September 16, 1977 -Maria Callas Death - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

[diuscorvus]

i feel ungrateful saying this, but i really wish this were translated into English -- i'd love to know what they're saying.

[foropera]

Beside the artificiality of being filmed listening at herself, at the end, this is very touching to see these beautiful eyes so alive, natural, if possible in these conditions. Another vew of Maria Callas, if possible! Rossi Lemeni is also quite interesting and fair in his passionate admiration.

[CharlotteinWeimar]

Bravo! Nicola Rossi Lemeni helped Callas obtain her very first engagement in Italy at the Arena di Verona & appears in many of her earlier opera recordings. He played Enrico VIII to her Anna Bolena.

It was a great shock when Callas suddenly died; you could hear all the radio stations in europe broadcasting the news. Nicola died in 1991 in Bloomington, Indiana where he & his wife, the great soprano Virginia Zeani, were professors. Now 84, Zeani continues to teach at her home in Florida.

[angelamaria1944]

@CharlotteinWeimar

dalle notizie che riporti nel commento, mi sai dire se la Grande soprano Virginia Zeani vive ancora in Florida e per caso hai un indirizzo dove contattarla? Vorrei salutarla e chiederle un ricordo del grande baritono Ettore Bastianini di cui stiamo raccogliendo testimonianze e ricordi per un Tributo.

Io ho sentito la Signora Zeani e suo marito Nicola Rossi Lemeni in Arena a Verona.

grazie se potrai dirmi qualcosa.

Angela

[organdude44]

Rossi-Lemeni, another larger than life artist and an inspiration to many who followed, no longer with us. R.I.P, Maestro.

[qklq42]

Rossi-Lemeni was married with the brilliant soprano Virginea Zeani. I apreciate Zeani more than Callas.

Hans NL

[ArcanaMundi81]

Grazie per questi video!!! sono commosso!!!

[ioSonoCallas]

Muy emocionante, muchas gracias.

[operaholic001]

Éternité, néant, passé, sombres abîmes,

Que faites-vous des jours que vous engloutissez ?

Parlez : nous rendrez-vous ces extases sublimes

Que vous nous ravissez ?

Ô lac ! rochers muets ! grottes ! forêt obscure !

Vous, que le temps épargne ou quil peut rajeunir,

Gardez de cette nuit, gardez, belle nature,

Au moins le souvenir ! :(

[yglofmi]

Bonjour operaholic001,

s'il vous plaît, qui l'auteur de ce poème?

Est-ce Baudelaire?

[operaholic001]

Alphonse de Lamartine ....  le lac

[yglofmi]

merci

[lochness11]

Many thanks.I remember the BBC News TV announcement as if it was yesterday!Victoria de los Angeles was 'phoned at her Barcelona home by a reporter from Paris in the afternoon."Madam de los Angeles,Callas is dead.What do you have to say?"He heard a gasp,followed by sobbing and her 'phone fell to the floor.Later she replaced the handset without speaking.

[leoperarm]

You're a genius!!!

The world will never forget Maria Callas.