What is more unbelievable is that Maestra sang dramatico, coloratura, lyrical plus mezzo soprano. Her E flat 6 sat so firm while she sang at lower 4th octave comfortably. What a soprano we have lost. Deeply saddened she was destroyed by Onasis... so sad
Il tempo non esiste,non ci sono lunghe carriere ,ma lunghe professioni...il genio non ha tempo ,ne spazio, è una scintilla che illumina il mondo per l'eternità.
As always Callas manages to create a world of interpretation in what is, often in other hands, merely a show-offish display of one’s coloratura arsenal. Callas’ stark approach and clarity brings Ophelia’s delirium to life. The honesty of her phrasing embodies the tragedy of the scene. Not only does she achieve this, but with a coloratura technique that can only be described as perfect. That is The Callas Way!
Manoli S....you gave a perfect and precise description of how Callas approaches this aria! I had heard Sutherland's rendition numerous, times over the course of several years, before I had heard Callas's. And while the vocal virtuosity of Sutherland's was impeccable, it lacked what Callas brings to it: a window into Ophelia's delirium.
Incredible! First my little orange tabby came over and sat transfixed as the video played. Then the poodle followed and did the same. Callas is almost daily listening, so I should not have been surprised. Thank you, Lohengrin.
Oh my.. Callas never disappoints, does she? What a diction one gets every word! And what an intricate way of singing the words! When one listens to the early recordings of the past sopranos of the 20’s and 30’s it all seems easy and straightforward somehow “paisan” but listen to Callas.. it is not easy! It is not straightforward! It’s elaborate, it’s somehow complicated and full of fioriture..BUT! So are most of our minds, thoughts… this to me is the closest to reality to real feelings displayed through music! Maybe there were others who sung clearer/not so harshly in the upper notes/ more legato ( although i have to wonder about who did it all better than her…) but to me she is the only one really making me feel these were her thoughts and feelings she felt/experienced then and there
...and in one aria all the coloratura arsenal, scales, trills, diminuendi upon notes and upon trills, pianissimo trills, chromatic descends... in one single aria
Most of early soprano (or any singers) recordings were pretty mediocre if not downright bad, i am surprised that this singers got so many praise at their time. In a sense, is not different from now when many singers (this include those outside opera as well) are called great without really deserving it.
I happen to LOVE Callas.....however....saying "Callas never dissapoints" lowers any expectations of reality in what you say after. Again, I Love Callas, but even as early as her Lucias in New York in 1955 (she was just 32) the Wobble is very problematic, and only gets worse as time goes on. Again, those of us who love her are Fine with accepting her foibles in exchange for the overall performances. But to say she "Never dissapoints" is untrue. "Never" is a binary state. It's Yes, or No. So, as Absofreakinglutely Amazing as she was, she was still human. She *did* at times, in places, disappoint 😎😎😎
Bonjour merveilleuse dans un air très difficile dont elle a l air de se jouer un grand plaisir a écouter bravo a immortelle étoile qui brille a jamais au firmament des grands de l Opéra mais qui nous manque tellement de nos merci a vous pour cette vidéo qui nous l'a rend tellement présente merci a vous vraiment
Callas is still the only singer I have heard to portray different stages and aspects of madness. Really subtle vocal colouring that shows the various progressions of Ophelia's unravelling. Another recording to show to those who think Callas's voice was infinitely worse after 1954. I can't believe some of the things she achieves here.
she is in flawless voice here... she was again for that night discussed into the Greek parliament for the outrageous amount of money she received (all placed for the Callas foundation for young singer)... the first time she was the discussion in the greek parliament she was 17 years old and she was considered too untalanted to be a member of the National Greek Opera !!
@@jmiller05 not the greek government... the Greeks... the first time the incidence occured because the two Prima Donnas of the National Greek Opera Nausika Galanou and Zozo Remoundou had their husbands who were politicians fabricate the entire matter... the second time in 1957 it was again people from the National Greek Opera... Greeks are an extremely Hateful race... they all think they are underestimated super talents and geniuses... (all of them!) They despise real talents... the only way u can have a career in Arts in Greece is if u declare fanatical Leftist (all those great actresses who managed to have a career were part of the Communist party).. if u think about it, isnt Hollywood the same? :D
@@jmiller05 Νο, not at all. Nobody hated her. The then PM said that if tomorrow the papers reffer to the amount she will get for one night, it will be a scandal. He sent Bastias, the director of the National Lyric Scene, to ask her if it would be possible to reduce her reward explaining her the reason. Maria answered smiling "my reward is not negotiable, but I can do something different. I will sing for free for all those people who are waiting to hear me". And so did she.
When I hear a ‘new’ recording of Maria Callas I’m mentally trying to rate degrees of excellence in her live performances which is a foolish exercise. She always commits 100% emotionally, musically & technically - in the way that all great artists have shown the world throughout history. Most of our current artists fail to tick all 3 boxes which definitely warps/diminishesour appreciation of the incredible art produced by great operatic composers. Brava Callas! And for any non-believers, check her singing with the written scores and note how meticulously every part of the music is sung with exactly what each composer wanted from singers. It’s hard to believe this incredible artistry was given
the singers of today are summed up by Susan Graham's famous advice to a young Baritone: Dont fuck up your voice!!! I completely understand a singer wanting to make a living out of his talent till his / her later years but also putting everybody to sleep with your singing isnt Art... but choices are choices...
La voz joven , todavía intacta de María Callas, no tenía fin, agregamos a ello su musicalidad y teatralidad en la interpretación y obtenemos esta interpretación "SIN PARANGÓN" Armando Cerutti - Barítono
thats the reason I began my channel... no one was posting Early Callas who exhibited a kind of singing the likes of which we will never hear again... in her own words about her early recordings "bloody miraculous"
Magnifica un raro esempio di grande perfezione peccato che è la versione italiana e l'unica in Francese l'ha registrata quando ormai aveva perso tantissimo e a questi rivelli non poteva più arrivare
Non concordo con lei perchè trovo che la versione in francese del 1958 sia addirittura superiore sia sul piano vocale che interpretativo. Bellissima comunque anche questa : averne !
Callas eterna Divina, Que Onassis quis destruir pela maldade, que Poseidon o tenha recebido como merecia. Porque ela se eternizou como uma deusa grega bravo bravissimo Maria Callas.
Just a curiosity: This took place on 27th September 1956. Seventeen days earlier she recorded Ballo which took her 4 days using her voice for a heavy role. And the first aria she sang n this radio broadcast was Tu che Invoco from La Vestale.
Callas the miracle. As always. Absolutely remarkable how poorly rehearsed so many orchestras were back then. Even knowing they were going to be playing for Callas they couldn’t be bothered to make the effort! Haha
I subsribed to your channel but you RUINED my pleasure of listening to majority of operas played nowadays. Sometimes it is better not to know, how it really should be sang, how hey sing half of the notes in La Traviata arias ( 3 x live , 2 recordigs). But thank you nevertheless. I was stupid enough to listen to Netrebko macasre of Turandot, like squeezing herself to pump out the notes, but unfortunately i was born after Callas death and Sutherland and Caballe prime time. At least I know why I dont like 90% of tenors , I was more lenient on sopranos but you finished this. Why we can not here something like this theese days? No more voices good enough?
the Holy Triad of the 20th century (Maria, dame Joan and Montsy) wont be easily reincarnated if even so in the 21st... but there are Spectacular Voices today that do marvels: Marina Rebeka, Julia Lezhneva and Lisette Oropesa. For years my mind was comparing everything to Callas then to dame Joan in her chosen repertoire and that didnt allow me to enjoy so many PHENOMENAL voices (that you can find in my channel right now)... I u sually say that only God if he ever sang could be compared to Maria's singing... that doesnt mean ,,,,
All the great Bel Canto teachers are in their 90’s… One student at a time to take the flame, and only after a monk like devotion if sacrifice and work to serve the Highest Art. It is done.
Maria Callas was THE thermonuclear bomb. Period.
more like SuperNova :D
What is more unbelievable is that Maestra sang dramatico, coloratura, lyrical plus mezzo soprano. Her E flat 6 sat so firm while she sang at lower 4th octave comfortably. What a soprano we have lost. Deeply saddened she was destroyed by Onasis... so sad
So true about Onassis! "Vil bastardo"!
Callas sabemos está cantando para os Deuses do Olimpo, já Onassis deve estar sobre a guarde de Craquem aos cuidados de Netuno , já que tinha um iate .
….after more than 70 years still a miracle…mi piace moltissimo
Il tempo non esiste,non ci sono lunghe carriere ,ma lunghe professioni...il genio non ha tempo ,ne spazio, è una scintilla che illumina il mondo per l'eternità.
Her portrayal is so effective it makes me slightly anxious. You really get the urge to dodge this psycho girl.
So true !
As always Callas manages to create a world of interpretation in what is, often in other hands, merely a show-offish display of one’s coloratura arsenal. Callas’ stark approach and clarity brings Ophelia’s delirium to life. The honesty of her phrasing embodies the tragedy of the scene. Not only does she achieve this, but with a coloratura technique that can only be described as perfect. That is The Callas Way!
Manoli S....you gave a perfect and precise description of how Callas approaches this aria! I had heard Sutherland's rendition numerous, times over the course of several years, before I had heard Callas's. And while the vocal virtuosity of Sutherland's was impeccable, it lacked what Callas brings to it: a window into Ophelia's delirium.
@@artdanks4846 😁
The very incarnation of the Assoluta Soprano. La Divina to the letter.
Incredible! First my little orange tabby came over and sat transfixed as the video played. Then the poodle followed and did the same. Callas is almost daily listening, so I should not have been surprised. Thank you, Lohengrin.
Where I am, she is. Callas keeps me company wherever and whenever.
Oh my.. Callas never disappoints, does she? What a diction one gets every word! And what an intricate way of singing the words! When one listens to the early recordings of the past sopranos of the 20’s and 30’s it all seems easy and straightforward somehow “paisan” but listen to Callas.. it is not easy! It is not straightforward! It’s elaborate, it’s somehow complicated and full of fioriture..BUT! So are most of our minds, thoughts… this to me is the closest to reality to real feelings displayed through music! Maybe there were others who sung clearer/not so harshly in the upper notes/ more legato ( although i have to wonder about who did it all better than her…) but to me she is the only one really making me feel these were her thoughts and feelings she felt/experienced then and there
...and in one aria all the coloratura arsenal, scales, trills, diminuendi upon notes and upon trills, pianissimo trills, chromatic descends... in one single aria
Most of early soprano (or any singers) recordings were pretty mediocre if not downright bad, i am surprised that this singers got so many praise at their time. In a sense, is not different from now when many singers (this include those outside opera as well) are called great without really deserving it.
I happen to LOVE Callas.....however....saying "Callas never dissapoints" lowers any expectations of reality in what you say after.
Again, I Love Callas, but even as early as her Lucias in New York in 1955 (she was just 32) the Wobble is very problematic, and only gets worse as time goes on.
Again, those of us who love her are Fine with accepting her foibles in exchange for the overall performances.
But to say she "Never dissapoints" is untrue.
"Never" is a binary state. It's Yes, or No.
So, as Absofreakinglutely Amazing as she was, she was still human. She *did* at times, in places, disappoint
😎😎😎
Thank you Lohengrin as always for sharing the heavenly voice from Callas. The only one that can sing all the soprano's voice in one body.
Not only Callas, all the First Ladies and Gentlemen
@@LohengrinOwhat do you mean by that?
Yes, she is the archetypal Assoluta.
❤The supreme voice off all time❤❤❤❤
Bonjour merveilleuse dans un air très difficile dont elle a l air de se jouer un grand plaisir a écouter bravo a immortelle étoile qui brille a jamais au firmament des grands de l Opéra mais qui nous manque tellement de nos merci a vous pour cette vidéo qui nous l'a rend tellement présente merci a vous vraiment
I have heard her sing this in French and it was lovely. Again the passion and technique she sings this piece here is astounding.
she is in much better vocal form here than when she sang it in French... she does EVERYTHING in the book here...
Callas is still the only singer I have heard to portray different stages and aspects of madness. Really subtle vocal colouring that shows the various progressions of Ophelia's unravelling.
Another recording to show to those who think Callas's voice was infinitely worse after 1954. I can't believe some of the things she achieves here.
she is in flawless voice here... she was again for that night discussed into the Greek parliament for the outrageous amount of money she received (all placed for the Callas foundation for young singer)... the first time she was the discussion in the greek parliament she was 17 years old and she was considered too untalanted to be a member of the National Greek Opera !!
@@LohengrinO I don't understand why the Greek government hated her so much, was it because they saw her as too American?
@@jmiller05 not the greek government... the Greeks... the first time the incidence occured because the two Prima Donnas of the National Greek Opera Nausika Galanou and Zozo Remoundou had their husbands who were politicians fabricate the entire matter... the second time in 1957 it was again people from the National Greek Opera... Greeks are an extremely Hateful race... they all think they are underestimated super talents and geniuses... (all of them!) They despise real talents... the only way u can have a career in Arts in Greece is if u declare fanatical Leftist (all those great actresses who managed to have a career were part of the Communist party).. if u think about it, isnt Hollywood the same? :D
@@jmiller05
Νο, not at all. Nobody hated her. The then PM said that if tomorrow the papers reffer to the amount she will get for one night, it will be a scandal. He sent Bastias, the director of the National Lyric Scene, to ask her if it would be possible to reduce her reward explaining her the reason. Maria answered smiling "my reward is not negotiable, but I can do something different. I will sing for free for all those people who are waiting to hear me". And so did she.
@@LohengrinO Callas's life really was one of absurd obstacles.
When I hear a ‘new’ recording of Maria Callas I’m mentally trying to rate degrees of excellence in her live performances which is a foolish exercise. She always commits 100% emotionally, musically & technically - in the way that all great artists have shown the world throughout history. Most of our current artists fail to tick all 3 boxes which definitely warps/diminishesour appreciation of the incredible art produced by great operatic composers. Brava Callas! And for any non-believers, check her singing with the written scores and note how meticulously every part of the music is sung with exactly what each composer wanted from singers. It’s hard to believe this incredible artistry was given
the singers of today are summed up by Susan Graham's famous advice to a young Baritone: Dont fuck up your voice!!! I completely understand a singer wanting to make a living out of his talent till his / her later years but also putting everybody to sleep with your singing isnt Art... but choices are choices...
La voz joven , todavía intacta de María Callas, no tenía fin, agregamos a ello su musicalidad y teatralidad en la interpretación y obtenemos esta interpretación "SIN PARANGÓN" Armando Cerutti - Barítono
It is always great and cool Maria Callas....thank you dear LhoengrinO good afternoon from Italy and Elsa 🤭
Beyond stunning. Divine. Hallucinating. A moment in time. ❤
Maria , the breath of God!!!
Soulis Oikonomou....Such a beautiful and perfect way to describe her art!
I think is Athens 57. She had to posponed the recital a few days for a cold. Then she played it but not fully recuperated...
This is the real Callas. The divine. Too many records are from the end of her career.... I love you at this second RUclips
thats the reason I began my channel... no one was posting Early Callas who exhibited a kind of singing the likes of which we will never hear again... in her own words about her early recordings "bloody miraculous"
@@LohengrinO I am infinitely grateful for your initiative
@@LohengrinO Thank you sooooo much,sir for posting this.....I was there when she sang that.........
Magnifica un raro esempio di grande perfezione peccato che è la versione italiana e l'unica in Francese l'ha registrata quando ormai aveva perso tantissimo e a questi rivelli non poteva più arrivare
Non concordo con lei perchè trovo che la versione in francese del 1958 sia addirittura superiore sia sul piano vocale che interpretativo. Bellissima comunque anche questa : averne !
Magnifique ! L'art de la coloratura expressive .
Callas eterna Divina, Que Onassis quis destruir pela maldade, que Poseidon o tenha recebido como merecia. Porque ela se eternizou como uma deusa grega bravo bravissimo Maria Callas.
Divina
Just a curiosity: This took place on 27th September 1956. Seventeen days earlier she recorded Ballo which took her 4 days using her voice for a heavy role. And the first aria she sang n this radio broadcast was Tu che Invoco from La Vestale.
I think this is Athens 1957.
@@hrvoje14 it is
My mistake. But the point remains. Actually, even worse. She had spent five days using "Turandot's voice" just 15 days before this concert
Majestuosa, única María ¡¡¡
Squisita ❤️
♥️♥️♥️
Callas the miracle. As always.
Absolutely remarkable how poorly rehearsed so many orchestras were back then. Even knowing they were going to be playing for Callas they couldn’t be bothered to make the effort! Haha
it is a greek orchestra but under Votto, he couldnt perform miracles!
Спасибо любимая что ты была и останешься живой пока мы твои почитатели теперешние и будущие будем живы.
Se puede saber que pieza musical es? Y a que año pertenece?
La ópera es Hamlet. Escrita en Francés por Ambroise Thomas.
The aria is (if in French):
"Partagez vous me fleur....Pale et blonde... "
ps: can't remember the accents lol
This is the same aria in French:
ruclips.net/video/Qb4LV9qzFf0/видео.html
ET c'est un concert qui a eu lieu à Athènes durant l'été 1957 (Lucia/ Forza. Mort d'Isolde/ Hamlet!!
Muchas gracias por la respuesta. Saludos 🤗🌹
A qué ópera pertenece la imagen del video?
La primera imagen no es de una ópera sino un disfrazo de reina egipta en un ballo, Venecia 1957.
@@512gontran gracias por tu respuesta!
I subsribed to your channel but you RUINED my pleasure of listening to majority of operas played nowadays. Sometimes it is better not to know, how it really should be sang, how hey sing half of the notes in La Traviata arias ( 3 x live , 2 recordigs). But thank you nevertheless. I was stupid enough to listen to Netrebko macasre of Turandot, like squeezing herself to pump out the notes, but unfortunately i was born after Callas death and Sutherland and Caballe prime time. At least I know why I dont like 90% of tenors , I was more lenient on sopranos but you finished this. Why we can not here something like this theese days? No more voices good enough?
the Holy Triad of the 20th century (Maria, dame Joan and Montsy) wont be easily reincarnated if even so in the 21st... but there are Spectacular Voices today that do marvels: Marina Rebeka, Julia Lezhneva and Lisette Oropesa. For years my mind was comparing everything to Callas then to dame Joan in her chosen repertoire and that didnt allow me to enjoy so many PHENOMENAL voices (that you can find in my channel right now)... I u sually say that only God if he ever sang could be compared to Maria's singing... that doesnt mean ,,,,
All the great Bel Canto teachers are in their 90’s… One student at a time to take the flame, and only after a monk like devotion if sacrifice and work to serve the Highest Art. It is done.