@@lucillebonds2196even so!!! He deserves it. They both have lost the shine and the dynamism in their voices but I LOVED De Stefano. He had a golden voice. My favorite tenor. By the way I couldn’t watch the whole concert, it was sad…
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.
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.
@@SteveODonnell25 I agree with everything you said! But there was one soprano, who, in my opinion, was even greater than Maria Callas, and who Callas herself said “she was the greatest of us all”. And that is the absolutely gorgeous Rosa Ponselle. I am totally in love with her! Even though her recordings are 100 years old, when recording technique was much more primitive than it is now, the astounding beauty and dark richness of her voice still comes through. People who heard her in person, said she had the most beautiful voice they had ever heard, and the voice was “enormous“.
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 ❤💐🌺🌷🌸🙏👍🎉🎊🥂
Callas redefined opera. Such an amazing musician, artist & what an instrument! No voice lasts forever, but her legacy will never be forgotten. Brava La Divina!
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.
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
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.
She was an incarnation of a perfect uncreated world, she could channel perfection into this flawed mortal realm, one of a kind, a bridge between the perfect uncreated world and the gross material world, she showed us that there is a place where perfection resides.
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.
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.
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.
Maria was at her peak.. when the Richest Man of the day wooed her ! Any person in her shoes would have acted the way, she did [given her circumstances with Meneghini]. Life is never perfect. What goes up, comes down... Wish Maria hadn't fallen into the glitz, glamour, high life of Onassis..
Callas chose Onassis and dumped her husband, no one forced her. Dumped one rich old man for a richer one. It's OK for her to dump her loyal husband but not to get dumped? Lol
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
That’s really childish for such a claim. Every life has its cycle, make us cherish the present more. At least we have recording to memorialize her immense talent.
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
There are singers currently performing, and in high demand, whose voices do not rise to the level that Callas still possessed after she "lost her voice".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 🙏🙏❤️
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
This would have been amazing in 1973. It such a shame that the Royal Festival Hall doesn't put this calibre of concerts on anymore. I remember being taken there by my school as a child and it was magical. It is rubbish now. Haven't seen anything good there for years.
Maria Callas e Giuseppe di Stefano both are greatest opera' singers. Maria Callas not only an opera singer, her performance is perfect in all the the sense or way!! She will be in the all the Opera theaters forever as a symbol of Divas. Giuseppe di Stefano also in this concert was performance of soft sounds is incredible!!
I am so happy and moved to see the respect and compliments given to Maria Callas in comments. Opera will not be forgotten and Calass, the legend, will always be remembered.
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!
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!.
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.
Je suis devenue une vraie fanatique d'opéra parce que, un jour, j'ai entendu «par hasard» la voix de Maria Callas. Merci pour ce document vidéo. Ils sont si rares.
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 can say with a sincere heart that, as only a classical violinist, and a listener - nay an imbiber - of the vocalizing of the great Calls for over 60 years - her singing, at her "worst" was greater than the "best" of most imitators.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@lucillebonds2196even so!!! He deserves it. They both have lost the shine and the dynamism in their voices but I LOVED De Stefano. He had a golden voice. My favorite tenor.
By the way I couldn’t watch the whole concert, it was sad…
An extremely talented musician, bravo Giuseppe Di Stefano m❤
Maria was a born Star, with her unusual talent, which no one can deny or ignore ❤
One of a kind
She was too good for this world. Exquisite. Soulful. Magnificent. A gift from the heavens for us mortals. Bless. ❤
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.
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....
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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
Я вам завидую
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.
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!❤🎼
Me too!!!!
@@SteveODonnell25 I agree with everything you said! But there was one soprano, who, in my opinion, was even greater than Maria Callas, and who Callas herself said “she was the greatest of us all”. And that is the absolutely gorgeous Rosa Ponselle. I am totally in love with her! Even though her recordings are 100 years old, when recording technique was much more primitive than it is now, the astounding beauty and dark richness of her voice still comes through. People who heard her in person, said she had the most beautiful voice they had ever heard, and the voice was “enormous“.
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
@@afritimm thank you dear for sharing ♥️👍
She had a unique voice the so called wabble was the unearthly part
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Very little warble in the earlier years.
She was so beautiful! Love from Greece ❤
Callas redefined opera. Such an amazing musician, artist & what an instrument! No voice lasts forever, but her legacy will never be forgotten. Brava La Divina!
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?
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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.
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!...💖
What a star! Sheer talent! The soul of a true artist that will shine for eternity. 💐👏🏻
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
She was an incarnation of a perfect uncreated world, she could channel perfection into this flawed mortal realm, one of a kind, a bridge between the perfect uncreated world and the gross material world, she showed us that there is a place where perfection resides.
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.
@@meirwise1107 She was amazing! Right up there with the equally great Rosa Ponselle, who Callas her self, said “was the greatest Of us all”.
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
That having been said, I am and will always be a devoted Callas follower. La Divina for life!
Callas is a timeless example to singers of interpretation, vocal agility and visual beauty.
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.
This woman was a gift to this world
After what Onassis put her through, it's amazing that she could still sound this good.
Maria was at her peak.. when the Richest Man of the day wooed her ! Any person in her shoes would have acted the way, she did [given her circumstances with Meneghini]. Life is never perfect. What goes up, comes down... Wish Maria hadn't fallen into the glitz, glamour, high life of Onassis..
Callas chose Onassis and dumped her husband, no one forced her. Dumped one rich old man for a richer one. It's OK for her to dump her loyal husband but not to get dumped? Lol
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.
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.
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.
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.
After all these decades it's very emotional to see her live for her last tour.... 💜
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.
Unforgettable performance! We will never see this kind of art
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.
She was a great singer, a great actress, a great legend.
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...
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.
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!
When Callas sings, every sentence gets a special meaning ...
A diva like no other, thanks for uploading this
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..
The greatest DIVA! And she looked so beautiful!
Such beauty such talent!
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.
That’s really childish for such a claim. Every life has its cycle, make us cherish the present more. At least we have recording to memorialize her immense talent.
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
There are singers currently performing, and in high demand, whose voices do not rise to the level that Callas still possessed after she "lost her voice".
A wonderful treat for Callas fans. Thanks for putting this up.
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!
Rosa Ponselle ,,,
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.’
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 beautiful smile, an unparallel talent and a radient Greek character....
The more I hear her performing, the more I like her. Every time I appreciate her more.
An telwi because she was a witch.
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!
these videos is important for all humanity to see. beautiful and beautiful callas.Inmortal!!
Maria Callas....so beautiful, thank you for this post!
Her presence is radiating itself.
Maria Callas a glamouring star of all times!
Bravo, bravo. What a voice and talent.
Maria Callas! The goddess of music! The only PERFECT voice that has ever been and will be!
@@mariavalasaki1299 OMG!
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!
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.
Incredibile, per sempre
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.
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 🙏🙏❤️
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I cant stop watch Maria...shes great, diva. Callas forever ♥️
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
This would have been amazing in 1973. It such a shame that the Royal Festival Hall doesn't put this calibre of concerts on anymore. I remember being taken there by my school as a child and it was magical. It is rubbish now. Haven't seen anything good there for years.
Maria Callas e Giuseppe di Stefano both are greatest opera' singers.
Maria Callas not only an opera singer, her performance is perfect in all the the sense or way!! She will be in the all the Opera theaters forever as a symbol of Divas. Giuseppe di Stefano also in this concert was performance of soft sounds is incredible!!
I am so happy and moved to see the respect and compliments given to Maria Callas in comments. Opera will not be forgotten and Calass, the legend, will always be remembered.
Oh my gahd.... where do they get these beautiful and powerful voices... LOVE EM!!!!!!
Un privilegio poder revisar este registro audiovisual, que perpetua el talento de Maria Callas, para deleite de futuras generaciones,
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!
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!.
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.
Je suis devenue une vraie fanatique d'opéra parce que, un jour, j'ai entendu «par hasard» la voix de Maria Callas. Merci pour ce document vidéo. Ils sont si rares.
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 can say with a sincere heart that, as only a classical violinist, and a listener - nay an imbiber - of the vocalizing of the great Calls for over 60 years - her singing, at her "worst" was greater than the "best" of most imitators.
Thank you for the posting!!!!!
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.
Maria will always be in my memory till the day I die.❤❤❤
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.
Great lady. Wonderful to hear and watch.
RS Canada
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.
Callas estupenda! Que registro mais maravilhoso, grata por disponibilizar!
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.
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.
Qué milagro de concierto ! Yo hubiera dado años de mi vida por haberlo visto . Bravooooo !!!!
What a great duet he is incredible
Maria Callas cantaba en forma impresionante, varias de sus interpretaciones son simplemente CONMOVEDORAS
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 for this: what an artist: what a class act
Magnificent beauty. Shattering. CALLAS defines opera.
Thank you so much - this is simply the best. What a wonderful voice!
Beautiful! Thanks for posting this.
She is awesome best voice of the eras ♥
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!
She had an incredible voice. She could also put emotions in her singing as few other singers had before her.
Chère Maria, que d'émotion....encore merci pour ce talent jamais égalé