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This channel is dedicated to the incredible legacy of La Divina, Maria Callas.
Maria Callas 101 - A Brief and Basic Introduction
I made this video to show before an informal at home screening of Maria By Callas by Tom Volf, for some friends who knew of Maria, but not as intimately as some of us. It is a somewhat hastily thrown together video, with some simplification for the sake of brevity, using pictures and audio that don't always match up to the performances described. This is quite basic, as far as introductions go, and I am working on an expanded version, with more audio and visual examples, as well as a new series of videos in which I will personally appear, to discuss and review labels, performances, records and CDs. Stay tuned, dear subscriber. It's been a long absence, but Still, I listen.
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Maria Callas - La Sonnambula, 1955 - A comparison
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Now available as both FLAC and MP3 digital downloads via my sellfy store: callasfanrecords.sellfy.store/ CD release, via eBay, coming soon! www.ebay.com.au/usr/callasfan_recordings The sound quality is improved in almost every regard when compared to other CD releases. Let me know what you think :) I should also add that the audio quality of the CD/download is better than presented here - there...
Maria Callas' wild Amina (with Cesare Valletti)
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A preview of my next release, CFR-02 La Sonnambula, 1955. This is NOT the final product, still a work in progress. This is from a new digital transfer of my prized LP, which has better sound than any other source I've heard, and includes the original finale. There has been a lot of noise cleaned up compared to the first time I posted this. Once finished, the full performance will be available o...
Callasfan Recordings: Maria Callas - Aida 1951 - A comparison
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Hello everyone! This took much longer than I anticipated, but I am proud to present my restored release of the legendary Callas Aida from Mexico City, 1951. Physical CDs are available on eBay. Save me as a seller as i will have more releases in future: www.ebay.com.au/itm/265229690259 I also now can provide FLAC downloads, via sellfy: callasfanrecords.sellfy.store/ This video compares my work t...
Maria Callas - O Patria Mia - Aida, Mexico 1951
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Do you notice anything about this recording? This is a sample of the work i have being doing the past week, restoring the amazing 1951 Aida. I have cleaned the recording up as best I can while maintaining the original sound. The prompters are either gone or minimised. Audience coughing and other noises are either gone or minimised. Faults in the original recording have been fixed where possible...
Callas, Di Stefano, Serafin - Lucia di Lammermoor, 1953 - Full Opera, Great Sound!
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The full set in enhanced sound.Thanks to those who have filled out my survey i'll post another link here :) www.surveymonkey.com/r/F2HRXBP I would very much appreciate it if you could fill it out. It's only short, 10 questions, and will help with my audio engineering degree :)
Maria Callas - Lucia's Opening Aria - Great Sound
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From her first studio Lucia, in enhanced sound. The instruments have dimension and there is space around the vocal. I didn't create this, but i do have the whole opera in this sound. If it's well received, i'll upload the lot :) A favour - as part of my audio engineering degree, i am conducting a survey about physical and digital music mediums - LP, CD, Tape and digital downloads. If you could ...
Maria Callas as Medea - Two great phrases from Medea 1961-1953
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From "Creonte a me solo un giorno dà" and "Figli miei, miei tesor", Act 2 of Cherubhini's incredible opera, Medea. From the incomprehensibly brilliant Maria Callas, to whom superlatives do no justice, the beginning and end of operatic marvelocity, she who represents a true superhuman superpower, the vocal ability which cannot be equaled, to whom i am a slave... Two phrasings from Act Two of Che...
Callas - Medea, Florence 1953 Complete - Vinyl Source
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From Fonit Cetra's Documents DOC 60, Callas makes her incredible début as Cherubini's Medea. Though the sound quality is similar to that of most CD releases, i feel that here, the highs are a little more sharp and present. This performance is incredible, Callas has such a massive voice here! Maria Callas: Medea Carlos Guichandut: Giasone Gabriella Tucci: Glauce Mario Petri: Creonte Fedora Barbi...
Maria Callas - The London Medea in Fantastic Sound!!!! AMAZING!
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The sound here is simply fantastic, better than the BJR transfer i have previously uploaded. Enjoy responsibly!! Maria Callas: Medea Jon Vickers: Giasone Joan Carlyle: Glauce Nicola Zaccaria: Creonte Fiorenza Cossotto: Neris Mary Wells: Prima ancella Elizabeth Rust: Seconda ancella David Allen: Un capo delle guardie Nicola Rescigno conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. ...
Callas, Vickers, Rescigno - Medea, Dallas 1958 - Vinyl Source
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From the vinyl Melodram set, the complete incredible, amazing Dallas Medea, set in legend, featuring a fiery Callas as Medea. Simply fantastic. While not the most vocally incredible Medea (see the 1953 performances), this production humanises Medea, and Callas provides an amazing interpretation (perhaps driven by the fury of her firing by [stupid] Bing from The Met only hours before the perform...
Callas, Barbieri, Serafin - Norma Excerpts, 17 June, 1949 - Vinyl Source
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From side 6 of the Melodram 1958 Dallas Medea. The known surviving excerpts from one of the 1949 Norma’s that helped build Maria’s legend. Tracklist: Overture Ite sul colle - Oroveso Oh rimembranza!... Ah si, fa core, abracciami - Norma and Adalgisa Maria Callas: Norma Antonio Vela: Pollione Fedora Barbieri: Adalgisa Nicola Rossi-Lemeni: Oroveso Emma Brizzio: Clotilde Humberto di Toto: Flavio T...
Montserrat Caballe's American Debut - Lucrezia Borgia 1965 Full Opera, Vinyl Source
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On VOCE-7 Vinyl, the amazing breakthrough performance that established Montserrat as an international superstar. She earned herself a 25 minute standing ovation! Featuring Montserrat Caballe, Jane Berbie, Alain Vanzo and Kostas Paskalis. Jonel Perlea conducts the American Opera Society Orchestra. Performed live at Carnegie Hall, 20 April, 1965.
Joan Sutherland - Lucia Mad Scene, Live "Concert for World Peace" 1984 Vinyl Source
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Live from the Sydney Opera House. Perhaps a rarity, I don't think this has been posted on youtube at least. Joan performed as the finale to the "Concert for World Peace" at the Sydney Opera House on 19 August, 1984. On Possum Records, a bargain op shop buy for $1, the vinyl is in pristine condition and offers a fantastic rich sound. This was towards the end of Joan's career, and she gives a fan...
Callas, Valletti, De Fabritiis - La Traviata, Mexico 1951 - Vinyl Source
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Callas, Valletti, De Fabritiis - La Traviata, Mexico 1951 - Vinyl Source
Callas - Live Music Excerpts from Callas: In Her Own Words
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Callas - Live Music Excerpts from Callas: In Her Own Words
Callas - Ah! Partiamo, i miei tormenti (Il Pirata) - with commentary from Nicola Rescigno
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Callas - Ah! Partiamo, i miei tormenti (Il Pirata) - with commentary from Nicola Rescigno
Maria Callas - Il Pirata Act 1 Aria - Vinyl Source, Great Sound!
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Maria Callas - Il Pirata Act 1 Aria - Vinyl Source, Great Sound!
Maria Callas - Quando Rapito in Estasi - Lucia di Lammermoor, Mexico 1952 - Great Sound!
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Maria Callas - Quando Rapito in Estasi - Lucia di Lammermoor, Mexico 1952 - Great Sound!
Callas, Corelli, Votto - Poliuto, 1960 La Scala - BJR Vinyl Full Opera BEST SOUND!
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Callas, Corelli, Votto - Poliuto, 1960 La Scala - BJR Vinyl Full Opera BEST SOUND!
Callas, Baum, Picco - Il Trovatore, Mexico 1950 Excerpts BJR Vinyl
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Callas, Baum, Picco - Il Trovatore, Mexico 1950 Excerpts BJR Vinyl
Callas, Monti, Votto - La Sonnambula, Koln 1957 - BJR Vinyl Complete Opera BEST SOUND!
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Callas, Monti, Votto - La Sonnambula, Koln 1957 - BJR Vinyl Complete Opera BEST SOUND!
Callas, Vickers, Rescigno - Medea, London 1959 BJR Vinyl Complete Opera Best Sound!
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Callas, Vickers, Rescigno - Medea, London 1959 BJR Vinyl Complete Opera Best Sound!
Callas, Di Stefano, Mugnai - La Traviata, Mexico 1952 BJR Vinyl Complete Opera Best Sound
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Callas, Di Stefano, Mugnai - La Traviata, Mexico 1952 BJR Vinyl Complete Opera Best Sound
Maria Callas foi um milagre produzido pela Natureza.Na sua breve passagem sobre a Terra, nunca poderia ser compreendida por ninguém.Nao houve tempo para que se pudesse entender uma tão grande excelência!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇵🇹
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I love this recording. I do not like the 1953 recording of a live performance .. i hate bernsteins conducting
Una illusione sostenuta da chi voleva dire cose non vere
Sublime!❤
It's probably true that Callas could produce quite a lot of sound early on, judging by statements of her colleaues. But I'm of the opinion that her voice is not a natural dramatic soprano in the vein of Nilsson, Varnay or Flagstad but rather a higher tessitura voice that was exceptionally well-produced. Bel canto and higher repertoire lie more naturally in her voice. I always have the feeling that Callas had to force the middle voice a little bit to sing heavier roles, but people might not agree with me on that. Whatever the true fach of her voice is, she has that transcendental musicianship that I haven't heard in anybody else. There are certain phrases that Callas made her own and when I listen to them, I don't think they could ever be done any better.
Great job! By the way, the "Son geloso" final high note is a high C. In 1955 Callas was slightly sharp.
A estrela celestial em que Maria Callas se tornou, brilha mais e mais a cada dia que passa!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇵🇹
Maria Callas será para sempre um marco na história da arte operística ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇵🇹
Se o timbr da voz de Callas não é o mais bonito, contudo é o unico que me fala ao coracao!E sim, é lindo e penetrante. Callas sempre será a minha rainha!A Divina!
Eternamente Maria Callas...!!! Diva Assoluta Eterna...!!! La Unica Divina Greca...!!! 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ευγνώμονες για το εξαιρετικά περιληπτικο βίντεο! Από Αθήνα Ελλαδα
Based video ❤
She has been the best singer of her time and till now she remains the best. Others can have a more beautiful voice, better agility.... but she is the character she sings. The emotion I get every time hearing Callas cannot be compared in hearing nobodyelse
Qui la sua VOCE è perfetta è musica canto interpretazione.
We can only be grateful that such immense talent was shared with us.
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
Agreed - on every point. She craved love and acceptance, and while I believe she never doubted her worth as an artist, she was insecure as a human being. To her great misfortune, she didn't have the right person in her corner, someone who could give her the unconditional love she deserved.
Though of course even then her perfectionism may have pushed her in the same direction, if she truly felt losing weight would give her more tools as an actress.
@@veramayer9571 It is sad. I wish that she could have met her soulmate! She had a lot of love to give! You would only have to hear her sing one note to know this with every fiber of your being! *sad smile*
@@veramayer9571 I suppose that back in the 1950's there was a lot of pressure on women to measure up to impossible standards of beauty, as there is now. Me and my husband have 11 year old twins! Sometimes Baby Girl asks me if a certain outfit makes her look fat. I tell her the truth. She is absolutely beautiful the way that she is!
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.
And what would the reason be, according to you?
@@stefanodepeppo The acoustic strategy. The volume actually does not matter all that much in regard to operatic projection. It is entirely possible to be extremely loud in terms of sheer volume of the voice yet not be audible past the first few rows properly. The so-called squillo is an acoustic strategy in how you adjust your harmonics and formants. In terms of Maria and her squillo. Her utilising as much twang (narrowing of the aryepiglottic sphincter) as she did in the higher range, her vowels and simply the height of the note were what made the note so large. This isn’t uncommon live to be honest above high D. I regularly see opera live and people who actually have a very balanced technique for their high end tend to have this effect on the very top. Except most people use less twang and rounden their vowels more in the higher range. Callas’ use of her vowels is what made her sound almost ‘brassy’ in the upper end.
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.
Actually her reviews of her Wagnerian roles and Turandot of the time were generally thrilling. She almost always had some bad reviews. Beniamino Dal Fabbro, famous music critic of the first half of the century, ALWAYS gave her bad reviews when she sang at La Scala. We can indeed question if her voice was actually suited for real dramatic roles, or if it was more a matter of her dramatic temperament which served perfectly her oh-not-so-perfect skills for big dramatic roles.
Well she constricted a bit when singing lighter roles, especially post weight loss. When she still had good support the results could be excellent but you can hear that she’s much more comfortable in a dramatic role like Medea than Lucia by ‘57. Her voice was dramatic and weighty, a very large instrument but with plenty of flexibility. I don’t think she was a natural for the standard dramatic repertoire ‘Turandot, Brünnhilde, Isolde’ etc., even if she found some success in that repertoire, but was instead a true dramatic coloratura most at home singing Norma, Anna Bolena, Medea, Amelia, Leonora (Trovatore), Lady Macbeth, Imogene, Abigail and, though the role doesn’t quite belong in the same fach so to speak, Violetta. In those roles she was truly unsurpassed.
Lucia is not a dramatic soprano role. Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani had a very light, lyrical coloratura voice.
Indeed. ButBut as far as we know most sopranos from the first half of 19th century had much more versatility than the ones from the first half of 20th century. Definitely Galli Curci and Toti dal Monte could not sing Elvira from Ernani or Lucrezia from I due Foscari as Tacchinardi did! So Callas brought back a kind of dramatic approach even to those roles which just a few decades before her had became dominium of light coloratura sopranos.
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.
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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.
Rescigno cuenta cómo durante los ensayos, María no podía pronunciar el fraseo sin que se volviera blando debido al tempo rápido hacia el final, pero ella insistió en que él lo dirigiera de esa manera. La noche de la función "no teníamos cantante, teníamos una ametralladora" - Sorry, I used google translate for this, i hope it makes sense
@@CallasfanRecordings muchas gracias
@@CallasfanRecordings You did a wonderful job at explaining it to perfection using google translate
@@MrLuis85698 Yes, but what Rescigno was referring to wasn't "pronunciar el fraseo", but those couple of bars of very fast notes which during rehearsals she wasn't able to properly sing at that tempo (becoming smudgy), and that as the live recording shows she indeed made the miracle during the performance.
@@miguelantoniofaundezrojas2826 Mas bien se referia a la incapacidad de Maria en los ensayos de poder cantar de manera precisa esas notas muy rapidas al tempo que Rescigno propuso, y cuando el le dijo que habria tomado el tempo mas lento para acomodarla ella contesto que no se atreviera porque era deber de ella cantar esos dos compases a ese tempo que le gustaba, y asi hizo (como ametralladora...) en la función.
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.
También para Medea, Tosca, Aminna, Violeta Valery...
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 !!!