@marianneluban3347 If they're "great artists," they should know when it's over.
Maria sabia que acabava a sua carreira de grande soprano e sim ela era uma grande artista!A maior de tod💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌🇵🇹os os tempos presentes e futuros!
@@mmjhcb,,,, In your Life,have you always made all perfect decisions???
@@delflorida2480 Ridiculous response. Really bizarro funny, written by one who refuses to admit ANY defect in an idol. But I will tell you, I would not have made THIS disastrous one. No way.
Il destino può esser crudele. Ma il memorio non dimentica la fortuna.
Totally agree. I was AMAZED when I heard her masterclasses and she was throwing off phrases from all kinds of arias like it was as easy as speaking. The masterclasses are amazingly insightful to listen to.
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.
You all need to understand something. Maria Callas was a professional singer! That means, she was smart enough to choose roles that would not represent a vocal damage, although when you've had a damn good vocal training, you know that if you sing properly, any role is bad for the voice. It was her private life which was tremendously perjudicial for her.
When you stop singing for a very long time like she did, the muscles needed for singing (diaphram, vocal cords and the chest register) looses their strenght, and this is reflected in the way of reaching the top notes, the vocal acrobats and the support for the voice.
The voice was not broken! It was out of strenght, if she'd have the volunty to work very hard and study again, she could've had another chance, but she couldn't because she had nothing to grap on in this life & she passed away. So, a little bit of respect & please don't talk about thing you know anything about, it's disrespectful for her legacy and you look very bad.
Preach it ♥
Thank you for your explanations. I hope she rests in peace. A l epoque, many people said it was a mistake. But I think she felt good about it, and we all enjoy it. She never sounded as an "old" voice, in spite of her age, her talent was always there... beyond any critics. Adorada ....
Hernan Revello For all the incredible things that she did, for how passionate and worker she was, i'm vey sure that she rest in peace.
yes, but your grammar is horrible. There are run-on's everywhere and no punctuation.
neither gramar, nor pronunciation were important in those times. The importance of the text had never been stressed until the late 80's. Before that, the singers wouldn't care because the important thing to them was the music itself.
She really was just divine. No other opera singer will come close to her legacy or work ethic or passion or ability to transform opera into a living being.
Word!
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.
If you are disappointed from her performance you need to read her life story.Her career was not even close to anyones career.She was a dramatic soprano!!You can not compare Callas's voice,soul,musicality,stage performance,quality and career with Sutherlad's or with any soprano..That is why Callas was /is a legend.End of story..!
Music She was a dramatic coloratura.
She was and vill be a legend... the others are the others
She was not a dramatic soprano
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
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.
That having been said, I am and will always be a devoted Callas follower. La Divina for life!
Non parlerei di tramonto vocale... Quello che in Maria Callas è considerato il periodo meno "brillante" è ciò che oggi ascoltiamo in molte voci ad inizio carriera. Lei ci aveva abituato a ben altro, d'accordo, ma è comunque una DEA. SEMPRE. Sempre straordinaria. Artista meravigliosa. Guai a chi la tocca 💟Sono una Cantante che ha attraversato molte crisi vocali e so bene quanto sia dura. Avrei dato chissà cosa (all'epoca non ero ancora nata) per essere lì, anche"solo" a girare le pagine al pianista, pur di stare sul palco a pochi cm da lei... 😅Mi inchino e mi inchinero'sempre a tanta arte 🙏🙏❤️
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.
Listen carefully. Callas only agreed to do that concert to raise money for DeStefano's child who had cancer. She knew that she was past her best but pushed herself with sheer will power and technique against her own will. It was mind over matter. The charity involved absolves her from any criticism. RIP Diva Ultima.
Not true. Italy then, as now, had universal Healthcare. So Luisa Di Stefano's health-care was taken care of. Plus Di Stefano was still performing regularly. The concerts were done for her, not Di Stefano.
La crítica la destrozó después de este recital
When Callas sings, every sentence gets a special meaning ...
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.
She had an incredible voice. She could also put emotions in her singing as few other singers had before her.
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.
Какая же она красавица! с таким умеренным макияжем она даже еще красивее, чем в молодости! Нас впечатляет не только внешность, не только голос, но и её грандиозная судьба, её трагедия, её способность чувствовать, любить и страдать. Всё это имеет мистическое воздействие на нас.
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.
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.
I find her in pretty good shape, she picked pieces where she sounded really good and suited her capabilities at that moment. Don't think it was the voice that deteriorated much, more a matter of getting out of shape because she stopped singing actively for many years. There's "celebrity" sopranos past their prime nowadays that keep getting hired by the top opera theatres who sound way worse than her in these recordings, who cannot even intonate properly anymore and everything sounds like one never ending, exhausted wobble....Yet people keep judging Callas for these wonderful performances which are better than a lot we witness in some major theatres today.
just imagine beind there in person and listen to this great voice, that would be incredible indeed, specaily casta diva.. May her soul rest in peace..
A wonderful treat for Callas fans. Thanks for putting this up.
My voice teacher in Boston said "It was worth the price of admission to see Callas walk out on stage."
Unforgettable performance! We will never see this kind of art
Now days: Dec. 2013; we don't have even ONE tenor that can touch Pipo Di Stefano, in this recording, and to think that he was already out of the business; but he defended himself like a real Lion with his diction and with those clear A vowels, and phrasing
I agree! He too for me is as memorable as Callas
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!
After what Onassis put her through, it's amazing that she could still sound this good.
Well, "Pippo"/di Stefano misses a few notes, but not by a WIDE margin ... and Ms. Callas has a VERY-few moments, of intonations, that might be questionable. The Greek woman, and the very-Italianate tenor (di Stefano) achieve some VERY-fine duets, together. Ivor Newton (piano accompaniment) is very fine, also! This is a very-VALUABLE remembrance of two of the GREATest of the tenor/soprano eras of the past century. Thanks for this upload!
Mabie I'm crazy but I think she sounds just as lovely in this performence as she did in her prime.
Yes. Indeed!💖
Maria Callas! The goddess of music! The only PERFECT voice that has ever been and will be!
@@mariavalasaki1299 OMG!
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
Thank you for posting this. My parents were at this concert and they never forgot it. Callas and di Stefano - two heroes of opera and the very greatest.
WOW... I'm so joyfully jealous of them... I would have LOVE to have been at this concert!
She was the greatest...She is the greatest. enough of the analysis.. rest in her talent, her brilliance...that is enough
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.
a beautiful smile, an unparallel talent and a radient Greek character....
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...
Maria Callas cantaba en forma impresionante, varias de sus interpretaciones son simplemente CONMOVEDORAS
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
Assolutamente ogni parola,ogni giudizio,ogni pensiero sono inutili dinanzi a tanta grandezza. Irraggiungibile. Una coppia assolutamente unita,grande,unica. Sintesi perfetta del bel canto.
She was a great singer, a great actress, a great legend.
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 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).
Not a single comment for an amazing Giuseppe di Stefano! Bravissimo!
He was not the subject matter.
Великолепный дуэт Стефани-Каллас! Настоящее оперное итальянское пение.
these videos is important for all humanity to see. beautiful and beautiful callas.Inmortal!!
Happy birthday, La Divina! We love and miss you! BRAVA!!!!
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.
It is absolutely cruel to judge the great singers like Callas and Sutherland as examples, great pianists and violinists like Arrau, Horowitz, Rubenstein, Menuhin, Stern and others by their not so good performances.
They are human in the end.
No one is perfect. We are not a perfect audience either.
And Callas made for melodramma all that nobody made before and after...
MC has a voice no others to this day can quite emulate.
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.
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
This woman was a gift to this world
Un privilegio poder revisar este registro audiovisual, que perpetua el talento de Maria Callas, para deleite de futuras generaciones,
Clapping for over a minute just for showing up... I wish I could have been there
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!
Oh my gahd.... where do they get these beautiful and powerful voices... LOVE EM!!!!!!
Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏 Magnífico. She was so beautiful and perfect
OMG... her high... is SO BEAUTIFUL... the lower voice... a little bright... BUT OMG... she's GLORIOUS...! I have "friends" who are singing on BIG stages still... and NEVER sounded like this... EVER... EVER... EVER... (and NEVER will...!)
MrLisztian That's a good thing.
Qué milagro de concierto ! Yo hubiera dado años de mi vida por haberlo visto . Bravooooo !!!!
¡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.
Восторг! Я вижу уставшую, мужественную женщину! Может ее голос и не тот, что был раньше, но она Великая в своем мастерстве пения, артистизма, ей не надо кружиться по сцене и сбрасывать туфли, она в своих пропетых фразах сказала все….
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
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
Actually, no it was not her own words. She was recounting the Rome story where she quit halfway through. She had told them beforehand she wasnt well and that they should get a replacement. They said, no, no, because "no one can double Callas". So, she went ahead and got halfway through and then told them she couldnt continue. Huge scandal as the Italian President was there.
I love seeing the big respect between Callas and di Stefano. People/artists of class 😌
Maria Callas a glamouring star of all times!
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
Yes, who cares the quality of her wonderful voice at that time. Did anyone of us don´t give everything for having being there?. Thanks for uploading this video!.
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!
A diva like no other, thanks for uploading this
I don't get into technicalities or specific roles or pieces or performances or comparisons. I simply say that nobody has even come close to relay the emotional depth of pieces of music, which is the most important aspect of any performance, and Callas was and is the standard par excellence. That is all.
Mick Mack If "relaying the emotional depth" is the most important aspect, why don't we just send actors out to talk the operas? SINGING is THE most important aspect. Period.
@ She may have been "the perfect success," but she sure wasn't the perfect singer.
@ Give me a break! Yes, I've read the disease excuses. You're right. Bel canto doesn't translate to "perfect singing"; it translates to "beautiful singing," and Callas' often wasn't.
@ Beautiful CAN equate to perfect, but that's not the point here. You haven't comprehended what I wrote. Callas' technique was not what it needed to be, and her singing suffered accordingly. That's why you often hear a beautiful passage followed by an ugly one, and this phenomenon didn't just suddenly occur later in life.
@ Oh, brother! There's no rational argument possible when one is engaged with a Callas cultist. Absurd? No, sir! Simply the truth that someone who's starstruck and obsessed with Callas apparently can't handle. I'm willing to concede and applaud her good points, while recognizing her obvious flaws. You, on the other hand, wish to describe her only in hagiographic terms.
" 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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Todo en ella es música... Todo en ella es Arte. Callas aún vive...
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 💖