Glorious.....Callas at her very best..........such musicality.....such a luscious, clear sound. I will never hear it sung like this again..Technically amazing .......moving beyond words.
Phénoménal !! A cette époque au début des années 50 ,la voix de Callas était fabuleuse de puissance et de virtuosité ,sur trois octaves .Elles pouvait chanter Brunehilde de la Walkyrie et les variations de Proch jusqu'au contre fa sans aucune peine .Beaucoup d'enregistrements de l'époque en attestent .Un phénomène vocal sans précédent dans l'histoire de l'Opera.
John Falstaff for obvious reasons. We have to remember. that Mexico belong to Spain and the 14th and 15th century. Therefore the Spaniards built the Opera House. Most of the people that live in Mexico are descendants of the Spaniards that occupied Mexico for over 200 years. They have a deep understanding of Opera culture art Museum Etc. Therefore it is passed down from generation to generation to their children grandchildren Etc. Mexican peasants are the native Mexican Indians. Many of them maybe Mayan which was an ancient civilization prior to the Egyptian civilization Etc when the Spaniards came to the Yucatan and Central America they destroyed the empire thus destroying their civilization that was well developed centuries before the Egyptian Empire. Spaniards we're conquerors and basically raped and plumage all the resources and the New so-called. New world bringing forth diseases and other filth Etc. They also brought their culture which existed during the Roman Empire. Spain was civilized prior to France Germany Great Britain. I hope this gives you a clear understanding why the Mexican people have a deep understanding and appreciation hope this art form. I am 1/8 Spaniard 1/8 Portuguese 1/8 French 1/8 Mayan Indian 1/4 British Isles 1/8 Middle Eastern Sephardic Jew. 1/16 black African Sudan. 1/8 Native American. I have auburn hair Fair complexion just like my mother and my daughter. Consider ourselves Mexican. I'm fourth generation American. My daughter is fifth generation American my grandchildren R6 generation American. I hope this gives you a good understanding of the Mexican culture. I appreciated your comment why the Mexicans love Maria Callas because you could appreciate a great great artists Etc Maria was not the only great soprano they had in the Opera House had prior to Callas . Peralta was a great soprano just like Maria. She had no successor. That's why. they loved Maria came to sing there she they were deeply appreciative and applauded so dearly because they knew that she would not be back after 1952 Etc when she went back to Europe to conquer the ignorant Europeans Etc I HOPE you're not offended But they say sometimes ignorance is bliss but I think in your case you are yearning for knowledge just like me and my father.. my daughter was the same way and so is my wife. Thank you for your comment it shows that your open minded and appreciate information in a positive way. Your fellow opera friend Arnold Bourbon Amaral. Take care my dear friend till we talk again my sincere apologies if I offended you and anyway. One more thing I know this is really long I have not been to Mexico since I was 8 years old the real Mexico. When I was 8th years old we went on a two week vacation to the large cities of Mexico by car. Of course we have to go to small towns on the way and the poverty was so disturbing children begging in the streets my father felt bad as well. When I got married I told my wife I would never want to go to a third world country and see this type of poverty again. My daughter felt the same way. 14 years ago my daughter and her husband went to Europe for two weeks and she said that in England small villages and Ireland poverty existed as well also in a small villages of France and Spain. It sounded very disturbing. Her husband died taking pictures help the children all over Europe she destroyed them. She had a side photography business she had an IQ of 140 and her husband as well 145. The elite Mexicans in large cities look down on the dark skinned Mexicans as well prejudice and status mean a great deal to them and being light-skinned Etc. In many European countries being wealthy position money power they discriminates against the poor. Opera is in my only interest when I was 15 I saw the Beatles Joan Baez Rolling Stones Mamas and Papas Janis Joplin The Temptations Aretha Franklin Etc. both my wife and I are highly educated. But we are not ignorant of the conditions in the world of the poor and the less fortunate. Thank you for understanding and once again I appreciate your comment. Have a good night talk to you soon. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment due to an autoimmune disease I am okay take care my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
The more I watch and listen to early Maria Callas, I can see and hear the difference after about 1954, after she lost all that weight. She definitely lost some control and seemed unable to reclaim her breath support. While her later performances could still thrill, it saddens me that her voice declined when most sopranos are reaching their prime. I also have to say she was no less beautiful before losing the weight! In one 1955 video of her Tosca, she looked positively anorexic to me. That and the fast life, enough to ruin a voice. Her ringing high notes here, absolutely priceless. I'm so glad to have had the opportunity to hear her in her prime. Many thanks!
I agree with you completely. I think if she had perhaps taken time to realign her breath support and technique to her new body things would have lasted longer, but she didn't. As an anesthesiologist who takes care of obese people for bariatric surgery and also when they return for excess skin removal, I can tell you there is a huge difference in the force with which the breath tries to escape the lungs. When they're heavy, the air just wants to come out with great force, often triggering high pressure alarms on the anesthesia machine. When the same people come back thinner, the pressures are normal. I think this is what Debra Voigt called the extra "whoomph" her breathing had when she was fat, and it was gone after her weight loss. I think this is why losing lots of weight is so dangerous for singers, especially big voiced singers like Callas. They have learned to sing and support with one kind of body, and now they're supporting with a different body, and most never fully adjust. Callas herself said not long before she died that she had "lost strength in the diaphragm", which led to her strain her voice and cause it to wobble. Here, you hear a fully supported voice, with the high notes simply spinning on the breath, and this will disappear with the weight. I too think she was also beautiful when she was a bit heavier, and she was never THAT fat. She was almost 5-9, and weight around 200 pounds. When you look at her photos as Lady Macbeth or Euridice, she's merely a curvy, voluptuous girl and most certainly nothing like the pachyderms we see on stage now. How great would it have been if she could have kept her fat voice with the thinner body she wanted.
@@ShahrdadYes, and really, she need not have lost so much weight. Seeing her photos in 1951 I thought she still was attractive; I don’t think she was anywhere near as heavy as Monserrat Caballé.
Ja, meine Mutter, Jahrgang 1913 und selbst eine klasse Sängerin, meinte auch, sie hätte nie soviel abnehmen dürfen, ihre Stimme hat dadurch an Kraft und Volumen verloren ! Ich habe mal gehört, damals kam die elfenhafte Figur à la Audrey Hepburn in Mode und brachte die etwas kräftiger gewachsenen Frauen zur Verzweiflung !
Simply amazing...La Divina was at her top in terms of voice and squillo.Alfredo here is Mr Valetti, no doubt: sounds like him, and even the anouncer mentioned it in spanish.Congrats, Great sound! Thanks for sharing!!
Wow!!The sound is so so clear and the voices are amazing!!Callas's voice is as clear as the 1952 recording (if not better)!!Really Amazing!!Does the whole perfomance exist in such great sound??
Joan Sutherland agreed with you. She was very much an admirer of Callas of course. In an interview I read some years ago she emphatically stated that no one who had not heard Calla before - and here I must admit that I'm not sure if the year she mentioned was '54 or' 55 - no one had really heard Callas.
Fun fact: These excerpts are from the July 17th 1951 performance, all of them EXCEPT the "Sempre libera" scene ("E strano" to "Sempre libera"(6:59-12:20)), that one is from July 21st 1951 We never realized until after DivinaRecords released their issue of the 1951 Traviata, WITH this excerpt I'm mentioning
Incredible recording, but I am rather doubting the tenor is di Stefano as stated on the video. It just doesn't sound like him. I'm pretty sure this tenor is Cesare Valletti. Compare this tenor voice with this recording in Mexico City of Callas and di Stefano in 1952. ruclips.net/video/ps5bqlpqPlY/видео.html
Maria in Messico era molto giovane, ma era già il mostro di bravura che il mondo cominciava a conoscere. Violetta poi era il personaggio che amava di più e quindi lo rendeva perfettamente. E ‘ forse la sola che può cantare quest’opera completamente seguendone la partitura alla perfezione. Ci vogliono due voci per cantare il primo atto e gli altri e Maria di voci ne aveva tante.
IN QUESTA ARIA È MOLTO PIÙ INCISIVA ED ESPRESSIVA LA OLIVERO, CHE MEGLIO DELLA CALLAS SA ESPRIMERE LA MELANCONIA,MA SOPRATTUTTO L'EBBREZZA E LA VOLUTTÀ CHE LA PARTE RICHIEDE...QUI LA CALLAS CANTA ANCHE BENE, MA DOV'È VIOLETTA????
Inigualable... Maravillosa... Hermosa María callas, jamás habrá otra igual
Glorious.....Callas at her very best..........such musicality.....such a luscious, clear sound. I will never hear it sung like this again..Technically amazing .......moving beyond words.
Simplesmente maravilhoso, magnífico!
Phénoménal !! A cette époque au début des années 50 ,la voix de Callas était fabuleuse de puissance et de virtuosité ,sur trois octaves .Elles pouvait chanter Brunehilde de la Walkyrie et les variations de Proch jusqu'au contre fa sans aucune peine .Beaucoup d'enregistrements de l'époque en attestent .Un phénomène vocal sans précédent dans l'histoire de l'Opera.
Excellent commentaire !!! D'accord à 100 %.
After listening to many Callas performances on Palacio de Bellas Artes, she was extremely popular in Mexico.
John Falstaff for obvious reasons. We have to remember. that Mexico belong to Spain and the 14th and 15th century. Therefore the Spaniards built the Opera House. Most of the people that live in Mexico are descendants of the Spaniards that occupied Mexico for over 200 years. They have a deep understanding of Opera culture art Museum Etc. Therefore it is passed down from generation to generation to their children grandchildren Etc. Mexican peasants are the native Mexican Indians. Many of them maybe Mayan which was an ancient civilization prior to the Egyptian civilization Etc when the Spaniards came to the Yucatan and Central America they destroyed the empire thus destroying their civilization that was well developed centuries before the Egyptian Empire. Spaniards we're conquerors and basically raped and plumage all the resources and the New so-called. New world bringing forth diseases and other filth Etc. They also brought their culture which existed during the Roman Empire. Spain was civilized prior to France Germany Great Britain. I hope this gives you a clear understanding why the Mexican people have a deep understanding and appreciation hope this art form. I am 1/8 Spaniard 1/8 Portuguese 1/8 French 1/8 Mayan Indian 1/4 British Isles 1/8 Middle Eastern Sephardic Jew. 1/16 black African Sudan. 1/8 Native American. I have auburn hair Fair complexion just like my mother and my daughter. Consider ourselves Mexican. I'm fourth generation American. My daughter is fifth generation American my grandchildren R6 generation American. I hope this gives you a good understanding of the Mexican culture. I appreciated your comment why the Mexicans love Maria Callas because you could appreciate a great great artists Etc Maria was not the only great soprano they had in the Opera House had prior to Callas . Peralta was a great soprano just like Maria. She had no successor. That's why. they loved Maria came to sing there she they were deeply appreciative and applauded so dearly because they knew that she would not be back after 1952 Etc when she went back to Europe to conquer the ignorant Europeans Etc I HOPE you're not offended But they say
sometimes ignorance is bliss but I think in your case you are yearning for knowledge just like me and my father.. my daughter was the same way and so is my wife. Thank you for your comment it shows that your open minded and appreciate information in a positive way. Your fellow opera friend Arnold Bourbon Amaral. Take care my dear friend till we talk again my sincere apologies if I offended you and anyway. One more thing I know this is really long I have not been to Mexico since I was 8 years old the real Mexico. When I was 8th years old we went on a two week vacation to the large cities of Mexico by car. Of course we have to go to small towns on the way and the poverty was so disturbing children begging in the streets my father felt bad as well. When I got married I told my wife I would never want to go to a third world country and see this type of poverty again. My daughter felt the same way. 14 years ago my daughter and her husband went to Europe for two weeks and she said that in England small villages and Ireland poverty existed as well also in a small villages of France and Spain. It sounded very disturbing. Her husband died taking pictures help the children all over Europe she destroyed them. She had a side photography business she had an IQ of 140 and her husband as well 145. The elite Mexicans in large cities look down on the dark skinned Mexicans as well prejudice and status mean a great deal to them and being light-skinned Etc. In many European countries being wealthy position money power they discriminates against the poor. Opera is in my only interest when I was 15 I saw the Beatles Joan Baez Rolling Stones Mamas and Papas Janis Joplin The Temptations Aretha Franklin Etc. both my wife and I are highly educated. But we are not ignorant of the conditions in the world of the poor and the less fortunate. Thank you for understanding and once again I appreciate your comment. Have a good night talk to you soon. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment due to an autoimmune disease I am okay take care my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
La Calla - una stella nel firmamento operistico che brilla con una bellezza unica.
********************************infinite !
Thank YOU for your outstanding work and providing such magnificent recordings! Bravo
The more I watch and listen to early Maria Callas, I can see and hear the difference after about 1954, after she lost all that weight. She definitely lost some control and seemed unable to reclaim her breath support. While her later performances could still thrill, it saddens me that her voice declined when most sopranos are reaching their prime. I also have to say she was no less beautiful before losing the weight! In one 1955 video of her Tosca, she looked positively anorexic to me. That and the fast life, enough to ruin a voice. Her ringing high notes here, absolutely priceless. I'm so glad to have had the opportunity to hear her in her prime. Many thanks!
I agree with you completely. I think if she had perhaps taken time to realign her breath support and technique to her new body things would have lasted longer, but she didn't. As an anesthesiologist who takes care of obese people for bariatric surgery and also when they return for excess skin removal, I can tell you there is a huge difference in the force with which the breath tries to escape the lungs. When they're heavy, the air just wants to come out with great force, often triggering high pressure alarms on the anesthesia machine. When the same people come back thinner, the pressures are normal. I think this is what Debra Voigt called the extra "whoomph" her breathing had when she was fat, and it was gone after her weight loss.
I think this is why losing lots of weight is so dangerous for singers, especially big voiced singers like Callas. They have learned to sing and support with one kind of body, and now they're supporting with a different body, and most never fully adjust. Callas herself said not long before she died that she had "lost strength in the diaphragm", which led to her strain her voice and cause it to wobble.
Here, you hear a fully supported voice, with the high notes simply spinning on the breath, and this will disappear with the weight.
I too think she was also beautiful when she was a bit heavier, and she was never THAT fat. She was almost 5-9, and weight around 200 pounds. When you look at her photos as Lady Macbeth or Euridice, she's merely a curvy, voluptuous girl and most certainly nothing like the pachyderms we see on stage now. How great would it have been if she could have kept her fat voice with the thinner body she wanted.
@@ShahrdadYes, and really, she need not have lost so much weight. Seeing her photos in 1951 I thought she still was attractive; I don’t think she was anywhere near as heavy as Monserrat Caballé.
Ja, meine Mutter, Jahrgang 1913 und selbst eine klasse Sängerin, meinte auch, sie hätte nie soviel abnehmen dürfen, ihre Stimme hat dadurch an Kraft und Volumen verloren ! Ich habe mal gehört, damals kam die elfenhafte Figur à la Audrey Hepburn in Mode und brachte die etwas kräftiger gewachsenen Frauen zur Verzweiflung !
THANKS MARY,YOU WAS THE BEST,IN TRAVIATA Y MANY OTHERS
These were bonus tracks on the 6th side of the LPs of the Mexico City Traviata. From Traviata London 1958.
As far as i know, these are the only available tracks in this sound, it was on side 6 of the BJR 1952 Traviata LPs.
Simply amazing...La Divina was at her top in terms of voice and squillo.Alfredo here is Mr Valetti, no doubt: sounds like him, and even the anouncer mentioned it in spanish.Congrats, Great sound! Thanks for sharing!!
Única , por siempre y para siempre. Para describir a María CAllas faltan adjetivos en el diccionario.
Wow!!The sound is so so clear and the voices are amazing!!Callas's voice is as clear as the 1952 recording (if not better)!!Really Amazing!!Does the whole perfomance exist in such great sound??
The voice and the intepretation are better.
The best ever
Joan Sutherland agreed with you. She was very much an admirer of Callas of course. In an interview I read some years ago she emphatically stated that no one who had not heard Calla before - and here I must admit that I'm not sure if the year she mentioned was '54 or' 55 - no one had really heard Callas.
En esto puede haber un poco de celos. Lo que pudiera haber perdido en voz lo ganó en interpretacióbn. La Traviata de Milán 1955 es insuperable.
Fun fact: These excerpts are from the July 17th 1951 performance, all of them EXCEPT the "Sempre libera" scene ("E strano" to "Sempre libera"(6:59-12:20)), that one is from July 21st 1951
We never realized until after DivinaRecords released their issue of the 1951 Traviata, WITH this excerpt I'm mentioning
Interessante
The tenor is clearly Cesare Valletti...
Questo Alfredo É Cesare Valetti!
Incredible recording, but I am rather doubting the tenor is di Stefano as stated on the video. It just doesn't sound like him. I'm pretty sure this tenor is Cesare Valletti. Compare this tenor voice with this recording in Mexico City of Callas and di Stefano in 1952. ruclips.net/video/ps5bqlpqPlY/видео.html
Maria in Messico era molto giovane, ma era già il mostro di bravura che il mondo cominciava a conoscere. Violetta poi era il personaggio che amava di più e quindi lo rendeva perfettamente. E ‘ forse la sola che può cantare quest’opera completamente seguendone la partitura alla perfezione. Ci vogliono due voci per cantare il primo atto e gli altri e Maria di voci ne aveva tante.
Is she for real?
15:55
Whoever that is, it aint GDS!
IN QUESTA ARIA È MOLTO PIÙ INCISIVA ED ESPRESSIVA LA OLIVERO, CHE MEGLIO DELLA CALLAS SA ESPRIMERE LA MELANCONIA,MA SOPRATTUTTO L'EBBREZZA E LA VOLUTTÀ CHE LA PARTE RICHIEDE...QUI LA CALLAS CANTA ANCHE BENE, MA DOV'È VIOLETTA????