this is the best cast, ever!!! ( I love when Cavadarossi says " e rido ancor'.... e rido ancor!!") i just love him and Callas's voice behind!..... wow
What is not noted is the remarkably adept camera work, considering this a live performance in the infancy of such things. Further, the performances were intended to be seen from a distance (by the seated audience) not close up: it is similarly remarkable that they work so "cruelly" exposed.
GOOD NEWS dear Callas fans!!!! Striker capitulates! The automated production of feces is over. He's a nervous wreck because the great Filaredo gang has destroyed the white knight on his black donkey. Striker, you are alone in a hopeless plight!Go home and lick your wounds!!! Hoohooohaahaahhhaaa..... what a wonderful world...!!! Striker is only a picture of misery.....LOL
Titto Gobbi is wonderful in here the best Baron Scarpia ever and well, Maria Callas she was the best and still the best Tosca of all times they both were GRAND
O please for the memory of Maria, delete this painful performance.Maria voice was gone long time ago but the worst thing here is her acting, she looks like a parody of herself.Poor Maria
It may not have been the best performance she ever gave of Tosca...yes, it was after her voice began to lose its quality. Still, there are very few instances of a Callas performance recorded for both audio and video. This may not be how you wish to remember Maria Callas, but opera is not sound alone, and I was born after she was gone. Let me have this, that I may know her.
Absolutely, I too was born way after she was gone, and being a fan who came in pretty late for her, I'm intrigued by her acting ability, for what is Callas without her interpretation?
I couldn't bare listening to her audio recordings frankly, I guess I'm used to the more modern, warm voice of today's opera; but her acting is exceptional, everytime, not only at her best.
sorry...Cavaradossi....3:16-3:22
oliban78 1 month ago
this is the best cast, ever!!! ( I love when Cavadarossi says " e rido ancor'.... e rido ancor!!") i just love him and Callas's voice behind!..... wow
oliban78 1 month ago
What is not noted is the remarkably adept camera work, considering this a live performance in the infancy of such things. Further, the performances were intended to be seen from a distance (by the seated audience) not close up: it is similarly remarkable that they work so "cruelly" exposed.
JackRance1910 1 month ago
ugh spoletta blows. Gobbi is a beast though
flicfan416 5 months ago
In a word, Genius!
NYCHombre 1 year ago
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pointemeout 1 year ago
I love this opera.
April039231 2 years ago 3
That Scarpia would scare the shit out of me
kelseylys 2 years ago
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belmanotre 2 years ago
el espoletta no me gusta nada,le falta caracter,esta mejor el del film donde sale raimondi y alagna.
anselgoya 2 years ago
He´s the best Scarpia
florduende 2 years ago 3
THEIR CHEMISTRY IS PERFECT!!!
TreblesBasses 2 years ago 5
Silly Scarpia... he has no idea of what he is getting himself into. La Callas is supreme. My thanks for this post. My warm and kind regards,
WiseMonki 3 years ago 2
thank you for posting this historic document! adorable forever
renatwotwo 3 years ago 2
I love the look on Maria (7:57)when singing "it seems that one must lie to please you?"
SainteChapelle 3 years ago 2
OMG if that's one line I remember because of her face it's that. It's so convincing you don't even need to know what she's singing!
crybabyland 2 years ago
Titto Gobbi is wonderful in here the best Baron Scarpia ever and well, Maria Callas she was the best and still the best Tosca of all times they both were GRAND
MAPIAKALLAS 4 years ago 11
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O please for the memory of Maria, delete this painful performance.Maria voice was gone long time ago but the worst thing here is her acting, she looks like a parody of herself.Poor Maria
lohengrinteo 4 years ago
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This is considered the best dramatic performance of Callas in Tosca. Ok, the voice wasn't good, but that was her night!!!
Anakinjan 4 years ago
It may not have been the best performance she ever gave of Tosca...yes, it was after her voice began to lose its quality. Still, there are very few instances of a Callas performance recorded for both audio and video. This may not be how you wish to remember Maria Callas, but opera is not sound alone, and I was born after she was gone. Let me have this, that I may know her.
lordgort 3 years ago 11
Absolutely, I too was born way after she was gone, and being a fan who came in pretty late for her, I'm intrigued by her acting ability, for what is Callas without her interpretation?
I couldn't bare listening to her audio recordings frankly, I guess I'm used to the more modern, warm voice of today's opera; but her acting is exceptional, everytime, not only at her best.
Drelnis 3 years ago 3
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@lohengrinteo shut up you ignorant bitch...
CyprusHot 1 year ago