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Callas truly, was an operatic monster.

She was a miracle. She had so much musicianship! I have often thought that if I could only listen to one singer for the rest of my life, it would be her! Does anyone else think that she was too hard on herself about her weight? I think that prior to her weight loss, she was statuesque. There is nothing wrong with going with your own natural body type. Just my opinion... Thanks for making this video! I am looking forward to the next part! Susan

Topo. lo mas sublime del arte musical es la voz de María Callas.

Remarquable et élégant ! Bravo Merci

Great job! Very well put together for everybody, especially for who is no SO familiar with her as we are :)

Diese schöne Goldene Zeit ist vergehen

Maria had great art, but she also had CRAFT.. She was a great student, according to De HIDALGO, who created the blueprint for her fame, resurrecting the Bellini masterpieces plus the others known on this forum. She reinvented how to sing grand opera and knew how hit with abundant luxury the tour de force notes. You can't have art without Craft. La CALLAS had both. The fat years in Mexico and Brazil were her feast days. Thank God and SERAFIN for everything we enjoy together today. I'm looking forward to seeing part 2!!! Thank you.

Hi! Where can I get the full performance? Also, have you restored any other that you consider must haves? Like the 55 Traviata? :)

Maria's high E-flat in Aida isn't so penetrating because of the volume of the note. Purely acoustical reasons. It is loud of course, as any ful head note will be up there but it is not why it rings out as well as it does.

A voice that excelled in more lyrical bel canto works rather than dramatic soprano repertoire or verismo. Reviews of the time point out to the striking contrast of the voice and excitement of her performance in bel canto versus earlier stuff she did like Turandot or any of the Wagnerian roles.

Lucia is not a dramatic soprano role. Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani had a very light, lyrical coloratura voice.

Wonderful showcase of Maria's talent.

You left out the most amazing Nabucco, MacBeth, the most stunning Traviata of 55…i think her best filmed live featured aria is the Pirata finale, I realize people might like Rosina or Carmen more but to me that is her supreme acting like nobody else especially in the silent parts where she doesn’t sing BUT act

Aida E-flat is 9 seconds long

Divine indeed

Hiciste un video muy atinado y preciso! ❤

Congratulaciones por este estupendo trabajo. La Calla no solo es la Divina, es eterna y su legado con el paso de tiempo se hace más presente. Restablecer un genero, actualizarlo dejándole camino al resto de cantantes, solamente la Callas.

The praise of Callas is so often so strong that I begin to doubt my own ears. To me, at all ranges, her voice is thin and raspy. When she gets to the upper registers, it's just plain unpleasant, unmusical. Correlli has the good manners to sing over her at the finale.

THANK YOU so much for the amazing work you have always done. Can't wait for the expanded version. Callas forever and people like you keep the legacy forever

The Supremacy of Maria Callas was forged out of an ambition verging on the megalomaniacal and a humility verging on self-loathing. Achieving Great Mastery through unswerving servitude she brought human potentialities to a fulfilment unseen and unheard before or after. The flame of human creativity seldom burned as high or with such luminous intensity, and as it devoured her mortal frame and substance it harvested the quintessence of Eternity for her Art. She lived for Art and She lived for Love.

Such a great introduction to her!

Bello recuerdo de La Divina. Lamentablemente no sé inglés, y no comprendo qué dice el director de Il Pirata.

Thank you so much for this video. It is very fortunate that many of her performances were recorded. What a loss for opera history if this had not been the case. Callas set the gold standard for so many roles such as Lady Macbeth, Norma, Anna Bolena, Violetta , Toca and Lucia.

So fortunate to have Madam Callas's treasured voice recorded.

Thanks so much for sharing this!!!

Несравненная, божественная Каллас! Какое удовольствие слушать её!

Неповторимая Каллас ❤....

Thank you for this and especially for the Aida comparisons. One thing I would say is that the orchestra for Dimitra Theodossiou in 2009 is very superior. Also Nicola Rescigno's tempi - superb.

This video is a wonderful tribute to "La Divina", the only soprano sfogato of the 20th century. Thank you indeed.

thanks!

Señores Míos simplemente Élla es la OPERA dúelale a quien le duela. La CALLAS l'UNICA SOPRANO ASSOLUTA ASSOLUTTAAAAAAA nessuna nessuna nessuna nessuna nessuna nessuna come LEI. Hé DICHO!!!!!!!!!!

Callas is GOD

The people got madness!

Unerreicht, sie wird unerreicht bleiben !!!

Nessuno sarà mai come lei.

Quanta emoção expressa neste canto! Quanta dor e desespero! Só a Divina conseguiu tal feito com a sua arte e sua voz inigualável ❤

Had to come here to cleanse my ears after coming across Netrebko attempting this. 😅

It's fascinating to listen to these performances spanning 13 years. It supports what Bonynge and Sutherland said about what happened to Callas's voice as she became thin and glamorous. Of her 1952 Norma, Bonynge said, "But before she slimmed down, I mean this was such a colossal voice. It just poured out of her, the way Flagstad's did.... Callas had a huge voice. When she and Stignani sang Norma, at the bottom of the range you could barely tell who was who ... Oh it was colossal. And she took the big sound right up to the top." Of the same performances, Sutherland said, "[It was} was a shock, a wonderful shock. You just got shivers up and down the spine. It was a bigger sound in those earlier performances, before she lost weight. I think she tried very hard to recreate the sort of "fatness" of the sound which she had when she was as fat as she was. But when she lost the weight, she couldn't seem to sustain the great sound that she had made, and the body seemed to be too frail to support that sound that she was making. Oh, but it was oh so exciting. It was thrilling. I don't think that anyone who heard Callas after 1955 really heard the Callas voice." I would say 1953 or early 1954 rather than 1955, however. Here, you can hear how the voice slimmed down, lost power and plushness and ease in the highest notes as she went from 220 pounds to 130 pounds. In the later performances, one can almost hear her struggling for proper support, something that is also clearly visible in videos of her concerts. Phyllis Curtin pointed to the sinking chest and forward slumping shoulders in these videos as a proof of Callas's struggle for breath support after she became so thin. Callas herself pretty much said the same thing shortly before her death: "I never lost my voice, but I lost strength in my diaphragm. ... Because of those organic complaints, I lost my courage and boldness. My vocal cords were and still are in excellent condition, but my 'sound boxes' have not been working well even though I have been to all the doctors. The result was that I overstrained my voice, and that caused it to wobble." I just don't think there is any way for a singer with such a big and heavy voice who is singing the most demanding roles to lose 1/3 of their body weight in a year without paying a terrible price for it. She still gave some absolutely incredible performances while thin, but it was no longer the same voice.

The greatest singer actress ever.

That’s so amazing!!! 🤩

Perché ogni volta che ascolto la Callas mi comnuovo?

Ni comparación, la voz de la Callas explota por encima de coros, orquesta. Nunca se volverá a oír un agudo igual.

I love Callas but Price..no comparison…non at all! Warm sensuous and no strain at all.

Absolument magnifique. Les aigus sortent facilement, l' émotion est présente,aucun effet facile, le bel canto a son acmé. Callas est la plus grande.

tuve que bajar el audio.....impresionante...

…not to mention the unique GS!! What a vocal line!! Mi piace moltissimo

I think Callas’ high notes here are freer and more open than Sutherland’s, at least on her 1970 recording with Pavarotti. Anyone agree?

Callas is eeenoooormouuuusss

CALLAS brûle les planches habitée par son rôle comme personne. Une cantatrice hors pair doublée d'une actrice géniale.

Evangelion and Callas, my two favorite things ever to exist, put together in one video