She is a master instrumentalist. A musicians musician conquering the most unpredictable and abstract instrument of them all. What a gift to hear this beautiful genius.
After listening to that I would also gladly listen to the audience's wild applause and cheering for any number of minutes, just to bask in the electric atmosphere of such an epic performance!
I agree with others who say they usually skip to the Sempre Libra, but with Maria they are compelled to listen to the entire scene. I got to witness Maria live in her farewell tour. It changed my thinking of theater for ever. There was truly something unearthly and magical about her presence on-stage. Plus, despite her vocal decline at the time, there were moments of such vocal beauty and expression as to defy my ability to convey it in writing. It saddens me terribly knowing we will never hear her like again. I will pray to be wrong!
Unbelievable ! She uses every note and phrase as an acting tool! No other soprano has ever equalled her ability to imbue every role with such conviction! You had but to close your eyes and listen... Every nuance was spot on... As she matured she even used the flaws in her voice to effect! We shall never hear such an incredible voice again!
The great tenor Leopold Simoneau sang Alfredo to her Violetta in her North American debut in Chicago. He told me he was so frightened by her intensity onstage that he almost couldn't sing!
I have never heard all that abundance of sound she delivered here and on top to sing at the end that magnificent E flat. I've never heard a soprano doing it like that, completely trusting her voice in this tremendously difficult aria and on top to culminate in an enormous E flat. Those who dared ended up in disaster. But hey... hello?? ... we are talking Maria Callas here.
I think we are entering an era where people are slowing starting to realize she was an unrepeatable vocal phenomenon... after decades of 5th class singers / teachers bad mouthing her inside conservatoires and making young singers believe unspeakable Atrocities about her and Opera Queens equally bad mouthing her because in their mind she rivaled their favorite this or that or that and after surviving stars of classical music calling the Best this and that singer who could hardly sing a C6 in their best day and even then they would OMIT it :D , people are starting to realize that Maria Callas was the Ultimate Vocal Phenomenon in History
Terrific, thank you dear Lohengrin for reminding us. Sound like Mexico City 1952 with di Stefano; an Italian opera high altitude marathon that summer which included Lucia, Rigoletto, Puritani and Tosca. She really is phenomenal here, doing whatever she likes with her as yet untarnished Assoluta instrument of pure gold, managing the most delicate vocalizing and coloratura like it's the easiest thing in the world!
'' When Callas appeared , the audience spontaneously applauded . She never blinked an eye of acknowledgment. It was powerful !...The arias came out of her body unhampered by technical bragging... Callas was a firebrand . '' Shirley Verret
Shirley was still student at Julliard School and she heard the fuss about Callas coming at the Met Opera for her debut in 1956 in Norma . Against the will of her voice teacher she went there , and she says in her book, her life changed since then ...
I see why that voice teacher was afraid of Callas. She became more than the opera and forced those around her to take notice. Voice teachers in 1955 were afraid of Callas? Now that is something but I can see it. Just like it is today, voice teachers emphasis just to "stand and sing", however, you can't find anything musical if you do just that. We are all public servants to the music and it is our duty to make sure the audience understands the words (diction), the emotional aspect of the character/text/musical drama (musicality), and most importantly how can we share this thing with them personality (interpersonal relationship with the audience).
No wonder so many of the first wave of Black-American female singers absolutely looked up and adored Callas. She does represent a fighting spirit that so little people had at that time and she took her job seriously -- in an era where the singers who sung her repertoire were all tinpot coloraturas who made a mockery of the emotional intensity in favor of their own flimsy acrobatics. No wonder the likes of Joan Sutherland and Gargle Horne hated her with their combined might!
this is truly unbelievable singing... to be able to add endless vocal colors in a vocal line full of coloratura when you are supporting it with weight and thickness of a dramatic soprano...
Where are all those pontificating about Callas not having the high notes? There's none so deaf as those who won't hear. Those laser-cut, full-blast high notes were just one of her many miraculous achievements. Gobsmacking performance, thanks for uploading this Lohengrin O.
@@nwdixieboy This is definitely Callas before the weight loss. In fact it's from 1952, live in Mexico City. She never had vocal heft like this after 1954.
@@nwdixieboy 1952's Armida is probably my favorite single performance by her. Incredible! I love almost every stage of her career, though, and admire her continually strong performances into the late 50s. Even in the mid-60s with much of her voice in tatters, she was still capable of beautiful singing.
I didn't love opera when I was a kid, but was exposed to it and classical music in general by my Dad, who listened to it all incessantly. In opera, he especially loved Maria Callas. I thought she sounded particularly weird, and not appealing. Now, many years later, I'd like to tell my Dad that early Callas is stupendous and probably unmatched by anything in the musical Universe. It took me a few decades to grow up and develop at least a little proper taste in music. Despite the terrible recording quality, you can hear the spirit of a wild artist come through, and makes this way of classical singing comparable to the unfiltered jazz that I love. Unfiltered is what she is - an immense talent, with no artifice, which is what all art aims for.
Τhe Voice alone of early Callas is unrepeatable... John Ardoin was give her 1952 Lucia as a present in 1952 and he... gave it away after listening to the vinyl once... in the 6 months that followed he was being Haunted by her sound as a memory so he went and bought her Lucia again this time for himself to keep... Callas is the ultimate acquired taste... she herself described it as follows: Most people dont like my voice when they first hear it, but after a while I persuade them about what is going on underneath...
Great story, lucky you. Some music you have to go to but because it calls you and sometimes you don’t even understand but theres a fire there that keeps burning even if just a small flame at first. You take little bites of this and that until you have a huge piece. Jazz is like that for many-almost a right of passage. now on with Opera
Listen to this, among other many examples, and explain how could anyone ever argue that Callas is the overall greatest artist ever recorded?! An assoluta voice, with 3 fully developed registers, trills to die for, coloratura arsenal of dynamics, scales, staccati, unrivaled legato and phrasing, placement, volume, colors, recitativo enunciation, diction, interpretation, characterization, understanding and respect of composer, period and characters’ psychology across basically every major opera composer post baroque. Please do name ONE who can rival and exceed that and I will rest my case.
early Callas was a natural Phenomenon never to be repeated and although Sutherland's Voice was equally phenomenal she never did the full scale of Vocal Olympics early Callas did and of course never added the Colors... but even with that, those two, Maria and dame Joan, were two Phenomena of singing, light years above ALL ELSE
@@thorvonoden5879 La Moffo en escena tenía que ser brutal, era un bellezón, y también oí a Kraus elogiar a Zeani, que en el teatro tenía que causar un gran impacto; pero, como Callas, vocalmente, no son. Agilidades perfectas, a tiempo, indicaciones y matices perfectamente solventados y cabaletta a tono. Muérete, Tebaldi, jajjaaja.
This is brilliant. When I was younger I didn't understand the Callas craze, I much preferred Sutherland and Sills, but I have grown to also love Callas' approach. ❤
When Monserrat Caballe passed she was the last of the Great Divas of the Operatic World No sopranos today can even come close to those Divas who have passed but thanks to recordings n videos on utube the incredible talents of those sopranos will live on 👏🏻🙋🏼♀️🇺🇸
This is one of her best roles. I wish I had seen her in opera. I was fortunate to have seen/heard her in the final or farewell concert at Carnegie Hall on 5 March 1974. Bravissima! May she rest in peace.
So many Violetta’s I have listened to, Maria Callas is the only one I return to, over and over. I have her recording with Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting, 1955. In my opinion the BEST!
To me she was the best Violetta ever. Her voice was able to handle all the aspects of the role, the agility of the first act, the heroism of the second act, and the resignation of the third act. This role is complex and Callas understood that and sung accordingly. She was a true artist indeed.
One can name various quite capable sopranos who have succeeded in some aspects of opera but only Callas succeeded in them all. Listen though to Rosa Ponselle, whom Callas herself admired. You" be the judge.
Callas is like a firework in the feelings and soul...passion and soul mixed...especially when she died in roles...we die with her...for me she is the the best Violetta...the best Carmen...and the best Tosca...no one of the female sopranos have the power to singing the end of Carmen so dramatic and full of soul...The most clear voice of sopranos Callas is like a bird or like a wild cat visius or angry...and so sad...but always se made that with passion soul and technique...!!!
I always grin whenever I hear her different performances of Violetta, especially, that part in 5:34 where she chuckles. You get to picture out how she painted the whole image of the Opera with her voice - like in the second act where you hear her sniffling and crying during the whole scene with Germont and Alfredo. To be a fly on a wall during her performance would be a blessing, but I figured that I'd probably be killed by the force of her voice. 😂
Absolutamente hermoso e impresionante!! Callas hubiese cumplido hace unos días 100 años. Su voz eterna vivirá por siempre entre los que amamos la opera. Gracias por compartir tan extraordinario documento sonoro.
Per Maria niente era impossibile ogni volta che assumeva, consapevolmente e con ponderatezza, la decisione di affrontare un nuovo ruolo. Lo studio rigoroso , l' impegno quasi sovrumano e le sue doti artistiche eccezionali le permettevano di entrare nel personaggio e di renderlo al meglio, secondo le intenzioni espresse dagli Autori. W la Divina!
I can't begin to imagine how it must have felt witness her at this stage in her career (I'm guessing this is one of those Mexico performances). She joked once saying she had sung "like a wild cat" and indeed, the amount of raw energy pouring through her voice is unfathamable. Whenever I hear one of Callas' super acutti I'm reminded of the story of when Tulio Serafin kindly gave 6 pence to Joan Sutherland for her Eb in a rehearsal of Lucia. Her high notes were indeed incredible, but by that logic, Maria was a billionaire.
It's always a great experience to find more videos on Early Callas but this was just the start of what turned into an even better career and an even better story. Callas called herself a vocal athlete in these early and primal years which makes it come full circle when she's singing this aria and cabaletta like some wildcat! Yes, it's primal and glorious singing but the "musicianship" that she became accustomed to didn't get there until that one the year of 1952. We all know the story and how it ended and just to think this was just the start, is no more than unbelievable. I wished she did more recordings during these years though so we'd always have her voice on recording.
I wish after 25 years of studying to Callas I had actually studied carefuly all the recordings she made those years... I still have so much more to study...
Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total. Humains, priez.
I feel like Maria was a type of infinity. Behind those small vocal cords was an immense creature, something that couldn’t be held back, something only she could’ve kept in check. Because had she chosen to unleash her voice for pure power and applause - our brains would have been propelled a few thousand years into the future starting in 1949!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😻😻😻😺🙂
Δεν είναι μόνον η μοναδική φωνή, αλλά και ο μοναδικός τρόπος έκφρασης, το βίωμα τού ρόλου στο πετσι, η ιδιαίτερη φυσική μουσικότητά της! Ευχαριστώ, φίλε.
Με όλα αυτά τα posts της Sutherland που έχω βάλει, κουβαλήθηκαν όλα τα ανόητα και γράφουν απίστευτες βλακείες :D πρέπει να κόψω λίγο Sutherland :D Το τραγούδι που ακούμε στο παρόν post είναι Απίστευτο... Θαύμα της Φύσης, δεν νομίζω οτι θα ξαναϋπάρξει ποτέ τραγουδίστρια να τραγουδά με αυτόν τρόπο στην Ιστορία της Ανθρωπότητας
Θα με φάνε σου λέω... το τι κάνω delete και δεν το βλέπετε... το τι λένε Θε μου... μετά μου λες Ευγενική ενασχόληση η Όπερα... το Ποδόσφαιρο της κλασσικής μουσικής είναι...
Φίλε μου, η όπερα είναι ευγενική ενασχόληση. Αυτοί που σχολιάζουν εδώ μέσα είναι επιπέδου γηπέδου. Δεν φταίει η όπερα σ' αυτό. Εσύ συνέχισε την εξαιρετική δουλειά που κνανεις κι όσοι καταλαβαίνουμε, το εκτιμούμαι δεόντως. Να είσαι πάντα καλά.
Αυτή η ανεπανάληπτη γυναίκα σε αυτή την ερμηνεία βουτάει βαθειά μέσα στη Βιολέτα Βαλερί και βγάζει στην επιφάνεια όλη την ψυχική δύναμη και την ομορφιά της άρρωστης κοπέλας, ακροβατώντας με σιγουριά και θάρρος στην κόψη της δικής της ψυχής. Την αγαπώ.
High five! same over here! Actually... I do not like opera at all... I like Callas! To me, she's the only to make opera sound interesting. I really love her art!
What a desperate passion for Life comfronding the future soon coming Death...She brings Opera to touch Ancient Greek tragedy...She has that in her Being, in her blood, in her Soul...
thanks for this......I don't know exactly when and where but Di Stefano's unmistakable.....so early years Mexico?.....sound is excellent though, could he the live '55?..... whatever it is it brightens a Sunday afternoon so many thanks.....😊
Que todos ouçam e não transformem o seu dia em algo desagradável e mal humorado.Callas é insuperável em Tosca e em Traviata.E somando tudo isso,que grande atriz em cena.Eletrizante e única.Por isso a chamavam de DIVINA.A grande voz do século passado e referência para o atual e para os que virão,Amém...
Since i was a kid i heard a lot of black singers who have the most powerful voices bcoz i love watching singing contest but i can say that none of them can beat 'young' callas voice. Even leontyne price nor whitney cant compete her. She's one of a kind. A gifted singer. One in a billion voices. I agree that she has a superhuman voice. No one like her. The arias Ritorna Vincitor in 1951 and Suicido in 1952 Wow give me goosebumps. I wish i have a voice like her. A powerful gigantic voice. Bravo La Divina. Thanks Lohengrin for posting videos of her.
for the record, only Joan Sutherland's vocal cords can be compared to Callas', not the singing, the cords, Sutherland abandoned the "alla Callas singing" in the roles she could actually sing that strong, very early in her career to preserve her vocal health
Lohengrin O Now I know that this page is mostly dedicated to your love of Operatic singers but I was wondering if you would upload clips that showcase your favourite performances from your favourite female contemporary singers? Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston are the two of the greatest non-operatic female vocalists to ever grace popular music and I know you're huge fans of them both and appreciate their vocal gifts. The same applies to Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan for their immaculate interpretative abilities and overall musicianship. It'd be really interesting if you could dissect what it is you like about the aforementioned? What do you say? :D :D :D
it takes a lot of time to do that and as much as I love the singers you mention (I would add Nana, Nina and Jackie) I do not have access to rare live performances of these singers... Legendary Vocalists does a great job in all this (th-cam.com/users/camilinhapayavideos) ... perhaps when this channel gets deleted I will think about to grow this as you mention (th-cam.com/channels/nSJqfgTo3wuldZdP6YJrTw.htmlvideos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0) and this is one of my most most most favorite songs ever: th-cam.com/video/7ikYS-eqXns/w-d-xo.html a thousand bows to Jackie
I wanted to say that Flagstad's cords might be a contender but as majestic as that voice was, Flagstad never had Callas' upper extension. Yup, you're def. right.
κοίτα Ειρήνη νομίζω οτι της το χρωστάμε... αφού την είχανε οι Αριστεροί στην λίστα των Ελλήνων προς Δολοφονία τη δεκαετία του 40, από τους ίδιους ανθρώπους που σφάξανε με τσεκούρι την Ελένη Παπαδάκη, τη μεγαλύτερη Ελληνίδα Τραγωδό στα διυλιστήρια της Ούλεν (από την οποία η Κάλλας έμαθε πολλά), αφού η Ναυσικά Γαλανού και η Ζωζώ Ρεμούνδου είχανε χρησιμοποιήσει τις κομματικές διασυνδέσεις των αντρών τους για να θέσουν θέμα στη Βουλή των Ελλήνων την απόλυση της Μαρίας από την Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή ως ατάλαντη και την γιούχαραν κάθε φορά που έβγαινε στη σκηνή, αφού ο διευθυντής ορχήστρας της Εθνικής Λυρικής Σκηνής, όταν κάλεσαν την Κάλλας το 1957 στο Ηρώδειο να τραγουδήσει, ρώτησε επιδεικτικά: Ποιά είναι αυτή? δεν την γνωρίζω.... αφού πρόσφατα σε άρθρο του ο Τσαγκαρουσιάνος την περιγράφει ως μια "κακοήθη κυράτσα" έτσι όπως δηλώνει γιατι την αγαπά πολύ και θέλει να την κάνει πιο προσιτή!! στο Ελληνικό κοινό :D ... Nομίζω οτι της το χρωστάμε...
Πέρα από τον θάνατο της μεγάλης ηθοποιού Ελένης Παπαδάκη, δεν ήξερα όλα αυτά τα γεγονότα που γράφετε για την μέγιστη Μαρία Κάλλας, αυτό το αιθέριο πλάσμα με την απίστευτη φωνή και το ανυπέρβλητο ταλέντο της! Όντως τις χρωστάμε πάρα πολλά για όσα πρόσφερε στην Όπερα, στις ψυχές μας και την αγαπάμε τόσο πολύ, τι κι αν έχουν περάσει σαράντα χρόνια από τον θάνατό της....
Τα περιγράφει όλα με ανατριχιαστικές λεπτομέρειες η πιο σοβαρή Βιογραφία που έχει γραφτεί έως σήμερα για την Κάλλας, από το Διομήδη-Πετσάλη (Η Άγνωστη Κάλλας), που έχει μεταφραστεί σε όλες τις γλώσσες και έχει λάβει βραβείο από τη Γαλλική Ακαδημία και αποτελεί ένα Ιστορικό Ντοκουμέντο που βασίζεται σε Ιστορικές Πηγές και όχι σε μυθολογίες κτλ... Βέβαια είχε και τους λίγους υποστηρικτές της... η μεγάλη Μαρία Αλκαίου (δεν ξέρω εάν την είχατε δει ως Φόνισσα (Παπαδιαμάντης) στην Ελληνική τηλεόραση, πριν γίνει η Ελληνική τηλεόραση Βόθρος) πήγαινε και στεκότανε στα πλάγια της Σκηνής όταν τραγουδούσε η Μαρία για να εμποδίσει τις δύο Κυράτσες να την γιουχάρουν.. μια φορά δε αυτές από τη λύσσα τους, της είπαν: Πείτε στην Καλογεροπούλου να πάει σπίτι της... δεν πρόκειται να πετύχει τίποτα, είναι εντελώς ατάλαντη... Είναι φανταστικό βιβλίο αν αντέχει κάποιος να δει όλη την κατάντια της Εκτρωματικής πραγματικά ψυχής του Έλληνα.. του μεγαλύτερου Υπερφιλόδοξου Ψώνιου της Υφηλίου
Δεν το έχω διαβάσει! Θα ψάξω να το βρω να το αγοράσω. Θα συμφωνήσω μαζί σας, για το σκουπίδι που λέγεται τηλεόραση και για τον τύπο του Ελληνάρα που μισεί ότι αξίζει και είναι αδίστακτος. Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ για τις πληροφορίες.
Verdi becomes violent with the Soprano in this aria... I dont think there was ever been a more difficult coloratura aria except perhaps Kostanze's Ah ich liebte who alas we dont have with either Maria nor Joan while the complete recording of Serail with Schwarzkopf in her coloratura years (mid 40s) has it omitted :D
Lohengrin O TOTALLY AGREE. When Verdi wrote this aria, the only soprano capable of singing it was in his mind and not yet born. Callas gave life to HIS Violetta, the entire opera. What makes Maria great is the gifts GOD gave HER, unreachable by mortals. I saw many Violettas at The Metropolitan, the first Albanese, but I was 10 years old I think and I thought she was somebody's grandma. Others, Freni (loved), Joan (wooden), Scotto (I apologize) Stratas (GREAT) others not worth mentioning. I like Zeani in her recordings. But really are ALL eclipsed by LA Divina who lives it body, soul, and voice.
Well, we do have Maria in "Martern aller arten" from Serail (in Italian), which is marvelous and, in my opinion, even more difficult than Ach ich liebte.
I adore Verdi, so this will sound blasphemous... I've never been a fan of La Traviata. Callas is the only one who ever made me reconsider. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance.
I have to say, there is another whose voice stuns me. Hardly ever mentioned because some of her mannerisms are a little outre but Cecilia Bartoli has an extraordinary voice. Her recording of music written for castrati is extraordinary. A must hear!
Es Callas!!!!! Eso basta...Habría que investigar si esta interpretación fue antes de que llegara Tullio Serafin a su vida. Y es lo más seguro...Pero no obsta para decir que ella es la Divina!!!
j'aime ces phrases lyriques et profondes: "Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total. Humains, priez."
@@hildegundsmjmhohenfels3396 ceci n'est pas de moi, je l'ai trouvé écrit plus bas dans un commentaire. L'auteur semble-t-il est : Kastrafior Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total. Humains, priez.
Mid 50's Callas surpasses "Fat Callas" in my words. And in her own words, she called herself in her younger years as a "vocal athlete". Boy, I'm so glad she did more to music than sing in her dramatic soprano (which is great but the "legend" of Callas was much more than just "fat callas".)
@@Shahrdad So you're disagreeing with the woman who said it herself. Ardouin also has it on record of her calling herself a vocal athlete and acrobat in her virile and younger days. Not taking anything away from her being an artist but one can't sit her and say that she was a fully "complete" Violetta in those early Traviatas or early Normas when she had just began to essay them; that's ludicrous and preposterous to even make such a statement.
Besides the unbelievable performance we are witnessing here that most people are writing about, the quality of the recording is pretty good. Anyone know from when and/or where is this performance? Does the full opera recording exist?
I find this role and the opera boring. Just my opinion. That being said. When Callas sings it, I am totally under her spell. It seems human and 3 dimensional. Unlike the usual machine gun of notes and aimlessspinning around that we get from other Sopranos. The E flat at the end isn't an opportunity tu to show off a perfectly placed high note. When Callas sings it, it's an emotional outburst. Simply the greatest!
Callas is and will remain Opera's most gifted talent. She will be remembered forever.
She is a master instrumentalist. A musicians musician conquering the most unpredictable and abstract instrument of them all. What a gift to hear this beautiful genius.
After listening to that I would also gladly listen to the audience's wild applause and cheering for any number of minutes, just to bask in the electric atmosphere of such an epic performance!
Very true. ❤️
I agree with others who say they usually skip to the Sempre Libra, but with Maria they are compelled to listen to the entire scene. I got to witness Maria live in her farewell tour. It changed my thinking of theater for ever. There was truly something unearthly and magical about her presence on-stage. Plus, despite her vocal decline at the time, there were moments of such vocal beauty and expression as to defy my ability to convey it in writing. It saddens me terribly knowing we will never hear her like again. I will pray to be wrong!
Unbelievable ! She uses every note and phrase as an acting tool! No other soprano has ever equalled her ability to imbue every role with such conviction!
You had but to close your eyes and listen... Every nuance was spot on...
As she matured she even used the flaws in her voice to effect!
We shall never hear such an incredible voice again!
The great tenor Leopold Simoneau sang Alfredo to her Violetta in her North American debut in Chicago. He told me he was so frightened by her intensity onstage that he almost couldn't sing!
As a Pop and RnB singer, It was Callas who made me appreciate the beauty of opera.
I have never heard all that abundance of sound she delivered here and on top to sing at the end that magnificent E flat. I've never heard a soprano doing it like that, completely trusting her voice in this tremendously difficult aria and on top to culminate in an enormous E flat. Those who dared ended up in disaster. But hey... hello?? ... we are talking Maria Callas here.
I think we are entering an era where people are slowing starting to realize she was an unrepeatable vocal phenomenon... after decades of 5th class singers / teachers bad mouthing her inside conservatoires and making young singers believe unspeakable Atrocities about her and Opera Queens equally bad mouthing her because in their mind she rivaled their favorite this or that or that and after surviving stars of classical music calling the Best this and that singer who could hardly sing a C6 in their best day and even then they would OMIT it :D , people are starting to realize that Maria Callas was the Ultimate Vocal Phenomenon in History
Mi bemolle potentissimo, coloratura eccezionale, drammaticità unica. Maria Callas è Violetta!
Wow. Not only the best version of this aria but also the best version of Callas singing it live on stage. Gives me goosebumps. Love Callas. ❤️❤️❤️
Great soprano ,great artist ,great woman .Nice and breathtaking at all.Forever .
Terrific, thank you dear Lohengrin for reminding us. Sound like Mexico City 1952 with di Stefano; an Italian opera high altitude marathon that summer which included Lucia, Rigoletto, Puritani and Tosca. She really is phenomenal here, doing whatever she likes with her as yet untarnished Assoluta instrument of pure gold, managing the most delicate vocalizing and coloratura like it's the easiest thing in the world!
'' When Callas appeared , the audience spontaneously applauded . She never blinked an eye of acknowledgment. It was powerful !...The arias came out of her body unhampered by technical bragging... Callas was a firebrand . '' Shirley Verret
Where was this and what was she talking about specifically? This is incredible!
Shirley was still student at Julliard School and she heard the fuss about Callas coming at the Met Opera for her debut in 1956 in Norma . Against the will of her voice teacher she went there , and she says in her book, her life changed since then ...
I think the voice teacher like many others, was afraid of Callas ...
I see why that voice teacher was afraid of Callas. She became more than the opera and forced those around her to take notice. Voice teachers in 1955 were afraid of Callas? Now that is something but I can see it. Just like it is today, voice teachers emphasis just to "stand and sing", however, you can't find anything musical if you do just that. We are all public servants to the music and it is our duty to make sure the audience understands the words (diction), the emotional aspect of the character/text/musical drama (musicality), and most importantly how can we share this thing with them personality (interpersonal relationship with the audience).
No wonder so many of the first wave of Black-American female singers absolutely looked up and adored Callas. She does represent a fighting spirit that so little people had at that time and she took her job seriously -- in an era where the singers who sung her repertoire were all tinpot coloraturas who made a mockery of the emotional intensity in favor of their own flimsy acrobatics. No wonder the likes of Joan Sutherland and Gargle Horne hated her with their combined might!
For me, it's more like Abigail waking up one day and thinking 'oh, let me sing that French girl's part'. lol
this is truly unbelievable singing... to be able to add endless vocal colors in a vocal line full of coloratura when you are supporting it with weight and thickness of a dramatic soprano...
Ha ha ha...best comment EVER!
SPOT ON!!!!!
Hahaha true!!! 🤣
Very apt ... or ritorna vincitor in petticoats!
Where are all those pontificating about Callas not having the high notes? There's none so deaf as those who won't hear. Those laser-cut, full-blast high notes were just one of her many miraculous achievements. Gobsmacking performance, thanks for uploading this Lohengrin O.
αυτή η κατηγορία εναντίον της δεν πολυεμφανίζεται πια... άλλες όμως...
What you mean not having high notes? Callas owns the biggest D6's and Eb6's of recorded history, or any history for that matter.
@@nwdixieboy This is definitely Callas before the weight loss. In fact it's from 1952, live in Mexico City. She never had vocal heft like this after 1954.
@@nwdixieboy 1952's Armida is probably my favorite single performance by her. Incredible! I love almost every stage of her career, though, and admire her continually strong performances into the late 50s. Even in the mid-60s with much of her voice in tatters, she was still capable of beautiful singing.
@@Tdvc Perhaps Tebaldians said that !
I didn't love opera when I was a kid, but was exposed to it and classical music in general by my Dad, who listened to it all incessantly. In opera, he especially loved Maria Callas. I thought she sounded particularly weird, and not appealing. Now, many years later, I'd like to tell my Dad that early Callas is stupendous and probably unmatched by anything in the musical Universe. It took me a few decades to grow up and develop at least a little proper taste in music. Despite the terrible recording quality, you can hear the spirit of a wild artist come through, and makes this way of classical singing comparable to the unfiltered jazz that I love. Unfiltered is what she is - an immense talent, with no artifice, which is what all art aims for.
Τhe Voice alone of early Callas is unrepeatable... John Ardoin was give her 1952 Lucia as a present in 1952 and he... gave it away after listening to the vinyl once... in the 6 months that followed he was being Haunted by her sound as a memory so he went and bought her Lucia again this time for himself to keep... Callas is the ultimate acquired taste... she herself described it as follows: Most people dont like my voice when they first hear it, but after a while I persuade them about what is going on underneath...
Great story, lucky you. Some music you have to go to but because it calls you and sometimes you don’t even understand but theres a fire there that keeps burning even if just a small flame at first. You take little bites of this and that until you have a huge piece. Jazz is like that for many-almost a right of passage. now on with Opera
Divina Maria! Come sempre è completamente nel ruolo, lei non canta Violetta ma è Violetta. Un'espressione musicale unica.
Listen to this, among other many examples, and explain how could anyone ever argue that Callas is the overall greatest artist ever recorded?!
An assoluta voice, with 3 fully developed registers, trills to die for, coloratura arsenal of dynamics, scales, staccati, unrivaled legato and phrasing, placement, volume, colors, recitativo enunciation, diction, interpretation, characterization, understanding and respect of composer, period and characters’ psychology across basically every major opera composer post baroque.
Please do name ONE who can rival and exceed that and I will rest my case.
early Callas was a natural Phenomenon never to be repeated and although Sutherland's Voice was equally phenomenal she never did the full scale of Vocal Olympics early Callas did and of course never added the Colors... but even with that, those two, Maria and dame Joan, were two Phenomena of singing, light years above ALL ELSE
@@LohengrinO and - notwithstanding the true beauty of Dame Joan‘s high notes - she didn’t even have two ‚fully developed registers‘ let alone three
We say : you want to win easy !!! :o))
Dame Joan Sutherland, and Anna Moffo singing this aria or Dessay.......
@@thorvonoden5879 La Moffo en escena tenía que ser brutal, era un bellezón, y también oí a Kraus elogiar a Zeani, que en el teatro tenía que causar un gran impacto; pero, como Callas, vocalmente, no son. Agilidades perfectas, a tiempo, indicaciones y matices perfectamente solventados y cabaletta a tono. Muérete, Tebaldi, jajjaaja.
Notice how she leads the orchestra from start to end. ❤
This is brilliant. When I was younger I didn't understand the Callas craze, I much preferred Sutherland and Sills, but I have grown to also love Callas' approach. ❤
Powerful E flat, can any soprano else sing coloratura and high notes in dramatic voice and volume?
It's incredible.
Dame Joan Sutherland
Cristina Deutekom
@@thorvonoden5879 she not dramatic soprano
@@gummypusswatterson1322 she is not a dramatic soprano.
@@jerryalbertleonmendoza1858 most ppl wouldn't call callas a purely dramatic soprano either
The most expressive and heart wrenching "Follie~Follie"~ I have ever heard~ Ever among her other recording ~ This one was at the peak
When Monserrat Caballe passed she was the last of the Great Divas of the Operatic World No sopranos today can even come close to those Divas who have passed but thanks to recordings n videos on utube the incredible talents of those sopranos will live on 👏🏻🙋🏼♀️🇺🇸
This is one of her best roles. I wish I had seen her in opera. I was fortunate to have seen/heard her in the final or farewell concert at Carnegie Hall on 5 March 1974. Bravissima! May she rest in peace.
that wasnt Maria Callas u saw... Maria Callas died in 1959
@@LohengrinO Alas, this is partially true. Very sad.
Lohengrin O Indeed my friend INDEED. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
So many Violetta’s I have listened to, Maria Callas is the only one I return to, over and over. I have her recording with Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting, 1955. In my opinion the BEST!
To me she was the best Violetta ever. Her voice was able to handle all the aspects of the role, the agility of the first act, the heroism of the second act, and the resignation of the third act. This role is complex and Callas understood that and sung accordingly. She was a true artist indeed.
Plus SHE looked the way & acted the way a Violeta would. 💜
@@robertnelson3881 VioleTTa, please. Violeta is unlistenable in our language !!!
One can name various quite capable sopranos who have succeeded in some aspects of opera but only Callas succeeded in them all. Listen though to Rosa Ponselle, whom Callas herself admired. You" be the judge.
@@iTube22100 - I think Violeta is the Spanish spelling and Violetta is the Italian. And the libretto was in Italian.
Callas is like a firework in the feelings and soul...passion and soul mixed...especially when she died in roles...we die with her...for me she is the the best Violetta...the best Carmen...and the best Tosca...no one of the female sopranos have the power to singing the end of Carmen so dramatic and full of soul...The most clear voice of sopranos Callas is like a bird or like a wild cat visius or angry...and so sad...but always se made that with passion soul and technique...!!!
Incredible! Grandissimo voce.... La Divina!!!!!!! The voice of heaven!!!
I always grin whenever I hear her different performances of Violetta, especially, that part in 5:34 where she chuckles. You get to picture out how she painted the whole image of the Opera with her voice - like in the second act where you hear her sniffling and crying during the whole scene with Germont and Alfredo. To be a fly on a wall during her performance would be a blessing, but I figured that I'd probably be killed by the force of her voice. 😂
flowercy
What I like about this woman......she go right to the core of the music.
Absolutamente hermoso e impresionante!! Callas hubiese cumplido hace unos días 100 años. Su voz eterna vivirá por siempre entre los que amamos la opera. Gracias por compartir tan extraordinario documento sonoro.
There is no better word for that high Mi than supersonic. Holy shit it can literally pierce through concrete.
Per Maria niente era impossibile ogni volta che assumeva, consapevolmente e con ponderatezza, la decisione di affrontare un nuovo ruolo. Lo studio rigoroso , l' impegno quasi sovrumano e le sue doti artistiche eccezionali le permettevano di entrare nel personaggio e di renderlo al meglio, secondo le intenzioni espresse dagli Autori. W la Divina!
I can't begin to imagine how it must have felt witness her at this stage in her career (I'm guessing this is one of those Mexico performances). She joked once saying she had sung "like a wild cat" and indeed, the amount of raw energy pouring through her voice is unfathamable.
Whenever I hear one of Callas' super acutti I'm reminded of the story of when Tulio Serafin kindly gave 6 pence to Joan Sutherland for her Eb in a rehearsal of Lucia. Her high notes were indeed incredible, but by that logic, Maria was a billionaire.
th-cam.com/video/IK-1wQoC-jk/w-d-xo.html my other favorite :D
It's always a great experience to find more videos on Early Callas but this was just the start of what turned into an even better career and an even better story. Callas called herself a vocal athlete in these early and primal years which makes it come full circle when she's singing this aria and cabaletta like some wildcat! Yes, it's primal and glorious singing but the "musicianship" that she became accustomed to didn't get there until that one the year of 1952. We all know the story and how it ended and just to think this was just the start, is no more than unbelievable.
I wished she did more recordings during these years though so we'd always have her voice on recording.
I wish after 25 years of studying to Callas I had actually studied carefuly all the recordings she made those years... I still have so much more to study...
Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total.
Humains, priez.
I feel like Maria was a type of infinity. Behind those small vocal cords was an immense creature, something that couldn’t be held back, something only she could’ve kept in check.
Because had she chosen to unleash her voice for pure power and applause - our brains would have been propelled a few thousand years into the future starting in 1949!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😻😻😻😺🙂
I always fall into the Callas spell with that opening 'E strano'...
this one is one of the most gorgeous first parts she ever sang.. that is why I included it... and Ah forse lui... so many vocal colors...!!!
It's beautiful emotional and accurate at the same time!
Δεν είναι μόνον η μοναδική φωνή, αλλά και ο μοναδικός τρόπος έκφρασης, το βίωμα τού ρόλου στο πετσι, η ιδιαίτερη φυσική μουσικότητά της!
Ευχαριστώ, φίλε.
Με όλα αυτά τα posts της Sutherland που έχω βάλει, κουβαλήθηκαν όλα τα ανόητα και γράφουν απίστευτες βλακείες :D πρέπει να κόψω λίγο Sutherland :D Το τραγούδι που ακούμε στο παρόν post είναι Απίστευτο... Θαύμα της Φύσης, δεν νομίζω οτι θα ξαναϋπάρξει ποτέ τραγουδίστρια να τραγουδά με αυτόν τρόπο στην Ιστορία της Ανθρωπότητας
Lohengrin O
Αν είναι έτσι, τότε καλύτερα κλείσε την Σα *ρδε* λαντ για λίγο καιρό στην κονσέρβα της! :)
Θα με φάνε σου λέω... το τι κάνω delete και δεν το βλέπετε... το τι λένε Θε μου... μετά μου λες Ευγενική ενασχόληση η Όπερα... το Ποδόσφαιρο της κλασσικής μουσικής είναι...
Φίλε μου, η όπερα είναι ευγενική ενασχόληση. Αυτοί που σχολιάζουν εδώ μέσα είναι επιπέδου γηπέδου. Δεν φταίει η όπερα σ' αυτό.
Εσύ συνέχισε την εξαιρετική δουλειά που κνανεις κι όσοι καταλαβαίνουμε, το εκτιμούμαι δεόντως.
Να είσαι πάντα καλά.
Didnt understand a word
She writes the rules of the game again!
Thank you for posting the video and the comment that is always very interesting
Αυτή η ανεπανάληπτη γυναίκα σε αυτή την ερμηνεία βουτάει βαθειά μέσα στη Βιολέτα Βαλερί και βγάζει στην επιφάνεια όλη την ψυχική δύναμη και την ομορφιά της άρρωστης κοπέλας, ακροβατώντας με σιγουριά και θάρρος στην κόψη της δικής της ψυχής. Την αγαπώ.
This casting of Brunhilde is the most gorgeous first parts she ever sang. Miraculous !!!
Callas ruined me.. I really cannot appreciate any other soprano but her!
yep thats the Callas effect, Rudolph Bing says that with one gesture of hers she could ruin entirely the performance of any other soprano
Same here...just Callas ...she is a singing Goddess
High five!
same over here!
Actually... I do not like opera at all... I like Callas! To me, she's the only to make opera sound interesting. I really love her art!
jajaja me too
Me too... divine...!!! She casts the spell on us always
WOW!!! THIS IS GOLD..
What a desperate passion for Life comfronding the future soon coming Death...She brings Opera to touch Ancient Greek tragedy...She has that in her Being, in her blood, in her Soul...
Είχε δει λένε την Ελένη Παπαδάκη στη σκηνή... πριν την σφάξουν οι αριστεροί με το τσεκούρι στα διυλιστήρια της Ούλεν
thanks for this......I don't know exactly when and where but Di Stefano's unmistakable.....so early years Mexico?.....sound is excellent though, could he the live '55?..... whatever it is it brightens a Sunday afternoon so many thanks.....😊
It's mexico 1952 and indeed it is Di Stefano. It's the BJR original tapes ,complete performance also in youtube.
What I love about Callas is she never rush the music.... she takes all the time in the world.
Great video as always. Grazie tanto, Lohengrin!
Imbatible en Violeta!!!
Un volcán
Un Huracán
Un Seismo de Voz !!!
I have a similar recording but without the laugh from a 1950s LP with Tullio Serafin. Another magnificent performance.
whow this is Callas ....Opera of it's finest
The best ever and the best forever.....
SUPREMA.INIGUALABLE REALLY THE DIVINE,
HAY MUCHAS INTÉRPRETES. MAS SOLO A UNA PERTENECE ESE ROL. A MARÍA CALLAS!! FOR EVER MARIA CALLAS!!
Que todos ouçam e não transformem o seu dia em algo desagradável e mal humorado.Callas é insuperável em Tosca e em Traviata.E somando tudo isso,que grande atriz em cena.Eletrizante e única.Por isso
a chamavam de DIVINA.A grande voz do século passado e referência para o atual e para os que virão,Amém...
That huge, radiant, unparalled Eb6...
Magnificent!!
As always, without comparison, marvelous.
Since i was a kid i heard a lot of black singers who have the most powerful voices bcoz i love watching singing contest but i can say that none of them can beat 'young' callas voice. Even leontyne price nor whitney cant compete her. She's one of a kind. A gifted singer. One in a billion voices. I agree that she has a superhuman voice. No one like her. The arias Ritorna Vincitor in 1951 and Suicido in 1952 Wow give me goosebumps. I wish i have a voice like her. A powerful gigantic voice. Bravo La Divina. Thanks Lohengrin for posting videos of her.
for the record, only Joan Sutherland's vocal cords can be compared to Callas', not the singing, the cords, Sutherland abandoned the "alla Callas singing" in the roles she could actually sing that strong, very early in her career to preserve her vocal health
Lohengrin O
Now I know that this page is mostly dedicated to your love of Operatic singers but I was wondering if you would upload clips that showcase your favourite performances from your favourite female contemporary singers?
Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston are the two of the greatest non-operatic female vocalists to ever grace popular music and I know you're huge fans of them both and appreciate their vocal gifts. The same applies to Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan for their immaculate interpretative abilities and overall musicianship.
It'd be really interesting if you could dissect what it is you like about the aforementioned?
What do you say? :D :D :D
it takes a lot of time to do that and as much as I love the singers you mention (I would add Nana, Nina and Jackie) I do not have access to rare live performances of these singers... Legendary Vocalists does a great job in all this (th-cam.com/users/camilinhapayavideos) ... perhaps when this channel gets deleted I will think about to grow this as you mention (th-cam.com/channels/nSJqfgTo3wuldZdP6YJrTw.htmlvideos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0) and this is one of my most most most favorite songs ever: th-cam.com/video/7ikYS-eqXns/w-d-xo.html a thousand bows to Jackie
Why this channel should be delated ?? O.O
I wanted to say that Flagstad's cords might be a contender but as majestic as that voice was, Flagstad never had Callas' upper extension. Yup, you're def. right.
INMENSA MARIA!!!!!!!NADIE COMO ELLA!!!!!🌞🎹🎵🌻🌿❤
Mamma mia! In ginocchio ai tuoi piedi in adorazione 🙏❤️
Impresionante e inalcanzable
Όνειρο!!! Λατρεμένη Κάλλας!!!Πόσο χαίρομαι μέσα στο you tube να βλέπω Έλληνες να αγαπάνε την όπερα! Ευχαριστούμε για το ανέβασμα!
κοίτα Ειρήνη νομίζω οτι της το χρωστάμε... αφού την είχανε οι Αριστεροί στην λίστα των Ελλήνων προς Δολοφονία τη δεκαετία του 40, από τους ίδιους ανθρώπους που σφάξανε με τσεκούρι την Ελένη Παπαδάκη, τη μεγαλύτερη Ελληνίδα Τραγωδό στα διυλιστήρια της Ούλεν (από την οποία η Κάλλας έμαθε πολλά), αφού η Ναυσικά Γαλανού και η Ζωζώ Ρεμούνδου είχανε χρησιμοποιήσει τις κομματικές διασυνδέσεις των αντρών τους για να θέσουν θέμα στη Βουλή των Ελλήνων την απόλυση της Μαρίας από την Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή ως ατάλαντη και την γιούχαραν κάθε φορά που έβγαινε στη σκηνή, αφού ο διευθυντής ορχήστρας της Εθνικής Λυρικής Σκηνής, όταν κάλεσαν την Κάλλας το 1957 στο Ηρώδειο να τραγουδήσει, ρώτησε επιδεικτικά: Ποιά είναι αυτή? δεν την γνωρίζω.... αφού πρόσφατα σε άρθρο του ο Τσαγκαρουσιάνος την περιγράφει ως μια "κακοήθη κυράτσα" έτσι όπως δηλώνει γιατι την αγαπά πολύ και θέλει να την κάνει πιο προσιτή!! στο Ελληνικό κοινό :D ... Nομίζω οτι της το χρωστάμε...
Πέρα από τον θάνατο της μεγάλης ηθοποιού Ελένης Παπαδάκη, δεν ήξερα όλα αυτά τα γεγονότα που γράφετε για την μέγιστη Μαρία Κάλλας, αυτό το αιθέριο πλάσμα με την απίστευτη φωνή και το ανυπέρβλητο ταλέντο της! Όντως τις χρωστάμε πάρα πολλά για όσα πρόσφερε στην Όπερα, στις ψυχές μας και την αγαπάμε τόσο πολύ, τι κι αν έχουν περάσει σαράντα χρόνια από τον θάνατό της....
Τα περιγράφει όλα με ανατριχιαστικές λεπτομέρειες η πιο σοβαρή Βιογραφία που έχει γραφτεί έως σήμερα για την Κάλλας, από το Διομήδη-Πετσάλη (Η Άγνωστη Κάλλας), που έχει μεταφραστεί σε όλες τις γλώσσες και έχει λάβει βραβείο από τη Γαλλική Ακαδημία και αποτελεί ένα Ιστορικό Ντοκουμέντο που βασίζεται σε Ιστορικές Πηγές και όχι σε μυθολογίες κτλ... Βέβαια είχε και τους λίγους υποστηρικτές της... η μεγάλη Μαρία Αλκαίου (δεν ξέρω εάν την είχατε δει ως Φόνισσα (Παπαδιαμάντης) στην Ελληνική τηλεόραση, πριν γίνει η Ελληνική τηλεόραση Βόθρος) πήγαινε και στεκότανε στα πλάγια της Σκηνής όταν τραγουδούσε η Μαρία για να εμποδίσει τις δύο Κυράτσες να την γιουχάρουν.. μια φορά δε αυτές από τη λύσσα τους, της είπαν: Πείτε στην Καλογεροπούλου να πάει σπίτι της... δεν πρόκειται να πετύχει τίποτα, είναι εντελώς ατάλαντη... Είναι φανταστικό βιβλίο αν αντέχει κάποιος να δει όλη την κατάντια της Εκτρωματικής πραγματικά ψυχής του Έλληνα.. του μεγαλύτερου Υπερφιλόδοξου Ψώνιου της Υφηλίου
Δεν το έχω διαβάσει! Θα ψάξω να το βρω να το αγοράσω. Θα συμφωνήσω μαζί σας, για το σκουπίδι που λέγεται τηλεόραση και για τον τύπο του Ελληνάρα που μισεί ότι αξίζει και είναι αδίστακτος. Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ για τις πληροφορίες.
Divinity itself! Thank you!
Incredibile! 😍😍🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💖
After a sip of water, she could have gladly sang it again.
Verdi becomes violent with the Soprano in this aria... I dont think there was ever been a more difficult coloratura aria except perhaps Kostanze's Ah ich liebte who alas we dont have with either Maria nor Joan while the complete recording of Serail with Schwarzkopf in her coloratura years (mid 40s) has it omitted :D
Lohengrin O TOTALLY AGREE. When Verdi wrote this aria, the only soprano capable of singing it was in his mind and not yet born. Callas gave life to HIS Violetta, the entire opera. What makes Maria great is the gifts GOD gave HER, unreachable by mortals. I saw many Violettas at The Metropolitan, the first Albanese, but I was 10 years old I think and I thought she was somebody's grandma. Others, Freni (loved), Joan (wooden), Scotto (I apologize) Stratas (GREAT) others not worth mentioning. I like Zeani in her recordings. But really are ALL eclipsed by LA Divina who lives it body, soul, and voice.
Well, we do have Maria in "Martern aller arten" from Serail (in Italian), which is marvelous and, in my opinion, even more difficult than Ach ich liebte.
Doctor James YOU ARE RIGHT!!! I forgot about that. Maria sang EVERYTHING.
No no... Martern requires the range span but Ah ich liebte... that's the reason Sutherland never sang Kostanze ;)
Absolutely flawless and amazing sustained notes! Do you have any information on the recording?
Amazing , thats all I can say!!!!!!
Callas est comme devant un miroir qui lentement se fissure et se brise. C'est terrible et merveilleux à la fois.
I love that you could hear the prompter.
I adore Verdi, so this will sound blasphemous... I've never been a fan of La Traviata. Callas is the only one who ever made me reconsider. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance.
I have to say, there is another whose voice stuns me. Hardly ever mentioned because some of her mannerisms are a little outre but
Cecilia Bartoli has an extraordinary voice. Her recording of music written for castrati is extraordinary.
A must hear!
INOLVIDABLE
Lohengrin O, muchas gracias..!!
UNICA e PURISSIMA VOCE SHE IS .......CARUSO in GONNELLA pino termini 2017
Perfect❤
Es Callas!!!!! Eso basta...Habría que investigar si esta interpretación fue antes de que llegara Tullio Serafin a su vida. Y es lo más seguro...Pero no obsta para decir que ella es la Divina!!!
And to all the other accolades one must add her excellent diction, which is often missing in soprano voices...
Let*s be artista!!!! Allá of us!!!
Lohengrin O, this is my favorite recording of her. And picture! Do you know where I can find this picture?
Just listen how beautiful slow is the tempo of the Ah Fortse lui without draging the music!
j'aime ces phrases lyriques et profondes:
"Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total.
Humains, priez."
@frot jean-louis: Pourriez-vous, s-v-p, nous révéler le nom de l'auteur de cette merveilleuse description de La Divina? Merci d'avance :-)
@@hildegundsmjmhohenfels3396 Madame, mademoiselle, monsieur,
@@hildegundsmjmhohenfels3396 ceci n'est pas de moi, je l'ai trouvé écrit plus bas dans un commentaire. L'auteur semble-t-il est : Kastrafior
Un ouragan de feu, de passion et d'amour blessé comme jamais plus on n'entendra. Une ligne de chant extra-terrestre pour un personnage consumé par l'amour, la maladie et la frustration. L'opéra sur les braises de l'art total.
Humains, priez.
@@frotjean-louis6287 Merci :-)
@@frotjean-louis6287 :-D Madame
wow new record... 1000 views in less than 10 hours... and 2000 views in less than 24 hours
Lohengrin O only callas could
Lohengrin O ... we're talking Maria Callas my dear! ... thanks for this priceless jewel! ;-)
Which year is this recording made in? I cannot manage to find it
great!
please...what is the date and location of this performance? which orchestra? which conductor?
It would be so wonderful if you could list the production details: year, theater, conductor. Thank you!
Niki Minaj Anakonda, 2014
Callas in her 'decline' was better than most in their prime.
The prime, original, "fat" Callas is simply unbeatable.
Thee's nothing like "fat Callas" is there?
Mid 50's Callas surpasses "Fat Callas" in my words. And in her own words, she called herself in her younger years as a "vocal athlete". Boy, I'm so glad she did more to music than sing in her dramatic soprano (which is great but the "legend" of Callas was much more than just "fat callas".)
@@Shahrdad So you're disagreeing with the woman who said it herself. Ardouin also has it on record of her calling herself a vocal athlete and acrobat in her virile and younger days. Not taking anything away from her being an artist but one can't sit her and say that she was a fully "complete" Violetta in those early Traviatas or early Normas when she had just began to essay them; that's ludicrous and preposterous to even make such a statement.
Ah, forse is so fucking emotional, I love it
In what year was this recorded?
Is that DeStefano singing Alfredo ???
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Besides the unbelievable performance we are witnessing here that most people are writing about, the quality of the recording is pretty good. Anyone know from when and/or where is this performance? Does the full opera recording exist?
It was in Mexico, 1952, and here you have the complete recording:
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Goddess..
wow
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Deep pain in her voice...
I find this role and the opera boring. Just my opinion. That being said. When Callas sings it, I am totally under her spell. It seems human and 3 dimensional. Unlike the usual machine gun of notes and aimlessspinning around that we get from other Sopranos. The E flat at the end isn't an opportunity tu to show off a perfectly placed high note. When Callas sings it, it's an emotional outburst. Simply the greatest!
I do love this opera, but I fully understand your point, Callas makes her real, not realistic, but creates a reality, hard to explain