Bellini. NORMA 1950 In mia man alfin tu sei

[bellini7verdi]

SI FUE VERDAD QUE CALLAS FUE UN REGALO DE DIOS......PERO DIOS DEJO UN AS EN LA MANGA.......Y ESA FUE JOAN SUTHERLAND....LA SORPRESA DE DIOS PARA PONER LA FIRMA DEL UNIVERSO.

[flicfan416]

Ok. This is technically perfect. Her legato is FLAWLESS in this performance.

The young Callas was an unstoppable force of nature

[raigekimaru]

her last note sounded like Sutherland =)

[perpieta]

Bellini would have loved Callas. This is stupendous!

[abracadabranque]

Grande...Sauvage...Belle..!

[lucca54]

Pobera Adalgisa!

[kgarmaker123]

This scene really shows the range of emotions and feelings that he character Norma has.. and Callas is so totally believable .. She worked in subsequent years to polish this role and this scene .. and she succeeded too! Serafin taught he a lot about Norma.

[sezgin86]

@kgarmaker123 I counted at least 8 glottal sounds in the first two minutes. As I said before this is bel canto and glottal attack is one of the many ornamentations in bel canto.

[kgarmaker123]

@sezgin86 1. These are not 'gencer" like glottals.. they are just clean atacks.. there is no hiccup.. 2. This portrayal was polished with age... You cannot compare Callas to Gencer and CAballe, who are hiccuping all over the stage and calling it "art/"

[ditogam]

This makes me wanna have a time machine to visit all Mexico City performances of her. I do not know what great opportunity hat that people, who was at this live performances. Simple amazing.

And I just love how you managed to move her :)

[explorercur]

Its very simple to express all she was in one sentence, SHE WAS NORMA!!!

[ubedajils]

Orfandad, ese es el sentimiento que queda. Cuándo una voz así volverá... cuándo???

[scarlatti8]

@ubedajils Si alguna vez existe algo semejante, ten por seguro que no lo veremos ni oiremos, pues un fenomeno de este calibre sucede cada mil años!!

[babydrane]

can't really get much better than this!!!

[Tenderness6]

@babydrane yes it can. The 1960 production with Callas and Franco Correllli!

[TheMrMaz]

It never ceases to amaze me,just how intrinsically infused with music Maria was!!I mean yes,of COURSE she had to work like a dog to gain complete mastery of her instrument...but my God...what dividends that work paid off with!!i have tried (Lord KNOWS how i've tried!!) to 'get into' other sopranos over the decades,but i am,without exception always left UNsatisfied in some way/shape or form,with whomever it is that i have tried to 'get to grips' with!!Only Callas will suffice,only La Divina!!

[josemuso1]

Maria's superb and unequalled delivery of this scene leaves little room to comment the also exciting and moving performance of Kurt Baum, JRT

[Kievest]

If one wishes to understand the inner-

workings of an operatic character....

listen to Callas. Her portrayals may

not always come in a palatable, slick,

pretty package tied with the bow, but

they are honest, contain the high truth

of feeling, and are iconic and un-

forgettable. Thank you for posting

one of Callas' many gifts to the operatic

world!

[pointemeout]

@Kievest

and thank you for this beautiful comment. so so damn true!

these are the gifts she left for us....haha.

[wattever333]

this is my favorite passage of Norma. Did anybody see the movie "Perfectly Normal"?

[saverioorlando]

Fascinating document of the young Callas,Very great also as musician.Grazie!

[LazarNewDeal]

Technically, yglofmi, if this was before december, she was 26 (:-)

[yglofmi]

She was only 27 years old in 1950. It's amazing what she could do so young.

[LazarNewDeal]

@yglofmi

Techinacally 26 (before december)

[scarlatti8]

Poderosa y descarada, ¡que voz perdió la humanidad! Los dioses se aburrian y se llevaron consigo su voz...

[rococallas]

Estamos completamente de acuerdo. Qué otra voz nos hablará de las cosas que sólo María Callas podía expresar?

[rockyriver]

please please more!! dammi un segno di grazia! una madre ti prega una madre t'implora!