Maria Callas sings "O mio babbino caro"

[Theladylibelle]

Divina Maria eterna mujer, la estrella mas brillante del firmamento, la Diosa mas grande que haya dado el bel canto, por siempre Maria.

[edgar95035]

Bravo Diva Maria..we love you

[m7j23s53]

Very, very nice. R.I.P.

[CCNutella]

chills...

[Telma3968]

Interpretação Maravilhosa ! Callas é a Diva !

[luna3873]

BEAUTIFUL DIva . go Naomi MOntero O mio babbino caro & Time to say goodbye is bautifull too. And Maria Callas is maria callas.

[xilo74]

MARIA,SEI UNICA,TI AMO DI UN AMORE IMMENSO.UNICA DONNA DELLA MIA VITA.RENATO.

[stephaniehershaw]

amaaazingg! :D please watch my video of me singing opera at 14 years old!! thank you! xxx

[antequem]

pitoyable! mlême pour des japonais!

[alexgomez2]

@antequem - Whatever!

[BadluckittyGR]

i can't hear how she sings badly at his one.she sounds amazing as always.you can see how old she looks here, though.

[tebaldicallas]

She sounded better in other occasions, it is sad.

[rintintinification]

To all you opera fans, check out Sissel's version of this. Sissel is the absolute bomb, and her version of O Mio Babbino Caro is breathtaking. I kid you not.

[51688ty]

@rintintinification totally agree. Sissel sang this song the best!

[YouTubr889]

This woman had a lot of doubts and regrets, almost about everything she did in life.!

[ELRIFFRAFF]

@YouTubr889 what do you mean? how come? i dont know anything about her, but her music carries a lot of pain, i wanna know what she's been through to make such deep shit, beautiful

[FeeTurbule]

yep, only one Callas!

[SunCelticSea]

Maria Callas is unmatched.

[EGOISTES1]

Maria Callas-одна и больше таких не будет!!!!!!

[Melissaamorx]

jesus christ, sorry oke

im just 15

[Melissaamorx]

@65attila

Just shut the fuck up

[BravoLucero]

A lot of the voice was still there. And the emotion was definately there. At her best or worst, we have to remember she was still human.

[CallasForeverable]

The greatest soprano is La Callas, let there be no doubt!

[bigttim1]

@CallasForeverable Without a shadow of a doubt Callas was in a league all of her own and has never been matched and quite possibly never will.

[chaconazo7]

@65attila I'm sure you can sing it better...Throughout the years Maria Callas has shown to be the best soprano of all times.

[CallasForeverable]

Callas is best!

[datboiq10]

Oh my, she still sounded damn good! :) and this was the END of her career. Wow!

[lacrima4reichel]

masterpice!

[grai]

does anyuone know what the story is with her teeth?

theyre so big she can hardly move her mouth around them its very strange - makes her look about 70 when she was only in her 50's

Genius singer tho even here - I'd pay the top whack for a chance to be in this audience in spite of what critics say

[zufritto]

puzzo!

[MastersoftheOpera]

Agreed. Even if this was her infamous "worst concert", it's still far better than many sopranos who sing opera today (I won't name names). Callas never lost her voice. By this time in '74, she had physical problems and an illness. She was taking medication and pills (which ultimately killed her) and it's still natural that a voice "ages" and gets worn out after many years. She had a long career from the 40's, through the 50's and 60's. That's 30 years!

[opera75frfr]

Elle aurait pu continuer à chanter, dans un autre répertoire, si elle n'avait été prisionnière de ses propres souvenirs- et des nôtres!!

Sublime Maria, blessée, bouleversante.

[LLawlitaxDD]

im no opera person but after i took music class in college i cant stop singing this song xDD *i sing it okay but not awesome like her*

[MrPoily]

Talking about Sopranos, there is Callas, and then others.

[Aperlini]

semplicemente DIVINA

GRAZIE MARIA

[shelsolm]

Saw Callas in Toronto on her farewell tour. No bottom, no top--we all cried anyway and loved her more than ever. Viva Callas.

[cris8472]

Even here, at the end of her career, she STILL is the BEST!!!!!!!!

[espinaca79]

she hits me everytime...so much passion. Papo, pieta...

[MaChiHofmann]

Einfach göttlich!

[syrinx79]

Who knows what may have happened had she never met Vasso Devetzi....

[jibaur]

Que pena verla aquí, como debió haber sufrido en esta actuación en japón... a pesar de haber perdido su voz, nunca dejó de ser la mas grande.

[Paddy818]

Something is funky with this clip but I've heard it before and it compare to the London are night and day. She worked hard over the course of this tour and by the end in Japan she was getting her footing back. Remarkable unique artist and we will never see her like again.

[512gontran]

@Paddy818 Exact ! The difference with London is quite obvious.

[Horseshoe4441]

Thanks for adding this disastrous performance!

[yoxles]

Eternal Callas

[braveheart030]

She's still a Diva!

[thefashionair]

la limpidezza della voce della Callas è unica e irripetibile.

[guchova]

Jesus Christ!

and then there are people who don't believe in God's gifts...

This is a gift...

Something that goes so deep in our hearts and soul!

Tears... thats all!

[fantasrix]

She invested the right feelings for each role and dedicated to more than just a beautiful voice.

[chukubrown]

She's perfect.

[sweettyo]

Oh! What a performance...truly amazing!

[maa10able]

TH33X3CUTION3R, I agree that both Callas and Dessay have shrieky and metallic high notes. However, while Callas was a great actress, Dessays acting is dismal, she is often overacting and pathetically tends to compensate for her small childish voice with buffoonish histrionics.

[19751222]

To me she's perfect..well I can't sing opera of course..

But I always think that emotion and passion are more important than techniques in all kinds of art. I think her age add all those delicate things to the song, and I believe this is what young singners can't do.

Maybe for some of the opera-lovers there ARE flaws in this performance, but this performance, which is recorded one year before the year in which I was born, has touched me deeply.

I love her face expressions, too.!!

[PieBorgne]

I totally agree with you.

[medic944]

I would like to agree with you 100%. Callas is the best soprano of all.

[sweettyo]

I agree.

[RoOodOoOloOmeg]

@19751222 is just, look at her face, her expression. even though she is suffering because of being unable to control her high register, her passion and feelings are more powerful and so, the theme is perfect.

[CyprusHot]

o maria you are amazing...

[frapepsi]

onassis op.1

[gandor1337]

55 isn't old for good singers. If you see Mrs. Gruberova or Devia, .... both over 60..., sing like a nightingale.

[improvvisamente1]

come on guys, it's the singing of a 55 years old woman. not perfect but there's again her special interpretation, and her perfect italian diction. such a shame she stopped singing, she died after that.

[dormondis]

She could not stop her singing and it remind at the queen from snow white:

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greatest singer on earth without voice??

You are the greatest mrs Callas ......but tramontane.............. there is Anna Moffo and she sings a thousand times better as you!!!!!!

[adinan666]

perfect :-) beauty voice

[astridsmid]

Beautifull lady, with a powerfull stageact and such a special voice that touches me deeply.

Thank you Maria for sharing your beauty and special voice.

RIP

[gandor1337]

My god what a degradation. Why she didn't end her career earlier?

[boris1281]

La Divina - theres nothing else one can say about this performance! Every fibre is singing here! It goe deep into one soul!

[HunnyLamb26]

I dont see the big deal! Nothing speacial!

[CyprusHot]

@HunnyLamb26

can you sing that? did you get the acclaim by proffesional composers that maria did? i dont think so, so please just go away

[RedbaroneP]

me too......:((

[vocalandchords]

I wish I was there. :(

[vocalandchords]

She brings an energy with her talented voice.

[cleope79]

stupenda

[bacersaci]

Outstanding interpretation!

[Jogab37]

What counts is what she did before , in the explendor of her carrier, this is just a myth...the lejend, belongs to the eternity.

[werther11998877]

oh my god. everything was lost here... and she looks so vulnerable., she needed the audience´s love so much. she always break my heart in a way or another... maria, you´ll live forever.

[DjeddaPixie]

Oh, my God! She was alive only three more years!

[jewelz2k5]

All I know about Opera is that I love the way it sounds and relaxes me. But I know this woman is great because when I was about 6 or 7 I saw a commercial and they were playing this song and I fell in love with it. I never knew the name and finally I found it! I love this

[mtnmanjt]

Immo, every day that goes by erodes yours, filaredo's and a few other fans of Netrebko's, credibility. You are not even fighting a reasonable battle here. To say Callas was not great, is an exercise in futility. If you get off on criticizing her, which I think you do, that's the only pay-off you'll get. The world generally speaking,

loves Callas. Only a few don't like her, and they are questionable. Netrebko is junk opera, porn Diva.

[marcelojas1993]

Eu adoro Maria Callas. Para mim ela é a melhor sem dúvida. Mas também reconheço que Netrebeko é boa, não tão boa, mas ainda assim boa!

[immo4000]

Mtnmanjt Callas the greatest opera singer ?? Are you crazy- arse licker?

Hahahahahahaha...........! Folks, please don't compare the new worldclass singer with the old shouting donkey!!!

Today Callas would be third class and sings only a advertising jingle for washing powder or cat food. She's too ugly for the opera houses and the new and young audience.

After Callas Dessay was the last of the shouting hags on stage.

[doeraybaby]

she really isn't shouting... some of the new people in my opinion dont have much passion for opera as some of the older ones do... but also if u haven't noted uve been marked as the lowest rated person on any comment ive ever seen. your character really is questionable because even if you don't like someones voice you should be polite about it. an well shit how does your voice sound?!?! sorry i dont normally go off but if u don't like it don't lisen and let other form his or her own opinions.

[judyanddavid]

A beautiful woman, a great artist ...... and still a lovely and moving voice. Many thanks to all those youtubers who post these marvellous videos.

[fernandalovechic]

DIVAAAAAAAAA!!!

i LOVE YOU!

[maarcelaoo0]

A REAL DIVA!

[mtnmanjt]

Did anybody listen to the applause at the last couple of seconds??? They are going f'n crazy!! Comments on Youtube against Callas are all bullshit garbage, as far as I'm concerned. Callas is the greatest opera singer of all time, no ifs, ands, or buts. There is only one, and there will be only one, La Divina in this world, her name is MARIA CALLAS.

[gonzalojosevb]

I agree, she is unique, there are many sopranos but only one Callas!!!

[usaswim323]

Agreed, Mario Callas was and will always be one of the best opera singers of all time.

[MakaBelfagor]

lei sapeva nascondere il dolore..

[primadonnaworld]

not at it's peak yet perhaps even more human

[matteobs86]

Inzomma..a me non è che sembra poi così felice alla fine..fu una turnee disastrosa..per lei la mazzata finale!

[saydso]

Callas was so fast, that if her voice was

failing she could change the strength,

redirect. Of course she knew when her

voice was not going to cave. This of course meant any musician performing with her, including the conductor would

have to be on their toes. The battle with

her voice made every performance even

more riveting. Are we sadists or what?

This was still quiet a remarkable

performance.

[sezgin86]

How happy she is at the end...

[Faust075]

Of course she was happy ! happy to be back where she belongs : the stage, in front of her public ! Her voice was ruined ? who cares ! she knew that, and the public also knew that ! The people wanted just to come and see her to say "Thank you for what you gave to us" and that's the most important. All the critics and the rest is bullsh*t !

[xafnndapp]

This sounds exactly what di Stefano replied to Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington in an aggressive interview....:)

I am sure she was happy of being back on stage and feel the unconitioned love of her fans, but for the HUGE respect that she had for Art it must have been heartbreaking for her to know that she was just a shadow of what she used to be.

[primadonnaworld]

callas and dido. hmm careful.

[dilzappa]

She died the same day as Marc Bolan September 16 1977...she has come back alive via the likes of The Hairy Angel,Dido or Katherine Jenkins.

[rockandbluesboy]

you all can say the hell you want, and callas will always be callas, the alpha amd the omega!!!

[tazkorinthos]

No confidence + No Onasis = No voice....

BUT Callas forever for us....

[melosmond]

This is 1973 - not 1964. Luckily her accompanist was able to transpose into whatever key she felt she could have a stab at. Very sad.

[singerlad34]

This is usually done in Ab, the same key as the recording.

[pumapaule]

this is absolutely the most believable, most natural and suitable tempo for this aria! great!

[camionero1291]

worst performane???

my balls!!!

this is awsome!!!!

callas forever!!

[arallets]

Callas's worst perfomance is better than any other's soprano's in her wildest dreams. Bravo, Maria, even when you sang badly, you were still the best.

[JCBernal89]

@arallets jajaajj you´re soo right!!!! the trouble with the other sopranos is that they do not give that feeling and emotion to their sing so, and many of them close too much the mouth when singing. There´s no doubt of the force that Callas had and even more at her best time!

[Lisnageeragh]

@JCBernal89 Ah yes ...feeling ...many of these seem to forget they are singing a song for us ....remember Bob Dylan ....''Hey Mr Tambourine man play a song for me''...some classical musicians turn out terribel tripe ...no names ....I have to live in this place!!

[lyside1]

beh cìè da dire che con quello che si sente oggi nei teatri....cè da rimpangere anche la Callas ultimo stadio ....

[ci8lo]

Credo che nessuno si sarebbe aspettato che Maria si mettesse a fare queste porcate con Di Stefano ma Maria lo faceva per amore della musica e forse lo faceva anche perchè in fondo voleva Pippo, per sempre e definitivamente, ma non fu così. Vorrei anche aggiungere che Maria fu preparata al suo pianoforte solo da Di Stefano per queste apparizioni.

[carlo331]

Questi video di una cantante somma all'ultimo stadio della sua distruzione andrebbero censurati. Purtroppo, la follia di quella penosa tournée con Di Stefano dimostra quanto, negli ultimi anni di vita, la Callas fosse fragile e plagiabile

[eutuve]

che azzo vuoi distruggere ?

questa è storia

tramonto degli dei ?

e allora '

il sole cala per tutti...

anche pè carletto

imafo

[carlo331]

per te che sei uno zombi il sole è già calato da un pezzo,

[eutuve]

as you say, Highlander !!

[tazkorinthos]

Callas forever.....

[melinat]

Excellent performance!

[LondonLite02]

She seems to always sing this aria so fast... did she always do that?

[laraVanHorn]

Lyrics tell us about she is in love and wants her ring, etc.(affrentando) Then she feels love hurts.(cantabile).

[SebasGreco]

No. It shouldnt be so fast. She is trying to convince her father. He loves him, and love her love to. She feels sad. This Arias its SO MUCH SWEET and TENDER when perform at real tempo.

[Gasolari]

agree, she nearly achieve that at the end.

[Andreastij]

I've heard a couple of performances where it seems too fast. It's quite a shame, since the aria is much too short in the first place :-)

[fysb233]

My guess is that, at that age, she was not as confident about being able to hold her breath support for as long as she used to - and that's quite understandable. Whatever sound she was able to produce was still solid and beautiful in my opinion.

[roger9192004]

AUSGEZEICHNET

[yodavidnavarro]

She's my second favorite in this aria after Leontyne Price!

[tienanhnguyen]

jesus ! she nailed it like nothing ! even Montserrat took heavy breath on it !

[abdulsbar69]

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[jcpavarotti]

in that concert she was not in her best moment of her voice, but she was still amazing.

[zafireh]

Ah, if onle she was still alive and would straighten all these wannabe singers out!!

all these westenras, brightmans, potts, netrebkos..... the art went down the toilet, and nobody seems to be able to get it out

[cjha1978]

Maria Callas, siempre divina... es la mejor y mas sobresaliente figura de la opera de todos estos años. exelente.

[marauderville]

its sad to have seen such a change in her voice from her days of youth. Her voice is still undoubtedly beautiful but you can hear that she is more strained

[Telltaleheart79]

Much better than her other cocerts in Japan.

[Heraopera]

Her tone is unique, she has been a great artist and she acts the whole time the girli sound is a placed use of her remindet time as a young woman and this slice it out and brings the points to her . BRAVA CALLAS BRAVA TEBALDI !

[AlejandraDark]

no one like her.

[SopranoLeggero]

without words! simply divine!!!

[ComaLies225]

even with the bad sound quality you can still hear that wonderful voice

[mariafsilva]

the best, faboulus fiato unique interpretation unique!!!

[dominekadam]

Callas forever!!!

[jimmy1988dan]

divina veramente divina nel modo dicantare con voce espressiva incantevole penetrante nelle fibre di chi ascolta.da far sognare cieli paradisiaci.

[pewterfig]

i cried.

[rogemif]

me too

[g420730a]

Yes, the voice was much better than the London version in the same year, but equally heart breaking!

[BalletBabyBoy]

Sung too fast but the Divine Callas is still magnificent!

[buttas87]

too fast?listen tebaldi....she is too fast...

[Jogab37]

Bravisimaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[limefresh1]

the Ultimate DIVA!!!!

She truly defined the definition of DIVA!!!

A true Greek Goddess!!

[troppofiato]

This is so much better than the one from London the same year. Shows that a lot of the problems were psychological. Very touching.

[humpist]

Maria Callas was amazing....beuitiful voice and beauitiful lady....there will never be another....

[jpedrocp]

for sure.

[Matt75003]

This is late Callas at her best. The singing is lovely and touching, and the hands are amazing. I wonder why she didn't take to singing lieder or French art songs; she would have been wonderful in Debussy at that stage in her career.

[modernistheremin]

divinissima

[FSebastiano]

Grandissima Maria, tu e la mitica Renata Tebaldi siete e resterete le migliori... 2 voci diverse, che esprimono emozioni diverse ma entrambe forti. Vi adoro

[saverioorlando]

Ok performance,Maria had a great will....her voice was clearer.

[ioSonoCallas]

On a la preuve en écoutant cette vidéo que 80% des problèmes vocaux de la diva à cette époque étaient psychologiques et non physique ou physiologique! Manifestement en confiance ce soir là, Callas contrôle admirablement sa voix. Le résultat est merveilleux et émouvant.

[uxorotty]

bello bello

[giovannibrunoro]

certo che per una che si fumava un pacchetto al giorno di voce ne aveva da vendere.

[gabrielsantarelli]

She is definately great and even better than in their beginnings. Mature voice is heard, mature practice, mature feeling, mature control. It cannot be repeated it cannot be sang by any other singer, it will not. Lyrics are heard so clearly, none can imitate the natural gift she has. A voice of an angel, saying good bye.

[hermann5621]

It's a shame she didn't keep going after this, because to me, at least, it seems her voice was steadily getting better. Compared to the recital in London the year before, this is actually quite good. All the same, a very touching farewell to her fans.

[quafer]

there's a bootleg recording of her rehearsing "ah, perfido!" just a year before she died, and by all accounts her voice was in very good shape, better than it was in the 60s and certainly these last concerts. so there's at least some truth in the assertion that her vocal decline had more to do with a psychological block than anything purely physical.

[ci8lo]

Qui era un anno dopo l'esibizione di Londra...quella dove lei sta con la mantellina blu...qui era nettamente migliorata! Questa è la dimostrazione che riprendendo di nuovo a cantare stava avendo dei miglioramenti...controllate ascoltando le due esibizioni...ho ragione!! :) W Maria

[CALLASPUCCINI]

Ricominciando a cantare e con l'affetto del pubblico era rinata vocalmente...

[floryo2006]

Callas didn't just sing and played roles on the stage, she LIVED for the stage. About the voice no one should comment. I love her is this performance. This is her "good-bye" to the public. At least respect that.

[CALLASPUCCINI]

semplicemente la più grande ora come tra 2 milioni di anni.

[michaud1]

Not that great, but not that bad. She is ok.

[Mandinka]

Am I the only person here whose not in denial?

"She sing like in first years of her career... with the same felling and the same spirit!"

Are you kidding me? You obviously haven't heard her in her prime, then. This performance was... There are no words for it, but definitely not good.

[miguelcortinhas]

i refere the felling, the storyteller, earing this, dispite you dont understand italian, you know what she means! my comment is that... not about the voice but the felling!

[miguelcortinhas]

i think she was fenomenal...she sing like in first years of her career... with the same felling and the same spirit! she was a terible lost to the music

[heldenmatt]

...and to think this was when her voice had declined. Imagine how she sang in her prime.

[ChuckNYC71]

This great moment in opera was sponsored by... Kleenex.

[zizeus]

Well It s amazing After a year of concerts how the voice and security as much improved.I guess stage makes you work better.

[tomasrugby]

Aqui ya estaba muy mal de voz.

[MAPIAKALLAS]

Very impresing even tho she was in the end of her career she sound it great Viva La Divina

[GreekCallas]

Thank you for this, she is so lovely in it. Viva Maria Callas!