Norma - Casta Diva.... Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna (1949 Studio)

[jmiller05]

Callas's breath support was a marvel before 1955. Ridiculously contained passages often in single breaths. Remarkable.



[1993MGB]

Callas is so perfect that she needn't to be perfect.

[marena9]

Alucinante juventud e interpretación de la diva: nadie como ella, en este lugar y a esta tierna edad. Se supone que es una interpretacion de 1949, pero la foto data de los años treinta por lo menos...Onegin65 tiene otra de BA en 1949 con la cual se puede comparar...

[MrJuan541]

El mundo de la ópera nunca tendrá una divina como la divina Callas. Este ejemplo de su papel más importante es un tesoro. Nadie puede cantar así y esta aria de la gran obra de arte "Norma" es inolvidable. He escuchado a la Ponselle y Caballé y lamentablemente Sutherland y Gruberova. La Gruberova suena como una pesadilla hoy en día y Sutherland tenía la pronunciación de la boca de algodón.

[mcallaspersempre]

Maria Callas fue, es y será excepcional, yo entiendo que haya personas que no les guste el tono, tipo ó forma de voz, pero creo que se debe respetar a La Callas y a sus espectadores, fans admiradores. Creo que esto pasó un límite. Yo admiro a María Callas, me encanta y la oigo todo el día en mis ratos libre, me ayuda en todo momento: estudiando, trabajando, manejando y descansando, yo creo que hay formas sutiles de poder decir cosas con respeto. La Callas delimitó una era en la Ópera Viva Callas

[fll7181]

oh my goodness! the power it astonishing

[Keithj136]

"who is the person wot is my double,nobody doubles Callas" and shes so right you know.

[DjeddaPixie]

I've heard it many times. And every time I hear it again, my soul is filled with happiness. Thank you, Maria! Adore!

[bodiloto]

Sublime !

[GW828]

Grazie mille!

[8cccpeevostokzempf]

Was this mixed? The instrumental seems a little too instant--difficult to listen through the voice to the music as counterpoint when the layering is so tight. Her voice is so girlish here--but still overwhelmingly devastatingly beautiful--what a rich tapestry she wove. Bouquets of love and admiration.  Adore!

[31071946]

This is divine!

[1993MGB]

@Neanderthalgirl I understand after listening Lady Gaga nothing will ever be the same again

[32529859]

Gracias maria esto es realmente sublime

[gangoffour1]

This is a beautiful voice. I don't understand how anyone can say otherwise. If you had no voice but could only cry at the beauty of others you would NEVER criticize ever, never.

[Leonnidik]

This is the voice ZEUS and the gods on mt. Olympus would demand to entertain them.

[jfsanin]

she was aged 26. What a beautiful voice and talent.jfsanin

[DjeddaPixie]

My soul want to fly! Vielen Dank, Maria!

[vrode]

Vocal rollercoaster Maria.

[Pink52Bs]

Nell'aria e soprattutto nella cabaletta la Callas in questa incisione del '49,, per magistero vocale, penetrazione d'accento e sicurezza di linea, si pone al di sopra di qualunque altra esecuzione.

[atlblkprync1981]

faints

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

Your words brought a tear to my eyes! Such a sacrifice she made through her contribution to our world.

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

"yglofmi"

Thank you for showing once again that there exist people like yourself who can truly appreciate the invaluable greatness of real art and the exalted position of true artists!

...where the cheapness of opinions give in!

Best regards, Mira

[yglofmi]

To criticize Callas is like to criticize the moon. Of course it has some imperfections, but it is always there, in the sky, shining.

[wonderloly]

i love to read the commentary left by people for all of maria callas' videos; highly entertaining. She is so controversial. People either love her or hate it, but i honestly cannot fathom the latter. People are so quick to criticize...mostly those who never had a career worth speaking of like she did.

[callasexperience]

if fuck you bitch, is all your little brain can write, then you are not the brightest and I feel sorry for you.......

[operagodess78]

Who said I was the brightest , you stupid asshole.

[LazarNewDeal]

This belongs to mankind!

[belcunto]

WOW! Which one is better? Her 1949, or her 1955? I know it's a matter of opinion, but I'm asking with regards to her technique. Thanks.

[MarcoCallas]

Dear Belcunto, the technique was always there with Maria. What changed over the years was the refinement in the interpretation. She said herself that the more you grow as a musician, the less you make concessions; she also said that what she could do as a young artist she could not do later on. Technically, the earlier versions of this aria and cabaletta are superb. But, although the voice is not what it used to be, I love the 1965 Normas in Paris.

[belcunto]

Dear MarcoCallas,

Thank you for your reply, and for your insights. At risk of coming across as condescending, i must observe that the courtesy and sincerity of your reply is, in my opinion, unprecedented in YouTube history. Very cringe-making, i know... but thank you.

[callasexperience]

callas flaws? they said that about billie holiday and the harsh tone of charlie parker, if you want perfect pitching and intonation listen to Celine DION

[jjcbss]

Is this a joke? are you joking? come on! Callas is it....

[DiegoMartinazzoli]

MI SPIEGATE CHE SUCCEDE A 3:14 (SE-E-E-NZa) ??!! E ALLA FINE A 8:38?? POI MI SPIEGATE anche COME FATE A DIRE CHE LA COSA è PERFETTA. GRAZIE

[xafnndapp]

beh, spiegaci tu che sei cosi' analitico che cosa ci sia di cosi "imperfetto"..

La scelta di prendere il DO acuto dal SOL alla fine della cabaletta era un'usanza dell'epoca, che comunque non utilizzera' mai piu' nelle sue Norme successive arrivateci.

[DiegoMartinazzoli]

un'usanza dell'epoca?? una scelta di convenienza magari. prova guarda lo spartito della cabaletta.. quello che canta lei nella seconda parte non corrisponde proprio a quello scritto da Bellini. Ho sentito solo pochissime soprano cantare "ah bello a me ritorno" come va cantato (cioè come scritto), nella maggior parte dei casi lo adattano a loro piacimento.. d'altronde è richiesta grande una agilità vocale e quindi giorni e giorni di esercizio. a 3:14 sento una nota stonata.. la sento solo io?

[Poetapersempre]

@DiegoMartinazzoli Non è perfetta e a noi piace anche per questo.A mio avviso il colore di voce,la potenza e il sentimento che la Callas esprime contano più delle note precise.La Callas ha dato prova di essere un'artista ineguagliabile,che piaccia o non piaccia..

[angelovocci]

To make mention of Callas' vocal flaws is the act of a dilletante. In the face of her vocal powers, communication, and art--ridiculous. She was more than a singer, she was a complete artist. When she was in her apex vocally, no one could come close to her artistry. She did not make "pretty" tones. She made beauty. Toscaninni was acquainted with the old Normas, and loved Callas' Norma. To suggest that Maria would not pass some older margin is entirely UNTRUE!

[angelovocci]

BDSCalgary, Callas was trained in the old school of Bel Canto through Heldago. Both Ponselle, and later Callas carried the old training. Different voices have different strengths and abilities. Callas' spinto assoluta agille' soprano voice was a rare gift born of nature and excellent technique combined with her ability to read music and play piano. Ponselle's smaller lyric voice is exquisite. The two voices were sometimes likened to one another, though diferent.

[BDSCalgary]

I personally do not believe we will ever find a perfect anyone in any role in opera. Each singer has his or her strengths and flaws. Each has something very personal to share. What is important to one hearer is not so immportant to another. Each of us hears and looks for different things that ignite a response in our hearts, and it if from that response we are drawn to this or that performer. I hear Calla' flaws, and am accustomed to them. I hear Ponselle's perfection, and am moved by it too.

[BDSCalgary]

These men KNEW great singing, and had heard it all their lives. Ponselle passed the test with them. When Callas sang Norma most critics were no longer familiar with the bel canto repertoire. And what they were used to was definitely NOT of the calibre expected of Ponselle. Ponselle's critics wouldn't have accepted Callas' voice. Even many critics of her own day didn't accept her voice. But each artist is unique, and we must accept them that way. We may love them, we may hate them, so be it.

[BDSCalgary]

We have Callas on record, and a number of times, so we can see how she developed the role. Ponselle is limited to the aria and a duet or two, and that is all. Ponselle must have had something, for NORMA was revived especially for her. And in this role, she actually pleased the critics. Critics then were long in memory. Most of them had lived to hear some real greats from the age of Bel Canto. They heard singers who were instructed by the composer. These critics were old when Ponselle sang.

[BDSCalgary]

As for comparing Callas and Ponselle, even that is very hard. What we hear on recording of Ponselle hardly reflects her interpretation of the Role. She writes in her own memoires how she sang the role, and the Casta Diva. Recording time allotment allowed her NONE of the time she took to develop character during the aria. Pulling her away from the recording horn when her voice was singing higher notes (because of blasting that the machine couldn't take) removes the real quality they did have.

[BDSCalgary]

What was considered Harsh to 19th century ears, could sound perfectly wonderful to ours. What sounded shrill to them could sound "exciting" to us. It is impossible to claim Maria Callas was a perfect representation of those earlier Normas. They couldn't/didn't leave their voices to us to hear. And written accounts are very subjective, as it all depended on what the hearing was basing their judgment. We are hearing a 20th Century singer with 20th Century ears.

[BDSCalgary]

Now WHO was the perfect NORMA? I doubt we can ever say. Even Pasta who created the role was hardly a perfect singer (and she could never sing an F at the top of the staff in tune, nor could she accept hearing someone else who was singing it in tune as actually singing it in tune, she always felt they were sharp). But was the role created to extoll vocal faults? No, it was to extoll human emotions through music. It is impossible to know if Callas and Pasta really sounded all that much alike.

[BDSCalgary]

I have always enjoyed Callas in Norma. And I happen to enjoy how she sings. It is true, her voice is not beautiful, but in spite of that, she does wonders with it. Perhaps that is why so many admire her so: she took what was basically a flawed instrument and make it work to express musicality and human emotions. Every note was not perfect; some were at times actually ugly. But again, it is how she used even those ugly sounds to create something of worth. Her singing has moments of true beauty.

[artdanks]

...and yet there were many times it was exquitely beautiful. But not because it was a beautiful voice, but a phenominal voice and talent. She is still my absolute favorite opera singer of all time; even though there are many many voices that were far more beautiful...but none as exciting (ecept maybe Ponselle).

[diuscorvus]

Beautiful, secure voice, with incredible coloratura. However I am more fond of her later interpretations of the 'bel sembian te' phrase in the cavatina, where she draws it out more.

[kngiht84]

When it comes to high notes (below F), no one is more secure than Sutherland.

[diuscorvus]

...that has no relevance to this particular video. Callas here is just as, if not more, secure than Sutherland's peak. Plus, Callas always had infinitely better phrasing, diction, and tonal coloring.

[63Attila]

Elisabetta511

Having a negative opinion about someone's singing is not ad hominem. Check your Aristotle. . You take this so personally. From snob to moral guardian of peoples musical manners. First you are scholar extronaire then Opera's Miss Manners. You are full of yourself.

[63Attila]

Galli Gurci thought Callas had a tortured voice.

Ponselle felt that Callas carried her chest voice too high and would compromise the intonation.

Gina Cigna dod not like what she called Callas' -3- voices.

The above negative remarks about Callas are really no more important about ones feeling about Callas than the ones you mention.

Singers are humans with OPINIONS also.

Your degrees are irrelevant and your ad hominen is not appropriate,

[Elisabetta611]

You're funny, you complain about ad hominem, yet you behave rudely all the time. Just because Callas isn't here to read your attacks doesn't make them any less offensive. Just let it go. Listen to the singers you like and stop spreading negativity.

[janejones11]

Sopranos aren't exactly objective in commenting about their fellow sopranos now are they ? ;)In any event, Cigna should not be commenting about vocal flaws as she had MANY,and she certainly did not compensate with any artistic elegance or subtely, imo. Regardless, quoting people is pointless because there are many, many higly respected musicians and singers who adored Callas.

[janejones11]

Also, I find it shocking that anyone could think that her coloratura was labored. This one of the more objective things we can judge. It is not like saying I think someone's timbre is ugly. That was likely the strongest part of her voice. Her glissandi were likened to " pearls falling off a string", and her passagework is always effortless, elegant and incredibly agile. Her recordings of La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Lucia, I Puritani etc etc prove this.

[63Attila]

janejones11

Thank you for your considered and polite opinion. I used other singers opinions only to disprove the post that suggested how others loved Callas. I do NOT use the negative opinions as proof of an artist;s worth but just to counter false factual claims.

I FIND CALLAS TOO OFTEN VOCALLY DEFICIENT AND I SAY THAT. SOME FOLKS SEED TO SUGGEST THAT ONLY THEY ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN OPINON UNLESS IT AGREES WITH THEIRS.

Best wishes-John

[PAZ0619]

I think people perceive Callas as vocally deficient for her ugly tone. I think this is Callas' biggest flaw; many were aware of that, but probably none more than Callas herself. As ugly as her voice was, like janejones11 and many experts adored as a technically brilliant singer as well as an artist. On the other hand, to experts opera is not defined as purely an exhibition of beautiful voices; instead, opera is expression of drama through the use of singing of music.

[dan020350]

very pretty, the photographer did a good job

[Elisabetta611]

Exquisite blend of drama and technique. A once in a lifetime miracle!

[juanmsotog]

Maravillosa, exquisita

[osvaldito55]

Exquisitely unique.

[Orfeus80]

The fioritura between the Casta Diva verses is incredible. This is perhaps her greatest recording of this aria. I'll never get over Caballe's performance at Bolshoi but Callas here is wonderful!

[Samurai9]

In 1949 Callas was at her peak, but even then the tone was shrewish and harsh at forte. No one can beat Caballe in smoothness of tone, beautiful sound, and amazing breath control, especially in material of this kind.

[sicuro75]

That's right in 49 from the start of her career she had it. And she wasn't always harsh at forte as you kind of make that assumption that's false. Besides this is a 25-26 year old Callas here and she sang her first live Norma on Nov 30th 1928 25yrs of age in Florence and only got better than she already was here. Most sopranos wouldn't take on Norma at 25-26yrs of age probably because it is one of the most technical Belcanto roles written callas dis because she had the goods.

[ioSonoCallas]

Nov 30th 1948!

[eelco67]

Without Callas, no Caballé

[Giovannifabuloso]

Listen to the Ponselle recordings for the definitive Norma. Ponselle's Norma is the standard that all singers use for the role.If you want to hear flawles singing it is Ponselle.

[Elisabetta611]

Lets see, most singers mention Callas, not Ponselle. I love Rosa Ponselle as much as anyone. But Ponselle's Norma is not the begin all, end all. Plus, no complete Ponselle Norma survived.

[Giovannifabuloso]

You are not educated on singing. Most singers do not mention Calls. That is singers of any worth. Ponselle had a flawless vocal technique. it is a perfectly even scale from the top of the voice to the bottom of the voice. Ponselle line is incredible. I suggest you sit down and list to Ponselle in Norma. You will hear perfection and not screamimg like Callas.

[Elisabetta611]

Please learn how to spell. I'm an opera critic with two degrees. I have studied all the greats. Every famous singer who tackled Callas roles mentions her. From Sutherland, Sills and Caballe up to today's Renee Fleming and Anna Netrebko.

[63Attila]

How many degrees does it take to hear screaching and wobbly singing? NONE. If you do not hear these flaws in Callas' singing or they do not particularly bother ,that is your business. Others do hear and are bothered by them.

Differing opinions are interesting and fun, Your Snobbery is NOT.

JOHN

[Elisabetta611]

John, every singer has flaws. And Callas NEVER screeched. Yes, she had a wobble in later years. So what? Tebaldi sang flat all the time in her later years. NO SINGER is PERFECT. Not Ponselle, not Callas, not Caballe, NO ONE. We all have our faves. But there are also facts. I.E. I cannot stand Zinka Milanov. But I willingly admit that she is a great artist and would never insult her the way you insulted Callas. Obey your own rules. Peace. Enough already.

[midlochblidloch]

her norma is fantastic.

[laurentius76]

absolument callas!!! lol

[Elisabetta611]

The greatest Norma of all time. Maria and Rosa Ponselle......there hasn't been a GREAT Norma since them.

[lohengrinteo]

Good.Not exceptional.

Her 1949 voice was a bit better, she was only 25.Poor Maria..she didn't know she was going to end so fast.Indeed she gave us some nice things

[LazarNewDeal]

Not so fast. Callas professional career started in 1939 and ended in (let's be honest) in 1961 (the actress outlived that). That makes 22 years which is not an exceptionally short one.

[lohengrinteo]

In 1939 Callas was 15.Her study years in Atenas has no weight at all as a career.Please don't be ridiculous.Callas professional debut was in 1947, in Verona, she was 23.

[Elisabetta611]

Callas' professional debut was in Greece where she sang Tosca, Leonore and other things. She was not yet 14 when doing her first full role, Santuzza, and not yet 19 when she sang her first Tosca.

[lohengrinteo]

Here is la stupida Elisabetta .Poor fucking idiot woman

[lohengrinteo]

It's better not to speak of Callas study years in Greece as a professional career because it only makes her very short career seem more cheap either

[Elisabetta611]

My dear, her study years were over when she sang Tosca, Leonore et. in Greece.

[lohengrinteo]

In Greece at the age of 14 what a distinguised career ! and at Palacio Bellas Artes at the age of 27, what a distinguised halls !.IDIOT ! Fucking stupida Elisabetta

[Elisabetta611]

What's wrong with singing in Greece if you hail from there? And the Palacio Bellas Artes is the most distinguished operahouse in Mexico. Many of the great ones have sung there. And please brush up your manners, will you? Or were you born as a rude prick?

[LyndaRae]

Do you actually even care for opera, or do you post just to insult those who do? Are you another of those persons who only want to sound ridiculous and ignorant? Say something pertinent for a change!

[Giovannifabuloso]

I think you mean't to say that ponselle was the greatest Norma of all time. Callas was never in the same league as Ponselle.

[Elisabetta611]

No. I meant that Callas was the greatest Norma of all time. Ponselle's top never included Callas' blazing E flats and Es, her temperament, her dramatic power etc. I admire Ponselle equally but having studied the likes of Pasta and Malibran my preference as Norma belongs to Callas. And the experts agree. Suck it up and deal with it. If you dislike Callas, don't listen to her and stop behaving like a rude moron.

[Giovannifabuloso]

Actually it is a myth that ponselle did not have a solid top. Ponselle is considered the greatest Norma of all time. Callas considered Ponselle the greatest singer of all time. Callas once commented " I think we all know that she is simply the greatest singer of all. Experts do not considered Callas the greatesty Norma. Allodf the great singers model their Norma's after Ponselle. You need to learn al little more about singing .

[Elisabetta611]

It's not a myth, it's proven by her recordings. As for Norma, Callas reigns supreme, the critics, other singers, musicians and fans all agree that of all the Normas ever recorded and seen, she comes closest to the descriptions of Pasta and Malibran.

[clashguy]

Absolutely fantastic. Maybe her best Casta Diva.

Maria Callas is Norma par excellence.

[MrCafiero]

This is absolutely wonderful! Anyone that knows the voice and what vocal freedom is will know that. Not that woofy, fluffy fake sound that we hear now days.

[Giovannifabuloso]

The problem with Maria Callas fans is that they will never admit that she destroyed her voice. She had no top, the voice wavered fro one pitch to another, and she screamed. It was an ugly voice. She made bad singing accepatable. That is why we do not have a single great singer today. Do you people not have ears. Callas was awful

[dugbin]

I think you're the one with no ears. Why do you listen to her then? Why are you trying to defend Ponselle and throw all of the flaws to Callas? To tell you the truth, I don't think that's fair and honest. You try to defend some of the shortcomings of other singers and throw it to Callas.

[dugbin]

If you don't like Callas' voice then why come here and even bother? What is with you people? Just because Callas said that Ponselle was "the greatest singer of us all" it doesn't give you the right to insult and ridicule her. I think you're just plain jealous, insecure, and shallow.

[ioSonoCallas]

Mister Giovannifabuloso vous ne faites que critiquer la voix de Callas, mais vous ne comprenez rien à son art, car quand Callas chante il y a une couleur, une ambiance, et si ces notes sont criées celles de Ponselle le sont aussi car elle sont quasi identiques! Vous pouvez dire ce que vous voulez, Callas demeure la plus grande Norma de tous les temps!!!

[63Attila]

Bravo Giovannifabuloso

I find it sick that Callisitinians search the world for her "in good voice performances" like they were more rare than the Hope Diamonds. Great singers almost always are wering their necklaces of good performances. At 28 to screach high notes like this is disgusting. Actually, not too bad for a 28 year vet. Some of the coloratura is good.

[Giovannifabuloso]

It is obvious that you know about singing. Callas was a vocal disaster. She was a nice musician and had great feeling for the music. She was however overrated. One only has to listen to the great Ponselle to hear what a a really great singer is. Tullio Serafin had

wanted Callas to study with Ponselle. Callas called Ponselle about a year before she died and lamented that she (Callas ) had not studied with Ponselle.

[Elisabetta611]

Callas and Ponselle are very different. Callas was a dramatic coloratura, Ponselle was a spinto. Apples and oranges. They were both fabulous.

[63Attila]

Ppnselle was a DRAMATIC soprano. Callas was a spinto. Elizabetta611. The performances you mention of Callas are where she is in RELATIVELY STEADY VOICE. Even then the voice is uneven and the coloratura often labored not great for me by any means. Afer 50 years and trying at different to listen to her, I find here a severly difficent singer.

Certainly I do not disrespect you or your love for Callas. John is my real name and I do not pillage villages. Pleasure exchanging ideas with you.

[Giovannifabuloso]

You are so right. The great Tullio Serafin had said that he only worked with three miracles in his lifetime. Rosa Ponselle, Titta Ruffo, and Caruso. Callas was never a great singer. She screamed and had no vocal line in her singing.

[Elisabetta611]

Nonsense, dearie. Serafin also praised Callas, why else do you think did he mentor her? Callas was one of the greatest artists ever. YOU may dislike her and prefer other singers. Fine. But by insulting one of the greatest artists ever you make yourself look rude and ignorant. Just let it go and listen to other singers.

[Elisabetta611]

Ponselle was a spinto. Look at her rep. No Turandot, Isolde, Brünnhilde etc. She was a spinto with a huge voice. She was the greatest Leonora, Giulia, Gioconda etc. ever. Her Forza Leonora still makes me cry. And it's alright to dislike Callas, she isn't an easy artist to cope with. But one should at LEAST respect all the greats. :-)

[Elisabetta611]

Attila, you are as savagely rude as your namesake. And you're wrong. Great performances of Callas exist in abundance. Her Norma, Medea, Lady Macbeth, Amina, Tosca, Anna, just to mention a few.

[Lohengrin]

The bel canto line here is a Miracle. NO-ONE ever managed to produce the refined sustained bel canto line Callas produced. So, so refined...

[Giovannifabuloso]

I would suggest that you listen to Rosa Ponselle sing the Casta Diva before you say something so absurd. Ponselle set the standards for all.

[niklausse]

Although Mrs Ponselle was an amazing singer, Callas voice evokes the descriptions of Giuditta Pasta the original Norma

[Giovannifabuloso]

Ponselle is considered the greatest and the definitive Norma.Callas' once remarked of Ponselle. "I think we all know that she was simply the greatest singer of us all". The great tullio serafin had wanted callas to study with Ponselle. A year before Callas died she phoned Ponselle and lamented the fact that she had not studied with Ponselle> Listen to Ponselle's recording of Casta Diva and you have an absolutely flwales vocal line and the greatest interpretation of the role.

[dugbin]

Rodrigo Maffei Libonati says: "The casting of the main role in this opera used to be plagued by two serious diseases named soprano leggero and soprano drammatico. For a long while, going to the theatre to see Norma would either mean a large voiced woman desperately trying to be a tempo in florid passages or a light-voiced one fast as a bird but virtually inaudible. (continued)

[dugbin]

In both cases, they would be primarily concerned about their voices. It was Maria Callas who settled the whole affair, showing that Norma needs both vocal weight and flexibility, but also that the quality of Pasta - intensity of declamation - is everything in this role. (continued)

[dugbin]

The kind of singing demanded here involves that every word in the text must be highlighted by means of dynamics, tempo and tone colouring in order to create the precise expressive effect. Alas, that has happened very rarely".- This says it all.

[stome3139]

Callas fans have no shame and no ethics!

Callas singing all all herself was So , so ugly , she was an animal in music a mixture of female dog and a witch.

They speak of refined ? of something So ugly

[dugbin]

And you; who of us has no ethics? Who of us is the animal? The one who calls someone a dog and a witch, or some people who just want to listen?

If you people don't stop, we will take immediate action and report you to a moderator.

[Rossalita]

I like this more than shuterland!

[fransnijhuis]

I only can cry

[fransnijhuis]

kan alleen maar huilen als ik dit hoor! Maar dan zitten er ook wel veel herinneringen achter.

[PAZ0619]

BTW I think Callas looked beautiful in this picture. Just my thought :\

[niklausse]

Can someone tell me in what album is this TREASURE included?

[dugbin]

Its the 1949 Cetra recording. This recording also includes a Puritani aria, and a Tristan und Isolde aria.

[epa300]

I don't think this is 1949.

[suxmdbab]

ig:

mister gspichuni is on holiday but when he comes back, i will be the first to inform him about the resent worsening of your condition .And don't be a fool he will punish you very hard because he hates you(just as everybody else ) to the point, that once he told us that you are the impersonation of syphilis...so get back to the shit hole you call a house and..watch the beejeeses or something ...

[MAPIAKALLAS]

What a beauty to have recordings of la Callas from 1949 her voice was perfect she was Norma there was no other like her and untill today she is the best norma...

[PAZ0619]

.....and she still is.

[niklausse]

Studio recording from 1949? wow! I didnt know this recording, thanks 242463 for this treasure!

[agathosj]

WATCH OUT ALL ..............gspichuni2 = figaronight.................. Same person different user name. Writes the same text allover Callas 's videos. JUST IGNORE THE POOR FELLOW

[sicuro75]

Yes and they go under a number of other names as well. I believe they and a few others are using multiple names to attack Callas as well. They need to get a life.

[kamikazekate]

What is it with you figar? did you copy and paste this comment into every callas stream on youtube. enjoyment of a singer is not in the analysing of a singers voice but how it makes you feel. Like all critics of callas you cannot enjoy her cause you like to pick her flaws. Grow up and listen really listen!

[dugbin]

kamikazekate, figaronight has no ears, so he probably won't hear you or the wonderful sound of Callas' voice. It's a shame, isn't it?

[xafnndapp]

I agree, poor figaronight, so limited....

[epa300]

Callas sings with her heart, and figaro listens with his ears. Must be something awful not to be able to hear Callas.

[saverioorlando]

the hater is 1,nick names 7-8-9??? Why?

[petermcmc]

Callas is the perfect Norma, only she can sing with this amazing empathy. Nobody can reach this.

[dugbin]

The final High D was so powerful! Amazing! Unparalleled! When it comes to Norma, Callas is the only Norma! Brava, Callas!

[ganteros]

I'm sorry, but the cabaletta ends with a High C (Do), not a high D. This note, I think, was Sutherland who sing it. But the original is a high C, like this of Callas. Anyway, amazing!

[saverioorlando]

ok:the original score of Bellini is ending with high B.

[ganteros]

Maybe. Anyway, this calla's note is a high C. She never sang a higher note in this cabaletta.

[saverioorlando]

ok ,all singer likes C,more spectacular,if you play at piano Bellinis ending,you will find a nice surprise.