και κάτι ακόμα, δυστυχώς, πικρία, για το πως της συμπεριφέρθηκαν στην Ελλάδα, κι αυτή την πικρία δυστυχώς έχουν εκφράσει οι περισσότεροι σπουδαίοι Έλληνες.
@@user-vo5mf3ly9s no it wasn't. According to Petsalis-Diomidis' excellent biography of her early years, when she arrived in Greece in 1937, she spoke the language quite badly.
I would like to salut my beloved public, my public that first heard my singing in those good and bad years of greece that we suffered a lot, and i would like also to say that there was nothing wrong for me and for you (because she didnt sing at the first of the two concerts that were to be given) unfortunatelly i am not used to this climate, dry weather and hot air, a little bit exhausted, a little bit sad, but i will surpass everything because i have worked hard and i can tolerate everything. I am sad because i didnt sing at the first concert of the festival because my throat was sore (strained), that happens to everyone, i could try to sing but i wouldnt sing well. I am sure you wouldnt want that because i want to give everything of myself to you, the people that i love and you love me. On the contrary, let me tell you that if i wanted to give my best in Italy and worldwide, here in greece i want to be absolutelly perfect (in spite of the hatred she endured by her colleagues she speaks so gratefully...brava Maria) maybe give more of what you even imagine. I dont know what i want of myself, because everyone says that is satisfied of my art, but i am never satisfied of myself. Imagine if i am not well and i feel that i cannot perform, even that little of me that i can give (modesty at its peak!) (free translation: i feel i never perform well, so imagine if i am sick and i defenatelly feel i cannot give my best, i prefer not to sing at all) I would also like to ask you of something else, on Monday, because everyone says that i give everything of myself and that my voice is a miracle, dont beleive all that. They say i am a miracle, i cannot do anything else but sing, dont have high expectations because i dont know what you want of me and what you imagine of me in your minds. This frightens me because i am umana, i am human...with feelings because i want to sing for you my best. Accept what i am with happiness dont expect a miracle, i dont know how and cannot please you. Well all that bitterness comes from my effort to be good at my art. I hope i will please you on Monday. Its true i am sad from all the things that happened on my arrival for the festival. Many were against me unfairly, nothing depends on my decisions, Mr Mamakis brought me here so that i can sing for you. I know nothing about politics. I am sorry that the press mixed me (she couldnt pronounce the word and the interviewer helped her pronounce it) , sorry for my greek that i havent spoken for so many years, with politics and all that fuss (the press and the opponent party were all against the government about her fee and the money spent for the athens festival at that time. Her name became reason for political attacks in the greek parliament) because we artists dont have such borders we belong to the public and i especially belong to the Greek public. Because, i am married to an Italian, all the world gave me glory, but my blood is Greek and that cannot be erased.(well her fathers house outside of Athens is about to become ruins, no memory of hers in all Athens, or a Sculpture or something to remind of her.....nothing to be said more) I thank you first of all, colleagues, relatives, not all of course, one or two maybe not be good to me but i have good friends amongst them...that i am sorry that i havent seen them yet because i dont want to be emotional, i wouldnt be able to even speak to them because its so many years that i havent met them. On Monday if you are satisfied i will be the most happy person in the whole world. Now i would like to thank the public and colleagues that took my part in that fuss, people that i know and i dont know that sent me letters and flowers with such good words of compassion. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and i hope to please you and give you my regards on Monday night with my singing. Pray that i am well for that night, as i pray too. After the concert i will come back to the radio to say a few more happy words i hope. (she dint give an interview) I salut you and i kiss you all, goodbye. (She recorded that message at the hotel Grand Britain in Athens, which still exists..) Sorry for any mistakes! i hope you can manage to understand what i wrote! cheers!
+george pangeo Thank you so much, George! I assume you are a native speaker of Greek so I have a question... I wonder if Maria had acquired a foreign accent after so many years living outside of Greece. To my ear, her English sounded a little weird and, at times, not very grammatical. Do you hear an accent or awkward sentence construction when she speaks Greek? Does Maria sound like any Greek woman? I'd appreciate it if you could answer this question. Again, thank you fro your translation.
+nohaylamujer yes she defenatelly has an accent and awkward sentence construction at some points, but she can be thoroughly understood by any native greek person :) the thing that is stuck to my mind is that she pronounces heavily some consonants, according to a dialect used in the region of Peloponnese, the origins of her father and mine :) ...for example.... 4:16 'lega peo haroumena loghia' which means 'a few more happy words'...the word lega ...the l letter she pronounces it like the italian gli....it is common in the folk dialect of peloponnese... :) i am fascinated by it .... because the letter l is pronounced like the word little....like the word....at 4:12 senavleas....which means concert.... the l is pronounced accurate there....but a bit later she pronounces it like gli in the word legho....i hope you understood my meaning :)
She speaks Greek almost completely fluently but with a Venetian/Veronese accent. This is evident in the way she pronounces the word "umana". Do not forget she was born in New York City in 1923, lived in Greece from 1937 and during WW2, returned to the States in 1945, went to Italy in 1947 for her international debut as Gioconda at the Arena di Verona, and married a Veronese businessman in 1949. Very moving to hear her state that although she is Italian by marriage (yet she kept her American citizenship until 1967-68), her blood is indelibly Greek...she spoke the language much better during the Onassis affair. Her French was excellent and her English, with a slightly American accent, sounds very odd, like someone had learned it by tape on Mars!
Με αυτές τις δηλώσεις καταλαβαίνω ότι ήταν τελειομανής, ο κόσμος δεν καταλάβαινε τα λάθη της παρα άκουγαν εξστασιασμενοι ωστόσο αυτή δεν θα έβγαινε στη σκηνή παρα μόνο εαν ήταν σίγουρη 100% και ούτε καν 95%. Ίσως μόνο κάπως έτσι δημιουργουνται οι θρύλοι!!!
Thanks for posting this recording. It's the first time I hear La Callas speaking greek, and an elegant greek. Now my secret & crazy dream is to hear her singing something in greek.
Μιλαει πολυ καλα ελληνικα...κι εχει αγαπη για την χωρα της ειναι προφανης...ηθελε να ευχαριστησει τους Ελληνες θεατες...κι ηταν πολυ αξια που μιλουσε ελληνικα καλα παρ οτι ελειπε τοσα χρονια απο την Ελλαδα...το αιμα μου ειναι ελληνικο κι αυτο δεν το σβηνει κανενας...για εμας ακομα τοσα χρονια μετα τον θανατο της ειναι το Αηδονι...και ναι ειναι Ελληνιδα.....και η αποδειξη οτι αγαπουσε την χωρα της πολυ οτι ζητησε οι σταχτες της να σκορπιστουν στο Αιγαιο Πελαγος...για να μην φυγει ποτε ξανα απο εδω...εχουμε βγαλει σημαντικους ανθρωπους σ αυτον τον τοπο ομως σημερα εχουμε χασει δυστυχως την ροτα μας...η Ελλαδα δεν εχει αναγκη απο αντιγραφες σε ολα τα επιπεδα...μπορει και βγαζει διαμαντια....οπως η Μαρια...
Η κοπέλα γεννήθηκε στην Αμερική, επέστρεψε παιδί στην Αθήνα και κάτι μούτρα σαν τον Αλέξη Μινωτή του Εθνικού Θεάτρου την χαράμισαν στο να τραγουδάει ΠΑΡΑΣΚΗΝΙΑΚΑ όσο μια άλλη ηθοποιός επί σκηνής ανοιγόκλεινε το στόμα. Θέλω να πω, η Ελλάδα που έφαγε την μέγιστη Ελένη Παπαδάκη, θα έτρωγε ευχαρίστως και την Κάλλας, αν η θεά Τύχη δεν την έστελνε στην Ιταλία. Της χρωστάμε, δεν μας χρωστούσε τίποτα η Μαρία. Ποτέ δεν άφησε την πικρία της να φανεί και αυτό, λέγεται ΜΕΓΑΛΕΙΟ του άξιου καλλιτέχνη!
iweygiw iwefdyw τι λέτε?????? Η Καλλας τραγούδησε τουλάχιστον 5 μεγάλες παραγωγες στην Ελλάδα! Τόσκα, Πρωτομασστορα, Tiefland, Bettelstudent, Καβαλλερια, Φιντέλιο. Συγνώμη αλλά λέτε ονειροφαντασιες. Ο Μινωτής δεν ήταν καν στην Ελλάδα εκείνη την εποχή!
Διαφωνώ, δεν είναι ξεχασμένη. Ακόμα και νεαρά άτομα χωρίς ιδιαίτερη κλασσική παιδεία, συνδέουν την Μαρία Κάλλας με το λυρικό κλασσικό τραγούδι, πολλοί δε Έλληνες (όχι απαραίτητα λάτρεις της Όπερας) αναγνωρίζουν την φωνή της. Ακόμα και τότε που ήρθε να τραγουδήσει στην Αθήνα και τα μέσα ήταν λιγοστά, μου είπε ένας ηλικιωμένος επαρχιώτης πως αρκετοί είχαν μαζευτεί σε ένα σπίτι, το μοναδικό στην γειτονιά που είχε ραδιόφωνο για να ακούσουν την αναμετάδοση από το Ηρώδειο που έκανε το τότε ΕΙΡ.
Ειχε συνδιασμο ταλεντων που μοιαζει εξωπραγματικο να εμφανιστει σε μια τετοια χωρα. Πλεον δε βγαινει απολυτως τιποτα. Η ποιοτητα αυτου του λαου εχει κατρακυλισει και αναρωτιεσαι αν εχει πατο. Πλεον και με τα πολιτικα βεβαια ο κοσμος εχει παρατησει την ιδεα της ιδιας της Ελλαδας, οι αριστεροι πολεμουν τη χωρα τους, οι κεντρωοι πανε με τον ανεμο, οι δεξιοι σερνονται απο τους αριστερους και οι πατριωτες εχουν αηδιασει τοσο που βλεπουν την καταρευση χαιρεκακα. Αυτα τα βιντεο μοιαζουν με ιστορικα ντοκουμεντα απο αλλη χωρα και λαο.
Πολύ ωραίο βίντεο,σας ευχαριστώ,φαίνεται ότι τα ελληνικά ηταν η πρώτη γλώσσα της την οποία δεν μιλούσε συχνά την εποχή που μεσουρανουσε,εξ ού και η προφορά.Πραγματικα μια τεράστια καλλιτέχνιδα.
Συγκινούμαι όταν μια σπουδαία προσωπικότητα προσπάθει να δείξει την αγαπη για τον λαός επίσης τι απίστευτη φωνή σαν θεμα ηρεμία πίστης δεν ξαναβγαίνουν άνθρωπο με αυτήν την καρτερικότητα Θα ήθελα το ελληνικό κράτος να την αναγνωρίσει
Wonderful pictures ! I wish I'd understand what she is saying.... would you have a translation of this interview, or could you tell us what she is talking about ?
@CalifaJohn My only point was in regard to your comment to arvedsin. That is, to point out the discrepancy in comparison: his comment was regarding the 1960s, when Maria was an adult. Your reply to him was to say it would have been odd for her to speak with that accent as a child in Queens, which was not his assertion.
@CalifaJohn My grandparents knew her for a brief time back in the early 60's and what I know by my grandmother,she had a very elegant accent,but not American at all,it was sorta like an amalgamation of "Newyorkian-British".I mean my Nana told a lot of stories that were in her imagination,lol,but this one I know it was real,cause my mother confirmed it.
Συγγνώμη, αλλά ΔΕ νομίζω ότι αυτά που αναφέρονται στην προηγούμενη ανάρτηση, ως λόγοι για τη δημιουργία του θρύλου της Μαρία Κάλλας, έπαιξαν ρόλο σε τόσο μεγάλο ποσοστό, όπως υποστηρίζεται συχνά από κάποιους. Μόνο η αξεπέραστη και η ανεπανάληπτη μουσικής της αλήθεια, την έκανε την απόλυτη Diva. Η Μαρία Κάλλας πάλεψε πάρα πολύ για να μπορέσει να επικοινωνήσει, απόλυτα με τον κόσμο, το μεγαλείο της μουσικής και να φτάσει "στο πιο ψηλό σκαλί στης ποιήσεως τη σκάλα".
@GhostRaider18765 she said that an accident with her voice didnt let her sing at an opening of a festival back then.she said that she will be back this(?) monday to sing for the greek people the ones that shares her blood and that if she wanted to give 100% every time she performed,in greece she wanted to give 200%.also she said some thing about her relatives here etc.and that she didnt wanted to be part of politics (maybe some bad things about her in the press back then because
@arvedsin You can hear a very American accent in her 1973 interview with Mike Wallace. Maybe she was just relaxed enough to fall into her native American accent because she was free at that moment from the tensions that could be provoked by the snobbery and posturing she was subjected to in her younger years.
@arvedsin Actually, she had a distinctly American accent early on. Naturally, she was born and raised in the US until her teen years. Later on, she developed her own accent in English as a result of the mix of international influences she had from being an international figure using so many different languages. Her French sounds to me like a mix of American and Eastern European accents. Her accents were as unique as she was.
@@delta606 She did not sound like a native speaker when speaking French. I cannot comment on her Greek or Italian since I don’t speak those languages. I know from living in many different locations that if I stay long enough, my west coast American accent starts to become influenced by where I have been living.
@quafer She never had an American accent,she had all kinds of accents,but the one that you would pick up the most was a British accent.She was so unique that even the accent she had in every language she spoke,she made it her own.
Ειλικρινά ποσό με συγκινεί να άκου το μύθο της όπερας να υπεραγαπαει την χώρα της να μην ξεχνάει την καταγωγή Να θελει να δώσει την εικόνα που πρέπει στο κοινό δηλαδή ως προς το θέατη την απόικονηση ενός καλλιτέχνη που θυσιάζει τον εαυτό του στην τεχνη
Avevo un anno. Negli anni sessanta, dai rotocalchi la conobbi. Era moglie di Meneghine, veronese di Zevio, poi passò con Onassis, ma perse la voce la musica la passione, dedizione x il canto, poi venne " piantata in NASSO " dalla vedova Kennedy, Jackline. Sic.
What a wonderful artist, singer and hard worker at her art..What a tragedy that she had such bad luck with relationships, and love of the heart..she never really looked happy out of the world of singing..her choices of men were a complete waste of time! Bless her!
Italian? What are you out of your mind? Do you even speak Greek or understand it? I'm Greek and her accent couldn't sound any MORE Greek than it does. Educate yourself before making such false statements.
*Not forgetting one's maternal language or at least making an effort to learn/speak it is always noble, no matter if you're the regretted MC or Joe/Josie Blow!*
Her syntax,grammar,vocabulary in Greek is perfect, but, her accent in Greek is absolutely a foreigner's accent; either because she was born in the US or 'cause she lived in Italy for many years. Nonetheless she was a wonderful Lady :-)
@@Tkimba2 we said here Greece that the blood it'snt "turn" to water if you understand what i said ..of he grow up in USA but the values and the language of her family was Greek inside the house
@arvedsin It would be odd to imagine Maria moving about Queens as a child and putting on an English accent when her parents would have had a Greek accent. People would have found it comically pretentious for someone born in Queens to do that. Besides, I have heard many video clips and interviews in which her accent is essentially very American.
@@user-vo5mf3ly9s No way. Italian accent 100% . I have a friend who is Italian and she speaks exactly this way, when she speaks some Greek. It's the O's L's L's ect.
Sounds like Italian gibberish. Not hating in anyway, btw!! I think it is a beautiful language. Just saying, the prononciation and accent sounds similar to Italian.
Sounds much more like Spanish I think. Gr and Sp share a lot of common sounds ("th", the "broken s", the hard "h") that Italian in its standard form doesn't have.
Παραλολουθωντας την ιστορια της νομιζω οτι ειναι διδακτικη : πολλες φορες δε φταις εσυ για το τελμα που εχεις περιελθει αλλα το περιβαλλον στο οποιο εισαι και απο οπου πρεπει να φυγεις για να δεις προκοπη . Αν ειχε μεινει στην Ελλαδα ,παρολο που ειχε τετοιο μεγαλο ταλεντο , δε θα γινοταν ποτε διασημη. Το γεγονος οτι προδωσε τον ανθρωπο που περισσοτερο τη βοηθησε προσωπικα δε μου αρεσε . Ωστοσο ειναι φανερο οτι περα απο το ταλεντο εκανε και η ιδια μεγαλο αγωνα για να διακριθει .
Ο Μενεγκινι τη χρησιμοποίησε παρα πολύ για να βγαλει χρημα και δόξα , και αν δεν απαρνιόταν την αμερικανικη υπηκοότητα αφήνοντας μόνο την ελληνική δε θα είχε απαγγυστρωθεί ποτέ από τον Μενεγκίνι , ο οποίος ήταν και η αιτία όλων των σκανδάλων αφού αυτός τα προκαλούσε και τελικά της έκαναν ζημιά ......
Oh my god she s Amercian , her greek is good of course but the accent and the cadensa.. she would have never been who she is without being born abroad, the fighter in her is from US rules. Greeks are too kind .
Constantin Giakoumakis I hear a person well-versed in the Greek language, her mother-tongue.( I am sure her immigrant parents spoke Greek at home.) But, she seems to have acquired an Italian accent due to living in Italy with her Italian husband.
Constantin Giakoumakis Η Καλλας ήταν καθαρόαιμη ΕΛΛΗΝΙΔΑ και πολύ περήφανη για την καταγωγή της. Πρώτα βλέπουμε τις Ρίζες της το αίμα της όλο καθόλο Ελληνικό στις βλεβες της. Και συ το αμφισβητas; Εσυ τι είσαι τελως πάντων;;; Όλη η Ελλάδα και όλος ο υπόλοιπος κόσμος είναι υπερήφανοι για την Ελληνίδα ΝΤΙΒΑ μας και Βασίλισσα της Όπερας.
It is stupid,she is 100% Greek,her Greek is perfect(who cares about the accent,she lives years abroad),plus,she studied music in Athens,she lived in Greece up to her 22(1945).
Maria leave the greek people with complexities being or believing thinking they are the best or nationalistic to say what ever they want. We are happy to listen to you and we know how greek you were but, how greeks are so sad, corrupt believing on pasok and ND and want to be a part of Europe but so lazy and corrupt. Talking a 100% greek guy, gay though ( raised abroad )with a great mother and father who they let me believe what I am and not believing in orthodoxy even if I believe christiany plays a huge part in greek culture but is not everything., Maria callas I love you and I know that you suffered a lot with your mother and Onassis
She was américain. Without Her américain roots she would have never been a fighter , the idea of something better. Greeks from greece are too weak too kind d
"Το αίμα μου είναι ελληνικό και αυτό δε θα το σβήσει ποτέ κανένας "
Even when she speaks - it sounds like a melody, like a music!
That is too true
Maria Callas: " My blood is Greek and no one can erase (deny) that".
Το να υπάρχει η φωνή στα ελληνικά είναι το λιγότερο συγκλονιστικό. Φράση τη φράση τα λόγια της δείχνουν ένα πράγμα πάνω από όλα: ΕΥΘΥΝΗ
και κάτι ακόμα, δυστυχώς, πικρία, για το πως της συμπεριφέρθηκαν στην Ελλάδα, κι αυτή την πικρία δυστυχώς έχουν εκφράσει οι περισσότεροι σπουδαίοι Έλληνες.
Her speaking voice is much softer in Greek.
I think that probably was the case since I believe she spoke Greek as a first language.
@@flanplan5903 she was first generation Greek immigrant in USA and yes of course her first language was Greek
@@user-vo5mf3ly9s no it wasn't. According to Petsalis-Diomidis' excellent biography of her early years, when she arrived in Greece in 1937, she spoke the language quite badly.
@@kbhprinsesse however, she was speaking fluently
@@konstantinosconstantine I am talking about when she arrived in Greece in 1937, not in this interview made 20 years later.
She's just amazing. She said, amongst other things, take me as I am , do not expect miracles. Such a classy and humble lady !
I would like to salut my beloved public, my public that first heard my singing in those good
and bad years of greece that we suffered a lot, and i would like also to say
that there was nothing wrong for me and for you
(because she didnt sing at the first of the two concerts that were to be given)
unfortunatelly i am not used to this climate, dry weather and hot air, a little bit exhausted, a little
bit sad, but i will surpass everything because i have worked hard and i can tolerate everything.
I am sad because i didnt sing at the first concert of the festival because my
throat was sore (strained), that happens to everyone, i could try to sing but i wouldnt sing well.
I am sure you wouldnt want that because i want to give everything of myself to you, the people
that i love and you love me.
On the contrary, let me tell you that if i wanted to give my best in Italy and worldwide,
here in greece i want to be absolutelly perfect
(in spite of the hatred she endured by her colleagues she speaks so gratefully...brava Maria)
maybe give more of what you even imagine. I dont know what i want of myself, because everyone says
that is satisfied of my art, but i am never satisfied of myself. Imagine if i am not well
and i feel that i cannot perform, even that little of me that i can give (modesty at its peak!)
(free translation: i feel i never perform well, so imagine if i am sick and i defenatelly feel i cannot
give my best, i prefer not to sing at all)
I would also like to ask you of something else, on Monday, because everyone says that i give
everything of myself and that my voice is a miracle, dont beleive all that.
They say i am a miracle, i cannot do anything else but sing, dont have high expectations because i dont
know what you want of me and what you imagine of me in your minds. This frightens me because i am
umana, i am human...with feelings because i want to sing for you my best.
Accept what i am with happiness dont expect a miracle, i dont know how and cannot please you.
Well all that bitterness comes from my effort to be good at my art.
I hope i will please you on Monday. Its true i am sad from all the things that happened on my arrival
for the festival. Many were against me unfairly, nothing depends on my decisions, Mr Mamakis brought
me here so that i can sing for you. I know nothing about politics.
I am sorry that the press mixed me (she couldnt pronounce the word and the interviewer
helped her pronounce it) , sorry for my greek that i havent spoken for so many years,
with politics and all that fuss (the press and the opponent party were all against
the government about her fee and the money spent for the athens festival at that time. Her name became reason
for political attacks in the greek parliament) because we artists dont have such borders we belong to the public
and i especially belong to the Greek public. Because, i am married to an Italian, all the world gave me glory,
but my blood is Greek and that cannot be erased.(well her fathers house outside of Athens is about to become
ruins, no memory of hers in all Athens, or a Sculpture or something to remind of her.....nothing to be said more)
I thank you first of all, colleagues, relatives, not all of course, one or two maybe not be good to me
but i have good friends amongst them...that i am sorry that i havent seen them yet because i dont want to
be emotional, i wouldnt be able to even speak to them because its so many years that i havent met them.
On Monday if you are satisfied i will be the most happy person in the whole world.
Now i would like to thank the public and colleagues that took my part in that fuss, people that
i know and i dont know that sent me letters and flowers with such good words of compassion.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart and i hope to please you and give you my regards on Monday night
with my singing. Pray that i am well for that night, as i pray too.
After the concert i will come back to the radio to say a few more happy words i hope.
(she dint give an interview)
I salut you and i kiss you all, goodbye.
(She recorded that message at the hotel Grand Britain in Athens, which still exists..)
Sorry for any mistakes! i hope you can manage to understand what i wrote!
cheers!
Thanks sooo much !!! You was very kind! Thank you a lot!
george pangeo Thank You so much for the translation !!!!
george pangeo Thanks........................
+george pangeo Thank you so much, George! I assume you are a native speaker of Greek so I have a question... I wonder if Maria had acquired a foreign accent after so many years living outside of Greece. To my ear, her English sounded a little weird and, at times, not very grammatical. Do you hear an accent or awkward sentence construction when she speaks Greek? Does Maria sound like any Greek woman? I'd appreciate it if you could answer this question. Again, thank you fro your translation.
+nohaylamujer yes she defenatelly has an accent and awkward sentence construction at some points, but she can be thoroughly understood by any native greek person :)
the thing that is stuck to my mind is that she pronounces heavily some consonants, according to a dialect used in the region of Peloponnese, the origins of her father and mine :) ...for example.... 4:16 'lega peo haroumena loghia' which means 'a few more happy words'...the word lega ...the l letter she pronounces it like the italian gli....it is common in the folk dialect of peloponnese... :) i am fascinated by it .... because the letter l is pronounced like the word little....like the word....at 4:12 senavleas....which means concert.... the l is pronounced accurate there....but a bit later she pronounces it like gli in the word legho....i hope you understood my meaning :)
i love callas when she speaks english or greek language, hugs from turkey.. LOVE HER!! soo beautiful it sounds like god is speaking
Aynen!
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She speaks Greek almost completely fluently but with a Venetian/Veronese accent. This is evident in the way she pronounces the word "umana". Do not forget she was born in New York City in 1923, lived in Greece from 1937 and during WW2, returned to the States in 1945, went to Italy in 1947 for her international debut as Gioconda at the Arena di Verona, and married a Veronese businessman in 1949. Very moving to hear her state that although she is Italian by marriage (yet she kept her American citizenship until 1967-68), her blood is indelibly Greek...she spoke the language much better during the Onassis affair. Her French was excellent and her English, with a slightly American accent, sounds very odd, like someone had learned it by tape on Mars!
she also spoke Italian perfectly with almost no accent at all.
I didn't really understand what you're trying to say...
Luigi Mazzini i wrote in our cologne dialect something like "oh,che cosa sono intelligenti!!!"
still better accent than cypriots :P
She is Greek by blood, grow up as american, an Italian diva but live as french
Με αυτές τις δηλώσεις καταλαβαίνω ότι ήταν τελειομανής, ο κόσμος δεν καταλάβαινε τα λάθη της παρα άκουγαν εξστασιασμενοι ωστόσο αυτή δεν θα έβγαινε στη σκηνή παρα μόνο εαν ήταν σίγουρη 100% και ούτε καν 95%.
Ίσως μόνο κάπως έτσι δημιουργουνται οι θρύλοι!!!
So proud!She sais¨'Ι'm GREEK and my blood is GREEK!!''Lovely!!!
Αχ τι γυναίκα ήταν αυτή. Δεν ξέρω τι να πω..Ζήτω η Κάλλας! Ζήτω η αθάνατη μουσική.
Katherine Sandmeier Απλά υπέροχη!!
CL και στην Κάλλας χααχαχ
Ζήτω!!
La Divina.... Υπέροχη ....Αθάνατη.... Callas forever...
Thanks for posting this recording. It's the first time I hear La Callas speaking greek, and an elegant greek.
Now my secret & crazy dream is to hear her singing something in greek.
@@azbycx56 She's sung operas in Greek. Not sure if any recording exists
Αξέχαστη!! Οχι μόνο ένα καταπληκτικό ταλέντο αλλά και μια πραγματική κυρία!!
what a charming woman 🎈🔮🔮
I concur. She was from the bottom a very charming lady, but one who had been attacked for too many times.
Μιλαει πολυ καλα ελληνικα...κι εχει αγαπη για την χωρα της ειναι προφανης...ηθελε να ευχαριστησει τους Ελληνες θεατες...κι ηταν πολυ αξια που μιλουσε ελληνικα καλα παρ οτι ελειπε τοσα χρονια απο την Ελλαδα...το αιμα μου ειναι ελληνικο κι αυτο δεν το σβηνει κανενας...για εμας ακομα τοσα χρονια μετα τον θανατο της ειναι το Αηδονι...και ναι ειναι Ελληνιδα.....και η αποδειξη οτι αγαπουσε την χωρα της πολυ οτι ζητησε οι σταχτες της να σκορπιστουν στο Αιγαιο Πελαγος...για να μην φυγει ποτε ξανα απο εδω...εχουμε βγαλει σημαντικους ανθρωπους σ αυτον τον τοπο ομως σημερα εχουμε χασει δυστυχως την ροτα μας...η Ελλαδα δεν εχει αναγκη απο αντιγραφες σε ολα τα επιπεδα...μπορει και βγαζει διαμαντια....οπως η Μαρια...
She is above us all. Talented and classy
Callas: My blood is Greek !
Italiano francese inglese greco perfetti...unica
Η κοπέλα γεννήθηκε στην Αμερική, επέστρεψε παιδί στην Αθήνα και κάτι μούτρα σαν τον Αλέξη Μινωτή του Εθνικού Θεάτρου την χαράμισαν στο να τραγουδάει ΠΑΡΑΣΚΗΝΙΑΚΑ όσο μια άλλη ηθοποιός επί σκηνής ανοιγόκλεινε το στόμα. Θέλω να πω, η Ελλάδα που έφαγε την μέγιστη Ελένη Παπαδάκη, θα έτρωγε ευχαρίστως και την Κάλλας, αν η θεά Τύχη δεν την έστελνε στην Ιταλία. Της χρωστάμε, δεν μας χρωστούσε τίποτα η Μαρία. Ποτέ δεν άφησε την πικρία της να φανεί και αυτό, λέγεται ΜΕΓΑΛΕΙΟ του άξιου καλλιτέχνη!
Θα ήθελα να μάθω περισσότερα για την τότε αντιμετώπιση της. Μπορώ;
iweygiw iwefdyw τι λέτε?????? Η Καλλας τραγούδησε τουλάχιστον 5 μεγάλες παραγωγες στην Ελλάδα! Τόσκα, Πρωτομασστορα, Tiefland, Bettelstudent, Καβαλλερια, Φιντέλιο. Συγνώμη αλλά λέτε ονειροφαντασιες. Ο Μινωτής δεν ήταν καν στην Ελλάδα εκείνη την εποχή!
Always so humble, yet powerful and confident!
Είναι κρίμα που μία τόσο μεγάλη προσωπικότητα, σήμερα εχει ξεχαστεί τελείως από τους συμπατριώτες της.
Διαφωνώ, δεν είναι ξεχασμένη. Ακόμα και νεαρά άτομα χωρίς ιδιαίτερη κλασσική παιδεία, συνδέουν την Μαρία Κάλλας με το λυρικό κλασσικό τραγούδι, πολλοί δε Έλληνες (όχι απαραίτητα λάτρεις της Όπερας) αναγνωρίζουν την φωνή της.
Ακόμα και τότε που ήρθε να τραγουδήσει στην Αθήνα και τα μέσα ήταν λιγοστά, μου είπε ένας ηλικιωμένος επαρχιώτης πως αρκετοί είχαν μαζευτεί σε ένα σπίτι, το μοναδικό στην γειτονιά που είχε ραδιόφωνο για να ακούσουν την αναμετάδοση από το Ηρώδειο που έκανε το τότε ΕΙΡ.
Ειχε συνδιασμο ταλεντων που μοιαζει εξωπραγματικο να εμφανιστει σε μια τετοια χωρα. Πλεον δε βγαινει απολυτως τιποτα. Η ποιοτητα αυτου του λαου εχει κατρακυλισει και αναρωτιεσαι αν εχει πατο. Πλεον και με τα πολιτικα βεβαια ο κοσμος εχει παρατησει την ιδεα της ιδιας της Ελλαδας, οι αριστεροι πολεμουν τη χωρα τους, οι κεντρωοι πανε με τον ανεμο, οι δεξιοι σερνονται απο τους αριστερους και οι πατριωτες εχουν αηδιασει τοσο που βλεπουν την καταρευση χαιρεκακα. Αυτα τα βιντεο μοιαζουν με ιστορικα ντοκουμεντα απο αλλη χωρα και λαο.
Ακομα και τα προσωπα που βλεπεις γυρω σου ειναι ολο και πιο ασχημα. Πειραμα δυσγονικης μοιαζει αυτο το μερος.
It's all Greek to me, but gorgeous to hear and view
You speak Greek and you don't know
I don't know Greek, but thanks to George translation I was able to follow this. LOVED THE PHOTOS!!! Thank You.
thank you so much for taking the time/effort to post the translation! It's enormously appreciated.
Thank you for uploading this!
έχω πάθει σοκ στο άκουσμα της ελληνικής από το στόμα της αυτό! Έστω και σε αυτό το επίπεδο που ήταν! Μύθος....
Μύθος!!!!!!!
Γιατί σοκ;Καθαρή Ελληνίδα στην καταγωγή,συν τοις άλλοις,από τα 13 μέχρι τα 23 της έζησε στην Αθήνα και σπούδασε στο Ωδείο Αθηνών.
I have read that even after he married Jackie, Onassis used to call her up because he missed speaking Greek to her. I think I would have hung up.
περήφανη! πολύ!
She's so beautiful
Bravissimo "dancedarlingdance"--ein wundervolles Video -ich bin begeistert -Vielen ,vielen Dank.
Πολύ ωραίο βίντεο,σας ευχαριστώ,φαίνεται ότι τα ελληνικά ηταν η πρώτη γλώσσα της την οποία δεν μιλούσε συχνά την εποχή που μεσουρανουσε,εξ ού και η προφορά.Πραγματικα μια τεράστια καλλιτέχνιδα.
Συγκινούμαι όταν μια σπουδαία προσωπικότητα προσπάθει να δείξει την αγαπη για τον λαός επίσης τι απίστευτη φωνή σαν θεμα ηρεμία πίστης δεν ξαναβγαίνουν άνθρωπο με αυτήν την καρτερικότητα
Θα ήθελα το ελληνικό κράτος να την αναγνωρίσει
@Remalia19 Thank you so much, that's so kind of you, I really appreciate it !
Η ΜΑΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ.....
La nostra Maria......
πως να μην αγαπας αυτη την κυρια!
Amazing and a rarity
Such an elegant woman.
"Εαν στην Ιταλία και σε όλο το κόσμο ήθελα να δώσω το παν εδώ πέρα θέλω να δώσω το παραπάνω, ίσως περισσότερο από ότι το θέλετε εσείς".
Αθάνατη!!!
Immortal!!!
To you Italian speakers - did Maria Callas have a Greek accent when she spoke Italian, or did she speak perfect Italian with no accent? Just curious.
No greek accent, perfect italian but with a strong (and very nice) veronese accent, that she slowly lost after she separated from Meneghini.
@CalifaJohn Hmm. But didn't arvedsin say "in the early 1960s"? He (or she) is not talking about Maria's childhood accent.
Wonderful pictures !
I wish I'd understand what she is saying.... would you have a translation of this interview, or could you tell us what she is talking about ?
@Redboy4 Even in the 1970s, her accent in English was essentially American. Listen to the tapes of her master classes at Juilliard School in New York.
Θα ήθελα να παρακολουθήσω video με τον Αριστοτέλη Ωνάση να μιλά τα ελληνικά,δεν γνωρίζω αν υπάρχει.
Κι εγώ θέλω. Πες μου αν βρεις κάτι!
@ 36:45 ==> th-cam.com/video/wiyHxiMJcI8/w-d-xo.html
@@therealconniefrancis Ευχαριστώ,έστω αργοπορημένα,ο Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης μιλούσε τέλεια ελληνικά ενός μορφωμένου ανθρώπου.
Superhuman Callas !!! Maria , the breath of God !!!
Σ αγαπάμε πολύ είμαστε υπερήφανοι για σένα
@CalifaJohn My only point was in regard to your comment to arvedsin. That is, to point out the discrepancy in comparison: his comment was regarding the 1960s, when Maria was an adult. Your reply to him was to say it would have been odd for her to speak with that accent as a child in Queens, which was not his assertion.
@CalifaJohn My grandparents knew her for a brief time back in the early 60's and what I know by my grandmother,she had a very elegant accent,but not American at all,it was sorta like an amalgamation of "Newyorkian-British".I mean my Nana told a lot of stories that were in her imagination,lol,but this one I know it was real,cause my mother confirmed it.
Συγγνώμη, αλλά ΔΕ νομίζω ότι αυτά που αναφέρονται στην προηγούμενη ανάρτηση, ως λόγοι για τη δημιουργία του θρύλου της Μαρία Κάλλας, έπαιξαν ρόλο σε τόσο μεγάλο ποσοστό, όπως υποστηρίζεται συχνά από κάποιους. Μόνο η αξεπέραστη και η ανεπανάληπτη μουσικής της αλήθεια, την έκανε την απόλυτη Diva. Η Μαρία Κάλλας πάλεψε πάρα πολύ για να μπορέσει να επικοινωνήσει, απόλυτα με τον κόσμο, το μεγαλείο της μουσικής και να φτάσει "στο πιο ψηλό σκαλί στης ποιήσεως τη σκάλα".
She speaks Greek very well when it comes to vocabulary,grammar and syntax but her accent is undoubtedly Italian ;)
Not really, it sounds more like a cretan accent. (which is greek anyway.)
απίστευτη...
@GhostRaider18765 she said that an accident with her voice didnt let her sing at an opening of a festival back then.she said that she will be back this(?) monday to sing for the greek people the ones that shares her blood and that if she wanted to give 100% every time she performed,in greece she wanted to give 200%.also she said some thing about her relatives here etc.and that she didnt wanted to be part of politics (maybe some bad things about her in the press back then because
You go sister
@argentin yes she does but she speaks well.
I don't know if it's my ears or what but I think I hear a dog barking in the background @ 1:15 and 1:19?
@arvedsin You can hear a very American accent in her 1973 interview with Mike Wallace. Maybe she was just relaxed enough to fall into her native American accent because she was free at that moment from the tensions that could be provoked by the snobbery and posturing she was subjected to in her younger years.
@arvedsin Actually, she had a distinctly American accent early on. Naturally, she was born and raised in the US until her teen years. Later on, she developed her own accent in English as a result of the mix of international influences she had from being an international figure using so many different languages. Her French sounds to me like a mix of American and Eastern European accents. Her accents were as unique as she was.
It doesn't sound to me like she has an American accent. It sounds like a mix of Italian and French
@@delta606 She did not sound like a native speaker when speaking French. I cannot comment on her Greek or Italian since I don’t speak those languages.
I know from living in many different locations that if I stay long enough, my west coast American accent starts to become influenced by where I have been living.
In Italian she sounded 95% like a native speaker but there was something off but not from any specific country.
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Θεααααααααααα απλα!!!
She used to say : I can speak 4 languages, none of them correctly (i.e. as a native speaker).
@quafer She never had an American accent,she had all kinds of accents,but the one that you would pick up the most was a British accent.She was so unique that even the accent she had in every language she spoke,she made it her own.
A British accent? No way. I'd say a NY accent.
Italian accent definitely
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Θεα
Ειλικρινά ποσό με συγκινεί να άκου το μύθο της όπερας να υπεραγαπαει την χώρα της να μην ξεχνάει την καταγωγή
Να θελει να δώσει την εικόνα που πρέπει στο κοινό δηλαδή ως προς το θέατη την απόικονηση ενός καλλιτέχνη που θυσιάζει τον εαυτό του στην τεχνη
@GhostRaider18765 the war with italy was still fresh.)thats pretty much all.
Το αίμα μου είναι Ελληνικό .......
Avevo un anno. Negli anni sessanta, dai rotocalchi la conobbi. Era moglie di Meneghine, veronese di Zevio, poi passò con Onassis, ma perse la voce la musica la passione, dedizione x il canto, poi venne " piantata in NASSO " dalla vedova Kennedy, Jackline. Sic.
Wow ! finaly she speaking in greek!
What a wonderful artist, singer and hard worker at her art..What a tragedy that she had such bad luck with relationships, and love of the heart..she never really looked happy out of the world of singing..her choices of men were a complete waste of time! Bless her!
As bayrakları as as as 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Italian? What are you out of your mind? Do you even speak Greek or understand it? I'm Greek and her accent couldn't sound any MORE Greek than it does. Educate yourself before making such false statements.
*Not forgetting one's maternal language or at least making an effort to learn/speak it is always noble, no matter if you're the regretted MC or Joe/Josie Blow!*
Her syntax,grammar,vocabulary in Greek is perfect, but, her accent in Greek is absolutely a foreigner's accent; either because she was born in the US or 'cause she lived in Italy for many years.
Nonetheless she was a wonderful Lady :-)
Sounds like a mix of cretan and cypriot accent if you ask me
I've always considered Callas an American woman. Greek roots, of course... Still an American
@@Tkimba2 she was a 100,% Greek nothing less ..
@@user-vo5mf3ly9s yeah, born and raised in the US. Not quite the same thing...
@@Tkimba2 we said here Greece that the blood it'snt "turn" to water if you understand what i said ..of he grow up in USA but the values and the language of her family was Greek inside the house
My blond is greek....
!!!!!!!!!
@arvedsin It would be odd to imagine Maria moving about Queens as a child and putting on an English accent when her parents would have had a Greek accent. People would have found it comically pretentious for someone born in Queens to do that. Besides, I have heard many video clips and interviews in which her accent is essentially very American.
When you move a lot, and are exposed to different languages and ways of speaking, your accent changes.
Ταπεινή....Αυτο ελεγε και ο MICHAEL JACKSON οταν εισαι επανω στην σκηνή να εισαι βασιλιάς μα όταν κατεβαίνεις να εισαι ταπεινός στον κόσμο.
Reci su suvisne kada mislim na Mariju Kalas.Samo je jedna Marija Kalas.
English subtitles please so most of us can understand? Or at least enable them in other languages. Thank you.
@panosflens χχαχαχχαχαχαχαχα!!!! "νταξ" χαχαχαχαχαχαχ!!! Πρωτος!
@GhostRaider18765 AAAH.
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Yes I can understand that, but good greek nevertheless?
She speaks Greek with an Italian accent.
Cypriot accent i think
@@user-vo5mf3ly9s No way. Italian accent 100% . I have a friend who is Italian and she speaks exactly this way, when she speaks some Greek. It's the O's L's L's ect.
Sounds like Italian gibberish. Not hating in anyway, btw!! I think it is a beautiful language. Just saying, the prononciation and accent sounds similar to Italian.
Adrii Sousa her accent is not the classic ''greek'' accent because she has lived in italy,france and N.Y more years
+Adrii Sousa Greek languange existed long before italian so Italian sounds similar to Greek.
Sounds much more like Spanish I think. Gr and Sp share a lot of common sounds ("th", the "broken s", the hard "h") that Italian in its standard form doesn't have.
Παραλολουθωντας την ιστορια της νομιζω οτι ειναι διδακτικη : πολλες φορες δε φταις εσυ για το τελμα που εχεις περιελθει αλλα το περιβαλλον στο οποιο εισαι και απο οπου πρεπει να φυγεις για να δεις προκοπη . Αν ειχε μεινει στην Ελλαδα ,παρολο που ειχε τετοιο μεγαλο ταλεντο , δε θα γινοταν ποτε διασημη. Το γεγονος οτι προδωσε τον ανθρωπο που περισσοτερο τη βοηθησε προσωπικα δε μου αρεσε . Ωστοσο ειναι φανερο οτι περα απο το ταλεντο εκανε και η ιδια μεγαλο αγωνα για να διακριθει .
Ο Μενεγκινι τη χρησιμοποίησε παρα πολύ για να βγαλει χρημα και δόξα , και αν δεν απαρνιόταν την αμερικανικη υπηκοότητα αφήνοντας μόνο την ελληνική δε θα είχε απαγγυστρωθεί ποτέ από τον Μενεγκίνι , ο οποίος ήταν και η αιτία όλων των σκανδάλων αφού αυτός τα προκαλούσε και τελικά της έκαναν ζημιά ......
Dakrysa me tin megali mas Diva
Efaristo poli…
@sagalat lol
@CalifaJohn Oy!!Whatever dude...you say tomato...
ha studiato come una forsennata
Zito
Oh my god she s Amercian , her greek is good of course but the accent and the cadensa.. she would have never been who she is without being born abroad, the fighter in her is from US rules. Greeks are too kind .
Constantin Giakoumakis I hear a person well-versed in the Greek language, her mother-tongue.( I am sure her immigrant parents spoke Greek at home.) But, she seems to have acquired an Italian accent due to living in Italy with her Italian husband.
P.S.: Greeks are known for their fighting spirits, too.
Constantin Giakoumakis Η Καλλας ήταν καθαρόαιμη ΕΛΛΗΝΙΔΑ και πολύ περήφανη για την καταγωγή της. Πρώτα βλέπουμε τις Ρίζες της το αίμα της όλο καθόλο Ελληνικό στις βλεβες της. Και συ το αμφισβητas; Εσυ τι είσαι τελως πάντων;;; Όλη η Ελλάδα και όλος ο υπόλοιπος κόσμος είναι υπερήφανοι για την Ελληνίδα ΝΤΙΒΑ μας και Βασίλισσα της Όπερας.
It is stupid,she is 100% Greek,her Greek is perfect(who cares about the accent,she lives years abroad),plus,she studied music in Athens,she lived in Greece up to her 22(1945).
not greek. it is rum.
It's greek
Maria leave the greek people with complexities being or believing thinking they are the best or nationalistic to say what ever they want. We are happy to listen to you and we know how greek you were but, how greeks are so sad, corrupt believing on pasok and ND and want to be a part of Europe but so lazy and corrupt. Talking a 100% greek guy, gay though ( raised abroad )with a great mother and father who they let me believe what I am and not believing in orthodoxy even if I believe christiany plays a huge part in greek culture but is not everything., Maria callas I love you and I know that you suffered a lot with your mother and Onassis
You can be Greek and not believe in that Semitic cult
@Táka Toúkas why...because u don’t agree?
Αν στο μέρος που ζεις οι Έλληνες μιλούν με αυτήν την προφορά τι να πω...
She was américain. Without Her américain roots she would have never been a fighter , the idea of something better. Greeks from greece are too weak too kind d
callaS