There is a photo of Callas and Souliotis backstage, and Callas said somewhere that in spite of having sung "Norma" herself many times, this was the first time she attended a performance of it.
@@peterrandsman4881 Unfortunately, he didn't have a huge PR machine behind him unlike say Domingo or Pavarotti. He made only a handful of recordings which is a shame.
Its become one of those false legends that Suliotis was a disaster in this or that Callas came backstage and gave Suliotis Champagne so to damage her voice!!!. When you hear the tape its fantastic performance with a mishap in the cadenza of the duet - by Tataum, thats all. The same type of legend surrounds Elena's Carnegie Hall recital - "she was drunk the voice a ruin" - there is a tape its fine and we get a glimpse how wonderful her Medea might have been! I ve heard these stories so many times repeated by people who have heard it from someone who heard it from someone none of whom were there OR have listened to the tapes.
@malipasta1 I didn't heard about champagne. Her Carnegie Hall is covered by the destroyed top, but it was pretty much decent. A real catastrophe was her recital on 22nd December in 1975, which was just less than 2 months before.
![Bellini: Norma - Callas, Corelli, Ludwig, Zaccaria, de Palma, Vicenci, Serafin (1960) [Subtitles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IwiFz7XKJiw/mqdefault.jpg)
There is a photo of Callas and Souliotis backstage, and Callas said somewhere that in spite of having sung "Norma" herself many times, this was the first time she attended a performance of it.
Souliotis est immense !
Merci pour ce grand document !
Cecchele was VERY underrated tenor. He's in the league of Bonisolli.
I agree with you. I heard him live a number of times at the Met and I always wondered why he was not a regular artist there!!
@@peterrandsman4881 Unfortunately, he didn't have a huge PR machine behind him unlike say Domingo or Pavarotti. He made only a handful of recordings which is a shame.
I have always wanted to hear this entire performance, thank you. I am a huge Souliotis fan.
@@peterrandsman4881 so am I now
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Its become one of those false legends that Suliotis was a disaster in this or that Callas came backstage and gave Suliotis Champagne so to damage her voice!!!. When you hear the tape its fantastic performance with a mishap in the cadenza of the duet - by Tataum, thats all. The same type of legend surrounds Elena's Carnegie Hall recital - "she was drunk the voice a ruin" - there is a tape its fine and we get a glimpse how wonderful her Medea might have been! I ve heard these stories so many times repeated by people who have heard it from someone who heard it from someone none of whom were there OR have listened to the tapes.
@malipasta1 I didn't heard about champagne. Her Carnegie Hall is covered by the destroyed top, but it was pretty much decent. A real catastrophe was her recital on 22nd December in 1975, which was just less than 2 months before.