ho ascoltato la Price,la qualità audio non era il massimo ma cmq...no, prefersico questa. Senza nulla togliere a quella grande cantante dalla strumento vocale straordinario,come pè stato detto. Però...i "mai più" della Callas hanno una profondità, un timbro irripetibile. E le sue note "sottili" sono in realtà una emozionante scelta interpretativa, per questo "lamento". La Price è potente ma finisce per risultare quasi pesante a tratti. La dizione della Callas poi è perfetta.
@quis178 Well the "musical genius'" career was over at 40 while the "gifted singer" still holds audiences spellbound in her 80's. Look at the Opera News Awards from 2008 for example.
The condition of Price's voice nowadays is fascinating, but I feel the throughout the career, her singing has been self-aggrandizing: singing that was mannered, but exalts in the sheer beauty of the timbre.
I think there are two main camps of opera lovers: those who go to see a musician sculpt a characterization using the score as an absolute foundation, thinking of themselves secondarily..
& those who are at the circus and want to hear a high note that gives them goosebumps
gli americani devono imparare da questi cantanti, 'e importante per l'opera parlare e sentire una lingua, in questo caso l'italiano, non si puo fare opera italiana solo facendo belli suoni della voce. Opera 'e musica , 'e teatro 'e capire , sentire , vivere l'idioma che uno interpreta , uno dei casi buoni 'e questa grande artista , brava Maria, dello contrario cantate musica POP che come gli americani non ci sono. Ruben
su voz es como una luz que atraviesa una llanura al atardecer, como un rayo de luz en el crepusculo taciturno. Tan suave, tan docil y estremecedora, quizas porque sabemos que será el ultimo, pero ahi esta, en el final del dia brillando y recordando glorias pasadas...
When Callas is good she is a Goddess - unfortunately - her voice did not have the longivity of other divas. Her instrument did fade in later years - BUT - on this recording she has all of her power at her command and we are richer for it. and yes she did go a little sharp but it's still perfect!
Her voice sounds amazing here, so effortless and emotional... her vibrato is a beautiful, subtle accent, unlike many opera singers who warble.. a little sharp on the high C, but still, very well done!!
Callas is good. But after listening to everyone sing "O Patria Mia", nobody, in my opinion tops Leontyne's Price at the Met in 1985 farwell to opera her last time to do Adia - a role she owned! She was great as Aida when she was young but I just love the richness in her voice when she older. That last Aida - WOW! It was absolutely amazing!
Callas sang with her soul. She really produced the emotions that her character was feeling through her voice. She made a marriage or emotion and technique like a great actress.
vergoti: As much as I hate to agree with you, I find that I must, although Callas DID sing a fabulous pair of "Puritani" performances here in Chicago in November, 1955-and the top E flats were there in spades. Whatever the case, she made some terrible vocal decisions, because at such a young age, she should have been singing magnificently. Still, she brought something to opera that no one else did, and she will be remembered long after so many others are forgotten. She was unique and tragic.
This Aida recording was done in August, 1955. The fact that Callas' climatic C wobbles is indicative of her voice. She could sing top D's and E flats during this time, but the top C sometimes developed an unpleasant beat. It was the nature of her voice. Would it only be that we had her like around now! It ain't never gonna happen!
Callas high notes were always ugly.Callas A natural and B flat were never firm, always wobbly.Callas C is unsteady and thin always and about her D's and Eflats by 1955 she was missing all the Eflats in her Lucias, she lasted very short, she was only 32 and her voice was becoming little and in 1960 she was only 36 and her opera schedule was ending and her career was over
What you said is inaccurate. The Callas's voice became very unstable from the summer, 1955, but before 1955 there was no instability, the recordings of Gioconda ( 1952 ), and those of 1953: Traviata, Lucia, I Puritani, Cavalleria Rusticana, Norma... are the proof!
Until May, 1955 her Eflats was correct, her Eflat in Traviata at La Scala May 28, 1955 is a lightning proof! Indeed from September, 1955 her Eflats enormously wobbly, that it's true and her Lucia in Berlin is an evident proof!
@ioSonoCallas Actually, Callas began having problems with a "wobble" on her high notes as early as 1954. This is specifically evident on the recording of "La Forza del Destino" from that year. There is also a highly documented story about a dinner with Legge and Schwarzkopf at a restaurant where Callas asked Schwarzkopf about her support and both divas sang high B's to the shock and amusement of the restaurant management and patrons.
Even with all those problems you find on her high notes, she is still remembered as one of the most amazing opera singers the world had heard and a very unique opera personality with a very special and unique gift as a musician and actress.
@vergoti20 You must be listening to callas that I have not heard.. She had very firm high notes up and through 1955 1956 her top started to be less reliable but up until then it was very stable.
Because Callas was a musical genious while Price was a gifted singer.The rhytmic precision,the use of rubato,the dynamic shading,the phrasing,the ability of changing the timbre according to the role demands the dramatic insticts of Callas are unsurpassable.
You are so right, and.. I might add that there is so much more for a singer to be this good. Thats why there arent any.. No one paid so much attention to everything as she did, No one before or since. Many make beautiful sounds... but thats it, they are disengaged from the rest.
Not as sumptuously sung as Price, of course, but I believe it's an artistic choice of character -- under Callas and Serafin this is an introspective recitative-like moment, and the nakedly thin high C is more an attempt to push that introspective to the limit, even at the expense of beauty in the stratospheric regions of the voice. Those of you who have heard her diminuendo in 'Ah remembranza' in Norma in the same year will know what she was probably trying to get at.
I agree. Price's interpretation is more emotionally rending IMO. Callas is great here but just not as good as Price. I also like Margaret Tynes in this aria.
it was adsually made in 1957 while she was recording medea, Turandot, il barbero di sevilla, and Aida if it was made in 1955 the high C would it been out of this earth now im not saying the high C was bad its great..
Once again, superb "l'accento drammatico," the perfect alignment of feeling with superbly enunciated text. I also love Leontyne Price in this role; for me Price inhabited the character in a deeply organic way unmatched my any other singer in my experience, and she sang the hell out of it. Just listen to her high notes!
ho ascoltato la Price,la qualità audio non era il massimo ma cmq...no, prefersico questa. Senza nulla togliere a quella grande cantante dalla strumento vocale straordinario,come pè stato detto. Però...i "mai più" della Callas hanno una profondità, un timbro irripetibile. E le sue note "sottili" sono in realtà una emozionante scelta interpretativa, per questo "lamento". La Price è potente ma finisce per risultare quasi pesante a tratti. La dizione della Callas poi è perfetta.
POPSTARSSSS 5 months ago
@quis178 Well the "musical genius'" career was over at 40 while the "gifted singer" still holds audiences spellbound in her 80's. Look at the Opera News Awards from 2008 for example.
zinka101 6 months ago
@zinka101
The condition of Price's voice nowadays is fascinating, but I feel the throughout the career, her singing has been self-aggrandizing: singing that was mannered, but exalts in the sheer beauty of the timbre.
I think there are two main camps of opera lovers: those who go to see a musician sculpt a characterization using the score as an absolute foundation, thinking of themselves secondarily..
& those who are at the circus and want to hear a high note that gives them goosebumps
coryisawake 6 months ago
this isn't Callas'
best moment...
Orfeus80 7 months ago
@Orfeus80 and given how superhumanly good it is, that says a lot about her.
Loismustdie26 6 months ago
gli americani devono imparare da questi cantanti, 'e importante per l'opera parlare e sentire una lingua, in questo caso l'italiano, non si puo fare opera italiana solo facendo belli suoni della voce. Opera 'e musica , 'e teatro 'e capire , sentire , vivere l'idioma che uno interpreta , uno dei casi buoni 'e questa grande artista , brava Maria, dello contrario cantate musica POP che come gli americani non ci sono. Ruben
ROMAYATENEA 8 months ago 2
I forgot how good this aria even was. Thank you, Maria.
bsdml 1 year ago
Inmensurada Diva !!
su voz es como una luz que atraviesa una llanura al atardecer, como un rayo de luz en el crepusculo taciturno. Tan suave, tan docil y estremecedora, quizas porque sabemos que será el ultimo, pero ahi esta, en el final del dia brillando y recordando glorias pasadas...
Alleeexoscm 1 year ago
When Callas is good she is a Goddess - unfortunately - her voice did not have the longivity of other divas. Her instrument did fade in later years - BUT - on this recording she has all of her power at her command and we are richer for it. and yes she did go a little sharp but it's still perfect!
1146beaver 1 year ago
Her voice sounds amazing here, so effortless and emotional... her vibrato is a beautiful, subtle accent, unlike many opera singers who warble.. a little sharp on the high C, but still, very well done!!
4piglite 1 year ago
Callas is good. But after listening to everyone sing "O Patria Mia", nobody, in my opinion tops Leontyne's Price at the Met in 1985 farwell to opera her last time to do Adia - a role she owned! She was great as Aida when she was young but I just love the richness in her voice when she older. That last Aida - WOW! It was absolutely amazing!
PCSerialMom 1 year ago
Her voice is so ridiculously good, every aspect is. I thought I was using some kind of special equipment. hehe...
kitchavez 2 years ago 3
esa voz es mágica.
vocalandchords 2 years ago 2
Callas sang with her soul. She really produced the emotions that her character was feeling through her voice. She made a marriage or emotion and technique like a great actress.
vocedivinax 2 years ago 4
sublime...
LittlePasserotto 2 years ago
Here callas was great yes her top C were always alittle woddy but i cannot put her down for one note overall this Aida was great brava divina....
MAPIAKALLAS 2 years ago 3
vergoti: As much as I hate to agree with you, I find that I must, although Callas DID sing a fabulous pair of "Puritani" performances here in Chicago in November, 1955-and the top E flats were there in spades. Whatever the case, she made some terrible vocal decisions, because at such a young age, she should have been singing magnificently. Still, she brought something to opera that no one else did, and she will be remembered long after so many others are forgotten. She was unique and tragic.
Zva26 2 years ago 5
This Aida recording was done in August, 1955. The fact that Callas' climatic C wobbles is indicative of her voice. She could sing top D's and E flats during this time, but the top C sometimes developed an unpleasant beat. It was the nature of her voice. Would it only be that we had her like around now! It ain't never gonna happen!
Zva26 2 years ago 3
Callas high notes were always ugly.Callas A natural and B flat were never firm, always wobbly.Callas C is unsteady and thin always and about her D's and Eflats by 1955 she was missing all the Eflats in her Lucias, she lasted very short, she was only 32 and her voice was becoming little and in 1960 she was only 36 and her opera schedule was ending and her career was over
vergoti20 2 years ago
What you said is inaccurate. The Callas's voice became very unstable from the summer, 1955, but before 1955 there was no instability, the recordings of Gioconda ( 1952 ), and those of 1953: Traviata, Lucia, I Puritani, Cavalleria Rusticana, Norma... are the proof!
Until May, 1955 her Eflats was correct, her Eflat in Traviata at La Scala May 28, 1955 is a lightning proof! Indeed from September, 1955 her Eflats enormously wobbly, that it's true and her Lucia in Berlin is an evident proof!
ioSonoCallas 2 years ago
@ioSonoCallas Actually, Callas began having problems with a "wobble" on her high notes as early as 1954. This is specifically evident on the recording of "La Forza del Destino" from that year. There is also a highly documented story about a dinner with Legge and Schwarzkopf at a restaurant where Callas asked Schwarzkopf about her support and both divas sang high B's to the shock and amusement of the restaurant management and patrons.
4114224 9 months ago
@vergoti20
Even with all those problems you find on her high notes, she is still remembered as one of the most amazing opera singers the world had heard and a very unique opera personality with a very special and unique gift as a musician and actress.
leonengard 2 years ago
@vergoti20 You must be listening to callas that I have not heard.. She had very firm high notes up and through 1955 1956 her top started to be less reliable but up until then it was very stable.
kgarmaker123 2 years ago
i love this!!!
ccsabin 2 years ago 12
price is better though i love callas so much also. can anyone explain why callas was above price is top 20 sopranos ever... ? is that correct?
leolalazar 3 years ago
Because Callas was a musical genious while Price was a gifted singer.The rhytmic precision,the use of rubato,the dynamic shading,the phrasing,the ability of changing the timbre according to the role demands the dramatic insticts of Callas are unsurpassable.
quis178 2 years ago 15
You are so right, and.. I might add that there is so much more for a singer to be this good. Thats why there arent any.. No one paid so much attention to everything as she did, No one before or since. Many make beautiful sounds... but thats it, they are disengaged from the rest.
kgarmaker123 2 years ago 4
Who cares who was better? They were both great!
But I always wonder how would be a singer with Price's vocal instrument and the magic genious of Callas...But nothing is perfect!
yodavidnavarro 2 years ago
Callas is overall the best opera singer ever! But the best vocal instrument belongs to the magnificent Leontyne Price!
yodavidnavarro 2 years ago 5
Not as sumptuously sung as Price, of course, but I believe it's an artistic choice of character -- under Callas and Serafin this is an introspective recitative-like moment, and the nakedly thin high C is more an attempt to push that introspective to the limit, even at the expense of beauty in the stratospheric regions of the voice. Those of you who have heard her diminuendo in 'Ah remembranza' in Norma in the same year will know what she was probably trying to get at.
diuscorvus 3 years ago 9
Leontyne Price the best Aida ever!
yodavidnavarro 3 years ago
I agree. Price's interpretation is more emotionally rending IMO. Callas is great here but just not as good as Price. I also like Margaret Tynes in this aria.
babydrane 3 years ago
This is excerpt from complete studio record made 1955.
EvaHartwig 3 years ago 3
this was definately later than 1955. i would guess it's from her studio recording in 1957.
Lindow 3 years ago
it was adsually made in 1957 while she was recording medea, Turandot, il barbero di sevilla, and Aida if it was made in 1955 the high C would it been out of this earth now im not saying the high C was bad its great..
MAPIAKALLAS 3 years ago
J. Kesting. Maria Callas. Econ Ullstein Verl., 2002. P. 401.
EvaHartwig 3 years ago
Once again, superb "l'accento drammatico," the perfect alignment of feeling with superbly enunciated text. I also love Leontyne Price in this role; for me Price inhabited the character in a deeply organic way unmatched my any other singer in my experience, and she sang the hell out of it. Just listen to her high notes!
billyguns2 3 years ago
Yes Callas is great, but for this role Leontyne is uncomparable!
yodavidnavarro 3 years ago 3
Callas is one of my favorites but she just can't top Price singing Aida in my opinion
OldHollywood1 3 years ago 2
thank you so much...my god...
decencyandpride 3 years ago 2
Aria Dalla Aida capolavoro verdiano.
Sempre grande Callas. grazie del video.
macciboma 3 years ago 2