Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Tosca - Opera in Tre Atti - Opera in Three Acts . ***Listen to our latest mastering update*** : bit.ly/3N253wT 🎧 Qobuz bit.ly/3gEk3VN Tidal bit.ly/3DpkWKQ 🎧 Amazon Music amzn.to/3VVSaso Deezer bit.ly/3SBopdw 🎧 Napster bit.ly/3RSwdKX CZcams Music bit.ly/3N253wT 🎧 Apple Music -- Spotify -- SoundCloud bit.ly/3f1F10q 🔊 Download high-fidelity classical music: classicalmusicreference.com/ *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-02:38) Act 1 1- « Ah! Finalmente! » (00:00) 2- « Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia » (5:24) - famous passage 3- « Gente là dentro! » (9:51) 4- « Mario..Mario..Mario » (11:02) - famous passage 5- « Ah, quegli occhi! ... Quale occhi al mondo può di paro » (17:58) 6- « E buona la mia Tosca » (23:05) 7- « Un tal baccano in chiesa! » (28:02) 8- « Tutto è chiaro ... Tosca? Che non mi veda ... Mario! Mario! » (31:24) 9- « Ed io venivo a lui tutta fogliosa » (34:28) 10- « Tre sbirri » (38:32) - famous passage Act 2 11- « Tosca è un buon falco » (42:36) 12- « Ha più forte » (45:39) 13- « Meno male! » (47:56) 14- « Dov'è dunque Angelotti? » (51:12) 15- « Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici » (53:12) 16- « Orsù, Tosca, parlate » (57:11) 17- « Basta,Roberti » (1:00:13) 18- « Nel pozzo... Del giardino » (1:01:37) 19- « Se la giurata » (1:05:29) 20- « Vissi d’arte » (1:09:04) - famous passage 21- « Vedi, ecco, vedi » (1:12:18) 22- « E qual via scegliete? » (1:15:57) - famous passage Act 3 23- « Lo de’ sospiri » (1:22:26) - famous passage 24- « Mario Cavaradossi? » (1:28:00) 25- « E lucevan le stelle » (1:31:05) - famous passage 26- « Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca » (1:34:49) 27- « O dolci mani » (1:37:22) 28- « E non giungono » (1:42:14) 29- « Com'è lunga l’attesa! » (1:44:40) 30- « Presto! su, Mario! Andiamo! Andiamo!, Su! » (1:46:54) Floria Tosca : Maria Callas Mario Cavaradossi : Giuseppe Di Stefano Scarpia : Tito Gobbi Cesare Angelotti : Franco Calabrese Spoletta : Angelo Mercuriali Sagrestano : Melchiorre Luise Sciarrone/Carceriere : Dario Caselli Pastore : Alvaro Codova Maestro del coro : Vittore Veneziani Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano Direttore : Victor De Sabata Recorded in 1953 Find CMRR's recordings on *Spotify* : spoti.fi/3016eVr Dès le printemps de 1889, Puccini avait été envoûté par le drame de la Tosca, oeuvre de Victorien Sardou exécuté pour la première fois à la Porte Saint-Martin à Paris. « Je peux voir dans la Tosca » , écrivit-il à son éditeur Giulio Ricordi, « un opéra qui comblerait toutes mes espérances. » Cependant, Ricordi n’avait pas pensé à Puccini pour Tosca, mais à Alberto Franchetti, compositeur qui avait obtenu un certain succès en Italie. On n’a jamais su vraiment pourquoi Ricordi laissa tomber Franchetti; on peut sans doute présumer que l’immense succès de Manon Lescaut l’avait convaincu que Puccini était l’homme qu’il lui fallait pour cette oeuvre. Une conspiration fut montée pour expliquer à Franchetti pourquoi un opéra sur Tosca ne pouvait réussir. L’action avec les scènes de torture, les tentatives de viol, les meurtres et les exécutions étaient vraiment trop brutale. En outre Tosca se déroulait sur un arrière plan politico-historique - les républicains contre les royalistes, l’Autriche contre l’Italie, le général Bonaparte contre Mélas et ainsi de suite. Franchetti en fut convaincu. Il rendit ses droits sans difficulté. Illica et Giacosa (auteurs du livret de l'opéra) n’urent pas pour tâche de donner une leçon d’histoire, mais de fournir à Puccini des phrases et des situations permettant de dégager ses belles créations. Sardou ne fit aucune difficulté. On a même dit qu’il trouvait ce livret supérieur à sa propre pièce. Après la 1er exécution le 14 janvier 1900 à Rome, Tosca devint rapidement un immense succès dans le monde entier. Depuis, Tosca n’a cessé de produire l’envoûtement. Il s’agit là assurément du plus grand enregistrement de Maria Callas en même temps que d’une des plus grandes réussites de l’histoire du disque lyrique! Victor de Sabata sait donner à cette musique toute sa puissance, jouant des entrelacs sonores, des vifs contrastes, de la vigueur rythmique, de tout ce qui fait la matière de cette oeuvre saisissante, qui se lance d’un seul trait avec une force nerveuse, une énergie rarement soulignée avec une telle acuité. Bien sûr Di Stefano possède le timbre et le goût parfaits pour Mario, bien sûr Tito Gobbi est un Scarpia impressionnant de noirceur et de cynisme. Et puis bien sûr il y a la Callas, Callas souveraine, Callas déchirée et déchirante, Callas tigresse, la voix éclatante, avec une ressource de couleurs et d’accents proprement infinis… Callas en fait LA Tosca, l’unique. Maria Callas - 90 Opera Arias, Carmen, Norma, Tosca, Traviata, Butterfly.. NEW MASTERING (Ct.rec.) : czcams.com/video/VU1CZWEzQDA/video.html Giacomo Puccini & Vincenzo Bellini PLAYLIST (reference recordings) czcams.com/video/96TbPwQn-9A/video.html
Callas was in fine voice in this recording, but why so few comments about di Stefano ? At this stage in his career he had one of the most beautiful lyric tenor voices ever, liquid gold in tone and so expressive too.He was Pavarotti's favourite tenor.
@@mcalos2814 Yes a good point and Callas had a special connection with her audience.I was fortunate enough to hear Renata Tebaldi sing Tosca at Covent Garden 1955 and Callas sing Tosca there in 1964.I think Tebaldi possessed one of the most beautiful lirico-spinto soprano voices of the last century, Callas sang with such passion and emotion, she became Tosca and whilst Tebaldi produced more beautiful notes, the performance by Callas is something I shall remember for the rest of my life.A different genre of music, but Judy Garland had the same ability as Callas to connect with an audience, sang with passion and emotion and acted her songs.I saw her in top form London Palladium 1960, like Callas, something I shall remember for the rest of my life.Also saw Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan live, both had beautiful voices, superior to Garland, but never received the mass adulation Garland had.Have a good day.Comments just my personal opinion.
@@ragnabolt683 Don't mind telling you I am 84 yrs old.I first when to Royal Opera House when I was 15 to hear Tosca, role sung by Renata Tebaldi a superb voice and then in the 1960's to hear Callas sing the same role.Happy listening and best wishes for a happy 2024
Non credo si possa trovare una registrazione di quest'opera con tanta perfezione, tanta bellezza, tanta emozione, tante sfumature nell'interpretazione, tanto verismo, tanta grazia. Interpreti meravigliosi che qui SONO i personaghi, la Callas E' TOSCA, Di Stefano È CAVARADOSSI, Gobbi È SCARPIA. De Sabata magnifico. Si sfiora se non quasi si tocca la perfezione ibterpreyativa e musicale. Che onore poterli ascoltare. Solo ammirazione e tantissimo da imparare per tutti, di qualunque epoca❤️☀️
This is one of the first operatic recordings that I ever bought, and on listening to it now I'm struck by how subtle, conversational and understated the performance is, especially from Callas and Gobbi. It feels more like the reading of a play, and the lack of verismo excess in the musical style renders it even more gripping and believable. One of the great monuments of recorded sound.
And when I hear Callas sing....the sounds emanating from her bring tears to my eyes...never saw her in person but grew up hearing opera every Saturday on live from the Met while sitting in my grandfathers shoe repair shop in Brooklyn...Tosca is one of my favorite operas....as bright as any a star in the sky
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@thisismyprofileepic8086: Then if you don’t care what people say, then accept that there are recordings like Price/Karajan, Tebaldi live from MET with Tucker and Warren, Caballe/Davis which in areas supersede this one.
The moment Callas vocally enters, there is a thrilling fusion of such emotional truth and great vocal execution, combined with exquisite musicianship. Wow* She lives in this recording! Shines! All the colors, and delicate emotive pianissimos, explosive fortes, and such a focus delicate vocal line. A completely open tbroat, no false darkening from the tongue like Sopranos today. DiStefano, and Gobbi are truly inspired in their acting. i wish i had been in the theater... Genius.
I chose to listen to this as my formal introduction to Italian opera today. Astounded in every aspect. I've listened to so many great music and gained some wonderful experiences, and this will be remembered as one of my greatest experiences. Thank you CMRR
MOST BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE'S BY SOME OF THE GREATEST OPERA SINGERS EVER CALLAS, DiSEFANO, GOBBI "TOSCA" A DREAM. YOU DONT NEED TO BE AN EXPERT IN OPERA TO HEAR GREATNESS........... BY PERFORMANCE THAT was GOD-GIVEN, WITH THE ADDED GIFT TO HEAR AND ENJOY. WOW, WOW AND ANOTHER WOW.
Mon dieu ! Quelle joie ! Une envie sourde de Tosca et de Callas, et je me retrouve ici... Cela faisait une éternité que je n’avais plus écouté La Tosca, et encore moins La Callas. J’avais ce vinyl dans les mains il y de ça plus de 30 ans !!! (il appartenait à ma compagne de l’époque). Je suis complètement bouleversé à retrouver ce joyau, définitivement Callas est Tosca ! Et l’écrin de voix, d’orchestre et de direction qui l’entoure est on ne peut plus à la hauteur. Vraiment la version sublime pour moi. Petite histoire, je voulais juste réécoutait « ça » pour voir, ET impossible de me détacher... (J’avais d’autres choses à faire ! Mais bon...) Je « bois cette écoute comme du petit lait », et je me souviens de tout cet opéra... C’est comme si je l’avais écouté hier, une fraîcheur incroyable, et vraiment impossible de m’arrêter avant la fin. Complètement subjugué, je suis. BRAVO ! Et le niveau sonore restitué est superbe, merci pour cette parution.
A great recording in every sense. The cast outstanding and awesome. Direction magnificent. What an amazing aesthetic experience !!! Thanks for sharing!!! Callas, Di Stefano and Gobbi in their best!!!
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Angelo Mercuriali's Spoletta is also the very best you'll find out there? I'm mean, I HATE when the tenor just _sing_ very calmly Spoletta's final part, but he just SHOUTS out Tosca's fate. It is the only one who I believe would make me jump. This is why this recording is so amazing, Tosca is not the best opera ever, but they really paid attention to every single detail. Bravi tutti.
Meravellosa la interpretació de la Sra. Callas i el Sr. Di Stefano. Gràcies als registres podem disfrutar una i altre vegada del tresor del seu talent.
Questa è passata alla storia (alla storia, please) come la "Tosca storica", punto di riferimento rimasto ineguagliato. Direzione orchestrale eccezionale. Maria stellare. Gobbi raffinato. Di Stefano passionale squillante, con una dizione da manuale. Chapeau!
Glück und Segen, Maria Callas und Giuseppe di Stefano zuzuhören - Fluch und Verderben dem, der mitten in diese überirdischen Sänger Werbung schaltet - wie gedankenlos und inkompetent!!!
It takes a strong personality to portray heroic evil. Most singers have only strong voices! In drama, a comparable achievement to Tito Gobbi's charismatic Scarpia would be Laurence Olivier's Richard lll, also a sexual predator.
No one else sings "Vittoria, vittoria, ...." like Giuseppe Di Stefano, starting at 1:02:00. And when Callas joins him a bit later... ah. All with a perfect orchestra, orchestration, and conductor!
This is the first opera recording i ever bought purely based on the fact it was the cheapest in price so i thought i would give Opera a try, what a stroke of luck. I have bought many other recordings since of Tosca and other opera's but nothing compares to this. Recommend this to anyone trying Opera for first time. Feel sorry for today's singer's and conductors if they record this Opera absolutely no chance of them surpassing Callas, Di Stefano, Gobbi and De Sabata. I suppose I spoiled it for myself hearing the greatest first but I wouldn't change things for the world it's a honour to listen to this much talent on one recording.
When I first heard this version, I didn't know it was so highly regarded. It just took my breath away, Gobbi is perfect, Callas convincing as always, Di Stefano makes Cavaradossi relevant in a piece where Tosca and Scarpia carry the show and the conductor, just brilliant. It impressed me so much, I learned by heart everybody's lines and music.
Hmmm...the Solti Ring might have a thing or two to say about that, not to mention the Kleiber Traviata, the first Karajan Rosenkavalier, the Beecham Boheme, the Kempe Lohengrin, the Giulini Don Carlo, the Furtwängler Tristan, the Solti Elektra, the Muti Aïda, the Kubelik Meistersinger, the Toscanini Falstaff, the Abbado Simon Boccanegra...
Widely acclaimed by whom? The Callas Queens? Personally, I love this recording, but let's please leave these ridiculously pompous statements for drunken moments in gay bars.
Um tenor magnífico Giusep di Stefano um belíssimo timbre como poucos é pouquíssimo lembrado e comentado. Na galeria dos tenores de alto nível di Stefano é um dos mais importantes.
If you ever want to test whether your hi-fi speakers powerful music, try playing the end of act one at a decent volume. I'm not someone who makes a habit of annoying my neighbours with loud music, but that ending affects every fibre of my being and I have to turn it up - pure emotion!
L'histoire de cette femme. Vous la connaissez? Quesqu'il se cache derrière cette voix. Une personne est les aleas de sa vie. Qu'on oublie peux a peux et pourtant qu'elle voix, qu'elle femme.
This is quite a reasonable recording for CZcams - well done. All the more so since Tidal do not have the EMI recordings, including this one. Thank you.
Decided to listen to this version after chatting with a friend this afternoon. She received the record nearly 20 years ago when she was 12yrs old, and loved it! So did I tonight - wonderful way to pass evening during #Lockdown Happy #Easter2020
La più favolosa interpretazione di Tosca mai fornita. Un riferimento assoluto, una ineguagliabile combinazione di cantanti e direttore. Basti ricordare che nel corso della sua registrazione di Tosca (con la Price) Karajan si portò dietro i nastri di questo capolavoro direttoriale di De Sabata, perfettamente consapevole di non poterlo imitare e tuttavia "obbligato" a studiarne tutte le soluzioni se il suo intento era quello di giungere ad una esecuzione degna.
@@arturoonzari5402, sottovalutata da te!...i tebaldiani che non si arrendono alle note intonate, all'evidenza smaccata, alla modernita', alla superiorita'...alla musicalita', allo studio indefesso del ruolo.
this is the first opera that i listen in my life, with the two L.P. set of columbia, and follow the history with the booklet included. I love all the casting of this version, no one is out of the opera. Gobbi and callas superlative voices and interpretaions.
thank you for posting this brilliant recording it is the best there is for Tosca heard it many times over the years and now have it thanks to you. I figured it would have been done at the La Scala could not happen at a more poignant establishment. This is truly beautiful next time and many times after listen uninterrupted the first time had to pause it to get a cookie and switch the fan off other that uninterrupted listening pleasure. Really thank you again.
Thank you very much for sharing this historic recording. It stands with the Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Barbieri Aida and Trovatore, and the Toscanini Otellio and Falstaff as among the very greatest recordings of Italian opera. DiStefano in fabulous voice, and of course what can one say of Callas and Gobbi, except that they were supreme artists at their peaks. Oh to have been born earlier to hear them live, on stage....
Un saluto a tutti. Che questa sia un'edizione, oltreché splendida, storica sotto molti punti di vista è un dato di fatto, sia per quanto riguarda gli interpreti (Callas in particolare) sia per quanto riguarda la direzione di Victor de Sabata, uno tra i più grandi direttori in senso assoluto. De Sabata purtroppo incise pochissimo in studio (la maggior parte delle registrazioni, tra cui il leggendario Tristano e Isotta, sono live radiofonici o amatoriali con tutte le limitazioni dell'epoca). Questo è un ulteriore elemento che contribuisce alla "storicità" di questa Tosca. Di lì a poco, se ben ricordo de Sabata fu colpito da un gravissimo infarto che limitò drasticamente la sua attività direttoriale. Ciò detto sarei curioso di conoscere le 188 persone che hanno espresso un FB negativo.
Callas has ruined all future Tosca performances for me. In each I strive to find the same power of expression and passion of delivery - and find none! She will live forever in our memory and in this recording.
Morte al tradittor, morte al pittor e giustizia per il Scarpia!!! ... I'm sorry, Opera is an art I feel it and live it closely, deep in my chest and guts. Bravi! Callas, unsurpassable! Gobbi, grande, in one of the roles he succeeded. Di Stefano é sempre magnifico, uno dei miei favoriti tenori, even when I can't stand the characters like this one. De Sabata and the orchestra: the glorious days of La Scala. If you can't feel an Opera, then it is a failure. If it pushes your spirits to the top while being delivered, like this, then it is a success (even considering this is not at all the best of Puccini's greatest works).
Most chilling moment for me is Scarpia's "Te Deum" concluding Act 1....and that organ...a villain plotting behind a religious glorification...if it's done with the proper visual spectacles, the effect can be overpowering...👰😈.
QUESTA È LA PIU GRANDE INSUPERATA INCISIONE DELLA TOSCA!!! Quella della prima della SCALA DI MILANO DI POCHI GIORNI FA NON È NEANCHE L OMBRA DI QUESTA CON LA MAGISTRALE DIREZIONE DI DE SABATA!! ALTRO CHE CHAILLY....!!!!
Not the Best. Corelli is the Best Kavaradossi, lyric voice is not suitable for this opera(Im telling about Di Stefano). Callas is a fenomenal atrist and tosca ever
I just listened to the entire opera last night, did not recognize it until I got to #28 of Act 3. Took my breath away the moment #29 started. Maria Callas is one powerful singer!
intramontabile la Callas; sempre perfetto Tito Gobbi, un po' stanco Di Stefano, soprattutto nel finale, da "parlami ancora come dianzi parlavi" ho un CD dove si difende meglio. De Sabata poi gioca in casa, sono le sue opere.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Tosca - Opera in Tre Atti - Opera in Three Acts .
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Act 1
1- « Ah! Finalmente! » (00:00)
2- « Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia » (5:24) - famous passage
3- « Gente là dentro! » (9:51)
4- « Mario..Mario..Mario » (11:02) - famous passage
5- « Ah, quegli occhi! ... Quale occhi al mondo può di paro » (17:58)
6- « E buona la mia Tosca » (23:05)
7- « Un tal baccano in chiesa! » (28:02)
8- « Tutto è chiaro ... Tosca? Che non mi veda ... Mario! Mario! » (31:24)
9- « Ed io venivo a lui tutta fogliosa » (34:28)
10- « Tre sbirri » (38:32) - famous passage
Act 2
11- « Tosca è un buon falco » (42:36)
12- « Ha più forte » (45:39)
13- « Meno male! » (47:56)
14- « Dov'è dunque Angelotti? » (51:12)
15- « Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici » (53:12)
16- « Orsù, Tosca, parlate » (57:11)
17- « Basta,Roberti » (1:00:13)
18- « Nel pozzo... Del giardino » (1:01:37)
19- « Se la giurata » (1:05:29)
20- « Vissi d’arte » (1:09:04) - famous passage
21- « Vedi, ecco, vedi » (1:12:18)
22- « E qual via scegliete? » (1:15:57) - famous passage
Act 3
23- « Lo de’ sospiri » (1:22:26) - famous passage
24- « Mario Cavaradossi? » (1:28:00)
25- « E lucevan le stelle » (1:31:05) - famous passage
26- « Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca » (1:34:49)
27- « O dolci mani » (1:37:22)
28- « E non giungono » (1:42:14)
29- « Com'è lunga l’attesa! » (1:44:40)
30- « Presto! su, Mario! Andiamo! Andiamo!, Su! » (1:46:54)
Floria Tosca : Maria Callas
Mario Cavaradossi : Giuseppe Di Stefano
Scarpia : Tito Gobbi
Cesare Angelotti : Franco Calabrese
Spoletta : Angelo Mercuriali
Sagrestano : Melchiorre Luise
Sciarrone/Carceriere : Dario Caselli
Pastore : Alvaro Codova
Maestro del coro : Vittore Veneziani
Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
Direttore : Victor De Sabata
Recorded in 1953
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Dès le printemps de 1889, Puccini avait été envoûté par le drame de la Tosca, oeuvre de Victorien Sardou exécuté pour la première fois à la Porte Saint-Martin à Paris. « Je peux voir dans la Tosca » , écrivit-il à son éditeur Giulio Ricordi, « un opéra qui comblerait toutes mes espérances. » Cependant, Ricordi n’avait pas pensé à Puccini pour Tosca, mais à Alberto Franchetti, compositeur qui avait obtenu un certain succès en Italie. On n’a jamais su vraiment pourquoi Ricordi laissa tomber Franchetti; on peut sans doute présumer que l’immense succès de Manon Lescaut l’avait convaincu que Puccini était l’homme qu’il lui fallait pour cette oeuvre.
Une conspiration fut montée pour expliquer à Franchetti pourquoi un opéra sur Tosca ne pouvait réussir. L’action avec les scènes de torture, les tentatives de viol, les meurtres et les exécutions étaient vraiment trop brutale. En outre Tosca se déroulait sur un arrière plan politico-historique - les républicains contre les royalistes, l’Autriche contre l’Italie, le général Bonaparte contre Mélas et ainsi de suite. Franchetti en fut convaincu. Il rendit ses droits sans difficulté.
Illica et Giacosa (auteurs du livret de l'opéra) n’urent pas pour tâche de donner une leçon d’histoire, mais de fournir à Puccini des phrases et des situations permettant de dégager ses belles créations. Sardou ne fit aucune difficulté. On a même dit qu’il trouvait ce livret supérieur à sa propre pièce. Après la 1er exécution le 14 janvier 1900 à Rome, Tosca devint rapidement un immense succès dans le monde entier. Depuis, Tosca n’a cessé de produire l’envoûtement.
Il s’agit là assurément du plus grand enregistrement de Maria Callas en même temps que d’une des plus grandes réussites de l’histoire du disque lyrique! Victor de Sabata sait donner à cette musique toute sa puissance, jouant des entrelacs sonores, des vifs contrastes, de la vigueur rythmique, de tout ce qui fait la matière de cette oeuvre saisissante, qui se lance d’un seul trait avec une force nerveuse, une énergie rarement soulignée avec une telle acuité. Bien sûr Di Stefano possède le timbre et le goût parfaits pour Mario, bien sûr Tito Gobbi est un Scarpia impressionnant de noirceur et de cynisme. Et puis bien sûr il y a la Callas, Callas souveraine, Callas déchirée et déchirante, Callas tigresse, la voix éclatante, avec une ressource de couleurs et d’accents proprement infinis… Callas en fait LA Tosca, l’unique.
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Merci beaucoup. Thanks alot :)
Hitman brings me here..and finally, after all these years...I’ve listened it all. What a masterpiece
Gracias.
This is probably the greatest recording of any opera ever made.
No, 1955 Norma with Callas
@@DynastieArtistiqueapples and oranges
Extrêmement juste, c'est ce que disent tous les critiques du monde entier musical et je le pense aussi
Extrêmement juste, c'est ce que disent les critiques du monde entier et je le pense aussi
Absolutely! But I'll add the Giulini Don Giovanni with Alva, Schwarzkopf and the young Joan Sutherland...
Beautiful version of this legendary opera. Callas is truly immortal.
Di Stefano/Callas is one of the best duets ever.
Callas was in fine voice in this recording, but why so few comments about di Stefano ? At this stage in his career he had one of the most beautiful lyric tenor voices ever, liquid gold in tone and so expressive too.He was Pavarotti's favourite tenor.
Good morning, I'm agree with you but maybe because the opera is Tosca not Mario Cavaradossi..
@@mcalos2814 Yes a good point and Callas had a special connection with her audience.I was fortunate enough to hear Renata Tebaldi sing Tosca at Covent Garden 1955 and Callas sing Tosca there in 1964.I think Tebaldi possessed one of the most beautiful lirico-spinto soprano voices of the last century, Callas sang with such passion and emotion, she became Tosca and whilst Tebaldi produced more beautiful notes, the performance by Callas is something I shall remember for the rest of my life.A different genre of music, but Judy Garland had the same ability as Callas to connect with an audience, sang with passion and emotion and acted her songs.I saw her in top form London Palladium 1960, like Callas, something I shall remember for the rest of my life.Also saw Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan live, both had beautiful voices, superior to Garland, but never received the mass adulation Garland had.Have a good day.Comments just my personal opinion.
@@peterholwill1170That’s incredible that you saw these artists live. How old are you, if you don’t mind me asking? 1960 was so long ago.
@@ragnabolt683 Don't mind telling you I am 84 yrs old.I first when to Royal Opera House when I was 15 to hear Tosca, role sung by Renata Tebaldi a superb voice and then in the 1960's to hear Callas sing the same role.Happy listening and best wishes for a happy 2024
Best recording of this opera, Callas, Di Stefano and Gobbi were in best voice, orchestra great!!! Simple wonderful !!!
Non credo si possa trovare una registrazione di quest'opera con tanta perfezione, tanta bellezza, tanta emozione, tante sfumature nell'interpretazione, tanto verismo, tanta grazia. Interpreti meravigliosi che qui SONO i personaghi, la Callas E' TOSCA, Di Stefano È CAVARADOSSI, Gobbi È SCARPIA. De Sabata magnifico. Si sfiora se non quasi si tocca la perfezione ibterpreyativa e musicale. Che onore poterli ascoltare. Solo ammirazione e tantissimo da imparare per tutti, di qualunque epoca❤️☀️
What a beautiful description💖💖💖
I love her! Everytime I sing Tosca it’s impossible for me not to be inspired by the great Maria. There's always a bit of her in every note I play
whoa
This is one of the first operatic recordings that I ever bought, and on listening to it now I'm struck by how subtle, conversational and understated the performance is, especially from Callas and Gobbi. It feels more like the reading of a play, and the lack of verismo excess in the musical style renders it even more gripping and believable. One of the great monuments of recorded sound.
And when I hear Callas sing....the sounds emanating from her bring tears to my eyes...never saw her in person but grew up hearing opera every Saturday on live from the Met while sitting in my grandfathers shoe repair shop in Brooklyn...Tosca is one of my favorite operas....as bright as any a star in the sky
O no(uujjuhuh un ho b iii uiiujn jhu-hb8 II iiiii houuuijhu-8jui uuu IIjiiji IIu iijijjiiiuk nn ho i+ jhukjy HH-hb u tu kjij njjj se unnu8i ok in n ii un II iojnn ne njjj+8 njjj 8 njjj i II iiuouuuuuuiúiih7jhjuj
Απόλαυσα με ολη μου την ψυχή αυτη την ηχογράφηση , όλοι τους εξαιρετικοί , η Κάλλας συναρπαστικη
I don't care what people say or think about this: BEST opera and preformance of an opera ever! 👏👏👏👏
Brings me to tears every time!
yes, so full of emotions and so true, great conducted too
I totally respect your opinion.
It's true 🙏❤️
Yes!
@thisismyprofileepic8086: Then if you don’t care what people say, then accept that there are recordings like Price/Karajan, Tebaldi live from MET with Tucker and Warren, Caballe/Davis which in areas supersede this one.
Oh my god! That ending completely floored me, messed up my breathing and everything. Wow.
L'incisione più importante e straordinaria del 900. Victor... mi fai volare cielo! Viva De Sabata! Viva i grandi che non ci sono più... purtroppo...
The moment Callas vocally enters, there is a thrilling fusion of such emotional truth and great vocal execution, combined with exquisite musicianship. Wow* She lives in this recording! Shines! All the colors, and delicate emotive pianissimos, explosive fortes, and such a focus delicate vocal line. A completely open tbroat, no false darkening from the tongue like Sopranos today. DiStefano, and Gobbi are truly inspired in their acting. i wish i had been in the theater... Genius.
Terrific and evocative description- thank you!
I chose to listen to this as my formal introduction to Italian opera today. Astounded in every aspect. I've listened to so many great music and gained some wonderful experiences, and this will be remembered as one of my greatest experiences. Thank you CMRR
Welcome to the world of opera!
So beautiful. No one sings e non guingono... bada, better than Maria.
MOST BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE'S BY SOME OF THE GREATEST OPERA SINGERS EVER CALLAS, DiSEFANO, GOBBI "TOSCA" A DREAM. YOU DONT NEED TO BE AN EXPERT IN OPERA TO HEAR GREATNESS........... BY PERFORMANCE THAT was GOD-GIVEN, WITH THE ADDED GIFT TO HEAR AND ENJOY. WOW, WOW AND ANOTHER WOW.
The best performance of the most enduring opera ever written
Mon dieu ! Quelle joie ! Une envie sourde de Tosca et de Callas, et je me retrouve ici... Cela faisait une éternité que je n’avais plus écouté La Tosca, et encore moins La Callas. J’avais ce vinyl dans les mains il y de ça plus de 30 ans !!! (il appartenait à ma compagne de l’époque).
Je suis complètement bouleversé à retrouver ce joyau, définitivement Callas est Tosca !
Et l’écrin de voix, d’orchestre et de direction qui l’entoure est on ne peut plus à la hauteur. Vraiment la version sublime pour moi.
Petite histoire, je voulais juste réécoutait « ça » pour voir, ET impossible de me détacher... (J’avais d’autres choses à faire ! Mais bon...)
Je « bois cette écoute comme du petit lait », et je me souviens de tout cet opéra...
C’est comme si je l’avais écouté hier, une fraîcheur incroyable, et vraiment impossible de m’arrêter avant la fin. Complètement subjugué, je suis.
BRAVO ! Et le niveau sonore restitué est superbe, merci pour cette parution.
The best recording of this opera. Period.
A great recording in every sense.
The cast outstanding and awesome. Direction magnificent.
What an amazing aesthetic experience !!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Callas, Di Stefano and Gobbi in their best!!!
;-)
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Angelo Mercuriali's Spoletta is also the very best you'll find out there? I'm mean, I HATE when the tenor just _sing_ very calmly Spoletta's final part, but he just SHOUTS out Tosca's fate. It is the only one who I believe would make me jump. This is why this recording is so amazing, Tosca is not the best opera ever, but they really paid attention to every single detail. Bravi tutti.
I "comprimari" del Teatro alla Scala sono quasi sempre degli artisti SOMMI
Meravellosa la interpretació de la Sra. Callas i el Sr. Di Stefano. Gràcies als registres podem disfrutar una i altre vegada del tresor del seu talent.
Questa è passata alla storia (alla storia, please) come la "Tosca storica", punto di riferimento rimasto ineguagliato. Direzione orchestrale eccezionale. Maria stellare. Gobbi raffinato. Di Stefano passionale squillante, con una dizione da manuale. Chapeau!
Tito Gobbi was one of opera's greatest baritones, and his performances of Scarpa's arias in Act 2 are magnificent.
Glück und Segen, Maria Callas und Giuseppe di Stefano zuzuhören - Fluch und Verderben dem, der mitten in diese überirdischen Sänger Werbung schaltet - wie gedankenlos und inkompetent!!!
Vissi d’arte. So beautiful.
Che dire...la perfezione assoluta, sublime, unico, divino....e un grandissimo Grazie di cuore ❤ all'indimenticabile maestro Giacomo Puccini.
Interpretes maravilhosos, não há palavras para descrever a capacidade de entrega ao personagem da incomparável Maria Callas.. Bravissimo!!!!!!
What a cast! A classic for all time.
This a great opera recording, soloists and conductor to match. If Gobbi isn't the most evil lech in this opera I can't think of anyone else right now.
It takes a strong personality to portray heroic evil. Most singers have only strong voices! In drama, a comparable achievement to Tito Gobbi's charismatic Scarpia would be Laurence Olivier's Richard lll, also a sexual predator.
È una musica Celestiale......
Best Tosca! Thank you heartily for sharing this amazing, outstanding version.
What got me hooked was Callas' last line before the Te Deum ("Dio mi perdona... Egli vede ch'io piango!"). It always gives me goosebumps.
36:56
Божественная, легендарная троица: Каллас, Ди Стефано, Гобби❤❤❤
Бессмертные как звезды в небесах!
No one else sings "Vittoria, vittoria, ...." like Giuseppe Di Stefano, starting at 1:02:00. And when Callas joins him a bit later... ah. All with a perfect orchestra, orchestration, and conductor!
The unmatched recording.
Es mi versión favorita de La Tosca, llevo 3 meses oyéndola. María Callas te amo.
BRAVO. Puccini festival 2016 in my memory forever
This is the first opera recording i ever bought purely based on the fact it was the cheapest in price so i thought i would give Opera a try, what a stroke of luck. I have bought many other recordings since of Tosca and other opera's but nothing compares to this. Recommend this to anyone trying Opera for first time. Feel sorry for today's singer's and conductors
if they record this Opera absolutely no chance of them surpassing Callas, Di Stefano, Gobbi and De Sabata. I suppose I spoiled it for myself hearing the greatest first but I wouldn't change things for the world it's a honour to listen to this much talent on one recording.
When I first heard this version, I didn't know it was so highly regarded.
It just took my breath away, Gobbi is perfect, Callas convincing as always, Di Stefano makes Cavaradossi relevant in a piece where Tosca and Scarpia carry the show and the conductor, just brilliant. It impressed me so much, I learned by heart everybody's lines and music.
You were very lucky, Brian. This is the best version that I've ever heard of Tosca. At her very best moment.
Unbeatable Tosca !
I grew up on this. Listened to it almost daily when I was a kid. I imprinted on this recording so hard I end up disappointed by almost any other cast.
Happy Birthday, La Divina! 🌺🌺🌺
thank you very much!!
Basta, questa è definitivamente la versione migliore della Tosca! Nessuna obiezione! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
To my mind and in my most humble opinion, this is the very best Tosca ever performed........
Callas makes me proud to be Greek! Love her so much!!!
Maria: The Demon Barber of CZcams Puccini makes me proud to be human.
@@MARTIN201199 Well said! His music makes me fly in Paradise...
Can you sing ?
@@paulvesely4773 Yes, but definitely not opera. I'm not on that level. I've done choir though :)
E noi italiani d'averla accolta e diventare la piu' grande cantante di sempre.
1:36:37 I love that leitmotif
1:36:36
Widely acclaimed as the greatest operatic recording ever made.
It's right up there...
Hmmm...the Solti Ring might have a thing or two to say about that, not to mention the Kleiber Traviata, the first Karajan Rosenkavalier, the Beecham Boheme, the Kempe Lohengrin, the Giulini Don Carlo, the Furtwängler Tristan, the Solti Elektra, the Muti Aïda, the Kubelik Meistersinger, the Toscanini Falstaff, the Abbado Simon Boccanegra...
Widely acclaimed by whom? The Callas Queens? Personally, I love this recording, but let's please leave these ridiculously pompous statements for drunken moments in gay bars.
Critics have praised this recording as a great one for decades.
@@assindiastignani what does being gay have to do with anything?
Atemporal 🇧🇷 👏 🌹 !!!
Edizione magnifica! Tre grandissimi della lirica !!!
Um tenor magnífico Giusep di Stefano um belíssimo timbre como poucos é pouquíssimo lembrado e comentado. Na galeria dos tenores de alto nível di Stefano é um dos mais importantes.
If you ever want to test whether your hi-fi speakers powerful music, try playing the end of act one at a decent volume. I'm not someone who makes a habit of annoying my neighbours with loud music, but that ending affects every fibre of my being and I have to turn it up - pure emotion!
'can' handle powerful music.
Thank you so much for putting this recording up on CZcams. I have it on CD and it is by far the best Tosca recording.
Yes, the best :-)
Frank C was the
L'histoire de cette femme. Vous la connaissez? Quesqu'il se cache derrière cette voix. Une personne est les aleas de sa vie. Qu'on oublie peux a peux et pourtant qu'elle voix, qu'elle femme.
This is quite a reasonable recording for CZcams - well done. All the more so since Tidal do not have the EMI recordings, including this one. Thank you.
it's a true genious mister Giacomo!
Decided to listen to this version after chatting with a friend this afternoon. She received the record nearly 20 years ago when she was 12yrs old, and loved it! So did I tonight - wonderful way to pass evening during #Lockdown Happy #Easter2020
La più favolosa interpretazione di Tosca mai fornita. Un riferimento assoluto, una ineguagliabile combinazione di cantanti e direttore. Basti ricordare che nel corso della sua registrazione di Tosca (con la Price) Karajan si portò dietro i nastri di questo capolavoro direttoriale di De Sabata, perfettamente consapevole di non poterlo imitare e tuttavia "obbligato" a studiarne tutte le soluzioni se il suo intento era quello di giungere ad una esecuzione degna.
registrazione sopravalutata
Νι 8ιν hi
@@arturoonzari5402, sottovalutata da te!...i tebaldiani che non si arrendono alle note intonate, all'evidenza smaccata, alla modernita', alla superiorita'...alla musicalita', allo studio indefesso del ruolo.
renato45222 O Scarpia, a avante a Dio!
The best Tosca !!!😊😃❤❤
Magnífica, una de las versiones que más me gustan y emocionan!
Egyik legszebb Operája, imádom....!!!***És Callas feledhetetlen...!! **
Ray bradbury was right, i cant help but find myself in tears to this overwhelming beauty
The supreme recording of Tosca.
I would have been, with Björling!
I'm a huge fan of Bjorling but DiStefano nailed it in this recording.
this is the first opera that i listen in my life, with the two L.P. set of columbia, and follow the history with the booklet included. I love all the casting of this version, no one is out of the opera. Gobbi and callas superlative voices and interpretaions.
You start with one of the greatest records of history. Great choice :-)
Callas-Gobbi-DiStefano all three were at their best here. It is with good reason this has been called the greatest opera recording ever made.
no comments really required for perfection
The Best Tosca Ever! Since 1953 never surpassed, never. Bravi Callas, DiStefano e Callas.
Agreed 💯
It would have been, with Björling!
Well said, but you forgot to mention De Sabata!!!!!
@@jaguen123 I meant Bravi Callas, DiStefano e DeSabata!
O Scarpia...avanti a Dio ! Para erizar la piel.
thank you for posting this brilliant recording it is the best there is for Tosca heard it many times over the years and now have it thanks to you. I figured it would have been done at the La Scala could not happen at a more poignant establishment. This is truly beautiful next time and many times after listen uninterrupted the first time had to pause it to get a cookie and switch the fan off other that uninterrupted listening pleasure. Really thank you again.
+starlight76able :-)
Exceptional.
Thank you very much for sharing this historic recording. It stands with the Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Barbieri Aida and Trovatore, and the Toscanini Otellio and Falstaff as among the very greatest recordings of Italian opera. DiStefano in fabulous voice, and of course what can one say of Callas and Gobbi, except that they were supreme artists at their peaks. Oh to have been born earlier to hear them live, on stage....
Thank God, I did.
My mum did. Grrrrrr ......
@@Felix73able it is impossible. compare callas with Milanov
@@antoniolopes5488 He didn’t !
Non so cosa darei per sentire la Divina dal vivo , purtroppo impossibile.
BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ÙNICOS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Un saluto a tutti. Che questa sia un'edizione, oltreché splendida, storica sotto molti punti di vista è un dato di fatto, sia per quanto riguarda gli interpreti (Callas in particolare) sia per quanto riguarda la direzione di Victor de Sabata, uno tra i più grandi direttori in senso assoluto. De Sabata purtroppo incise pochissimo in studio (la maggior parte delle registrazioni, tra cui il leggendario Tristano e Isotta, sono live radiofonici o amatoriali con tutte le limitazioni dell'epoca). Questo è un ulteriore elemento che contribuisce alla "storicità" di questa Tosca. Di lì a poco, se ben ricordo de Sabata fu colpito da un gravissimo infarto che limitò drasticamente la sua attività direttoriale. Ciò detto sarei curioso di conoscere le 188 persone che hanno espresso un FB negativo.
202 fegatosi tebaldiani, probabilmente ;-)
incompetenti
@@maschiomaschio5694 LaTebaldi e' stata una numero uno, e' un dato di fatto.
@@maschiomaschio5694 Allora, la Tebaldi è favolosa, ma NESSUNO può battere la Callas! Nessuno!!!!
"Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa"
"Dio mi perdona... Egli vede ch'io piango !"
Quelle beauté.
François Ceccaldi, quanta bellezza.
La migliore Tosca del '900!!!
Prego, la migliore, inarrivabile, ineguagliabile Tosca di tutti i tempi.
eccezionale ... quando gli italiani avevano orchestre.......incredibili le diteggiature dei violini nei portamenti mai sentito niente di simile...
Piu tosto avevano i direttori.
¡Que dúo! Puccini y Maria Callas. Nagnífico
Callas has ruined all future Tosca performances for me. In each I strive to find the same power of expression and passion of delivery - and find none! She will live forever in our memory and in this recording.
Morte al tradittor, morte al pittor e giustizia per il Scarpia!!! ... I'm sorry, Opera is an art I feel it and live it closely, deep in my chest and guts. Bravi! Callas, unsurpassable! Gobbi, grande, in one of the roles he succeeded. Di Stefano é sempre magnifico, uno dei miei favoriti tenori, even when I can't stand the characters like this one. De Sabata and the orchestra: the glorious days of La Scala. If you can't feel an Opera, then it is a failure. If it pushes your spirits to the top while being delivered, like this, then it is a success (even considering this is not at all the best of Puccini's greatest works).
MARAVILLOSA INTERPRETACION DE ESTE ELENCO DE FIGURAS DE LA OPERA
De Sabata, che meravigliosa, elegantissima direzione🤩🤩🤩🤩
Just wanted to save some time codes for my own use :)
ACT 1:
10:25
18:55
31:35
ACT 2:
48:40
51:20
53:13
1:00:55
1:02:23
1:04:25
1:06:45
1:08:42
1:12:17
1:16:25
1:17:39
1:19:50
ACT 3:
1:35:13
1:38:40
1:41:03
Thank you
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Thank you very much.
Grazie,per sempre il sogno mio d'amore...
grazie a tutti voi.
Wow Alfredo Distefano at the end of "Recondita Harmonia" !
@freeparticle5068: Who the hell is “Alfredo DiStefano”? I thought it was “Nemorino DeSidestep”.
La mejor Tosca de la historia
Old but gold.
Most chilling moment for me is Scarpia's "Te Deum" concluding Act 1....and that organ...a villain plotting behind a religious glorification...if it's done with the proper visual spectacles, the effect can be overpowering...👰😈.
Neil Penesis Yes, my favorite scene in my favorite opera
For me the best villain ever in art history is Iago from Shakespeare’s Otello
Referring to the literary work itself, or Verdi's representation of it in music?
Even the pipe organ is great in this Tosca!
lol
The work’s events took place #otd in 1800 🌹🌹🌹
@1968KWT: And that earth shaking nugget of information is relevant to the quality of the recording??
Thank you
THE BEST!!!!
QUESTA È LA PIU GRANDE INSUPERATA INCISIONE DELLA TOSCA!!! Quella della prima della SCALA DI MILANO
DI POCHI GIORNI FA NON È NEANCHE L OMBRA DI QUESTA CON LA MAGISTRALE DIREZIONE DI DE SABATA!!
ALTRO CHE CHAILLY....!!!!
omg i love these songs!!
That is the best Tosca!
No, it wasn't. It's third rate at best.
r liikanen third rate? Are you kidding me you stupid idiot!!! Get the hell of this video if you don’t like her!!!
@@brucknerian9664 Compared to what exactly?
Not the Best. Corelli is the Best Kavaradossi, lyric voice is not suitable for this opera(Im telling about Di Stefano). Callas is a fenomenal atrist and tosca ever
PORFAVOR QUE PERFECCION
Assieme alla versione del 1938 con Gigli e la Caniglia, questa versione di Tosca è indubbiamente la migliore del capolavoro di Puccini.
Epic moment at 1:45:30 for Blood Money fans
I just listened to the entire opera last night, did not recognize it until I got to #28 of Act 3. Took my breath away the moment #29 started. Maria Callas is one powerful singer!
intramontabile la Callas; sempre perfetto Tito Gobbi, un po' stanco Di Stefano, soprattutto nel finale, da "parlami ancora come dianzi parlavi" ho un CD dove si difende meglio. De Sabata poi gioca in casa, sono le sue opere.
camillo cometti , stanco? Non mi sembra per niente, è in forma fino alla fine, non ce ne sono più tenori così, purtroppo!
Se tutti sarebbero così stanchi darei la vita per sentirli!
From another planet.. brilliant