Callas, Di Stefano, Mugnai - La Traviata, Mexico 1952 BJR Vinyl Complete Opera Best Sound
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- One of my favourite Callas recordings, her Sempre Libera is out of this world! I did my best with the cleanup but there are many faint pops and clicks throughout - time is an issue for me - but all the biggest have been removed. Side 5 was particularly scratched, but there are no major sound flaws. Also features a radio interview with Callas which i have posted previously.
Maria Callas: Violetta Valéry
Giuseppe di Stefano: Alfredo Germont
Piero Campolonghi: Giorgio Germont
Cristina Trevi: Flora Bervoix
Gilberto Cerda: Il barone Douphol
Ignacio Ruffino: Il dottor Grenvil
Edna Patoni: Annina
Francesco Tortolero: Gastone
Alberto Herrera: Il marchese d'Obigny
Umberto Mugnai conducts the Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Recorded 3 June, 1952 - Hudba
![Puccini: Tosca - Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1953) [Subtitles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/B1kmKD-94yc/mqdefault.jpg)
Luchino Visconti ha trovato tutto già pronto e perfetto, poteva solo aggiungere bei costumi e belle scene.....
Vien da ridere quando scrivomo che Visconti le ha insegnato qualcosa.
Questa recita è incredibile: sembra di sentire Violetta per la prima volta, ogni sfumatura è svelata. Anche quando ipiega tutta la voce c'è sempre la fragilità della malattia che imcombe. Un talento infinito.
Grazie sempre al pubblico messicano (intelligente dice il presentatore) che fu tra i primi a impazzire per la "Soprano absoluta del siglo" come avevano scritto sul frontespizio teatro!
I was in that presentation. I was 10 years old. My father was the General Manager of The Opera Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts in México. I had the privilege and great fortune to assist to all the Giuseppe Di Stefano and Maria Meneghini Callas (then), Mario Del Monaco, (the most handsome guy I've ever seen personally), Giulietta Simionato (the most gracious modest artist I ever met) and many other great singers and performances at this my beautiful México City theater. I had the autograph photos of all of them. Callas SUCCED and was recognize first in México City, immediately next in New York.
The Callas was very fat then. But beautiful. Gone days now.
*Yo estuve en esa función. Tenia 10 años. Mi padre era el Gerente General de la Sala De Espectáculos del Teatro de las Bellas Artes de la Ciudad de México.
Tuve el privilegio y fortuna de asistir a toda las presentaciones de Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Meneghini Callas, (entonces), Mario Del Mónaco (guapísimo en persona al natural), Giulietta Simionato (la artista mas sencilla y amable que haya conocido) y otros grandiosos cantantes, en nuestro hermoso Teatro de la Opera
De México. Obtube sus fotos autografiados de todos ellos. La Callas fue reconocida y triunfó primero en México y después en Nueva York. La Callas era entonces muy gorda, pero guapa.
'Tiempos Idos'.
Qué bonitos recuerdos nos ha contado, me emociona su narración. Saludos.
Como podria hacerle una entrevista para la revista Pro opera? Mi celular es 5532288275. Prof. Luis Marquez
Irene Day Hello Irene, Wow what an beautiful experience you had. I would of been in OPERA HEAVEN if I were in your shoes my friend. Do you have any plans to write a book etc.? To me our MAYA 👑 was & will be the best Operatic artist of all time. Please respond. My Spanish is so so Amiga Gracias ADIOS.MUSIC WITH NO boundaries my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🌎🌍🌏👱👴🌹🌿
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Irene que maravilla!!! Mi abuelo canto en esa ópera. Si nombre Ignacio Ruffino. Y recuerdo las historias que me contaba cuando canto con ella. Maravilloso!!!
Such a great performance! Her second act is a masterpiece. Not a single passage is left without meaning. Callas masters her voice with and takes us into the character transformation. From the light, bright, high notes of a Violeta to a passionate woman who is forced to leave her true love. Her "Amami Alfredo" is unique. First time I truly believe Violeta is so in love and leaving him is losing everything. When we listen her "in me rinasce, rinasce insolito vigore" we know she is dying, she makes us feel that. This is so difficult to achieve and to understand it just listen to any other singer's recording.
VIOLETTA please ah ah!
The one and only...something superhuman about her...the ease, the sound ..the Traviata of all Traviatas....
Callas is inimitable in this role. She sings the dramatic scenes with such urgency and dramatic intensity. There is nothing left to say about her Sempre Libera. What I think also deserves acknowledgement is how she plays the scene with Germont pere. Riveting.
Wow amazing!
I wish I lived in the 50s to endulge myself with my significant other, in this concert in Mexico's finest Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Maravilloso tesoro especialmente para mi porque por primera vez oigo a mi abuelito que canto ahí con María Callas en Bellas Artes. Su nombre Ignacio Ruffino. Después fue conocido como Papá Ruffino en el Cuarteto Los Ruffino.
Gracias!!!
Oh wow, her voice is so fresh and free. It has the classic Callas resonance/tone with the smoothness and grace of youth. I have a recording of her and Alfredo Krauss performing La Traviata in Lisbon in 1958 but this, 6 years earlier, is ever so slightly and subtly purer. She's 29 in this performance and it shows. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
bravissimo campolonghi
How is it posssible that such a jewel has not been more enjoyed by opera lovers? There shoukd have thousands of likes for it!
Thank you so much!!!! My grandfather was Ignacio Ruffino that sang with Maria Callas. It's the first time that I hear him sing opera. Thank you!!!!🙏😃
El canto mucho en esos años!
That's what we are allways restless searching for. Thanks!!!!!!!!
Callas=perfect sense of timing, dramatic flow, unbeatable in this role The live Lucia with Karajan has the same magic for me
Great recording! Those high notes are so easy!
Mr turniplover................. thanks so much. She was amazing. I love these early recordings. No one shall ever come close... lots of wonderful sopranos, I respect them all but Calla was above them all - way above.... Thanks again. Charles
I swear,I have to collect myself after the"E'strano..." the beauty brings one to tears!
Potente Callas! In quegli anni aveva tanto di quel fiato in gola che in scena avrebbe potuto cantare contemporaneamente due opere :-) Straordinaria. Preziosa registrazione, se non fosse per i somari suggeritori che zelanti e insopportabili non tengono la bocca chiusa.
yes! there was videos of her Traviata and almost all the roles she performed in Mexico sadly all those videos were destroyed during an earthquake in Mexico city
Everything's been said about her. Just having a great time on this 31st December listening to this marvel. Thank you so much for the upload.
How wonderful to hear how the audience appreciated the art they experienced.
Amazing Callas! Great diva in all times!
Thanks for all the work you put into this, Callas. Fan.
Brings all the world together in harmony THANK YOU
No sabia que ella había cantado en Bellas Artes, su voz es magnífica!!
Ella cantó en los años 1950, 1951 y 1952 y todos los repertorios hechos en Mexico quedan en discos en varias marcas.
haha i love how you can hear the prompter
thank you so much tornipoverlord for sharing this magnificent treasure !
many many thanks for uploading this wonderful and interesting rendition!
Stupendous job cleaning this up! Thank you VERY much!!
La voce di Maria Callas unica è irraggiungibile ❤️
They will both be with us forever.
Magnifique!
Bravo ! Cet enregistrement palpite de vie ! CALLAS encore MENEGHINI et di STEPHANO en pleine jeunesse âgés respectivement de 29 ans et 31 ans ! Sans oublier CAMPOLONGHI 38 ans !
Qu' ils sont " braves" tous ! Écoutez les !
L' Interview de Maria M.C , à l'entracte, est émouvant ! (1.10.58 à 1.17.48)
Au son de sa voix cet opéra pour la Soprano est un vrai "marathon " !
Cet enregistrement nous dévoile aussi le rôle du " souffleur" au fond de son " trou" !
fantastique de vie à tous points de vue ....
merci à TURNIPOVERLORD pour cette publication ....un vrai régal pour l' humble amateur que je suis .....
Bravo mi querida Maria...!!!
Bravo dear John for the fantastic recording by La Divina than violetta-thank you very,very much-Kind wishes from germany michael
Thank you very much, it is my pleasure to share :)
1:38:12 I get the impression that the E flat was her calling card in Mexico. There's of course the Aida, this, Rigoletto, and Lucia. Any other operas where she interpolates it? I haven't heard the Toscas, Norma, or Trovatore. E flat aside, are any of those essential listening? I'm tempted to get the newly released Trovatore from Divina
You should for sure the the divina Trovatore. She has a couple of WILD E flats in the opening aria. You won't find a clearer sounding copy of the recording, Pablo at Divina works wonders. I'll buy anything he releases instantly.
Meraviglioso! Great!
Gracias por compartir esto.......
María y Pippo VIVEN!!!
Stratospheric singing.
Thank you so much. Huge improvement in sound.
Splendida interpretazione !
Holy Cow-- that high E-flat at the end of Act II (shortly after 1:38:00) nearly caused me to wet myself! I'm not aware of any other sopranos having done that-- in fact, I don't know of any other performance where Callas herself did that. Is that in any way customary/traditional, or is this just one of those bizarre early Callas things that was a one-time experiment never to be repeated?
It's a one-shot marvel. Never have any soprano (as far as i know) attempted a fil di voce Eb6 at the end of Act 2. The feat is so difficult even Callas herself never repeated it in any subsequent performance.
Wow just Beautiful.
This is very, very good. Less mannered than the later versions with Giulini.
Distinctive, fresh, driven playing from the orchestra and great singing from the principals at their peaks. Thank you for posting.
vielen Dank für diese wunderbare Aufnahme
Perfecta!!!!!
Viva, la Divina Maria!
Vielen Dank für diese schöne Aufnahme
There are more commercials minutes than actual opera bravoooooooo
Que función, una verdadera joya!!!
C’est vrai que la version 1950est plus poignante mais la version 1955 est plus fluide j’aime les deux l’une est plus dramatique et l’autre mélodique
Elle excelle partout
Bravo Maria !!la meilleure
Dear John,
I do agree compleatly with your opinion, ,,,
Simply magnificent and divine , bravissima, dear Maria Callas !!!
Thank you for the big pleasure and the very high "re"-quality of your recordings, John !!
With all my compliments,
Bernhard Hedenus and also my Friend Dr. med Michael Zahl
What can one say when we hear musical, theatrical, vocal perfection? The only words I have are: O my God -- thank you for the gifts you gave this artistic genius.
Fantastica!
Maria Callas....then everyone else that ever sang....untouchable on that form.
Gran dio und das Life !!!
Sempre Libera 27:07
Absolute perfection. The crowd goes totally wild !!
No one comes close today
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST RECORDINGS I HAVE HEARD
like rosa ponselle 1935
As beautiful as Ponselle's voice was (perhaps in terms of beauty even more beautiful than Callas') she didn't have the technical refinement to give full justice to the role of Violetta.
Hermosa.
I love Callas and Di Stefano as Violetta and Alfredo.They were really sweet together.I have heard the performance which occured exactly two weeks after this one -Rigoletto , in which Piero Campolonghi played Rigoletto , De Stefano played the duke of Mantua and Callas played Gilda .Callas hated that performance a lot , because she was not pleased with how she sang Gilda.She hated her voice .Also , about a month after this performance Callas and Di Stefano sang in Tosca , with Campolonghi as Scarpia .
The Lisbon Traviata was filmed in its entirety, but the owner won't publish the full performance.
Нехороший человек (редиска)
Bravo!!!!!! :D
La traviata è un opera di verdi con montserrat caballé Bravissima artista deliziosa violetta
Anna Attanasio Con Cotrubas👑 tambien amigo. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Scrivimi in italiano
I thank you for this is it any wonder that she was cast as Medea,in the film of the same name in the 70's?She IS unearthly. I used to see albums in "City Lights Books"[the down stairs in San Francisco,or just down the street,'73-'74.I was poor then,so no buy.Ha you could live in S.F. and still go out;saw my first opera,opening night,standee,100th anniversary,,''Norma",Sutherland.
Braaavooooo
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Alek Maksimovic!
@@alekmaksimovic9092 Did you want to tell me something?...
Tous ces enregistrements de Callas sont de bonnes factures mais ils ne reflètent pas par exemple l'autorité que la Callas avait dans sa voix et qui en faisait un phénomène pour son époque...il faut pour s'en rendre compte écouter sa norma de Londres (1952) .
OK. These recordings are amazing, but are there any complete opera videos of Ms Callas where one can see her performing these works live?
There are some rumors...but apparently no.
With what turntable/ cartridge did you get such an outstanding sound from this recording - WoW!!!
Se riesci a sentire il suggeritore vuol dire che non hai problemi con le orecchie,beato te ! Saluti Gino
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I'm so glad I speak four languages and after SIEMPRE Libra the commentary is incredible the audience Goes Wild and the man speaking has a vast vocabulary he's so articulate when is describing the frenzy that the audience is so expressive appreciative of this great diva. Sad to say most Americans do not speak more than one language. I am 6th generation American my father spoke four languages my mother spoke 3 my daughter spoke 3 I speak four languages my wife speaks two languages. Western Europeans Embrace their culture and then handed down to Generations as well also most Europeans speak at least three languages perfect example if you go to Portugal 80% of the population speaks English and Spanish. Portuguese and Spanish are not very similar actually Italian and Spanish I'm much more like. The majority of Spaniards do not speak Portuguese because it's a difficult language to learn about the romance languages. Romanian French Italian Spanish Portuguese. My ancestors where French Spanish Portuguese British Isles. In the British Isles primarily speak English except for whales they have their own dialect and speak English as well. Once again TY CALLASFAN you are simply a treasure we deeply appreciate these great performances I just finished the First Act I look forward to Maria Callas interview Etc your Opera loving friend Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Callas would just swallow the music and it would just become her,but organically
Верди Травиата Ария Мария Каллос и Георт Отс
Что? 😂
One thing I absolutely hate about live-performance recordings is hearing the prompters, like some ugly propter factum echo before every single line. Here they're especially audible. What is the point of them? Are you seriously telling me these world-class singers didn't know the lines to pieces they performed dozens of times and rehearsed a hundreds times more?
Yomiko Readman Oh hush up. Don't ignore a gift my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Pues no, no se acuerdan de todo o no estan seguros de acordarse.
El vivo y directo es mejor que grabaciones pulidas hasta que quedan devirizarlas.
De otro modo se eschchan ingenieros de sonido y no cantantes reales de carne y hueso, humanos, con defectos y cualidades.
Se puede olvidar el soplador al mismo tiempo que se distingue y aprecia la musica.
En un teatro se escucha de todo ya que el publico o las sillas o las tablas o las toses o los accidentes hacen también ruido.
Yo escucho casi solo la Callas Di Stefano y los otros y olvido perfectamente el empleado que repite y que gana, algo, su vida, leyendo el libreto.
El Palacio de Bellas Artes de Méjico ha dejado un recuerdo imperecedero para toda la humanidad. Con repetidor y todo.
1:31:30辺りの合唱だけは真剣に練習したようだ
4:00 9:00
Commercials....😢😢😢
Why do you mention Arturo Toscanini? There is NOTHING in this recording related to him. Artists are Giuseppe Verdi (composer) and Umberto Mugnai (conductor) of this 1952 performance. Please correct the description as it is misleading, apart from false and fake.
I don't mention Toscanini in the description. The information that refers to him is auto compiled by CZcams. I can't do anything about it.
@@CallasfanRecordings I see. And I am sorry for not noticing the separating line between your description and the CZcams auto compilation. It seems inappropriate to have such information in that position. I find it very unthoughtful. Be well.
It sounds like a guy is reading the libretto out loud, why? Is it for the audience, so they can hear it and understand it better?
Bianca - This is a live performance; what you are hearing is the prompter, just in case any of the singers forget their lines. He is usually positioned in a little cubicle, directly in front of, but slightly below, the stage. :)
Prompter is so annoying :(
+regulargonzalez Blame Pippo. You will notice in a couple of the videos of their final world tour 1973-74 where they are accompanied by a piano only, a page turner sits next to the pianist and is feeding the lines only to DiStefano. The prompter never fed any lines to Callas. And you are right, it's very annoying.
+Patricia Bogni Exact..
You should try standing on the stage and dealing with the prompter...but I can tell you from experience, there are moments when the prompter can save the performance...and if the prompter is bad, it is best to pull rank, if you have any, and fire him or her...Remember that Opera is a repertory industry and singers must carry around any number of roles in their heads for any given season...something we just all need to deal with and move on! Like great conductors who hum...i.e. Toscanini
Of course, nothing is ever Callas' fault...
Let's not be blind. Callas ALWAYS wanted a prompter! She also asked for one during Paris concert in 1958! She had an amazing musical memory, but sometimes she forgot/messed up words
Maria Callas nunca vino a Mexico, no hay informacion suficiente que asi lo avale . en la portada del disco que aqui se presenta menciona 1951 -1952. si enbargo algunos historiadores dicen que vino el 23 de mayo de de 1950. siento tristesa que no alla algun registro que lo asegure y existan puros supuestos.
las personas involucradas como publico trabajadores y musicos en general que aun viven no seran suficiente evidencia?
NO .
+Saúl García (Nocturno 20) pues entonces eres un grandisimo pendejo :)
SI y tengo educacion .y me gustan los debates con personas con conocimientos y que reflexionan perdon contigo me equivoque .
+Saúl García (Nocturno 20) Corroboro lo que dice el amigo Alberto, eres un pendejo (En España diriamos imbecil).
Aparte de miles de testimonios como bien menciona el, hay tambien muchas entrevistas de Giuseppe di Stefano en las que cuenta como conocio a Callas por primera vez en Mexico 52 cuando iban a interpretar I Puritani...
Niente da dire sulla Callas,ovviamente anche se c'è stata qualche cantante che ha dato una versione forse vocalmente meno spettacolare ma interpretativamente diversa e non meno valida. Il continuo duetto con il suggeritore comunque dà notevolmente fastidio. Vedi anche il Caro Nome del Rigoletto dove il suggeritore deve persino suggerire Gualtier Maldé! Il duetto riguarda ovviamente non solo la Callas. Evidentemente non si facevano prove e tutto era puntato sulle voci,sugli acuti, sui sopracuti ecc. in una gara muscolare all'ultimo acuto. E' tutto molto bello e teatrale, ma fare musica è altra cosa.
scusa......stai forse dicendo che questa NON è musica???????? a parte di stefano e il direttore che sono dei cani non vedo chi oggi potrebbe fare traviata in questo modo. e poi chi sarebbero le "qualche" cantanti che avrebbero fatto di meglio in traviata?
la caballè è l'unica che può stare a questo livello....ancora oggi dopo tantissimi anni
sicuramente la Callas in Mexico, per quanto vocalmente spettacolare e nonostante la sua sempre presente musicalità, diventerà assai più raffinata interpretativamente dopo.
In Messico stette al gioco generale degli acuti, sopracuti e qualche effettaccio un po' volgarotto.
INFATTI e' tutto molto bello e teatrale...BELLO e TEATRALE, come dovrebbe essere, BELLO e TEATRALE...l'opera si fa cosi' e non sempre con lo spartito in mano...abbiamo avuto invece negli anni recenti le Violette delle Dessi, delle Devie, delle Schiavo, cosi banali e ordinarie e scolorite,decisamente sopravalutate e di seconda classe...classe..e' una parola difficile ed assai impegnativa da applicare in questi ultimi casi...non e' mai stato piu' un " bel sentire e vedere", e fare musica , li sopratutto, e' un'altra cosa..oggi poi siamo tutti professori e musicologi..tutti a Pesaro..tutte cadenze e abbellimenti..tutto senz'anima...addio del passato...grazie a "questi ultimi" infatti e' finito il teatro d'Opera.
fabrizio maria Garzi la Callas ha SEMPRE avuto lo spartito in mano, anche quando era giovane è un po' meno "raffinata" interpretativamente e vocalmente. Qui, nel pieno dei suoi mezzi, ben vengano acuti e sopracuti, anche se non mi piace musicalmente (e anche poco sicuro) quello alla fine del concertato.
Per me vocalmente (anche se sembra incazzata più che freneticamente eccitata) il suo più impressionante "Sempre libera" è quello sempre messicano del 1951.