Maria Callas - scene Vissi d'arte - Tosca - Covent garden 1964

[hammer55292]

It's not that other sopranos are not terrific, it's just that when compared to this sfogatto assoluta, they are not in the same zip code.

[catalogosmatao]

Una meraviglia!!! Gobbi, Callas, Puccini. Un momento straordinario dell'arte!!!

[vivelhistoire]

Was it Di Stefano who sang Mario at that performance?

[claudiocp35]

@vivelhistoire It was Cioni.

[telopidus]

gracias por esta maravillosa escena!

[Boerenfox]

Tito Gobbi is só Scarpia. Perfect casting.

[longlifeluke]

I think this is what Puccini dreamed

[TheSatyRice]

a truly evergreen legend.

[thonycg93]

What a wonderful voices... Tito Gobbi and Callas...

[clashmach]

My father was 'treated' to tickets for one of these performances at Covent Garden for his 18th birthday by his uncle and fell asleep for most of the 2nd act, waking up only at the point that the applause started as the curtain went down!! Until the day he died, the biggest regret in his life was that he had no memory of these wonderful scenes RIP Dad xxx

[channel24bernardo]

@clashmach O my God!! ;) Maybe he wasnt that interested when he was 18.

[aristopus]

This is one of the greatest scenes of all art. 

[galianopatentlaw]

La piu grande Prima Donna !!!

[plasmamty]

chaoscast: I hope we could! Only clips (or whole scenes, like this one) are available in several MC's compilation DVD's. Best years of hers, and her best Tosca ever in CG's shows. Just amazing, how lucky were those watchin' this events alive. Gobbi's Scarpia was just awesome, too

Look for 'Maria Callas - At Covent Garden 1962 and 1964' at amazon.

[chaoscast]

is it possible to get these wonderful tosca on dvd? o.O I love it.

[CyprusHot]

The best!

[channel4bernardo]

@hippyvids2 Thanks for commenting! Its SOO BRILLIANT!!

[jambrums]

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