Callas on Rigoletto's aria- A Masterclass
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- This entire class (not just EMI's selections) comes from Mike Richter's excellent digitization of Juilliard's tapes, which he has also put in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Work and art. When Maria Callas shows more expression on a baritone aria than any other singer.
(From her famous masterclasses at Julliard from 1971 to 1972)
A frigging genius!!!!This woman understood music at a level the rest of us mortals aren't even aware exists. Who would have guessed that the greatest Rigoletto would turn out to be a Woman. No one has ever or will ever come close to this Titan of Opera we know as Maria Callas
SHE "FEELS" THE MUSIC
I just love her voice in this. Still sends chills. 8:09...JESUS
As someone once told: "who would have imagined that the greatest Rigoletto would have been a woman"?
As far back as 3 years ago I was told about this Masterclass by my vocal teacher, - she told me that Maria is even more better than the baritone, - It was so dificult to believe, but wright now, I excellently guessed that my vocal teacher was absolutely true. I am excited. BRAVO MARIA... That's why she was is and will ever saty as the GREATEST singer of ALL TIMES..... Love you
I agree Callas was a phenomenon, but she was a better soprano than baritone because she sang this baritone aria in the mezzo range. Bu the time of this master class, she had pretty much given up singing due to her premature vocal decline. I suppose she could have continued as a mezzo, but that wouldn't have been satisfying to her. She was greatest soprano of her time and has gone down in history as one of the greatest singer ever.
This is one of my favorite parts of her Master Class. Listening to her coach and sing Rigoletto gives me chills.
@Zva26
Callas makes me shiver and get goosebumps. my throat gets choked up and i feel a kind of freezing sensation in my chest. i feel my stomach do flip flops and the hair on the back of my neck bristles.
that's how i know that this is a voice that appears only once and once only in the whole history of the universe.
i thank you for your very informative comments, and for sharing your knowledge. when i read what people like you write, i learn what is important in life.
thank you.
she frozen me when she sang, Tu taciiiii.... OMG... Callas Soprano Abssoluta dil mondo.. i love her.!!!
What a fine testament to Maria'a ability to dig deeper into the characters and and bring greater expression to the music.
Such pain coming from the guts and the soul. The greatest singing actress ever.
Her singing is so emotional. Wow.
Incredibile soprano assoluto e grandissima insegnante... la rimpiangeremo per sempre ...
I wish I had Callas as my vocal teacher, she´s stunning !!!
5:53 this word alone „Marullo“ 😭😭😭😭
A soprano "sfogato" is a soprano whose voice doesn't fit any of the traditional categories (dramatic, lyric, spinto, or coloratura) yet is able to encompass them all. This is a voice that is capable of taking on any kind of vocal writing and make it valid. Callas was really the only soprano of this kind since the days of Pasta and Malibran. A "sfogato" is a very rare type of voice --- and really lives on a planet of its own. It can't be compared to any other soprano voice. I
. . . wtf?! i've known for a while Callas was musical genius, but these master classes take it to another level. i feel awkward and sorry for these students 'cause i feel as though they only saw opera's music; where as she saw it beyond just music, but as a living thing. it makes me question even the simplest country songs i sing. not sure if her students just didn't feel what she felt, or if her character was just too overwhelming. i tensed up just listening to these recordings :/ oh, La Divina
fforrest ffire that’s why she is Divina
Oh Gott das ist so göttlich…ich bin am heulen❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭
Another reason to love Callas... This!
These masterclasses are priceless! For us singers, they clearly show us how much deeper one must look into the scores to pull out the beauty that is there. There is drama in every single score, and we must find it. Now I see why beautiful singing can be so boring!
Imagine singing Verdi with Maria Callas 😭
A pesar de ser un rol masculino, logra poner el drama en la piel, el aire!!!!! Qué creíble!!!! Me conmueve!!!!! Hermosa Callas.
There will NEVER be another Callas. To refer to her as merely a soprano is to vastly disrespect her. She had what is known as a "soprano svogato", which enabled her to sing virtually anything. She shattered the categories of coloratura, lyric, spinto, and dramatic soprano, and sang music written for all these four soprano voices. Imagine --- Norma, Traviata, Pirata, Bolena, Medea, Sonnambula, Lucia, Gioconda, Aida, Trovatore, Lady Macbeth, Turandot, Tosca, Rosina, etc. She WAS opera!!!!!!
I totally agree. I ADORE her voice.
She called herself a soprano. To those of us who sing...she is simply "Callas"....I could care less about trying to put her into a pigeon hole and label her voice no matter what that man made label is.
Y también Nabuco, en 1949!!
Adoro quest'aria,ne ho 3000 versioni eppure la più bella è questa incisione di Maria Callas .Quel ah!Ebbene,piango! È magico,il più bello mai ascoltato!Sei unica Maria!
Hai ragione!!Ascoltando la Callas ho avuto ad ogni istante la pelle d'oca,soprattutto quando canta ebbene piango..La Callas era davvero di un altro mondo
Absolutely I do agree,the greatest artist aml times
Leo Nucci said that he learned the aria basing his studies on this recording :)
I can definitely hear that because his tempi are always a clip faster than most, and they always "drive" as she says here. His Rigoletto is definitely one of the greatest!
@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Well he said that he based his Cortigiani vil razza dannata on Callas Masterclass at Juilliard
He obviously didn't learn anything, then. Nucci's dreadful.
@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Couldn't agree more.
Barone Vitellio Scarpia kaufy 😂😂
OMG--DO it Maria!!
enregistrement formidable,exeptionnel ,ce qu'il faut afin d'approcher la perfection,merci pour cette vidéo
Zvz26, you are exactly right. Callas was EVERYTHING! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, Callas would have been an awesome Rigolleto. She sings better than the baritone IoI - Is ther anything she cant sing?
I LUV that picture at 5:30 ~!...fits so well with what she's saying in the class...."on the note!" hehe.
More Please. Is there more to this Master Class? Wonderful post.
interesting to listen to these gems again, after watching three videos of the play 'master class' - with caldwell, daly and dunaway. the latter two didn't seem to grasp the unique genius that callas was. caldwell the best of the three for me, although at times too much tallulah bankhead. but at least bankhead herself was one those unique personalities. but i certainly concur with all the other posted comments - callas was/is the one and only; her gift and her generosity are treasures.
Los maestros que forjaron un mito.
Finally someone who makes sense on here.. She was a dramatic coloratura SOPRANO,.. meaning she has high notes, and an extension above Hig C, along with florid technique. Thanks for making that clear!
Que lindo
She BECOMES whatever " personaggio"she is singing ...
Wow, the picture of her at 6:06 is just stunning
Someone on youtube edited together Callas singing all the parts of this aria to create a whole track - "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata". Does anyone know where it is? I can't find it now.
Indeed! It was removed, sadly :(
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Ma che dire solo fantastica chi osa paragonare lei a qualcuno è solo un pazzo
And we also have Leyla Gencer. She taught for years at La Scala...
Elle etait tres en forme ce jours la.
I pity you. You are unable to grasp how deep Callas goes in unveiling the character of Rigoletto. A great baritone (Leo Nucci) refers this particular part of the masterclass as a sign of Callas-s genius.
It's kinda weird that he prepared the aria and didn't know what the words meant...how'd he do that? BTW, some of the comments on this video are a trip and a half.
get out of town!!!! i would love to hear more about this! was this by chance with her pre-1953 Mexico/South American Tour?
No, This was in the 70’s
These masterclasses are precious. Nothing to do with the renata Scotto thing, quite stupid, by the way....
sadly most students don't know what they are singing about as is clearly shown here. a flaw that continues today. How can you convey expression, intent, and meaning if you don't know what you're saying?
I am agree with your teacher. The voice range of the baritone is too large similar to the soprano voive, lowest to highest notes. Have you improve your interpretation after this unique class.?? Best regrads from amateur baritone of Southamerica.
Yes, she was a "dramatico wagnerian mezzo soprano" & could tackle just about any role she felt within her grasp. She had power & further more, was trained by a a coloratura who gave her a superb technique & tremendous voice control. Thus was born "la divina".
Maria Callas sounds like she was a wonderful teacher. I would be terrified of her, if she were my teacher. Not in that of her strictness, but because of her knowledge in opera ande voice. But it would be a sincere pleasaure to work with her.
Also, who or what is that picture of the clown in the video? When I first saw it, it shocked me for a minute. Is that Maria? And if so, what role? Or is that from Rigoletto?
A full clown make-up is used twice in Pagliacci, but not in Rigoletto. I think it was included as appropriate to the latter's anguish at this point, but I do not recognise the singer in question.
I've always wondered. Who was the best 'Master Class teacher,' Callas or Pavarotti? I heard that Schwarzkopf wasn't very good, but she seemed nice to me.
Pavarotti was one of the best singers of all time, but he wasn't a great musician and relied heavily on his coaches to teach him his roles. Callas' musicianship was exceptional. She could have played this music on the piano and coached it. She worked very hard preparing for these masterclasses. Schwarzkopf had her own style of teaching...and was indeed very good but she never demonstrated like Callas does here..nor did she get as technical with the musicianship or vocal technique as Callas did.
This poor guy doesn't know what he's singing... It's incredible Callas had to translate the lyrics for him....
I don't think it's fair to suggest that the baritone didn't understand his words. She sort of interrupted him when she asked him to explain the words; of course he wouldn't understand the nuances of some of those words, but I think he was prepared.
@@tenisfin well, I'm sorry, but listen again : he thought that the girl he adresses in the opera is his "sweetheart", and Callas had to tell him "no, he means his daughter".
@@francoisherisson2910 OH, this coaching is pure genius and I know every word! I just mean that his translation of 'sweetheart " may have been an awkward term, perhaps not understanding its implication in the English!
@@francoisherisson2910 if you listen closely, he first says daughter and then sweetheart.
are you a vocalist?
Is Mario Fusco the greatest opera singer that no one ever heard of one of the students here?
Your response is very unclear. Your use of verbs and nouns make your message virtually useless. To call Italian opera "crap" says far more about you than it does about Italian opera. Please do not take the time to respond to this comment. I probably wouldn't be able to decipher it anyway.
Why were other videos deleted ???
Callas's vidéos? Which one?
foropera she’s referring to the old videos of the masterclasses that used to be up. And a video that was this audio spliced together to form the entire aria
@@manolis.799 Yeah, where is that video? I would really love to have it.
You are not calling me dilettante. You are calling Leo Nucci a dilettante as well, which just shows how deep your ignorance is, how blind your prejudices are and how pointless your hatred is.