Callas is an abject vocal lesson. All of these selections prove why she was Prima Donna Assoluta. Elvira De Hidalgo gave Callas her vocal foundation, but the natural talent was there from the beginning. It was also her fierce determination to learn every aspect of true Bel canto singing, and she mastered it.
00:00 Cielo, a'miei lunghi spasimi - Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 00:44 O Re, Pei Sacri Numi... Gloria All'Egitto - Aida (Verdi) 01:07 Sovra il sen la man mi posa - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 01:28 Ei tornera. Si - Norma (Bellini) 01:55 Una macchia è qui tuttora - MacBeth (Verdi) 02:10 D'amore al dolce impero - Armida (Rossini) 02:16 Ah! partiamo, i miei tormenti - Il Pirata (Bellini) 02:30 Ardon gli incensi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 02:46 A vos jeux mes amis - Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) 02:54 L'altra notte in fondo al mare - Mefistofele (Boito) 03:01 Mercè, dilette amiche - I vespri Siciliani (Verdi) 03:13 Ah! non giunge - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 03:36 Callas in Conversation with Edward Downes 04:28 Bel raggio lusinghier - Semiramide (Rossini) 04:46 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes) 04:54 Ben io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno - Nabucco (Verdi) 05:07 Se Al Mio Crudel Tormento... - Armida (Rossini) 06:02 D'amore al dolce impero - Armida (Rossini) 06:37 Casta Diva - Norma (Bellini) 08:32 ? Interview 09:15 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes) 09:43 Ardon gli incensi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 10:05 Son vergin vezzosa - I Puritani (Bellini) 10:17 Sovra il sen la man mi posa - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 10:34 Spargi d'amaro pianto - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 10:57 A vos jeux mes amis - Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) 11:04 Bel raggio lusinghier - Semiramide (Rossini) 11:21 Ah si, fa' core, abbracciami - Norma (Bellini) 11:39 Ah! non giunge - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 12:02 Se una pudica vergine - La Traviata (Verdi) 12:17 Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna - I Puritani (Bellini) 12:33 Caro nome che il mio cor - Rigoletto (Verdi) 13:04 D'amor sull'ali rosee - Il Trovatore (Verdi) 13:26 Coppia iniqua - Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 13:41 Di tale amor - Il Trovatore (Verdi) 13:53 Quando, Rapito in Estasi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 14:06 Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core - I vespri siciliani (Verdi) 14:42 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes)
Muchisimas Gracias por este excelente video, tanto por la apropiada selección de arias como por las acotaciones realizadas. Gracias por difundir a esta prima donna que nos llena el espíritu de satisfacción y nos eleva como humanidad.
"Maria's agility is without peer" .....no. Sills and Sutherland absolutely destroy Callas's coloratura, and for longer periods of their careers. she is a wonderful singer though. I prefer her heavier Verdi work where you get more of the lower register 3:)
Actually Callas's coloratura is very good and peerless it is true, and she uses it for expression not showoff. Even though, I adore Sutherland and Sills a lot (I AM A SUTHERLAND FANATIC), I have one problem with her, she often goes too freely and not only transposes passages upward to avoid the low notes, she adds unnecessary coloratura, and sometimes they don't have any meaning of expression, just mere showoff...
Sills was a humming bird and Callas is a Harpy Eagle. Vocally Callas has at least 10 times more weight and volume than Sills and I am not kidding. Sutherland is heavier voice than Sills but still a coloratura with Spinto weight - Joan was never a real dramatic voice! Callas in the theater had a much heavier voice and bigger voice than these two. Especially in her middle voice! Do you have any idea what it takes to move such a dramatic weight and steely voice in an agile manner? What Callas did was impossible. Plus Callas has actual equal presence and agility in ALL her registers, not just above Bb5 like Sills and Sutherland.
people often ignore the fact that agility also consists of the ability to freely move between registers and to execute coloraturas in the lower registers. Sutherland and Sills can never dip into heavy chest voice within a mostly high coloratura line like Callas did in Armida. Their low trills (invariably in low head voice) sounds like a hand fan flapping (the ones in "In mia man") while Callas' same trills sounds like a tornado of fury (and in chest voice). And in terms of dynamics, there is absolutely NOONE who utilizes them to serve the drama as fully as Callas.
Pas d'accord avec vous .La Coloratura surpasse de beaucoup celles de Sills et de Sutherland ,car elle rend la coloratura profondément expressive et lui donne un sens .Les autres sont plutôt de mièvres rossignols à côté de Callas .
turnipoverlord I was going to ask it, but I can't find it in primohomme's channel, where is it? It's really wonderful this video. And your channel too, you were the first I suscribed
turnipoverlord Its not primohomme´s video, the owner and creator was a guy called BZBlaner or something like that. Dont know if he still has his account. He deleted many videos of Callas a long time ago, dont know why!
TiGvecc - Yes, you are correct, it was BZBlaner, i see his account is active, but the video is gone. I should apologize for the tone of my original message, i'm glad that this video is still on youtube, it showcases Maria's unequaled talents quite well. I guess i was in a mood when i wrote my original comment. I have had my one of my videos copied before, it's annoying. But i would thank you here now for reposting BZBlaner's great video. She's really something (understatement of the century).
Great! If you are an opera fan you may enjoy my recordings. Mind stopping by my channel and checking out my music? I'd love to know what you think. Thank you! -Lina Orfanos
She’s the biggest genius in the opera world… But also it’s a genius the person who makes such a wonderful video: who’s that person??
BZBlaner
Great video!
They did not call her Madame Callas for nothing. It’s almost like she got knighted. What a loss….
Thank you for this wonderful demonstration of Callas' Incredible talent.
Magnifique hommage rendu à la plus grande technique de tous les temps ,et à la cantatrice absolue ,prima Donna assoluta.
For gay-men. Not for hetero-men. I have experieces with the opera world since more than 60 years.
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Better than latent than never bitch! Enjoy your closet!
Sixty years wasted.
Única per sempre
Callas is the best!
Yes! But only for gay-boys. Not for hetereo-men.
@@achmedmohamed4708 It has absolutely nothing to do with sexuality. There are a lot of heterosexual men who love Callas too, including myself.
Callas is an abject vocal lesson. All of these selections prove why she was Prima Donna Assoluta. Elvira De Hidalgo gave Callas her vocal foundation, but the natural talent was there from the beginning. It was also her fierce determination to learn every aspect of true Bel canto singing, and she mastered it.
00:00 Cielo, a'miei lunghi spasimi - Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 00:44 O Re, Pei Sacri Numi... Gloria All'Egitto - Aida (Verdi) 01:07 Sovra il sen la man mi posa - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 01:28 Ei tornera. Si - Norma (Bellini) 01:55 Una macchia è qui tuttora - MacBeth (Verdi) 02:10 D'amore al dolce impero - Armida (Rossini) 02:16 Ah! partiamo, i miei tormenti - Il Pirata (Bellini) 02:30 Ardon gli incensi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 02:46 A vos jeux mes amis - Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) 02:54 L'altra notte in fondo al mare - Mefistofele (Boito) 03:01 Mercè, dilette amiche - I vespri Siciliani (Verdi) 03:13 Ah! non giunge - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 03:36 Callas in Conversation with Edward Downes 04:28 Bel raggio lusinghier - Semiramide (Rossini) 04:46 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes) 04:54 Ben io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno - Nabucco (Verdi) 05:07 Se Al Mio Crudel Tormento... - Armida (Rossini) 06:02 D'amore al dolce impero - Armida (Rossini) 06:37 Casta Diva - Norma (Bellini) 08:32 ? Interview 09:15 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes) 09:43 Ardon gli incensi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 10:05 Son vergin vezzosa - I Puritani (Bellini) 10:17 Sovra il sen la man mi posa - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 10:34 Spargi d'amaro pianto - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 10:57 A vos jeux mes amis - Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) 11:04 Bel raggio lusinghier - Semiramide (Rossini) 11:21 Ah si, fa' core, abbracciami - Norma (Bellini) 11:39 Ah! non giunge - La Sonnambula (Bellini) 12:02 Se una pudica vergine - La Traviata (Verdi) 12:17 Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna - I Puritani (Bellini) 12:33 Caro nome che il mio cor - Rigoletto (Verdi) 13:04 D'amor sull'ali rosee - Il Trovatore (Verdi) 13:26 Coppia iniqua - Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 13:41 Di tale amor - Il Trovatore (Verdi) 13:53 Quando, Rapito in Estasi - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 14:06 Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core - I vespri siciliani (Verdi) 14:42 Dov' è l'indiana bruna? - Larmé (Delibes)
Muchisimas Gracias por este excelente video, tanto por la apropiada selección de arias como por las acotaciones realizadas. Gracias por difundir a esta prima donna que nos llena el espíritu de satisfacción y nos eleva como humanidad.
Esa no es la verdadera
I love this song, the best remix
What is she singing at 13:44???
Trovatore Act 1 cabaletta "Di tale amor che dirsi"
The cabaletta from Leonora La Trovatore.
"Maria's agility is without peer" .....no. Sills and Sutherland absolutely destroy Callas's coloratura, and for longer periods of their careers. she is a wonderful singer though. I prefer her heavier Verdi work where you get more of the lower register 3:)
Actually Callas's coloratura is very good and peerless it is true, and she uses it for expression not showoff. Even though, I adore Sutherland and Sills a lot (I AM A SUTHERLAND FANATIC), I have one problem with her, she often goes too freely and not only transposes passages upward to avoid the low notes, she adds unnecessary coloratura, and sometimes they don't have any meaning of expression, just mere showoff...
Sills was a humming bird and Callas is a Harpy Eagle. Vocally Callas has at least 10 times more weight and volume than Sills and I am not kidding. Sutherland is heavier voice than Sills but still a coloratura with Spinto weight - Joan was never a real dramatic voice! Callas in the theater had a much heavier voice and bigger voice than these two. Especially in her middle voice! Do you have any idea what it takes to move such a dramatic weight and steely voice in an agile manner? What Callas did was impossible. Plus Callas has actual equal presence and agility in ALL her registers, not just above Bb5 like Sills and Sutherland.
Callas shits on both
people often ignore the fact that agility also consists of the ability to freely move between registers and to execute coloraturas in the lower registers. Sutherland and Sills can never dip into heavy chest voice within a mostly high coloratura line like Callas did in Armida. Their low trills (invariably in low head voice) sounds like a hand fan flapping (the ones in "In mia man") while Callas' same trills sounds like a tornado of fury (and in chest voice). And in terms of dynamics, there is absolutely NOONE who utilizes them to serve the drama as fully as Callas.
Pas d'accord avec vous .La Coloratura surpasse de beaucoup celles de Sills et de Sutherland ,car elle rend la coloratura profondément expressive et lui donne un sens .Les autres sont plutôt de mièvres rossignols à côté de Callas .
Someone know what is the name of music that plays at 00:07 - 00:41?
+Francisco Lobo Batista from anna bolena the end of the mad scene before coppia iniqua
Thank you...
Hello Francisco... and in the minute 00.41 Is Aide act 2 final song in Mexico... the rest is history :-)
just to acknowledge, this video was originally created by primohomme, who has a new youtube account at czcams.com/channels/Zv1RjUknJ1QobNdJK-Mdkg.html
turnipoverlord I was going to ask it, but I can't find it in primohomme's channel, where is it? It's really wonderful this video. And your channel too, you were the first I suscribed
turnipoverlord Its not primohomme´s video, the owner and creator was a guy called BZBlaner or something like that. Dont know if he still has his account. He deleted many videos of Callas a long time ago, dont know why!
TiGvecc - Yes, you are correct, it was BZBlaner, i see his account is active, but the video is gone. I should apologize for the tone of my original message, i'm glad that this video is still on youtube, it showcases Maria's unequaled talents quite well. I guess i was in a mood when i wrote my original comment. I have had my one of my videos copied before, it's annoying. But i would thank you here now for reposting BZBlaner's great video. She's really something (understatement of the century).
Great! If you are an opera fan you may enjoy my recordings. Mind stopping by my channel and checking out my music? I'd love to know what you think. Thank you! -Lina Orfanos