@eugegegeio Sai, è ritenuta a livello mondiale una delle migliori soprano che ci siano mai state, se non ti piace, non ascoltarla o di che non ti piace perché il tuo commento dimostra un ignoranza terribile
Alright well, I uh.... I have never listened to a song that I have no clue what is being sang or said in the lyrics and uh.... my eyes are welling up everytime I hear her voice. I am just stunned by this, I'm 22 going on 23 and never experienced anything like this in my life. I don't know if that's a bad or good thing but it's just.... wow
@neonbutterfly Do look up Norma. It's a beautiful opera, not just this aria. Check out Callas' singing "Deh non volerli vittime" from the same opera where she asks to spare her children. In this aria though, Norma who is a head priestess of Druids who is secretly in love with a Roman proconsul invokes the goddess and asks for piece (albeit the druids want her to ask for the blessing to attack the Romans).
Callas con esa voz nostalgica pero poderosa aplastaria a muchas de las que pretenden hacer un interpretacion de Norma, pero que no estan preparadas ni tecnica ni dramaticamente. Su voz valia oro... oscura, voluminosa, squillante, matizante y expresiva, pero sobre todo... encarnando en viva forma a la sacerdotisa druida como ninguna.
I have listened to this at least 50 times and every time without fail, I get goose bumps and teary eyes. I escape from everything, there is nothing else there just her voice. Thank you for having graced us with your presence on earth, Maria.
She recorded this one when she was in vocal trouble and had been booed by the audience in Paris at a Norma performance. There is an article in either Life or Look with interesting photos of her relating her Paris problems.
This is my favorite Casta diva ever. Even more than her earlier recording, also she has some wobble. But it is so beautiful, that the wobble does not matter anymore...
I definitely agree. There is in this recording so much depth of feeling, so much genuine identification with the pagan Norma character that it just blows my mind. In an age when technical mastery is all, it is wonderful to hear a Callas recording that, though technically somewhat weak in parts, is simply superior for sheer artistry and interpretation.
People can say what they want, but she was definitely one of the great singers and artists of the 20th century. In my opinion it is pointless to say that "he/she and nobody else was the greatest". Instead, I think we should listen to their different renditions, enjoy and appreciate them as the documents over their different abilities they are.
That's true (responding to SteffanSwede) we should be "generous"--and thankful--but still--there are standards--whenever I'm listening to--absorbing another, I find myself referencing Callas--I've always cherished Sills but even she is slightly thinner than The Marvelous Beast! If there is anything better than this I will be happy to die in ignorance.
fai scifo buuuuuuuuuuuu
eugegegeio 1 month ago
@eugegegeio Sai, è ritenuta a livello mondiale una delle migliori soprano che ci siano mai state, se non ti piace, non ascoltarla o di che non ti piace perché il tuo commento dimostra un ignoranza terribile
DioFuretto 1 month ago
@eugegegeio Anche la tua ignoranza fa abbastanza "scifo"......
Diddissima 3 weeks ago
I just love it.
YomamaBea1 3 months ago
Alright well, I uh.... I have never listened to a song that I have no clue what is being sang or said in the lyrics and uh.... my eyes are welling up everytime I hear her voice. I am just stunned by this, I'm 22 going on 23 and never experienced anything like this in my life. I don't know if that's a bad or good thing but it's just.... wow
neonbutterfly 5 months ago
@neonbutterfly Do look up Norma. It's a beautiful opera, not just this aria. Check out Callas' singing "Deh non volerli vittime" from the same opera where she asks to spare her children. In this aria though, Norma who is a head priestess of Druids who is secretly in love with a Roman proconsul invokes the goddess and asks for piece (albeit the druids want her to ask for the blessing to attack the Romans).
jewelmarkess 3 months ago
Bellini wrote this for her. He would have been so pleased to know. Causes throat to constrict--tears to well.
8cccpeevostokzempf 6 months ago
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Sublime, hermosa, grandiosa... simplemente "Divina"
Callas con esa voz nostalgica pero poderosa aplastaria a muchas de las que pretenden hacer un interpretacion de Norma, pero que no estan preparadas ni tecnica ni dramaticamente. Su voz valia oro... oscura, voluminosa, squillante, matizante y expresiva, pero sobre todo... encarnando en viva forma a la sacerdotisa druida como ninguna.
Alleeexoscm 9 months ago
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Alleeexoscm 9 months ago
I sit in my front room listening to this in a complete trance. There can be nothing better. She embodied so much...
TommiLinh 1 year ago 2
I have listened to this at least 50 times and every time without fail, I get goose bumps and teary eyes. I escape from everything, there is nothing else there just her voice. Thank you for having graced us with your presence on earth, Maria.
haschi001 1 year ago
I guess this is not from the Paris period, but she did have a mess with the Paris Opera in the early 60s.
fedtrooper 5 years ago
This wasn't during the Paris Norma stretch. She performed Norma in Paris in 1964 & 1965. This recording is from 1960.
VivaCallas 5 years ago
She recorded this one when she was in vocal trouble and had been booed by the audience in Paris at a Norma performance. There is an article in either Life or Look with interesting photos of her relating her Paris problems.
fedtrooper 5 years ago
the casta diva, the great goddess of greece....more wise than Athena...more beautiful than aphrodite
RafaellaRox 5 years ago
This is my favorite Casta diva ever. Even more than her earlier recording, also she has some wobble. But it is so beautiful, that the wobble does not matter anymore...
twizzle99 5 years ago
I definitely agree. There is in this recording so much depth of feeling, so much genuine identification with the pagan Norma character that it just blows my mind. In an age when technical mastery is all, it is wonderful to hear a Callas recording that, though technically somewhat weak in parts, is simply superior for sheer artistry and interpretation.
ntrand 5 years ago
People can say what they want, but she was definitely one of the great singers and artists of the 20th century. In my opinion it is pointless to say that "he/she and nobody else was the greatest". Instead, I think we should listen to their different renditions, enjoy and appreciate them as the documents over their different abilities they are.
StaffanSwede 5 years ago
That's true (responding to SteffanSwede) we should be "generous"--and thankful--but still--there are standards--whenever I'm listening to--absorbing another, I find myself referencing Callas--I've always cherished Sills but even she is slightly thinner than The Marvelous Beast! If there is anything better than this I will be happy to die in ignorance.
8cccpeevostokzempf 2 years ago
Good interpretation.
michaud1 5 years ago
this is the ultimate version
onverklaarbaar 5 years ago
I get goosebumbs all over when i hear this.
sennahj 5 years ago
i have never heard callas this way. diva.
brucehungpham 5 years ago
je te partage la meme phrase
rascas 5 years ago
Celui-ci, c'est pour l'écouter.
MavelBrisette 5 years ago