My GOD that singing !!! Totally out of this world, and yet so much about it. How I love this woman. She is like the motherearth herself. A force of nature.
That's it. After her prime, in a rehearsal, with occasional flaws, she manages to sing this aria infinitely better than all other sopranos. The pathos is simply incomparable! She's always so professorial... What a miracle she was! Beyond any explanations!
TH-cam ha ido desmintiendo el supuesto mito del ocaso de Callas en los últimos años de los sesenta y en la década de los setenta. Con estas joyas de registros, nos damos cuenta que la divina mantuvo su violoncelo en su punto, aún en los días más oscuros de su vida personal y de su carrera. Fantástica interpretación de la divina que seguía siendo la Callas, a pesar de todo y de todos. Muchas gracias.❤❤❤
People this just a rehearsal !!! Everybody is talking about 3:31 as if it was a mistake , Callas just did a high B pianissimo with fully supported that's why it sounded so that can happen. Then you hear her taking a higher note ( high C) in 3:51 more clearly because there she opened more the sound . A great singer like Callas even in rehearsal will do some economy of the sound supported with always a strong Technic she always sang with full voice ! Thank you for posting this is just wonderful !
Exactly! These haters need to get a life. Unless you can do what she could do and have done what she did they need to have several seats and be silenced by the awe this woman deserves. Period.
It wasn't a so call decline,the voice became problematic to the point that she stopped singing in public. Nobody knows the reason why exactly.....but at the end of the day it doesn't matter...she remains La Divina nearly 45 years after her passing.
@@baritonebynight Brother, if “the voice became problematic to the point that she stopped performing in public”, it was in decline. Though, her last recording,(Ah! Perfido!), proved the instrument was ample, so much of Voice, IS psychological, and if one’s heart is broken, the voice is. My Bel Canto teacher, in the lineage of Tetrazzini, warned me of this, and i did not listen.
I love her voice in this recording session. 3:31 sounded fine to me...and that high C and that downward plunge was VERY impressive. This was CALLAS - and we would be so lucky to have ANYONE today even HALF as good.
@Emil Poulain lol I just replied to your comment on another video also about Zinka, but there she was being Nasty towards Callas, and here you are saying she loved Callas lol And Medea was a role that fitted Callas voice perfectly to a point she had success with it even when her voice was gone in the 60's.
@Emil Poulain In any terms to be honest! I dont think these singers actually listened to Callas like we do today. Meaning we have acess to all of these pirated recordings of live performances and we can witness a level of singing that is unrepeated in history. Had they listened to Callas' Armida, Abigaile, Leonora, Medea and etc, the live recordings, not the studio ones, im sure they would be floored by it just like we are.
We can hear that much of the "problem" with the voice was her stage fright [not in play here as this is private rehearsal] and her always stated concern that she would not be able to please her audience, although my guess is most of us would not have cared because just seeing her perform [I saw her in Chicago on the last tour] was a greater artistic experience than hearing almost any other opera singer in his/her prime. The voice did become more difficult for her to manage [as can be heard here and could be seen in that last tour experience]. However, her absolute knowledge of singing technique and her still complete ability to "become the character" both vocally and visually [even when dressed in a plain white gown] never faded and so the artistic experience for the audience was still phenomenal.
So moving interpretation,in such a healthier state than the ones that have been releashed from1969! Maria Callas even in the most difficult of her vocal days,managed to bring music to life in her own majestic way.
I think you brought up a critical point regarding the states of her voice and how people were quick to judge her as a has been. So she had good days and not so good days just like anyone else except that she was a perfectionist and for that reason she kept training but slowed down her career.
C'est une répétition, et bien sûr on sent la fragilisation. Mais le timbre est intact, et la longueur de voix dans la gamme descendante est impressionnante. Quel dommage qu'elle n'ait pas voulu chnager de répertoire à cette époque en abandonnant le registre trop aigu! Le medium et le grave sont de toute beauté. Après, c'est la mort d'Onassis, et de tout ce qui faisait sa vie. Les ultimes concerte de 73-74 auront de beaux mais de bien douloureux moments. Ce document serre le coeur. Divine et fragile Maria...
Oh my god. Fantastic music, shes in better voice than she was 10 years earlier, but by far the best part of this is hearing maria laugh. It feels like the first time ive heard the person behind the voice, joking and being herself. Im used to only hearing her either emersed in a tragic role, or putting on a facade in front of an interviewer.
Σκέπτομαι αν δεν ήταν σε "παρακμή" τι θα ακούγαμε???? ολόκληρη η χρωματική ακούγεται υπέροχα, θαυμάσια απόδοση , θα παραμείνει στην κορυφή σε μεγάλη απόσταση απο αλλους μέχρι τώρα
People said her voice was declining...???!!!! she's still beautiful......the public in Paris where she died in 1977 however has always been enthusiastic about her and even when she sang Norma in 1964 nobody ever had the bad idea to critize her.
Compare this version with her early 1951 recording, also here on TH-cam .. This 1969 is vocally more elegant and the phrasing is more refined, especially the ending. So sad that all this had gone just a couple of years later...
Grande immensa teneramente divina. Queste sedute furono dedicate alle arie di Verdi perché era stata prenotata la sala e gli orchestrali per una incisione di traviata che lei non pote fare. Quindi si decise di incidere arie di verdi. La Callas aveva ripreso a studiare, ed era seguita dalla de hidalgo.... Ma come sempre avveniva in quegli anni per lei lo studio non riuscì più a diventare continuativo....e terminata questa incisione lasciò di nuovo lo studio. È l'anno in cui tenta di occuparsi nel cinema, con pasolini, in Medea. Poi verranno le lezioni alla juilliard, poi il ritorno allo studio e ai concerti del 73 e nel 74. Poi di nuovo si ferma perché nel marzo 75 muore Onassis e per i mesi precedenti lo segue e soffre con lui per la sua malattia..... Insomma, ci provò....ma l'aver lasciato di fatto la carriera nel 60....fu un passo a cui non riuscì più a rimediare
Arrigo! ah! parli a un core Già pronto al perdonare; Il mio più gran dolore Era doverti odiare! Un'aura di contento Or calma il mio martîr Io t'amo! e quest'accento Fa lieto il mio morir! Gli odi ci fûr fatali Al cor che indarno spera: Di sangue i tuoi natali Poser tra noi barriera! Addio! ne attende il cielo! Addio! mi serba fé! Io moro! e il mortal velo Spoglio, pensando a te.
Extraordinaria ! Porqué no terminaría el disco , hubiera sido un impacto . Todo el trabajo qué hizo con Elvira de Hidalgo se nota. Pero se puso a filmar la película de Passolini .
Una lezione di canto ineguagliabile...e qui sono venti anni e passa di carriera ...a dispetto dei sordi ..compresi tanti miti che ho conosciuto e che si riempivano la bocca di " ha cantato bene dieci anni". ..CHI CANTA BENE MUORE CANTANDO BENE...AL DI LÀ DEI CHICCHIRICHÌ '.
Callas started her career in Greece with Cavalleria Rusticana in 1939 and then by 1940-1944 she sang Fidelio, Tosca (many performances) Protomastoras and Boccaccio + many concerts!
What was she rehearsing for? To my knowledge she never performed or did a commercial recording in 1969. Or was it maybe a rehearsal for a recording that was never released? Either way, she sounded awesome in 69! She should have done her "comeback" then, instead of '74. Oh well. La Divina lives on in her recordings, and in our hearts and memories.
@@NLidar No, no Verdi III was ever released at that time. The first two arias to be released, Corsaro, were in 1978. I have the vinyle "Callas the Legend". Others appeard afterwards, on CDs.
It's nice to be able to enjoy this perfomance of Callas, even with the painful 3:31 moment in this recording. Again, is truly remarcable that we all can look pass the mistakes to enjoy the beauty. Because of that, i BELIEVE we should do that with other females singers, instead of trashing them and try to discredit them. It would be so sad and painful to watch a compilation of all the Callas wobbling high notes, and mistakes, displayed online to other people for mockery.
my dear... do cut the drama... this is a rehearsal .... what are you talking about!...Listen to the cadenza at the end, she goes to an incredibly placed and supported High C ... THIS IS A REHEARSAL .....
Chiara This is taken from unpublished tapes from an almost 4 hours recording sessions with Verdi Arias Recorded in Paris on February-March 1969 with Nicola Rescigno!
@@OperaMyWorld But do you know if it's possible to purchase this tapes? Are there some CDs that one could buy? Or are they private tapes? Thank you! :)
There is something I do not understand, here. Her voice seems in very good shape, despite some inevitable flaws. How come that, at the start of the world tour with Di Stefano, a few years later, she was in such a sorry condition, at least at the beginning? Did she stop rehearsing altogether? I know that, at least in 1972, she was still practicing. Anybody?
I think it were 2 things that put her voice on or off...the 1st was her nerves and the 2nd was the practicing!!! Her steady improvement from the beggening of the tour in 1973 until her last recorded frames in 1977, proves that practicing improved her voice a lot!! Also when she felt relaxed (for example the Boston 1974 recital , where she sang alone) her voice really sounds great!! Also dont forget that women around her age (45-50) have eminopause...that s changing a lot the quality of the voice!!
OperaMyWorld I think you are totally correct, Operamyworld! I would only add that had she continued her work with de Hildago rather than move on to diversionary work after 69, she would have gotten back her voice and confidence sooner. In addition, di Stefano gave her terrible vocal advice in preparation for their tour, according to Robert Sutherland.
In 1969 she was studying with de Hidalgo, then she took technical advice from her friend Pippo (!!!). Here is the difference. Read Robert Sutherland's book: "Apri la gola ! " di Stefano would tell her always.
Looking at interviews and listening to her during her last years it is apparent to me, because of my personal experience with anxiety medication and sleeping pills, that she was under the influence, or recovering from the influence, of pills. They wreak havoc on your voice, muscles, spirit, etc,.. wWhen you’re trying to put the fire of depression/anxiety/grief out, it’s difficult to think/care about the long term effects of your “treatment”. Nothing but love and the utmost respect and awe for her vocal artistry and mastery.
Self-confidence was what Maria Callas lacked in latter half of her career. She should have been more confident and her fans should have continued to encourage her. It is a real pity that such a diva as Maria Callas died as a recluse in an apartment in Paris. At the same time, I curse Aristotle Onassis for ruining her career and her life. She should have known better.
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No one will ever sing like her. Such a passion and technique combined in a unique way. Unsurpassed.
My GOD that singing !!! Totally out of this world, and yet so much about it. How I love this woman. She is like the motherearth herself. A force of nature.
Amazing, singers in their prime wish they sounded like this
That last run is not just a slide, but each note in the scale, cleanly articulated.
That's it. After her prime, in a rehearsal, with occasional flaws, she manages to sing this aria infinitely better than all other sopranos. The pathos is simply incomparable! She's always so professorial... What a miracle she was! Beyond any explanations!
TH-cam ha ido desmintiendo el supuesto mito del ocaso de Callas en los últimos años de los sesenta y en la década de los setenta. Con estas joyas de registros, nos damos cuenta que la divina mantuvo su violoncelo en su punto, aún en los días más oscuros de su vida personal y de su carrera. Fantástica interpretación de la divina que seguía siendo la Callas, a pesar de todo y de todos. Muchas gracias.❤❤❤
People this just a rehearsal !!! Everybody is talking about 3:31 as if it was a mistake , Callas just did a high B pianissimo with fully supported that's why it sounded so that can happen. Then you hear her taking a higher note ( high C) in 3:51 more clearly because there she opened more the sound . A great singer like Callas even in rehearsal will do some economy of the sound supported with always a strong Technic she always sang with full voice ! Thank you for posting this is just wonderful !
At 3'51, it's even a C sharp, and she descends down to F sharp ( two octaves and a fifth) with a perfect chromatic scale.
Exactly! These haters need to get a life. Unless you can do what she could do and have done what she did they need to have several seats and be silenced by the awe this woman deserves. Period.
Such amazing phrasing. Thanks for posting. With the exception if the top note it was really gorgeous.
I love hearing her laugh, she is magnetic in every way.
Thank you for sharing this.
She's the best in every stage of her life
Sublime even in her so called “decline”. So beautiful! So artful. Sung very lyrically. Wow*
It wasn't a so call decline,the voice became problematic to the point that she stopped singing in public. Nobody knows the reason why exactly.....but at the end of the day it doesn't matter...she remains La Divina nearly 45 years after her passing.
@@baritonebynight Brother, if “the voice became problematic to the point that she stopped performing in public”, it was in decline. Though, her last recording,(Ah! Perfido!), proved the instrument was ample, so much of Voice, IS psychological, and if one’s heart is broken, the voice is. My Bel Canto teacher, in the lineage of Tetrazzini, warned me of this, and i did not listen.
There was nothing wrong with her voice, she's fantastic here, and her laughing is as beautiful.
VIVA MARIA!!!
LA MAS GRANDE DE TODAS!!!
I agree 100%!!
Just listen to that voice. This is a rehearsal! You will never hear better!
Wonderful. The longest scale in any opera with the widest tessitura and she just does it!
She was always for her entire career the supreme, perfect example of knowing what you have and knowing how to use it.
Нет слов. Божество спутившееся м Олимпийских . Как Божественно, как преерамно .,.!! ¡❤❤❤❤😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Non mi stancherò mai di ascoltarLa! Grande immensa maestra del bel canto
I love her voice in this recording session. 3:31 sounded fine to me...and that high C and that downward plunge was VERY impressive.
This was CALLAS - and we would be so lucky to have ANYONE today even HALF as good.
@Emil Poulain lol I just replied to your comment on another video also about Zinka, but there she was being Nasty towards Callas, and here you are saying she loved Callas lol And Medea was a role that fitted Callas voice perfectly to a point she had success with it even when her voice was gone in the 60's.
@Emil Poulain In any terms to be honest! I dont think these singers actually listened to Callas like we do today. Meaning we have acess to all of these pirated recordings of live performances and we can witness a level of singing that is unrepeated in history. Had they listened to Callas' Armida, Abigaile, Leonora, Medea and etc, the live recordings, not the studio ones, im sure they would be floored by it just like we are.
@@Tdvc ❤❤❤❤excelente reflexión. Saludos cordiales
We can hear that much of the "problem" with the voice was her stage fright [not in play here as this is private rehearsal] and her always stated concern that she would not be able to please her audience, although my guess is most of us would not have cared because just seeing her perform [I saw her in Chicago on the last tour] was a greater artistic experience than hearing almost any other opera singer in his/her prime. The voice did become more difficult for her to manage [as can be heard here and could be seen in that last tour experience]. However, her absolute knowledge of singing technique and her still complete ability to "become the character" both vocally and visually [even when dressed in a plain white gown] never faded and so the artistic experience for the audience was still phenomenal.
Deus do céu, ensaio ! Isso é a perfeição só imagino quem esteve lá e a ouviu ,que privilégio, a diva sendo a diva suprema.❤
So moving interpretation,in such a healthier state than the ones that have been releashed from1969!
Maria Callas even in the most difficult of her vocal days,managed to bring music to life in her own majestic way.
I think you brought up a critical point regarding the states of her voice and how people were quick to judge her as a has been. So she had good days and not so good days just like anyone else except that she was a perfectionist and for that reason she kept training but slowed down her career.
She sounds stunning here.
Un genio,la musicalità e il senso della musica... grazie
OH MY GOD the low notes are slide down as smooth as a waterfall~
Phénoménal et sublime. Humains, priez !
Superba unica e inimitabile. Grande donna e grandissima musicista Maria Callas..💪💪🙏🌺❤️
C'est une répétition, et bien sûr on sent la fragilisation. Mais le timbre est intact, et la longueur de voix dans la gamme descendante est impressionnante. Quel dommage qu'elle n'ait pas voulu chnager de répertoire à cette époque en abandonnant le registre trop aigu! Le medium et le grave sont de toute beauté. Après, c'est la mort d'Onassis, et de tout ce qui faisait sa vie. Les ultimes concerte de 73-74 auront de beaux mais de bien douloureux moments. Ce document serre le coeur. Divine et fragile Maria...
Tres juste et tres bien exprimer!
Excluding 3:31, she sounds like she went back to 1958 for these 4 minutes...
Thank you for posting this jewel.
So wonderful 👏 💖 thank you
FANTASTIC VOICE ! BRAVA MARIA CALLAS ☺💚💟😊💜
SUPERLATIVA e UNICA VOCE!!!GRANDISSIMA MARIA...
3:51 was so prime-like....
She was so amazing.
Meravigliosa......che legato....! Love you Maria
DIVINA. SU VOZ PERFECTA.
Oh my god. Fantastic music, shes in better voice than she was 10 years earlier, but by far the best part of this is hearing maria laugh. It feels like the first time ive heard the person behind the voice, joking and being herself. Im used to only hearing her either emersed in a tragic role, or putting on a facade in front of an interviewer.
Beautiful. Be grateful for such a gift. I will take this
Maravillosa!!!!
GODESS, DIVA. UNICA BRAVA VOCE. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Wow, the final downward scale is sung here far better than when she was in her zenith. Very smooth join between the positions.
Una artista de nivel inalcanzable.
Smooth and beautiful
C est sublime et tellement douloureux
Great sound voice!
La Reine des reines ! Stratosphérique et insurpassée, totalement hors orbite et douloureusement mystérieuse.
O canto da divina transporta-me a outra dimensão!❤❤❤
semplicemente magnifica !
E chi se lo aspettava ! Maria era allegra e rilassata ? Ma quale declino ? Divina come sempre...
What so called flaws are there in her singing. She sings bloody fantastic for someone whose voice was apparently " ruined".Brava La Divina. Ian.
congratulation to la Diva, she will stay the best for ever.
MAGICA
Awww.....so lovely...thank you 😚
Ogni artista ha una sua personalità , un suo registro , ma qui si parla di una cantante lirica con una voce unica .❤
SUBLIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was the 2 mouts old ... in 1997 I made a One to one performing her at Stage ..It was success..to make a tribute to her ..
Σκέπτομαι αν δεν ήταν σε "παρακμή" τι θα ακούγαμε???? ολόκληρη η χρωματική ακούγεται υπέροχα, θαυμάσια απόδοση , θα παραμείνει στην κορυφή σε μεγάλη απόσταση απο αλλους μέχρι τώρα
Viva Verdi! No one will ever compose like him, unsurpassed.
People said her voice was declining...???!!!! she's still beautiful......the public in Paris where she died in 1977 however has always been enthusiastic about her and even when she sang Norma in 1964 nobody ever had the bad idea to critize her.
Compare this version with her early 1951 recording, also here on TH-cam .. This 1969 is vocally more elegant and the phrasing is more refined, especially the ending. So sad that all this had gone just a couple of years later...
Μεγάλη! Η Μαρία!
Straordinariaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Grande immensa teneramente divina. Queste sedute furono dedicate alle arie di Verdi perché era stata prenotata la sala e gli orchestrali per una incisione di traviata che lei non pote fare. Quindi si decise di incidere arie di verdi. La Callas aveva ripreso a studiare, ed era seguita dalla de hidalgo.... Ma come sempre avveniva in quegli anni per lei lo studio non riuscì più a diventare continuativo....e terminata questa incisione lasciò di nuovo lo studio. È l'anno in cui tenta di occuparsi nel cinema, con pasolini, in Medea. Poi verranno le lezioni alla juilliard, poi il ritorno allo studio e ai concerti del 73 e nel 74. Poi di nuovo si ferma perché nel marzo 75 muore Onassis e per i mesi precedenti lo segue e soffre con lui per la sua malattia..... Insomma, ci provò....ma l'aver lasciato di fatto la carriera nel 60....fu un passo a cui non riuscì più a rimediare
Maria Callas lowest note (F3) in this video at 3:57
Goodness❣❣❣
CALLAS ETERNA
La ligne de chant est bien plus belle que dans les années 50🎉
Arrigo! ah! parli a un core
Già pronto al perdonare;
Il mio più gran dolore
Era doverti odiare!
Un'aura di contento
Or calma il mio martîr
Io t'amo! e quest'accento
Fa lieto il mio morir!
Gli odi ci fûr fatali
Al cor che indarno spera:
Di sangue i tuoi natali
Poser tra noi barriera!
Addio! ne attende il cielo!
Addio! mi serba fé!
Io moro! e il mortal velo
Spoglio, pensando a te.
Extraordinaria ! Porqué no terminaría el disco , hubiera sido un impacto . Todo el trabajo qué hizo con Elvira de Hidalgo se nota. Pero se puso a filmar la película de Passolini .
Ahora tenemos la película de Passolini y las grabaciones. Ergo el legado continúa incólume.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌈
O que aconteceu será que a voz dela em 1972 nos "Unrelease records" está totalmente diferente?
Fascinating document. Thanks so much for posting. Why did she want to record this again? She recorded it brilliantly at several times before…
Una lezione di canto ineguagliabile...e qui sono venti anni e passa di carriera ...a dispetto dei sordi ..compresi tanti miti che ho conosciuto e che si riempivano la bocca di " ha cantato bene dieci anni". ..CHI CANTA BENE MUORE CANTANDO BENE...AL DI LÀ DEI CHICCHIRICHÌ '.
Callas started her career in Greece with Cavalleria Rusticana in 1939 and then by 1940-1944 she sang Fidelio, Tosca (many performances) Protomastoras and Boccaccio + many concerts!
Богиня с ОЛИМПА!!!!!!
What was she rehearsing for? To my knowledge she never performed or did a commercial recording in 1969. Or was it maybe a rehearsal for a recording that was never released? Either way, she sounded awesome in 69! She should have done her "comeback" then, instead of '74. Oh well. La Divina lives on in her recordings, and in our hearts and memories.
Art Danks There are Hours of recorded rehearsals for Verdi Album by EMI in 1969!
@@OperaMyWorld Thank you. Was the album itself recorded / released?
Art Danks Not really just some arias were realized after 1997!
@@artdanks It was released in 1969 and you can find a recent Warner Classics remaster online
@@NLidar No, no Verdi III was ever released at that time. The first two arias to be released, Corsaro, were in 1978. I have the vinyle "Callas the Legend". Others appeard afterwards, on CDs.
She is better then ever, but afraid and not convinst she can do it, with a little bit more support!
💖💖💖
3:30 whats happened?
In la con l'epoca ma intonazione magistrale.L'espressione poi..
It's nice to be able to enjoy this perfomance of Callas, even with the painful 3:31 moment in this recording. Again, is truly remarcable that we all can look pass the mistakes to enjoy the beauty. Because of that, i BELIEVE we should do that with other females singers, instead of trashing them and try to discredit them. It would be so sad and painful to watch a compilation of all the Callas wobbling high notes, and mistakes, displayed online to other people for mockery.
my dear... do cut the drama... this is a rehearsal .... what are you talking about!...Listen to the cadenza at the end, she goes to an incredibly placed and supported High C ... THIS IS A REHEARSAL .....
Commenting without even knowing how a rehearsal works....Next time simply don't bother.
This is very good.. it's a rehearsal!
Even with a flawed voice, you can't listen to anyone else doing her repertoire!
I want to make it clear that there are two of us and with clearly differing opinions.
Irreproachable. Every note is infused with emotion and meaning. It's as if she is speaking to me personally. No one approaches her in this regard.
Pity her voice wasn't warmed up for high notes..but still brilliant
Wonderful! Where is taken this recording from? :)
Chiara This is taken from unpublished tapes from an almost 4 hours recording sessions with Verdi Arias Recorded in Paris on February-March 1969 with Nicola Rescigno!
@@OperaMyWorld But do you know if it's possible to purchase this tapes? Are there some CDs that one could buy? Or are they private tapes? Thank you! :)
3:52 F3?
it’s a high C (C6)
@@OperaMyWorldyeah but she descends
@@OperaMyWorld she descends into F3, right?
@@giovic9802 yes!👍🏻
@@OperaMyWorld thanks
Ma questão você non é della Callas
This definitely Callas!!
3:56
Is this for sale?
As much as I know it has never been published!
There is something I do not understand, here. Her voice seems in very good shape, despite some inevitable flaws. How come that, at the start of the world tour with Di Stefano, a few years later, she was in such a sorry condition, at least at the beginning? Did she stop rehearsing altogether? I know that, at least in 1972, she was still practicing. Anybody?
I think it were 2 things that put her voice on or off...the 1st was her nerves and the 2nd was the practicing!!! Her steady improvement from the beggening of the tour in 1973 until her last recorded frames in 1977, proves that practicing improved her voice a lot!! Also when she felt relaxed (for example the Boston 1974 recital , where she sang alone) her voice really sounds great!! Also dont forget that women around her age (45-50) have eminopause...that s changing a lot the quality of the voice!!
OperaMyWorld I think you are totally correct, Operamyworld! I would only add that had she continued her work with de Hildago rather than move on to diversionary work after 69, she would have gotten back her voice and confidence sooner. In addition, di Stefano gave her terrible vocal advice in preparation for their tour, according to Robert Sutherland.
In 1969 she was studying with de Hidalgo, then she took technical advice from her friend Pippo (!!!). Here is the difference. Read Robert Sutherland's book: "Apri la gola ! " di Stefano would tell her always.
Looking at interviews and listening to her during her last years it is apparent to me, because of my personal experience with anxiety medication and sleeping pills, that she was under the influence, or recovering from the influence, of pills. They wreak havoc on your voice, muscles, spirit, etc,.. wWhen you’re trying to put the fire of depression/anxiety/grief out, it’s difficult to think/care about the long term effects of your “treatment”. Nothing but love and the utmost respect and awe for her vocal artistry and mastery.
@@johngipple3141 a mmmmmmm I I’ll
Mop
3:56 3:57
Self-confidence was what Maria Callas lacked in latter half of her career. She should have been more confident and her fans should have continued to encourage her. It is a real pity that such a diva as Maria Callas died as a recluse in an apartment in Paris. At the same time, I curse
Aristotle Onassis for ruining her career and her life. She should have known better.
Dieser goettliche Gesang widerlegt diesen ganzen Unsinn ueber die angeblich verlorene Stimme! 1969!