I have no idea why there's so much hate towards her performance.I remember that in Michael Scott's book,he uses an entire page,only to praise this performance.I quite agree with him.Technically,it's perfect.And about the Mozart music being 'dull' for her,she expressed better latter,saying that "Mozart was a master of bel canto,and a necessity of bel canto is a full,sustained tone and legato".Some of you may disagree,but one should respect the opinion of such a incredible musician. A supreme one!
@Maripudelmonaco, es posible que Mozart no sea la mejor eleccion para Callas, y que a lo mejor por antigüedad la calidad del sonido es bastante mala, pero no mes negarás que tiene una voz y un talento innatos.
It is strange to hear the efforts she makes to keep the whole piece in a "piano" and soft nuance, as if Donna Anna was very timid . Maybe Walter Legge asked her to see if she could sing this "miniaturist studio perspective" way. When ypu listen to live performances of other soprano, they let it go, and sing it in a more comfortable way! Perfectionist Callas!
@celloguy Is that true?! Never knew that.I love this recording, but you do really get the impression that if she may well have given a very different version of this aria later in her career if she'd intended it for commercial release. Not many could come close to this level even after months of study!
@crazymavericksfan she is one of my favs. too, i don't think it was about having or not the vioce for Mozart, it's more like she wasn't very passionate(not at all XD hehe) about him.
Brava. She has the "Fat" voivce before she lost weight. Its a test recording (for the famoust producer in history) & she sings a very "Childly" Anna. But that a voice-who sings Tosca and Forza can sing this is very impressing. Maybe shes not a real "mozart" (What mena this?- but shes a very good singer-the last low and piano trill ist VERY beautiful....
@Nougatpralinchen First of all, Forza wasn´t composed by neither Mozart, Wagner or Puccini, and Callas was great in that opera. Second, Tosca was one of her best roles, and I haven´t heard anyone who could surpass her in it yet.
@Nougatpralinchen Right, Mozart (whom she found "dull", I believe) & Wagner (whom she performed early in her career just as a job, to have a job) did not suit her… Her Puccini (whom she didn't esteem highly) however, especially her Tosca– & in nearly the entire bel canto repertoire– others may have come close, but certainly not surpassed her. It'll be a while before we find another even in the same league as her. Now don't argue– but critics & fans alike are unanimous in this…
Callas herself said that she found Mozart's music dull, so it's not surprising that she doesn't come across as impressively in this aria. She was the quintessential Italian opera singer but not Mozart. Her domain was primarily Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi.
This is a test recording for EMI in 1953, never intended for release. Although it does not sound like her style or fach, the technical polish is outstanding. Listen to the long breath control, precise phrasing and diction, accurate staccati, nearly flawless legato, and the soft low trill at the end.
Now, go and listen to Sutherland sing this piece and tell me if you can understand one single bloody word.
One of the extremely few singers along with Sutherland and Fleming who have sung this aria this well - but again this aria was far too easy for Callas' instrument.
among the virtuoso mozart arias this is one of the easiest. Mozart has written excruciatingly difficult arias and this is not one of them. Again despite what Mozartian singers think Mozart's virtuoso soprano is nothing when compared with that of other composers
@voceangelo Thank you. Its made to sound easy by singers who understand how the music in question is meant to work. Bravura arias are not the only ones that are difficult to pull off. Callas was a better musician than many of the conductors she worked with, (and eventually a better musician than a singer). I don't know whether she found Mozart "dull" as one commenter asserts. But listen to her coach Mozart in the Julliard recordings ... revelatory,
@whatever456 My favorite Master Class Mozart session is when she helped a coloratura with 'Der Holle Rache'. She even helped her negotiate the C's and F's in the "fury" section. Of course the coloratura didn't listen to her when she kept saying to begin the aria "secco", however, she still managed to get something more definitive out of this girl than just a pretty song.
I am one of the biggest Callas fans imaginable and have been for 40 years. She is my absolute favorite opera singer of all times! Viva La Divina!!! BUT....Mozart was NOT her forte by ANY stretch, which is why she rarely sang Mozart. It always a disappointment to hear the few Mozart recordings she made. BUT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER!!!!
I don't understand the "she can't sing Mozart" comments. Yes, it is a test (the second one in that session), but he tone is lovely, the pacing and phrasing have a lot of the elements of theater she was known for, and the character of Donna Anna is there. "Mozart voice?" C'mon, she's not going to turn into Lisa della Casa in 5 minutes!
Excuse to disrupt this page's hallucinations with my usual violent way but Della Casa was dreadful in this aria as well as in most of her interpretations that is why today no one listens to her besides some over-aged opera Queens who happened to see her live and kept that memory for God knows what reason :))))
this is test recording made by walter legge in 1953. it was made to see how her voice should be placed. She was recording for the first time for Columbia and made Lucia de Lammermoor just after this recording. So she sang recorded this with very little time. It was always in the vaults. Recording in those days was on location in Italy. Norma was recorded in a cinema. it is nice to hear an early callas recording. She keeps it very timid in the beginning. it sounds humble and al little shy.
I love Callas and study often with her registerings, but Mozart is just terrible with her. I guess Mozart would not have engaged her for his operas. Netrebko is a nicer Donna Anna....
"Callas once said that Mozart is sung too delicately, as though singers were on tiptoes and that Mozart's music should be sung as if it were by Verdi"
LOL ....The most stupid thing I've heard in my lifetime...What is your view? : )
Not to dissapoint you, but actually, she did it. Terrible...isn't it? And silly...: )
I mean, you can "scream" Verdi or Puccini, perhaps. After all, they made music for the bourgeoisie. Wonderful music, indeed...But you can't "scream" Mozart...Never...Because Mozart was always aristocratical and divine... Mme Callas was aware of it,of course, and she was just jealous...that's all !! : )
Onegin: Please forgive my error. I accessed the later version by mistake. Of course this "test" version, done in 1953 is excellent. It shows how responsive and how fluent Callas' voice was at that time. What is shocking how the voice deteriorated in the eleven year gap between the two recordings. Callas was a great, GREAT artist. I only wish her voice had remained intact for a longer period of time, but with the huge repertoire she undertook, I'm glad it lasted as long as it did.
This is one of the worst examples of Maria, Serafin, and Mozart I've ever heard. Her later interpretation is much better despite all its flaws. No wonder she didn't want this released and no wonder people say she couldn't sing Mozart. She could, but the interpretation she went with at this stage of her career was in direct contention to that of her greatest roles.
Typos sind ein Trademark von mir, was soll ich sagen? :))) Der Versuch, sarkastisch zu sein, ist zwar drollig, verfehlt aber das Ziel. Warum kannst Du Dich den nur in Extremen äußern? Was ist mit der goldenen Mitte?
schreib noch 1 x zurück .... aber eigentlich möchte ich die sinn- und endlose Debatte damit als beendet betrachten. Ich gebe Dir, mein kleiner Narzisst, natürlich das LETZTE WORT.
Wer sagt, dass mir MC nicht liegt? Die historische Einzigartigkeit steht doch nicht zur Debatte obwohl es in FAST jeder Rolle oder Arie einfach BESSERE gibt, was das technische Können und die Verdienste einer MC ja nicht schmälert.
Das Problem ist die penetrante Verklärtheit der Fans die konstruktive Kritik als "widerlich" usw.. empfinden. Dieses Fangehabe ist in Geschichte, Sport, Film und Musik völlig gleich und vor allem bei Weibern, Schwulen und Gefühlsduseln besonders ausgeprägt.
Nur leider teilt so gut wie niemand Deine Meinung über "Bessere" in jeder Rolle oder Arie. Ich kenne keine bessere Norma, Lucia, Anna, Violetta, Lady Macbeth, Medea, Imogene, Elvira, Tosca etc. (In den femme fragile Rollen liegt sie mir, trotz immenser dramatischer Verdienste weniger, z. B. als Mimi ziehe ich de los Angeles vor. Nichts, was Du getan hast, war "konstruktive" Kritik. Nur sexuelle Abartigkeiten, Verleumdungen und Lügen. Und ich ziehe "Fangehabe" Deinen Abartigkeiten vor.
Und Du wagst es über Egomanie und Narzissten zu reden, Du, der Du voller Vorurteile gegen Frauen, Homosexuelle und Menschen mit Herz hast? Bist Du zu keinem "Gefühl" fähig, außer Deinem Netrebko Fanatismus? Was ist das, wenn nicht Fangehabe? Bis jetzt zeigst Du Dich nur als chauvinistischer, arroganter und vulgärer Pseudomacho, der Leichenfledderei begeht und das auch noch richtig und gut findet! Wie krank ist denn das? Konstruktive, respektvolle Kritik = Ja. Deine Vendetta = Nein.
so ein Typo ... kein Problem denn Du bist ja intelligent. Daher versteht auch keiner Deine jüngsten Einlassungen und man kann den pathologischen Narzissten nicht generell ausschließen.
Dass Du keine BESSERE kennst könnte mit Deinem Gehör zusammenhängen und Dein sogenanntes "Fachliteraturwissen" hat nicht mal der Musikalität eines Laien etwas entgegenzusetzen.
Ich glaube Du bist nur ein NERD und hast noch NIE eine Oper live gesehen .... Maderl.
LOL, wie immer weichst Du den Tatsachen aus. Ich kann dazu nur eines sagen: Werd erwachsen, "Mädchen". Meine Meinung wird von Experten, Sängern, Musikern, Kritikern, Dirigenten sowie Regisseuren geteilt. Freilich zwingt das niemand, diese Meinung auch zu teilen. Aber Deine kindische Vendetta gegen Callas im Namen von Netrebko...DAS ist das Verhalten eines "Nerd". Glaube, Du willst, Bubi, ich hab sogar Deine geliebte Trebs über 20 Mal live gesehen. Und meistens war sie sehr gut.
Ne, is klaaar...... Narzissten können mit Kritik nicht umgehen. UND..... Deine Kommentare fallen auf, da sie Immer logisch falsch sind und die Grundlage fehlt.
Ich habe kein Problem mit Kritik, "Mädchen", sondern mit chauvinistischen, sexistischen Rotzlöffeln wie Dir. Du magst meine Kommentare nicht, weil Du ihnen nichts entgegenzusetzen hast. (Außer Beleidigungen, heißer Luft und null Intellekt) Stell Dir vor, Kleiner, ich hab kein Problem damit, daß Dir Maria Callas nicht liegt. Das macht Dich nicht zu etwas Besonderem oder zu einem Propheten des (lauen) Wohlklangs. Was micht stört, ist Dein widerliches Benehmen. Lass es gut sein, Mäderl.
THEWI und echte Oper ist so achtenswert wie Chiropraktik in der Ärtzekammer.
Nervtötent ist Deine Egomanie mit klarer Tendenz zur Rechthaberei.
Behalte Deine Weisheiten für Dich und schone Deine Nerven denn die Grundlage Deiner Meinungsbildung ist die Verehrung einer in Wahrheit mittelmäßigen griechischen Durchschnittssängerin und jeder Kommentar ist somit nicht schlüssig und logisch falsch.
Trotzdem danken wir alle Dir für Deine Zurschaustellung von Halbwissen. Schatzi!
Youtube spinnt derzeit. Aber: Auf den Schwerpunkt kommt es an, zumal ich auch Vorlesungen im Bereich der Musikwissenschaft besucht habe und noch besuche. (Fürs Doktorat) Egomanie und Rechthaberei...Du bist es, "Mädchen", die allen ihre Meinung aufzwingen will und nichts als heiße Luft, chauvinistisches Gequatsche und vulgäre Abartigkeiten postet. Wenn Dir meine Postings net passen, lies sie nicht. Ich zwinge Dich zu nichts, das will ich auch nicht, da Du mich anwiderst. Werd erwachsen!
Always remember that this was never supposed to be published. And while it's a diamond in the rough, she delivers it from all the colorless lyric coloraturas who turn Donna Anna into a bloodless ninny.
Mein liebes Neanderthalmädchen, ich poste immer nur meine Meinung, Im Gegensatz zu Dir steh ich nicht auf die "Markier und Kopier" Methode". Konzentrier Dich auf Dich selbst und laß mich in Ruh, Deine Belästigungen werden langsam nervtötend. (Und zur Info: Ich habe THEWI mit Schwerpunkt Oper studiert, "Mädchen").
Sono d'accordo con Mngemark ! Lei canta bene l'aria, con una qualità di voce e di stilo perfetto... Pero è vero che i personaggio non l'interessava !! E la capisco !
I rarely post negative comments on Youtube - but this rendition of this aria is truly unacceptable by high standards from an artist as accomplished as Ms Callas. And she was young here. She is not a Mozart singer - not everyone can do everything. However, it is still an interesting post to listen to - so thank you Mr. Onegin!
What people forget is that this recording was only a test and was never intended for release. Callas sight read the aria twice, mainly to find a good microphone placement and for Walter Legge to find out what it was like to work with her. What is amazing is how beautifully and perfectly Callas is able to perform this very difficult aria at first sight, with every note and every coloratura passage in place. That is a real pro working there.
@Shahrdad That is very interesting info and explains a lot. I don't think even her most vicious critics would ever say she wasn't a "pro" - she is an icon, to me, of what a professional musician is, especially a singer. Her focus was on text, the bringing out of the language, character development and overall musicianship. Yes, there were many vocal flaws, even in the beginning, but it all comes down to what means most to you as a listener.
@cantorandopera I think I wrote to you earlier that this was merely one of two recordings done in '53 by Walter Legge to figure out good microphone placements for Callas, and these were never intended as full performances or for release. Callas sight-read the aria twice. What is amazing is how cleanly and accurately she sings it and how note-perfect the coloratura and trill are in the final section. Most seasoned Annas can't match the perfection of this sight-read coloratura section.
@Shahrdad Something that is often overlooked about Ms Callas is her fantastic musicianship. I was blown away listening to the posted MasterClasses she gave at Juilliard. She knew the music and words of every aria from every opera she had sung. And she knew the composer's intent. Those classes also revealed her very superior intelligence surrounding all things musical. What a pity that her artistic life was shortened by so many extraneous circumstances.
la Callas non era mozartiana? forse però si sente finalmente un pathos e un accoramento che è impossibile sentire nelle altre interpreti (Sutherland, Arroyo, Nilsson)..
comunque non la cantò in teatro perché diceva che 'Donna Anna è una noia' ... difficile darle torto..
As much I hate to say it, this is not Callas at her best. It is stupid to say she didn't understand Mozart, she simply could not express herself in this music as she could in Casta Diva.
all you say is correct still what amazes here is the almost digital accuracy of this execution From a vocal point of view it is the ultimate perfection plus it has colors!
some of you must be retarted! She Rocks this... unless one of you would like to show me that you can do better.Theres always a critic with usually no talent themselves... Now go get a life :oP XOXO
@JimmieHeaven could not have said it better myself!! This is soooooo beautiful! It's one of the pieces i listen to the most here on YouTube. She could not sing mozart???? Um I think she just did! lol Flawlessly! so :P lol
Actually, I like her Martern Aller Arten very much, her voice kind of gains quality as she goes up and down, not staying very much at the middle (where she had the most trouble) :-)
I can like her when singing things that ask for a special -strong- interpretation (Puccini, Verdi...). But Mozart wanted his music to have its own life, he composed music that has its own life. Now, her sound here is quite ugly, the interpretation, actually, is not very impressing... MOZART WAS NOT FOR HER. And not a SINGLE PERSON after 1791 can dare to change Mozart's music giving less value to the notes in order to add unnecesary drama etc.... It's all about respecting the composer's will.
the fire is in the score, at least with Mozart and Baroque music, what matters is the sound quality, the notes perfectly executed, because all the emotion is given by the composer... one more reason for Mozart being the greatest musical genius ever ;)
I actually don't hear her struggling with anything here. Like her, I generally find Mozart's music somewhat plain and I am surprised she sang it as plainly and as cleanly as she did.
I love Callas in so many things (I can´t listen to any other Toscas without feeling I´m missing something and her singing of the bel canto rep was wonderful), but she was not a Mozartian (she thought his music boring).
Actually this test recording was made just prior to her first recording of "Lucia di Lammermoor", and, like that recording, wasn't actually produced by Walter Legge. The producer was Dino Oliveiro. The 1954 "Norma" was produced by Legge, though, as was the 1960 version.
"some say i have a beautiful voice, some say i have not. it is a matter of opinion. all i can say, those who don't like it shouldn't come to hear me." so quit bitching and just click to another video, i mean, callas obviously would have wanted you to :)
Well, you did say she was NEVER recognized for her voice and that is inaccurate. Disgusting "sometimes" I would agree with...especially the later years. In her prime, thrilling and incomparable...an amazing technician. I used to wonder if I was the only one to think this until I heard M. Horne say it in an interview.
If Mozart weren't such a genius, he'd have fallen into obscurity precisely because so many people believe falsely that they should approach his music on tiptoes.
i NEVER post comment on Callas videos - i have enough fights with obnoxious calls-fans on OTHER singers' postings - but i can't help saying this now: this is just bloody unbearable to a human ear!
He notado con mucha asiduidad el poco conocimiento acerca de opera que suelen tener los amantes del canto vocal de Maria Callas, a todos ellos me dirijo: Comentandoles, que el registro y color vocal de Callas, justamente no le permitió interpretar muchos roles. Canto principalmente roles de Bel Canto y verismo tardío (y Medea) pero permanecen muy pocas grabaciones consideradas de referncia de sus performances. Esto esta sujeto a la realidad histórica
Yo no comprende bien su comentario y lo qué quiere dar a entender? María Callas llegó al mundo musical a una época o la ópera interesaba sólo lo más selecto y como hasta dijo ella durante toda su carrera: " un arte pasado de moda, no para hoy ". Sí, el color particular de su voz era un obstáculo y también un triunfo, pero ciertamente no su registro que mucho cantante gustarían tener!
Ella igualmente cantó a principios de carrera en Grecia dos operetas " Boccace " " El país del sonrisa " y una obra contemporánea "O Protomastoras", y también en Italia "Tristano e Isotta" "La Walkiria" "Parsifal" de Wagner", "Orfeo ed Euridice" de Haydn, "La Vestale" de Spontini, "Alceste" e "Ifigenia in Tauride" de Gluck!
La realidad Histórica es que Maria Callas revolucionó la ópera modernizando el modo de cantar y usted no puede cambiar nada en eso!
Estoy muy de acuerdo con Ud. La historia y las grabaciones lo aseveran. Ciertamente, los roles que Callas interpretó, como Lucia, Tosca, Norma, entre otros, los hizo tan suyos que nadie ha podido darles ese carácter. Claro, CAllas era una Soprano Sfogatto di agilitá, no una coloratura pura como Sutherland y otras. Pero por esas condiciones vocales dio un aporte a la Opera que aún nos asombra.
NO habia tenido respuestas interesantes hasta ahora, te digo que el solo motivo que generó todo este atolladero con los fans de Callas era separar lo que era ficción de lo que era real, es cierto como todo cantante profesional y educado vocalmente Callas tuvo su período de gloria y de magnificas interpretaciones, pero despues pasó y el "fenomeno mediatico" tomó su lugar
No solo eso, pero su tipo vocal era lo que operas como Norma, Medee, Armida necesitaban...una assoluta, con graves de contralto y agudos de soprano aguda, poder de una soprano dramatica y agilidad de una soprano ligera.
No sabes de lo que hablas. El registro de Callas le permitio cantar casi cualquier cosa que deseaba, de arias para contralto o mezzo soprano a arias para soprano coloratura. Ella era capaz de cambiar el color, peso y tessitura de su voz con una facilidad increible para adaptarse al rol.
You always post a comment on Callas videos. And you always write the same words. Why? Is that the only thing you can say about a topic you obviously ignore?
Don't get twisted this is not an easy aria. Although this only goes up to Bb4, the tessitura (average pitch) is high and the melodic line very exposed (like any good Austrian chap, Mozart liked his ladies naked... in more ways than one ). But Callas' job is very good, maybe not her best...
For me a very tasteful interpretation.... her musical lines are great and since many years I am listening to her Händel and Mozart, Rossini and to some of her gorgeous interpretations of french music...she has been INTELLIGENT... La divina e unica! Like every diva she fenced her territories wih her uniqueness and risk! BRAVA! Today evrthing changed the recordings are often enough boring....
She would have been a memorable Donna Anna. In those days the role (actually the whole opera) was sung by the heavy hitters. Now Mozart is turned over to the light weights.
Somehow, whatever she sings, she makes it sound as if it were written for her. There's no empty display, every phrase is full of meaning and she surmounts the technical difficulties with ease. There is a very neat bit of bit of breathing at the reprise and I love the way she makes the orchestra wait, ever so slightly, so as to give character to the final phrase. Whatever some may think of her unusual voice, her supreme musicianship is undeniable.
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not perfect for me... there are a lot better singing people than Maria Callas. but when she was a diva, there was another style of singing of course. I heven't heard Callas singing for a long time, but now I'm a bit dissapointed...
I have no idea why there's so much hate towards her performance.I remember that in Michael Scott's book,he uses an entire page,only to praise this performance.I quite agree with him.Technically,it's perfect.And about the Mozart music being 'dull' for her,she expressed better latter,saying that "Mozart was a master of bel canto,and a necessity of bel canto is a full,sustained tone and legato".Some of you may disagree,but one should respect the opinion of such a incredible musician. A supreme one!
Scarpiadossi 1 day ago
@Maripudelmonaco, es posible que Mozart no sea la mejor eleccion para Callas, y que a lo mejor por antigüedad la calidad del sonido es bastante mala, pero no mes negarás que tiene una voz y un talento innatos.
TheMusicinmyheart7 1 month ago
NO, CALLAS CANTANDO MOZART, NO ESTÁ A LA ALTURA,
Maripudelmonaco 2 months ago
It is strange to hear the efforts she makes to keep the whole piece in a "piano" and soft nuance, as if Donna Anna was very timid . Maybe Walter Legge asked her to see if she could sing this "miniaturist studio perspective" way. When ypu listen to live performances of other soprano, they let it go, and sing it in a more comfortable way! Perfectionist Callas!
foropera 3 months ago
This was sight read. SIGHT READ!
celloguy 9 months ago
@celloguy Is that true?! Never knew that.I love this recording, but you do really get the impression that if she may well have given a very different version of this aria later in her career if she'd intended it for commercial release. Not many could come close to this level even after months of study!
opera1dan2 5 days ago
I love Maria Callas, one of my favs. Her Puccini and Verdi are incomparable. But yea, she doesn't have the voice for Mozart....
crazymavericksfan 10 months ago
@crazymavericksfan she is one of my favs. too, i don't think it was about having or not the vioce for Mozart, it's more like she wasn't very passionate(not at all XD hehe) about him.
Maggielicious21 10 months ago
Brava. She has the "Fat" voivce before she lost weight. Its a test recording (for the famoust producer in history) & she sings a very "Childly" Anna. But that a voice-who sings Tosca and Forza can sing this is very impressing. Maybe shes not a real "mozart" (What mena this?- but shes a very good singer-the last low and piano trill ist VERY beautiful....
OLIVCHEN77 1 year ago
@OLIVCHEN77
Sorry, but she couldn't sing Tosca and Forza. it was second-class singing, only her acting was pretty good in parts
Mozart, Wagner and Puccini was not her cup of tea .... it sounds & looks very kitschy
Nougatpralinchen 1 year ago
@Nougatpralinchen First of all, Forza wasn´t composed by neither Mozart, Wagner or Puccini, and Callas was great in that opera. Second, Tosca was one of her best roles, and I haven´t heard anyone who could surpass her in it yet.
YaelBerman 11 months ago 2
@YaelBerman
hundreds have surpassed this horrible screamer
Nougatpralinchen 9 months ago
@Nougatpralinchen Lol, one can only pity you (*shrugs her shoulders*)
YaelBerman 8 months ago
@YaelBerman
so what, you're a YT-experte only. Do you have heared ONE opera LIVE??
Nougatpralinchen 8 months ago
@Nougatpralinchen As a matter of fact, I have. And I´m not an "expert" on anything. I just give my opinion.
YaelBerman 8 months ago
@Nougatpralinchen Right, Mozart (whom she found "dull", I believe) & Wagner (whom she performed early in her career just as a job, to have a job) did not suit her… Her Puccini (whom she didn't esteem highly) however, especially her Tosca– & in nearly the entire bel canto repertoire– others may have come close, but certainly not surpassed her. It'll be a while before we find another even in the same league as her. Now don't argue– but critics & fans alike are unanimous in this…
Rhopoe 1 month ago
@silsio The Diva could not sing Mozart. simply
tudademix 1 year ago
@tudademix interesting opinion... to me this is how it SHOULD be sung! So much line and beauty. But again, we all have an opinion :)
vincitor 1 year ago
la callas era calante
Hidalgos81 1 year ago
Callas herself said that she found Mozart's music dull, so it's not surprising that she doesn't come across as impressively in this aria. She was the quintessential Italian opera singer but not Mozart. Her domain was primarily Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi.
Chanteuredelopera 1 year ago
I love her... no matter what anyone says... she still the best in my heart.
She will be always an inspiration in anything I do, cause she was such perfectionist and thats the way I wan to be. Maria you are the best of the best
RonaldBarone 1 year ago
I see how many people say, she couldn't sing Mozart. I won't argue there, but I like this! How gently this interpretation is!
operafan28 1 year ago
This is a test recording for EMI in 1953, never intended for release. Although it does not sound like her style or fach, the technical polish is outstanding. Listen to the long breath control, precise phrasing and diction, accurate staccati, nearly flawless legato, and the soft low trill at the end.
Now, go and listen to Sutherland sing this piece and tell me if you can understand one single bloody word.
philipc67 1 year ago 11
One of the extremely few singers along with Sutherland and Fleming who have sung this aria this well - but again this aria was far too easy for Callas' instrument.
LohengrinT 1 year ago 2
@LohengrinT I disagree. While I'm agreement that this is well sung, this aria isn't easy for ANY soprano no matter what her mettle.
voceangelo 1 year ago
@voceangelo
among the virtuoso mozart arias this is one of the easiest. Mozart has written excruciatingly difficult arias and this is not one of them.
LohengrinT 1 year ago
@voceangelo
among the virtuoso mozart arias this is one of the easiest. Mozart has written excruciatingly difficult arias and this is not one of them. Again despite what Mozartian singers think Mozart's virtuoso soprano is nothing when compared with that of other composers
LohengrinT 1 year ago
@voceangelo Thank you. Its made to sound easy by singers who understand how the music in question is meant to work. Bravura arias are not the only ones that are difficult to pull off. Callas was a better musician than many of the conductors she worked with, (and eventually a better musician than a singer). I don't know whether she found Mozart "dull" as one commenter asserts. But listen to her coach Mozart in the Julliard recordings ... revelatory,
whatever456 1 year ago
@whatever456 My favorite Master Class Mozart session is when she helped a coloratura with 'Der Holle Rache'. She even helped her negotiate the C's and F's in the "fury" section. Of course the coloratura didn't listen to her when she kept saying to begin the aria "secco", however, she still managed to get something more definitive out of this girl than just a pretty song.
voceangelo 1 year ago
I am one of the biggest Callas fans imaginable and have been for 40 years. She is my absolute favorite opera singer of all times! Viva La Divina!!! BUT....Mozart was NOT her forte by ANY stretch, which is why she rarely sang Mozart. It always a disappointment to hear the few Mozart recordings she made. BUT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER!!!!
artdanks 1 year ago
I don't understand the "she can't sing Mozart" comments. Yes, it is a test (the second one in that session), but he tone is lovely, the pacing and phrasing have a lot of the elements of theater she was known for, and the character of Donna Anna is there. "Mozart voice?" C'mon, she's not going to turn into Lisa della Casa in 5 minutes!
Gobbi2007 1 year ago 3
@Gobbi
Excuse to disrupt this page's hallucinations with my usual violent way but Della Casa was dreadful in this aria as well as in most of her interpretations that is why today no one listens to her besides some over-aged opera Queens who happened to see her live and kept that memory for God knows what reason :))))
LohengrinT 1 year ago
this is test recording made by walter legge in 1953. it was made to see how her voice should be placed. She was recording for the first time for Columbia and made Lucia de Lammermoor just after this recording. So she sang recorded this with very little time. It was always in the vaults. Recording in those days was on location in Italy. Norma was recorded in a cinema. it is nice to hear an early callas recording. She keeps it very timid in the beginning. it sounds humble and al little shy.
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willemdefilm 1 year ago
Folks,
Hammer55292 has a new fake ID. Now he is BIOHAZARDSHOK.
His channel is not avaiable ..... that figures .... hes a cowardly russian sow!!!
OperaCritics 1 year ago
@hubertsze
Das Du Flachwichser mit Kritik nicht umgehen kannst ist klar!!
ShemaleSow55292 1 year ago
beautifully sung.... except (maybe) for coloratura part at end.,,. overall I likedit !
TaVo78 1 year ago
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@hubertsze
Was verstehst Du amerikanische Drecksau eigentlich von Oper?
Halt zukünftig Deine dreckige Fresse Du Schwein
ShemaleSow55292 1 year ago
I love Callas and study often with her registerings, but Mozart is just terrible with her. I guess Mozart would not have engaged her for his operas. Netrebko is a nicer Donna Anna....
AninaToskani 1 year ago
@AninaToskani Agreed
RicharddtheStar 1 year ago
@centurydad She sang Wagner, and when asked about itm she said that bellini's donizetti's operas were in every sense much more difficult to sing.
FeelinMinnesota 1 year ago
Horrible!
MrZeitun 1 year ago
@LejeuneWerther
classicaltv(dot)com/the-informer/everything-maria-callas-on-classical-tv
Listen to this:
"Callas once said that Mozart is sung too delicately, as though singers were on tiptoes and that Mozart's music should be sung as if it were by Verdi"
LOL ....The most stupid thing I've heard in my lifetime...What is your view? : )
vonspre 1 year ago
@LejeuneWerther
Not to dissapoint you, but actually, she did it. Terrible...isn't it? And silly...: )
I mean, you can "scream" Verdi or Puccini, perhaps. After all, they made music for the bourgeoisie. Wonderful music, indeed...But you can't "scream" Mozart...Never...Because Mozart was always aristocratical and divine... Mme Callas was aware of it,of course, and she was just jealous...that's all !! : )
vonspre 1 year ago
@vonspre
Sorry, I meant to say "disappoint"...My English is a bit rusty...
vonspre 1 year ago
@vonspre
What a load of nonsense! GEEZ!
Elisabetta611 1 year ago
@Elisabetta611
Yes..a load of nonsense. Callas's statements were kinda stupid sometimes...GEEZ! : )
vonspre 1 year ago
Thank you very much for this interesting treasure :)
YaelBerman 1 year ago
Onegin: Please forgive my error. I accessed the later version by mistake. Of course this "test" version, done in 1953 is excellent. It shows how responsive and how fluent Callas' voice was at that time. What is shocking how the voice deteriorated in the eleven year gap between the two recordings. Callas was a great, GREAT artist. I only wish her voice had remained intact for a longer period of time, but with the huge repertoire she undertook, I'm glad it lasted as long as it did.
Zva26 1 year ago
Maria Callas once stated, to my surprise, that "most of Mozart's music is dull." ...LOL
Poor Maria...
vonspre 1 year ago
This is one of the worst examples of Maria, Serafin, and Mozart I've ever heard. Her later interpretation is much better despite all its flaws. No wonder she didn't want this released and no wonder people say she couldn't sing Mozart. She could, but the interpretation she went with at this stage of her career was in direct contention to that of her greatest roles.
mightythos77 1 year ago
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oplutao 1 year ago
Siehst Du Elisabetta..... geht doch,
obwohl sich wieder ein "TYPO" eingeschlichen hat.
Aber Du hast natürlich RECHT und ich meine Ruhe.
Jawohl, ich bin der NERD und Du das genetische Wunderwerk ... , die feminine Metamorphose von Kesting, Kaiser und "Bruce Allmächtig" !!! .-)
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Typos sind ein Trademark von mir, was soll ich sagen? :))) Der Versuch, sarkastisch zu sein, ist zwar drollig, verfehlt aber das Ziel. Warum kannst Du Dich den nur in Extremen äußern? Was ist mit der goldenen Mitte?
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Oh Verzeihung ... kleiner Typo .....
RIP Maria Callas
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Liebe Elisabetta,
schreib noch 1 x zurück .... aber eigentlich möchte ich die sinn- und endlose Debatte damit als beendet betrachten. Ich gebe Dir, mein kleiner Narzisst, natürlich das LETZTE WORT.
In diesem Sinne
RIP Jörg Haider
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Wer sagt, dass mir MC nicht liegt? Die historische Einzigartigkeit steht doch nicht zur Debatte obwohl es in FAST jeder Rolle oder Arie einfach BESSERE gibt, was das technische Können und die Verdienste einer MC ja nicht schmälert.
Das Problem ist die penetrante Verklärtheit der Fans die konstruktive Kritik als "widerlich" usw.. empfinden. Dieses Fangehabe ist in Geschichte, Sport, Film und Musik völlig gleich und vor allem bei Weibern, Schwulen und Gefühlsduseln besonders ausgeprägt.
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Nur leider teilt so gut wie niemand Deine Meinung über "Bessere" in jeder Rolle oder Arie. Ich kenne keine bessere Norma, Lucia, Anna, Violetta, Lady Macbeth, Medea, Imogene, Elvira, Tosca etc. (In den femme fragile Rollen liegt sie mir, trotz immenser dramatischer Verdienste weniger, z. B. als Mimi ziehe ich de los Angeles vor. Nichts, was Du getan hast, war "konstruktive" Kritik. Nur sexuelle Abartigkeiten, Verleumdungen und Lügen. Und ich ziehe "Fangehabe" Deinen Abartigkeiten vor.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Und Du wagst es über Egomanie und Narzissten zu reden, Du, der Du voller Vorurteile gegen Frauen, Homosexuelle und Menschen mit Herz hast? Bist Du zu keinem "Gefühl" fähig, außer Deinem Netrebko Fanatismus? Was ist das, wenn nicht Fangehabe? Bis jetzt zeigst Du Dich nur als chauvinistischer, arroganter und vulgärer Pseudomacho, der Leichenfledderei begeht und das auch noch richtig und gut findet! Wie krank ist denn das? Konstruktive, respektvolle Kritik = Ja. Deine Vendetta = Nein.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Sollte natürlich "bist" und net "hast" heißen. Tja, war 30 Stunden auf, da kommen Typos schon mal vor. :)))
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Elisabetta,
so ein Typo ... kein Problem denn Du bist ja intelligent. Daher versteht auch keiner Deine jüngsten Einlassungen und man kann den pathologischen Narzissten nicht generell ausschließen.
Dass Du keine BESSERE kennst könnte mit Deinem Gehör zusammenhängen und Dein sogenanntes "Fachliteraturwissen" hat nicht mal der Musikalität eines Laien etwas entgegenzusetzen.
Ich glaube Du bist nur ein NERD und hast noch NIE eine Oper live gesehen .... Maderl.
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
LOL, wie immer weichst Du den Tatsachen aus. Ich kann dazu nur eines sagen: Werd erwachsen, "Mädchen". Meine Meinung wird von Experten, Sängern, Musikern, Kritikern, Dirigenten sowie Regisseuren geteilt. Freilich zwingt das niemand, diese Meinung auch zu teilen. Aber Deine kindische Vendetta gegen Callas im Namen von Netrebko...DAS ist das Verhalten eines "Nerd". Glaube, Du willst, Bubi, ich hab sogar Deine geliebte Trebs über 20 Mal live gesehen. Und meistens war sie sehr gut.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Ne, is klaaar...... Narzissten können mit Kritik nicht umgehen. UND..... Deine Kommentare fallen auf, da sie Immer logisch falsch sind und die Grundlage fehlt.
Also, nur dummes Gequatsche!!!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Ich habe kein Problem mit Kritik, "Mädchen", sondern mit chauvinistischen, sexistischen Rotzlöffeln wie Dir. Du magst meine Kommentare nicht, weil Du ihnen nichts entgegenzusetzen hast. (Außer Beleidigungen, heißer Luft und null Intellekt) Stell Dir vor, Kleiner, ich hab kein Problem damit, daß Dir Maria Callas nicht liegt. Das macht Dich nicht zu etwas Besonderem oder zu einem Propheten des (lauen) Wohlklangs. Was micht stört, ist Dein widerliches Benehmen. Lass es gut sein, Mäderl.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
THEWI und echte Oper ist so achtenswert wie Chiropraktik in der Ärtzekammer.
Nervtötent ist Deine Egomanie mit klarer Tendenz zur Rechthaberei.
Behalte Deine Weisheiten für Dich und schone Deine Nerven denn die Grundlage Deiner Meinungsbildung ist die Verehrung einer in Wahrheit mittelmäßigen griechischen Durchschnittssängerin und jeder Kommentar ist somit nicht schlüssig und logisch falsch.
Trotzdem danken wir alle Dir für Deine Zurschaustellung von Halbwissen. Schatzi!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Youtube spinnt derzeit. Aber: Auf den Schwerpunkt kommt es an, zumal ich auch Vorlesungen im Bereich der Musikwissenschaft besucht habe und noch besuche. (Fürs Doktorat) Egomanie und Rechthaberei...Du bist es, "Mädchen", die allen ihre Meinung aufzwingen will und nichts als heiße Luft, chauvinistisches Gequatsche und vulgäre Abartigkeiten postet. Wenn Dir meine Postings net passen, lies sie nicht. Ich zwinge Dich zu nichts, das will ich auch nicht, da Du mich anwiderst. Werd erwachsen!
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Always remember that this was never supposed to be published. And while it's a diamond in the rough, she delivers it from all the colorless lyric coloraturas who turn Donna Anna into a bloodless ninny.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
Elisabetta,
ist das tatsächlich DEINE Meinung oder hast du das mal wieder irgendwo gelesen?
So kann man eine induskutable Leistung auch schönschwätzen!!
Darin bist Du EXPERTE ( oder besser gesagt Kesting!).
Konzentriere Dich doch bitte auf Deine Ausbildung zur Pferdewirtin....... bei OPER machst Du Dich nur lächerlich.
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Mein liebes Neanderthalmädchen, ich poste immer nur meine Meinung, Im Gegensatz zu Dir steh ich nicht auf die "Markier und Kopier" Methode". Konzentrier Dich auf Dich selbst und laß mich in Ruh, Deine Belästigungen werden langsam nervtötend. (Und zur Info: Ich habe THEWI mit Schwerpunkt Oper studiert, "Mädchen").
Elisabetta611 2 years ago
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In my opinion Callas was not bad but i have a problem not with her acting but with her voice.
Every aria sounds fully equal and i miss the special art of the composers.
I HEAR ONLY CALLAS' VOICE....... and not Verdi, Puccini, Bellini and so on....!
It's very, very very BORING.
gandor1337 2 years ago
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Sorry, but this are the worst renditions of this arias ever.
It's like screaming of a laboratory rat to be struggling against death.
I don't understand why people could write, this were "beautiful"???
I think you're all tone-deaf!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
perhaps it is the recording.
according to legendary sopranos from the time of callas, they all thought she was amazing and some say the best includig Monserrat Caballe'
i really believe they would know who is best.
it must be the recording.
Joan Sutherland says that the recordings are good and that to hear Callas live was life changing.
deepplots 2 years ago
Fantastic we our proud to be Greeks!
pisimhi 2 years ago 2
divina!
merlinfan1006 2 years ago 2
sublime
merlinfan1006 2 years ago 2
beautiful
jimjam88 2 years ago 2
Sono d'accordo con Mngemark ! Lei canta bene l'aria, con una qualità di voce e di stilo perfetto... Pero è vero che i personaggio non l'interessava !! E la capisco !
breton2 2 years ago
Interesting enough, Sv. Richter could not play Mozart also.
The Diva could not sing Mozart.
And I am a great fan of her.
veteranos68 2 years ago 8
@veteranos68
fysika kai den eisai great fan of hers kai epiprostheta den xereis kai ti sou ginetai lol
LohengrinT 1 year ago
That's what Centurydad writes. But his comment has 6 time thumb down.
Onegin, is Centurydad welcome like candorandopera?
I think, criticism is not allowed on Callas sites. The maudlin Callas fans are too combative and bossy!!!
belmanotre 2 years ago
I rarely post negative comments on Youtube - but this rendition of this aria is truly unacceptable by high standards from an artist as accomplished as Ms Callas. And she was young here. She is not a Mozart singer - not everyone can do everything. However, it is still an interesting post to listen to - so thank you Mr. Onegin!
cantorandopera 2 years ago
What people forget is that this recording was only a test and was never intended for release. Callas sight read the aria twice, mainly to find a good microphone placement and for Walter Legge to find out what it was like to work with her. What is amazing is how beautifully and perfectly Callas is able to perform this very difficult aria at first sight, with every note and every coloratura passage in place. That is a real pro working there.
Shahrdad 1 year ago
@Shahrdad That is very interesting info and explains a lot. I don't think even her most vicious critics would ever say she wasn't a "pro" - she is an icon, to me, of what a professional musician is, especially a singer. Her focus was on text, the bringing out of the language, character development and overall musicianship. Yes, there were many vocal flaws, even in the beginning, but it all comes down to what means most to you as a listener.
cantorandopera 1 year ago
@cantorandopera I think I wrote to you earlier that this was merely one of two recordings done in '53 by Walter Legge to figure out good microphone placements for Callas, and these were never intended as full performances or for release. Callas sight-read the aria twice. What is amazing is how cleanly and accurately she sings it and how note-perfect the coloratura and trill are in the final section. Most seasoned Annas can't match the perfection of this sight-read coloratura section.
Shahrdad 1 year ago
@Shahrdad Something that is often overlooked about Ms Callas is her fantastic musicianship. I was blown away listening to the posted MasterClasses she gave at Juilliard. She knew the music and words of every aria from every opera she had sung. And she knew the composer's intent. Those classes also revealed her very superior intelligence surrounding all things musical. What a pity that her artistic life was shortened by so many extraneous circumstances.
cantorandopera 1 year ago 3
second take, the first take is better, but this is still GREAT!!!!!!
distefano13069609 2 years ago
No further dynamics, No depth, No variety of tones, Poor diction!
Not an outstanding performance and totally bad voice production. She sounds like a random Egyptian singer because of the way she acts and looks.
vandrops 2 years ago
Very beautiful, but Callas can do much better. I think Mozart wasn't her best ... um, way of singing, she's much better in more dramatic roles.
Nobody297SRS 2 years ago 2
la Callas non era mozartiana? forse però si sente finalmente un pathos e un accoramento che è impossibile sentire nelle altre interpreti (Sutherland, Arroyo, Nilsson)..
comunque non la cantò in teatro perché diceva che 'Donna Anna è una noia' ... difficile darle torto..
mongemark 2 years ago
Alles, was sie sang, ist letztlich Referenz für andere........ausgenommen ihre Aufnahmen ab 1970.....
BRAVO MARIA
Medea59 2 years ago 4
As much I hate to say it, this is not Callas at her best. It is stupid to say she didn't understand Mozart, she simply could not express herself in this music as she could in Casta Diva.
galapz 2 years ago 4
I think she's great here.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago
What album is this from please? Thank you for posting this.
bcpiano 2 years ago
all you say is correct still what amazes here is the almost digital accuracy of this execution From a vocal point of view it is the ultimate perfection plus it has colors!
This recording is a little miracle on its own
LohengrinT 2 years ago
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And you suck and have no taste in music.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago
You are completely right. Mozart is not for tiny and tight voices.
claudiocp35 2 years ago 2
some of you must be retarted! She Rocks this... unless one of you would like to show me that you can do better.Theres always a critic with usually no talent themselves... Now go get a life :oP XOXO
JimmieHeaven 2 years ago 15
@JimmieHeaven could not have said it better myself!! This is soooooo beautiful! It's one of the pieces i listen to the most here on YouTube. She could not sing mozart???? Um I think she just did! lol Flawlessly! so :P lol
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JimmieHeaven 2 years ago
While much better than her 63 studio version, this is not all that good.
Mozart is foreign to Callas as an interpreter and as a vocalist.
whipittome 2 years ago 2
Actually, I like her Martern Aller Arten very much, her voice kind of gains quality as she goes up and down, not staying very much at the middle (where she had the most trouble) :-)
leoperarm 2 years ago
I can like her when singing things that ask for a special -strong- interpretation (Puccini, Verdi...). But Mozart wanted his music to have its own life, he composed music that has its own life. Now, her sound here is quite ugly, the interpretation, actually, is not very impressing... MOZART WAS NOT FOR HER. And not a SINGLE PERSON after 1791 can dare to change Mozart's music giving less value to the notes in order to add unnecesary drama etc.... It's all about respecting the composer's will.
leoperarm 2 years ago 4
the fire is in the score, at least with Mozart and Baroque music, what matters is the sound quality, the notes perfectly executed, because all the emotion is given by the composer... one more reason for Mozart being the greatest musical genius ever ;)
leoperarm 2 years ago
I actually don't hear her struggling with anything here. Like her, I generally find Mozart's music somewhat plain and I am surprised she sang it as plainly and as cleanly as she did.
babydrane 2 years ago
Hmm, I'm not feelin' this one...
OperaLover84 2 years ago
I love Callas in so many things (I can´t listen to any other Toscas without feeling I´m missing something and her singing of the bel canto rep was wonderful), but she was not a Mozartian (she thought his music boring).
SleepingTurtle1 2 years ago 5
Unmatched musicality, but Legge milked her voice muuuuuuuch too closely. A similar sort of thing happened with the 1954 Norma.
diuscorvus 3 years ago
Actually this test recording was made just prior to her first recording of "Lucia di Lammermoor", and, like that recording, wasn't actually produced by Walter Legge. The producer was Dino Oliveiro. The 1954 "Norma" was produced by Legge, though, as was the 1960 version.
Tsaraslondon 3 years ago
indeed this is the smoothest reading of the aria ever... far smoother than sutherland's ;) This is singing as easy as drinking a glass of water
Lohengrin 3 years ago
"some say i have a beautiful voice, some say i have not. it is a matter of opinion. all i can say, those who don't like it shouldn't come to hear me." so quit bitching and just click to another video, i mean, callas obviously would have wanted you to :)
JuillHope17 3 years ago 2
Callas was never recognized for her voice, but for the interpretation, I'm sorry, but Mozart doesn't suit a large and passionate interpretation :-/
leoperarm 3 years ago
she wasn't? where have YOU been? are you new to the world of opera?
uniqueattack 3 years ago
maybe not as new as you, but yes, her voice was quite disgusting sometimes...sorry :-D
leoperarm 3 years ago 3
Well, you did say she was NEVER recognized for her voice and that is inaccurate. Disgusting "sometimes" I would agree with...especially the later years. In her prime, thrilling and incomparable...an amazing technician. I used to wonder if I was the only one to think this until I heard M. Horne say it in an interview.
uniqueattack 3 years ago
If Mozart weren't such a genius, he'd have fallen into obscurity precisely because so many people believe falsely that they should approach his music on tiptoes.
diuscorvus 3 years ago
WOW. I think she sounds absolutely amazing here. I don't hear her having any difficulties whatsoever. She was always so interesting to listen to.
viverito 3 years ago 3
i NEVER post comment on Callas videos - i have enough fights with obnoxious calls-fans on OTHER singers' postings - but i can't help saying this now: this is just bloody unbearable to a human ear!
branko1b 3 years ago
Callas has certain difficulties here, and yet is so sweet.
Fairpavel 3 years ago
Oh, her voice sounds so sweet here! Great, great! Ave Callas!
zurriuss 3 years ago
Carta abierta a los fans de Callas:
He notado con mucha asiduidad el poco conocimiento acerca de opera que suelen tener los amantes del canto vocal de Maria Callas, a todos ellos me dirijo: Comentandoles, que el registro y color vocal de Callas, justamente no le permitió interpretar muchos roles. Canto principalmente roles de Bel Canto y verismo tardío (y Medea) pero permanecen muy pocas grabaciones consideradas de referncia de sus performances. Esto esta sujeto a la realidad histórica
kleinBion 3 years ago
No hablo bien español sino voy a intentar.
Yo no comprende bien su comentario y lo qué quiere dar a entender? María Callas llegó al mundo musical a una época o la ópera interesaba sólo lo más selecto y como hasta dijo ella durante toda su carrera: " un arte pasado de moda, no para hoy ". Sí, el color particular de su voz era un obstáculo y también un triunfo, pero ciertamente no su registro que mucho cantante gustarían tener!
ioSonoCallas 3 years ago 3
Ella igualmente cantó a principios de carrera en Grecia dos operetas " Boccace " " El país del sonrisa " y una obra contemporánea "O Protomastoras", y también en Italia "Tristano e Isotta" "La Walkiria" "Parsifal" de Wagner", "Orfeo ed Euridice" de Haydn, "La Vestale" de Spontini, "Alceste" e "Ifigenia in Tauride" de Gluck!
La realidad Histórica es que Maria Callas revolucionó la ópera modernizando el modo de cantar y usted no puede cambiar nada en eso!
ioSonoCallas 3 years ago 3
Estoy muy de acuerdo con Ud. La historia y las grabaciones lo aseveran. Ciertamente, los roles que Callas interpretó, como Lucia, Tosca, Norma, entre otros, los hizo tan suyos que nadie ha podido darles ese carácter. Claro, CAllas era una Soprano Sfogatto di agilitá, no una coloratura pura como Sutherland y otras. Pero por esas condiciones vocales dio un aporte a la Opera que aún nos asombra.
filiodecallas 3 years ago
NO habia tenido respuestas interesantes hasta ahora, te digo que el solo motivo que generó todo este atolladero con los fans de Callas era separar lo que era ficción de lo que era real, es cierto como todo cantante profesional y educado vocalmente Callas tuvo su período de gloria y de magnificas interpretaciones, pero despues pasó y el "fenomeno mediatico" tomó su lugar
kleinBion 3 years ago
No solo eso, pero su tipo vocal era lo que operas como Norma, Medee, Armida necesitaban...una assoluta, con graves de contralto y agudos de soprano aguda, poder de una soprano dramatica y agilidad de una soprano ligera.
agnellodei 3 years ago 3
No sabes de lo que hablas. El registro de Callas le permitio cantar casi cualquier cosa que deseaba, de arias para contralto o mezzo soprano a arias para soprano coloratura. Ella era capaz de cambiar el color, peso y tessitura de su voz con una facilidad increible para adaptarse al rol.
agnellodei 3 years ago 2
You always post a comment on Callas videos. And you always write the same words. Why? Is that the only thing you can say about a topic you obviously ignore?
yodavidnavarro 3 years ago 3
Don't get twisted this is not an easy aria. Although this only goes up to Bb4, the tessitura (average pitch) is high and the melodic line very exposed (like any good Austrian chap, Mozart liked his ladies naked... in more ways than one ). But Callas' job is very good, maybe not her best...
yodavidnavarro 3 years ago
That's why I don't think this can be said to be a dramatic coloratura soprano role. The tessitura is grueling for a dramatic soprano.
agnellodei 3 years ago
You mean Bb5
operamusicfan 3 years ago
Ok...
yodavidnavarro 3 years ago
rough performance compared to Sutherland, IMHO.
ARReith 3 years ago 3
Compare with Sutherland singing the same air,then judge.
blichilde 3 years ago
Young voice,charming legato.Intelligent tribute to the role.
saverioorlando 3 years ago
cierto!! estaba en plenas facultades..
BRAVISSIMA!!
^^
00ceroalaizquierda00 3 years ago
For me a very tasteful interpretation.... her musical lines are great and since many years I am listening to her Händel and Mozart, Rossini and to some of her gorgeous interpretations of french music...she has been INTELLIGENT... La divina e unica! Like every diva she fenced her territories wih her uniqueness and risk! BRAVA! Today evrthing changed the recordings are often enough boring....
Heraopera 3 years ago 2
She would have been a memorable Donna Anna. In those days the role (actually the whole opera) was sung by the heavy hitters. Now Mozart is turned over to the light weights.
profgv 3 years ago
Brava!
34fgsfgsdtu48w7qtaqt 3 years ago
Somehow, whatever she sings, she makes it sound as if it were written for her. There's no empty display, every phrase is full of meaning and she surmounts the technical difficulties with ease. There is a very neat bit of bit of breathing at the reprise and I love the way she makes the orchestra wait, ever so slightly, so as to give character to the final phrase. Whatever some may think of her unusual voice, her supreme musicianship is undeniable.
CharlotteinWeimar 3 years ago 11
What a nice comment. I'd never thought about the way she made the orchestra wait before. Thanks for the post.
opera1dan2 3 years ago
Sad that she never recorded the full role. Amazing insight as usual!
Elisabetta611 3 years ago
she's perfect, but in other pieces, for me
madziua90 3 years ago
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not perfect for me... there are a lot better singing people than Maria Callas. but when she was a diva, there was another style of singing of course. I heven't heard Callas singing for a long time, but now I'm a bit dissapointed...
madziua90 3 years ago
I find callas better in mozart roles than in some italian stuff.
operaeater 3 years ago
Heavenly perfection. It is really too, too bad she did not perform Donna Anna onstage.
She had lots to express in Mozart that other artists just hinted at, probably daunted by the difficulties inherent in the music.
CumpariSparacino 3 years ago
Callas es Callas, pero nunca me ha parecido una interprete para la música de Mozart.
Aunque el audio es interesante, es parte de la historia gracias.
Rapicienta 4 years ago 3
this is so... perfect! And I have heard ALL donna Annas. Non manages to sing vocally perfect and add plea and love to her voice...
Lohengrin 4 years ago 2
q foda!!!!
Mozart@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
lara9114 4 years ago