Maria Callas. Great No point in comparing any soprano with one another. Silly!!! They all have greatness. Tastes make a difference. Ridiculous to make comparisons, Oh God!!!
cada cual oiga y dusfrute de su estrella........para mi la nebulosa era joan sutherland.........asi que a oir cada cual el estrellato que quiera........yo prefiero lo imcomprensible........
Maria Callas always original, unique and magnifique..Nice job putting this video clip together. Lovely, great and wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing it.
callas fue la mayor cantante de opera......solo con una salvedad.......que joan sutherland la supero en todos los sentidos.........y por eso el mundo quedo quebrado........dos acontecimientos al mismo tiempo..dificil de tragar........pero cierto..........rios de tinta corren con este tema.......pero la realidad es clara y contundente......sutherland es magistralmente angel y diosa..........paradigma de la opera moderna.......y antigua...por eso nadie puede superarla....ni a ella ni a la callas.
@bellini7verdi- Joan Sutherland era superior en técnica vocal aunque su dicción era terrible. Yo hablo italiano y mastico el francés y a Callas se le entiende lo que canta mientras que a la Sra. Sutherland no le entiendo aun sabiendo el texto. La diferencia más profunda entre la Divina y EL RESTO (incluso la Sra. Sutherland) era que María era una gran músico, increíble cantante y actriz absoluta, que un día cantaba a Wagner y al siguiente a Mozart o a Rossini. Su carrera fue fascinante.
@alexgomez2 - my French isnt good but I get the jist of what you write and I agree that that Sutherland is good..... but you have really fucked up by even daring to mention Callas - Callas is the Goddess and has no equal. Shame on you
@MrNooneseesme - I think that you don't speak Spanish to understand that I actually agree with you. Your insensitive comment full of bad words tells me that in spite of the fact that know about opera to understand that Callas had no comparison, you are an uneducated, grossly rude individual. Please check twice before you give your opinion on a comment made in a language you obviously don't understand.
@alexgomez2 I picked up on you saying that Sutherland had a superior vocal technique - that was what I was getting upset about, not the rest of your comments, which I do understand and agree with. I was just in a bad mood and picked up that part of your comment. Apologies for my swearing, it really wasnt necessary. Im not normally rude and I normally like commenting with overseas people. Regards.
@vivelhistoire The voice is Callas and the first 9 photos are of Callas, but that is not her in the apartment scenes or in the country garden scenes toward the end of this clip.
I do not believe that Maria Callas necessarily had the best soprano voice ever but undoubtedly she was the best operatic soprano performer. It was her overall performance that took one's breath away and gave her the reputation as the greatest soprano.
I think she was fantastic and will always be La Divina. God Bless you Maria.
@vahisern Wow, am I getting pissed-off!! I gave your mother $5.00 for her $2.00 Blow-Job Special, and she kept the change!! Jesus Christ, I'm pissed! I mean for $2.00 it was worth it, but for $5.00, no way!! Yes, I know she swallows and licks it clean, but she smells so fuckin' bad, it's disgusting! Please tell your mom, to wash the shit and cum off once in a while.
@piasecznik OK Fucktard, then you give me a reasonable explanation why this guy has been FILTHY bashing Callas for almost two years!!! What earthly reason could justify that??? What can possibly motivate someone to post filthy comments against a DEAD, DEFENSELESS WOMAN, for almost two years! Until you give me that answer, go fuck yourself you bastard.
@hammer55292 Yup, definitely a Republican. Resorting to insults when challenged is another sign of that. Neanderthalgirl (so much for 'guy') criticized Callas' voice, I don't even agree with her, but that's on a whole different level than the personal insults with a fundamentalist raving mindset you're spewing.
@piasecznik Wrong again Fido. Their group has been on here for almost two years using the most vile, filthy language against Callas. I am not falling into your bullshit trap of trying to defend my actions, and criticizing theirs. What they have done is an outrage, but because it's an open forum, they can not be stopped. As for my raving lunacy, yes there is an element of truth to that. Egregious acts demand an egregious reponse. Death to the Filaredo Islamo-Fascists!!!
i salute all the people here who rose in defense of callas and her reputation as an artist. some of the comments really touched me because they were so sincere and heart-felt. so many people here with a deep knowledge and appreciation of music extolled her brilliance. thank you all of you. you give me reason to have faith in human nature.
i dont understand why people who dislike callas bother watch her videos... they must be sad, small minded and pitiful creatures. i hope they get a life.
I think you live in a fool's paradise. You see Callas through rose-colored glasses and what you say is bullshit! The whole thing's so fantastic it just could be true.
You forgot SOMETHING like her faulty colorless shallow voice, her metallic timbre, her pressing like a bagpipe, her tone-deafness, her mimic art like a clown, her muddy diction, her cawing like a monkey and mostly she never strike the high tones. All in all a mediocre voice without beauty.
@Neanderthalgirl REWARD!! REWARD!! REWARD!!! $500.00 US Postal Money Order sent to the person who PMs me with the confirmed identity of the person posting as NEanderthal, ferricskin, Ferricheart, gandor 1337, etc. This is not a joke.
@Neanderthalgirl I finally figured it out!! You're a Muslim. The French people worshipped Callas, as did most of all Europeans. Your hatred of Callas can only be an ethnic hatred. The only ethnicity that could hate Callas would be a Muslim. It is humanly impossible for any European to hate her. I believe you are a Muslim, pretending to be either French or German. It is documented that Callas was revered
as if the Queen of England. You're hatred is that of a zealot. I pray that God kills you.
@oladman there are several dvds of her interviews. there is a movie on her life (with the extra frills of a side story) done by franco zeferelli called 'callas' .
however, if you want to know callas, you have to listen to her voice. her artistic persona was who she was in the truest sense. her 'life' - meaning her biography doesn't really reveal her true self - her soul. only her voice and her music does that. cheers.
There is something in that special "greek" type of singing + acting... The great Callas is somehow TOO different from other great divas! And - I must mention here my most adored mezzosoprano Agnes Baltsa too... There`s some air of the great ANSCIENT THEATRE in these Greek ladies. ( Even Theresa Stratas conveys that mysterious thrill - though bit less powerful.) If I were of greek origin myself, it could be my subjective feeling - but I`m not.
Oh... Maria Callas.... I am sure will get a chance to see her sing in the "other side"!! Do God.... Please grant me the wish to see this wonderful being sing on the other side!! (So mote be)
My grandma had the pleasure of seeing Callas live several times back in the 50's when she was a young lady. Once, when we were talking about these events, she said something like: On stage, Callas was much more than just a singer taking the role, in fact, she WAS Violetta with every bit of her body and soul. She also said, it is not possible to describe her stage presence with words, it's something you had to see for yourself..
somebody - i dont know who - did describe her performance of violetta -
he said that when she did the final scene when violetta dies, callas did so with her eyes open - she did not close her eyelids, but she WITHDREW THE SPARK OF LIFE FROM HER EYES! also it is said that in 'tosca', that she nearly stabbed the baritone tito gobbi - she didnt notice that the blade of the dagger hadn't retracted!
Aren't these scenes from the 1984 Italian mini-series "The Life of Verdi"? And I believe the singing is from the 1953 Santini studio recording? If so, yes, it's Callas singing but she didn't "do" this as a vocal sound track - and she had left us in 1977. It does show how associated she was with the role, that the producers of the series would choose her voice for the Traviata segment rather than a soprano still singing at the time of filming.
Wow. This has just blown me away. I have heard this 50 times with different sopranos but this is quite something else. Just listen to it, particularly from about 5.20, I'm often moved by this but I've just been sobbing for 5 minutes. Jeez!
Maria Callas should have agreed to play the role in this movie. Her beauty could have helped her play the role and enjoy her great fame as a prima donna.
Neander, Vandroop, Belmanotre, and all your other fake ass-licking profile names. When you get done sucking each other's cocks, try to listen to Maria Callas the greatest soprano of all time. Your opinion doesn't mean shit. She's the greatest, it's a done deal, suck it deep.
Vandrops, HA!HA!HA! Now an expert has even told you Callas is better!!!! I told you, but that was not good enough, why? Because I cut and split firewood, you didn't believe me that Callas is the GREATEST SOPRANO SFOGATO OF ALL TIME!!!! Why, a woodchopper can't know who's La Divina!!!
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Callas was only teacup faked mezzo who was the love of all neurotic sexless pigs from the Opera circle, and don't forget that she was fat and most ungraceful swine queen who, happened to have the record on cancellations and not ended performances
Oh Verdi, Shmerdi. Opera is dead since Callas stopped singing. All this talk about Netrebko (sound way too far back!) Dhimitrova (fat bore!) Gheorghiu (perfect technique but never lets it rip!). They will never all 3 of them measure up to one minute of Callas' music and performances. I am convinced that is why she was sent to us, to help kill it off so that a new art form could emerge.
netrebko's legacy hasn't withstood the test of time, so her overall impact is still unknown...
although netrebko's voice is creamier and richer than late callas's, netrebko has clumsy coloratura and a tendency to flat the high notes. netrebko has a good sense of musical theatre, but callas's surpasses hers by miles. i do like netrebko, though.
Filaredos that diss Callas, you are the fools of Youtube. there is no measure of Callas' greatness. Netrebko is a sow with Piglet Tiago. Netrebko stinks in opera. She is a Popera/MTV slut, not a world-class soprano like Callas. Send Annushka back to the farm with her little piglet.
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nestersg you 're a american piece of shit!!!
Folks, YouTube is a great fun and no more! Most of the users come from USA and who takes people from america or italy seriously in opera? Definitely no one!!
For this NOOB's a third class singer like Callas is "La Divina"???? HAW HAW HAW.....LMAO!!!!!!
People, please don't waste your time trying to reason with Bellafredina/Filaredo. They get a kick out of dissing Callas, and the responses they get. They are Callas haters, and will never change. Just like I hate them, I will never change, no matter what anyone says. Just tell them here on Youtube how much you hate them, and what scum they are, the losers!
Thank you for posting this! I ADORE this opera, it is so moving, every scene is filled with genuine human emotion. And of course, LA DIVINA sings here! Other Violettas I absolutely ADORE are the two glorious Romanian divas, Virginia Zeani and Angela Gheorghiu.
Mit der Vorstellung bin ich auch hierher gekommen!! Nach der ersten Kritik bekam ich dann täglich PMs von MTNMANJT. Nachfolgend ein kleiner Auszug davon......
........ und wenn man die Stimmen der Callas mit der von Netrebko auf den reinen Klang hin analysiert, also davon absieht, welche Ausdrucksstärke die Interpretinnen erreichen, und allein die Qualität des Ausgangsmaterials betrachtet, dann singt die Russin zumindest klangschöner und mit besser verblendeten Registern als die Griechin. In der Dramitik der Koloratur ist die Callas bis heute allerdings unerreicht!
Für mich gehört sie nicht zu den Top10 der schönsten Stimmen!
Pyrare1 dein Statement zu Callas hier ist absolut korrekt. Ich habe ihre Verdienste nie in Frage gestellt - man lese nur das Buch von Jürgen Kesting! Einer Verherrlichung von Idealen, die bestenfalls Idole sein können, kann ich dagegen nicht zustimmen.
Der Vergleich LP-CD und Aufnahmetechnik ist falsch! Meine Familie besitzt fast alles was es von Callas an LP-Aufnahmen gibt, sogar Einzelstücke, und die überarbeiteten CDs betonen das "Schrille" ganz eindeutig.
bellafredina, ich komme ebenfalls aus einer sogenannten "Callas-Familie". Meine erste Schallplatte zum 10. Geburtstag war Tosca mit Callas und Di Stefano. Dennoch war ich nie ihr begeisterter Anhänger! Jedoch verdient diese Sängerin den höchsten Respekt für Ihr Lebenswerk. Keine andere Sängerin tat soviel für die Oper wie sie. Ohne sie würde es heute vielleicht keine Norma oder Lucia geben. Und jetzt was anderes: Ich tausche mich gerne hier mit anderen Leuten aus, ...
...solange die Meinungen im fachlichen Rahmen bleiben. Jeder hat einen anderen Geschmack und keiner verdient es, für seine Meinung angegriffen oder beleidigt zu werden!
Pyrare 1, LOL!! Bellafredina told me on PM, that she was 29, a beautiful woman, with a body like Heidi klum!! OK I see what we have here, Bella fredina is an " IT ' , that gets off on causing trouble on Youtube. Pity the poor unfortunate.
Il Pirata. all those operas where unknown. Joan Sutherland and Montserrat Caballe profited of her work and adopted the opera parts. bellafredina, if you don't know about it, look at Wikipedia but don't tell us such a bullshit...
All famous musican of the whole world agree:
Maria Callas is considered to be the unrivaled Primadonna assoluta of the 20th century!
I agree, she sounds shrill in the high notes, but is an unlucky record.from early times. With nowdays technic it doesn't sound like that. Listen ti other old records, most singers sound shrill in the high notes.
Maria Callas was Idol to other famous singers because she was the very best in dramatic expression. Agnes Baltsa was a student of her. Callas rediscovered old Operas like Norma, Lucia de Lammermoor, Il Turco in Italia, Armida,
BALLSOFRED, go to music school to learn of the greatness of La Divina , The Great Maria Callas. You obviously are ignorant of Classical Opera. Popera is for
Bella fred, are you some type of weirdo internet nutcake? If you said Callas was good, but not the best, you would have some credibility. You however have lost all credibility, you are a sham. Callas was,
is, and always will be the world of opera. The opera world revolves around La Divina, The Great Maria Callas.
Bella fredina, your insanely jealous comments against Callas are futile. You're the whore for Netrebko. You're the paid on-line slut for Netrebko. Callas is the most magnificent of all time! Others are o.k., but no one can compare to La Divina, Callas The Great!!!
mtnmanjt, I can sympathize with your views about Maria Callas! No sopran had this remarkable dramatic expression in her voice until today. And this fact made her famous and unforgettable. Otherwise she got strident in the high notes, and she worked hard on it. But its beyond any doubt: she was divine!
Pyrare1, hello from the U.S. Any nasty criticism of Callas deserves a like response. She was not perfect, but she was, I believe the greatest of all time. I base that on the opinions of the world's greatest opera directors, singers, professionals, and critics. There are a few on Youtube that seek to denigrate Callas, for some reason. They should be treated with the severest words, for besmirching the name of Callas.
BALLSOFREDINHER, you are truly insane, get to a shrink. You are a crazy person. Callas does not belong in the top ten, she belongs as ONE and ONLY !!
The Greatest of All Time, La Divina Maria Callas, The Magnificent!! Ushakova and Netrebko are lightweights compared to the Heavyweight Champion. Give it up, Callas can not be equaled. I know you hate her, but she was, is, and always will
be THE GREATEST FEMALE OPERA SINGER, OF ALL TIME!! CALLAS THE MAGNIFICENT, BEYOND COMPARE!!!
Bonanplu, Toscaninni considered Callas a genius and the greatest voice. He was heterosexual, and a genius as well. Leonard Bernstein considered her the greatest singing actress, and voice of the century. He was a genius and gay. Both men were great men, and artists, and knew more of music and voice than your aficienado posing self will ever. You shrivel, shrink, and recoil in the midst of such beauty, truth, perfection, and love that Maria gave us. Her work defends itself.
thank you MTNMAJT for your hysterical and quick answer, you are upset, I noticed how much you laughed to death and how you know about negligee.About singing you know nothing, you are typical ignorant fan of the dreadful poor Maria
Maravillosa Maria, no solo interpretaba, lo vivia, y cada palabra se comprende claramente, trabajaba mucho la dicciòn clara,hizo escuela...eterna marìa, divina marìa, por siempre marìa.
In many professions there are great ones. They can not by nature remain great forever, but in their prime, they were untouchable. Example, Mike Tyson boxing. In his prime it was bordering on suicide for a man to get in the ring with
him. In her prime, all any singers could hope to do was lurk in Callas' shadow. Thirty years later, they all get compared to Callas, and most remain....in her shadow.
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Bonanplu, this is your second dirty post tonight, on sex. You are really showing your colors of the rainbow tonight, you little worm of a human. If I was gay, which I am not, I would have the guts to admit it.
We don't have to wonder about you now, you have confirmed what you are. Aren't you a little bit old for gay porn?? LOL!!!!
mtnmanjt, You go on weaving femenine answers and beleive yourself you are a real man, you will die perhaps without realizing you were a ridiculous traumatic and horny gay.Go on writing about how great Callas is (for ignorant people like you), poor idiotic maricon
Goodness! She makes Amy Lee from Evanescence sound like a 12 year old! lol If nothing else like a novice, for sure. lol she's got such a powerful, strong, yet beautiful voice.
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Una Diosa, una auténtica Diosa en todos los sentidos... pero un poco chiflada por eso de la tenia que se metió dentro de su cuerpo para conseguir adelgazar 30 kilos...
Nice begining and narration of Traviata story line throughout but bad choice of video photos for most of the story line. There are plenty of still photo scenes of Callas's Traviata wich could have easily been used instead of this other woman who i don't even recognize.
I totally agree that pictures of Maria would have made this video much more poignant and dramatic, maybe the poster did not take time to look up photo's of Callas but her voice with the exception of Renata Tebaldi was the greatest of all-time. Callas was just awesome beyond words. "4****" would have give a 5 had pictures of Callas been used.
GREEK GODDESS !Divine voice ..!
Ksanthipa 2 days ago
Maria Callas. Great No point in comparing any soprano with one another. Silly!!! They all have greatness. Tastes make a difference. Ridiculous to make comparisons, Oh God!!!
mone8078 3 weeks ago
fucking narrator, piss off. Callas is a Goddess how fuckin dare you interupt one millisecond of her perfect voice you scumbag - fuck off and die
MrNooneseesme 4 weeks ago
cada cual oiga y dusfrute de su estrella........para mi la nebulosa era joan sutherland.........asi que a oir cada cual el estrellato que quiera........yo prefiero lo imcomprensible........
bellini7verdi 2 months ago
I'm probably nuts. But I still love that woman...
40camelsaday 3 months ago
Maria Callas always original, unique and magnifique..Nice job putting this video clip together. Lovely, great and wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Tenorbravo 3 months ago
Check out youtube/lulu.mov
3551933 4 months ago
Let's all bow down and softly worhship this only true divina (DIVA) a Greek force of nature. My God, Maria, how we love you so.
Onassis was such a fool. You will continue, harsh but innocent soul, through eternity. Breath deep, and listen.
TheJedgeworth 4 months ago
@TheJedgeworth
AMI sow ... shut up!
Nougatpralinchen 4 months ago
@Nougatpralinchen You are sow? Well, I certainly won't argue with you there. Good luck on your journeys, sow.
TheJedgeworth 4 months ago
callas fue la mayor cantante de opera......solo con una salvedad.......que joan sutherland la supero en todos los sentidos.........y por eso el mundo quedo quebrado........dos acontecimientos al mismo tiempo..dificil de tragar........pero cierto..........rios de tinta corren con este tema.......pero la realidad es clara y contundente......sutherland es magistralmente angel y diosa..........paradigma de la opera moderna.......y antigua...por eso nadie puede superarla....ni a ella ni a la callas.
bellini7verdi 5 months ago
@bellini7verdi- Joan Sutherland era superior en técnica vocal aunque su dicción era terrible. Yo hablo italiano y mastico el francés y a Callas se le entiende lo que canta mientras que a la Sra. Sutherland no le entiendo aun sabiendo el texto. La diferencia más profunda entre la Divina y EL RESTO (incluso la Sra. Sutherland) era que María era una gran músico, increíble cantante y actriz absoluta, que un día cantaba a Wagner y al siguiente a Mozart o a Rossini. Su carrera fue fascinante.
alexgomez2 5 months ago 3
@alexgomez2 - my French isnt good but I get the jist of what you write and I agree that that Sutherland is good..... but you have really fucked up by even daring to mention Callas - Callas is the Goddess and has no equal. Shame on you
MrNooneseesme 4 weeks ago
@MrNooneseesme - I think that you don't speak Spanish to understand that I actually agree with you. Your insensitive comment full of bad words tells me that in spite of the fact that know about opera to understand that Callas had no comparison, you are an uneducated, grossly rude individual. Please check twice before you give your opinion on a comment made in a language you obviously don't understand.
alexgomez2 4 weeks ago
@alexgomez2 I picked up on you saying that Sutherland had a superior vocal technique - that was what I was getting upset about, not the rest of your comments, which I do understand and agree with. I was just in a bad mood and picked up that part of your comment. Apologies for my swearing, it really wasnt necessary. Im not normally rude and I normally like commenting with overseas people. Regards.
MrNooneseesme 4 weeks ago
Why don´t you shut up and let the unique sing? PLEASE
jlpuntocom 6 months ago 3
Are the pictures of Callas?
vivelhistoire 6 months ago
@vivelhistoire The voice is Callas and the first 9 photos are of Callas, but that is not her in the apartment scenes or in the country garden scenes toward the end of this clip.
CalifaJohn 5 months ago
Fantastica...
alearda 6 months ago
I do not believe that Maria Callas necessarily had the best soprano voice ever but undoubtedly she was the best operatic soprano performer. It was her overall performance that took one's breath away and gave her the reputation as the greatest soprano.
I think she was fantastic and will always be La Divina. God Bless you Maria.
SongsforRex 6 months ago 2
gyonyoru!!
KYAN1TE 7 months ago
"TRAVIATA" died in Paris with Maria Callas on Sept. 16th 1977 ... After Callas, nobody will ever sing that way again ... never !
Faust075 7 months ago 18
La Divina®
brasilcarioka 8 months ago
I just have discovered Maria Callas and i only can say MARVELOUS. thank you madame Callas
Ragdeeyg 8 months ago
Maria Callas always will be amazing! xxx :) Please watch my video of me singing opera at 14 years old :D xx
stephaniehershaw 9 months ago
Callas for ever!!!
MrPipposiculo 10 months ago 2
16 people have no heart or soul...
CyprusHot 10 months ago
it is impossible to connect the most idiomatic voice of all times to any other person / face / body etc
LohengrinT 10 months ago
Grazie Maria ancora dal 2011
girossy 11 months ago
無可取代的永遠的卡拉絲
fu6079 11 months ago
Quién es el narrador? Tiene una voz bellísima.
mariadelamor21 11 months ago
Excelente!!!!!!
mariadelamor21 11 months ago
Bellisima. Brava.
nygypsy318 1 year ago
La Divina Absoluta!
Joseph Steward
jovita011 1 year ago
BEST VIOLETTA EVER: VIRGINIA ZEANI.
ramirogorriti 1 year ago
La siempre grande, la siempre Divina, Maria Callas ! Gracias Dios, por este maravilloso angel que canta divinamente para nosotros!
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vahisern 1 year ago
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@vahisern Wow, am I getting pissed-off!! I gave your mother $5.00 for her $2.00 Blow-Job Special, and she kept the change!! Jesus Christ, I'm pissed! I mean for $2.00 it was worth it, but for $5.00, no way!! Yes, I know she swallows and licks it clean, but she smells so fuckin' bad, it's disgusting! Please tell your mom, to wash the shit and cum off once in a while.
hammer55292 1 year ago
@piasecznik OK Fucktard, then you give me a reasonable explanation why this guy has been FILTHY bashing Callas for almost two years!!! What earthly reason could justify that??? What can possibly motivate someone to post filthy comments against a DEAD, DEFENSELESS WOMAN, for almost two years! Until you give me that answer, go fuck yourself you bastard.
hammer55292 1 year ago
@hammer55292 Yup, definitely a Republican. Resorting to insults when challenged is another sign of that. Neanderthalgirl (so much for 'guy') criticized Callas' voice, I don't even agree with her, but that's on a whole different level than the personal insults with a fundamentalist raving mindset you're spewing.
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@piasecznik Wrong again Fido. Their group has been on here for almost two years using the most vile, filthy language against Callas. I am not falling into your bullshit trap of trying to defend my actions, and criticizing theirs. What they have done is an outrage, but because it's an open forum, they can not be stopped. As for my raving lunacy, yes there is an element of truth to that. Egregious acts demand an egregious reponse. Death to the Filaredo Islamo-Fascists!!!
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@vahisern My shit smells like your mother, she has been whoring for too long.
hammer55292 1 year ago
i salute all the people here who rose in defense of callas and her reputation as an artist. some of the comments really touched me because they were so sincere and heart-felt. so many people here with a deep knowledge and appreciation of music extolled her brilliance. thank you all of you. you give me reason to have faith in human nature.
i dont understand why people who dislike callas bother watch her videos... they must be sad, small minded and pitiful creatures. i hope they get a life.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
@theinkbrain
I think you live in a fool's paradise. You see Callas through rose-colored glasses and what you say is bullshit! The whole thing's so fantastic it just could be true.
You forgot SOMETHING like her faulty colorless shallow voice, her metallic timbre, her pressing like a bagpipe, her tone-deafness, her mimic art like a clown, her muddy diction, her cawing like a monkey and mostly she never strike the high tones. All in all a mediocre voice without beauty.
Neanderthalgirl 1 year ago 4
@theinkbrain
......... but the worst is:
the so-called 'Callas-fans' being as shallow as Callas' voice. A group of crying idiots who have found a new god.
Women, Gays, Lesbian and maudlin Freaks are the fandom of horror without every operatic skills and always unintelligent.
Dear Theinkbrain your faith in human nature is pointless and the same great error like, to think american and british people would be good humans!
Neanderthalgirl 1 year ago 4
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@Neanderthalgirl REWARD!! REWARD!! REWARD!!! $500.00 US Postal Money Order sent to the person who PMs me with the confirmed identity of the person posting as NEanderthal, ferricskin, Ferricheart, gandor 1337, etc. This is not a joke.
hammer55292 1 year ago
@Neanderthalgirl I finally figured it out!! You're a Muslim. The French people worshipped Callas, as did most of all Europeans. Your hatred of Callas can only be an ethnic hatred. The only ethnicity that could hate Callas would be a Muslim. It is humanly impossible for any European to hate her. I believe you are a Muslim, pretending to be either French or German. It is documented that Callas was revered
as if the Queen of England. You're hatred is that of a zealot. I pray that God kills you.
hammer55292 1 year ago
the power in "amami alfredo".....yea. no other singer will ever even come close...not everrrr. never.
pointemeout 1 year ago
does anyone know if there is a movie on the life and music of Callas?
oladman 1 year ago
@oladman there are several dvds of her interviews. there is a movie on her life (with the extra frills of a side story) done by franco zeferelli called 'callas' .
however, if you want to know callas, you have to listen to her voice. her artistic persona was who she was in the truest sense. her 'life' - meaning her biography doesn't really reveal her true self - her soul. only her voice and her music does that. cheers.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
And - oh certainly Callas should have been actress in this movie! Alll actors seem pathetic - in combination with that her voice.
Rospaint 1 year ago
There is something in that special "greek" type of singing + acting... The great Callas is somehow TOO different from other great divas! And - I must mention here my most adored mezzosoprano Agnes Baltsa too... There`s some air of the great ANSCIENT THEATRE in these Greek ladies. ( Even Theresa Stratas conveys that mysterious thrill - though bit less powerful.) If I were of greek origin myself, it could be my subjective feeling - but I`m not.
I only love art - almost more than life.
Rospaint 1 year ago
Oh... Maria Callas.... I am sure will get a chance to see her sing in the "other side"!! Do God.... Please grant me the wish to see this wonderful being sing on the other side!! (So mote be)
frankieplaymate69 1 year ago
Callas should have been the actress in in this movie.
It was pointless to put a mediocre actress in it, then dub her voice.
Callas is so much more beautiful, and an incomparably better actor anyway.
What a sad pity.
Ellevius 1 year ago 10
@Ellevius The movie was made in 1988l Callas died in 1977
3551933 1 year ago 14
@3551933 Yes alas, though in our hearts spirit lives on.
thanksyounow 1 year ago
@3551933
An advanced logic calculation then tell that the possibility is equal to zero.
ForAll23 2 months ago
@3551933 actress
FilmArtism 1 month ago
Respond to this video... The movie was made in1988. Callas died in 1977
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@Ellevius
You asshole .... mediocre actress and mediocre singer that fits ... you swine!
ShemaleSow55292 1 year ago
@ShemaleSow55292 I " SPAM " you to detah!!! HA!HA!HAH!
hammer55292 1 year ago
My grandma had the pleasure of seeing Callas live several times back in the 50's when she was a young lady. Once, when we were talking about these events, she said something like: On stage, Callas was much more than just a singer taking the role, in fact, she WAS Violetta with every bit of her body and soul. She also said, it is not possible to describe her stage presence with words, it's something you had to see for yourself..
SilverCircle71 1 year ago
@SilverCircle71
somebody - i dont know who - did describe her performance of violetta -
he said that when she did the final scene when violetta dies, callas did so with her eyes open - she did not close her eyelids, but she WITHDREW THE SPARK OF LIFE FROM HER EYES! also it is said that in 'tosca', that she nearly stabbed the baritone tito gobbi - she didnt notice that the blade of the dagger hadn't retracted!
when she played a part she WAS that part.
she was unique and unparalelled.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
Je viens écouter Callas,pas un commentateur qui parle sur sa voix.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
Gyönyörű ritka szép hang.
katimama100 1 year ago
Aren't these scenes from the 1984 Italian mini-series "The Life of Verdi"? And I believe the singing is from the 1953 Santini studio recording? If so, yes, it's Callas singing but she didn't "do" this as a vocal sound track - and she had left us in 1977. It does show how associated she was with the role, that the producers of the series would choose her voice for the Traviata segment rather than a soprano still singing at the time of filming.
arnoldogiordani 1 year ago
Wow. This has just blown me away. I have heard this 50 times with different sopranos but this is quite something else. Just listen to it, particularly from about 5.20, I'm often moved by this but I've just been sobbing for 5 minutes. Jeez!
gazzathomps 1 year ago
This is a FANTASTIC interpretation of the role of Violetta..Thanks . Maria the best...always unique and origina.
GeneKLM747 1 year ago
La Diva Divina!!!
Calaf120 1 year ago
Oh my God!! What singing!!!!!
citrussorbet 1 year ago
Maria Callas should have agreed to play the role in this movie. Her beauty could have helped her play the role and enjoy her great fame as a prima donna.
Operalover12002 1 year ago
Simply marvelous...Maria Callas'a voice portrays all the powerful and subtle emotions that Violetta is experiencing.
jcsiegelman 1 year ago
excelente muy buen video.
Frothyi 2 years ago
pretty impressive!
jeannie5100 2 years ago
Callas is a true natural talent.
moebob212 2 years ago
@moebob212 I must agree with you.
tena2 1 year ago
what's up with the tags? russia? diddy? wizards??? lol!
dem24utube 2 years ago
Very beautiful video. A voice like a string of pearls! How the coloratura glitters in all colors.... Exquisite.
Elisabetta611 2 years ago 3
wow Biedna Maria Callas...a wszystko to przez milosc...szkoda....tylko video po nich pozostalo...szkoda.....
verenika1 2 years ago 2
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@mtnmanjt
Has it occurred to you that you're only a idiot perhaps?!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
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Neander, Vandroop, Belmanotre, and all your other fake ass-licking profile names. When you get done sucking each other's cocks, try to listen to Maria Callas the greatest soprano of all time. Your opinion doesn't mean shit. She's the greatest, it's a done deal, suck it deep.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
it'sBeatifull
karasunoarashi 2 years ago
Wonderful video!! Thank you for uploading!
yeahhhme 2 years ago 2
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ezayi
you're right, Striker is a cockhead.
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
No es el rol que mejor le sentaba! Norma es su papel definitivamente.
swaingles 2 years ago
How expert? sillyboydeux, this figure of fun? What a joke!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
Vandrops, HA!HA!HA! Now an expert has even told you Callas is better!!!! I told you, but that was not good enough, why? Because I cut and split firewood, you didn't believe me that Callas is the GREATEST SOPRANO SFOGATO OF ALL TIME!!!! Why, a woodchopper can't know who's La Divina!!!
striker9410 2 years ago
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A YT-user wrote:
Callas was only teacup faked mezzo who was the love of all neurotic sexless pigs from the Opera circle, and don't forget that she was fat and most ungraceful swine queen who, happened to have the record on cancellations and not ended performances
......it's the truth!
Neanderthalgirl 2 years ago
what an ignorant!. you´re just doing the ridiculous with all you´re writing here. Didn´t you realized that, you cockhead?
ezayi 2 years ago
Oh Verdi, Shmerdi. Opera is dead since Callas stopped singing. All this talk about Netrebko (sound way too far back!) Dhimitrova (fat bore!) Gheorghiu (perfect technique but never lets it rip!). They will never all 3 of them measure up to one minute of Callas' music and performances. I am convinced that is why she was sent to us, to help kill it off so that a new art form could emerge.
sillyboydeux 2 years ago 2
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Striker....I'll keep you informed.
ANNA NETREBKO IS THE GREATEST SOPRANO OF ALL TIME
(BBC2009, Times2009)
It's no surprise:
ANNA surpasses Callas!
vandrops 2 years ago
netrebko's legacy hasn't withstood the test of time, so her overall impact is still unknown...
although netrebko's voice is creamier and richer than late callas's, netrebko has clumsy coloratura and a tendency to flat the high notes. netrebko has a good sense of musical theatre, but callas's surpasses hers by miles. i do like netrebko, though.
diuscorvus 2 years ago
LOL!!!!!!
ezayi 2 years ago
Filaredos that diss Callas, you are the fools of Youtube. there is no measure of Callas' greatness. Netrebko is a sow with Piglet Tiago. Netrebko stinks in opera. She is a Popera/MTV slut, not a world-class soprano like Callas. Send Annushka back to the farm with her little piglet.
striker9410 2 years ago
there was only one Callas, beautiful
ravenlakota1 2 years ago
Wonderful aria but alas she sounds more as a mezzo because it's too heavy and dark in the middle-range.
I prefere Cortrubas 1976 as best Violetta.
dormondis 2 years ago
Så Stor Artist hon var, Över hela Vår Värld. Hennes liv var Vackert utåt? Men innanför?
poppeo10 2 years ago
Filaredo, failed musician, jealous of Callas' greatness.
striker9410 2 years ago 2
Finally this website of You tube makes everything coming alive.
Thank you for uploading this.
It's a delicia !!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo
akis1948 2 years ago 2
pure beauty!
askjaniz 2 years ago 3
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Yes AMI, that a practice from Guantanamo. Are you an american Nazi?
striker941O 2 years ago
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nestersg you 're a american piece of shit!!!
Folks, YouTube is a great fun and no more! Most of the users come from USA and who takes people from america or italy seriously in opera? Definitely no one!!
For this NOOB's a third class singer like Callas is "La Divina"???? HAW HAW HAW.....LMAO!!!!!!
It's the joke of the century!
striker941O 2 years ago
Filaredo, my finest diarrhea awaits your mouth.
striker9410 2 years ago
Anna Netrbho is seriously the Sarah Brightman of Opera. By which I mean glorified chorus girl!
nestersg 2 years ago 4
Must see ..."Callas Verdi"
35519331 2 years ago 4
La Divina...
Elenacris 2 years ago 19
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You can do nothing!
And Callas is a mediocre Mezzo without voice! If I hear her crap I must puke.
bellafredina 2 years ago
Bellafredina, if we ever find out who you are, you will be getting a dog-shot facial.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
ahahahahahaaaaa......che caz....ta
magghot 2 years ago
Bellafredina/Filaredo, everyone now shits on you, and NETREBKO THE SLUT JUNK SINGER! NETREBKO SUCKS! INCOMPETENT NETREBKO!!
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
People, please don't waste your time trying to reason with Bellafredina/Filaredo. They get a kick out of dissing Callas, and the responses they get. They are Callas haters, and will never change. Just like I hate them, I will never change, no matter what anyone says. Just tell them here on Youtube how much you hate them, and what scum they are, the losers!
mtnmanjt 2 years ago 2
θεα.............
1918448 2 years ago 4
If you crowdes mind without brainconstruction thinks that MARIA CALLAS has been ugly I would like to take a look on you...
And by the way I am an musician and I have seen her live like many many others who have been great and I am only honest if I have to say:
TODAY THE SINGERS WHO ARE SPECIAL
DONT MAKE CAREER
o n l y
THE SMALL BORING VOICES WHICH ARE RECORDIBLE MAKES CAREER and this is bullshit and you might be someone of this privileged ...
lamusicahera 2 years ago
Who is the tenor?
soulclassical 2 years ago
So ein Scheiss......!!!!
Du bist doch krank du Penner!!!
filaredo 2 years ago
Only one point:
To talk like many here around only from her as an Singing Soprano is never enough!
She has been an M U S I C I A N and a VOICE full of psychological colours and intelligent singer who did something special with her voice:
She didnt sung only beautiful and correct she has been an interpreting Woman ...
And and dramatic person... NEVER BORING or LIKE TODAY MANY AROUND only SLIM...
B R A V A!
lamusicahera 2 years ago 21
@lamusicahera
as usual your comments are illuminating and on the mark
cheers.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this! I ADORE this opera, it is so moving, every scene is filled with genuine human emotion. And of course, LA DIVINA sings here! Other Violettas I absolutely ADORE are the two glorious Romanian divas, Virginia Zeani and Angela Gheorghiu.
corellithebest 2 years ago
which movie is that?
sweetnessglyc 2 years ago
Mit der Vorstellung bin ich auch hierher gekommen!! Nach der ersten Kritik bekam ich dann täglich PMs von MTNMANJT. Nachfolgend ein kleiner Auszug davon......
bellafredina 2 years ago
........ und wenn man die Stimmen der Callas mit der von Netrebko auf den reinen Klang hin analysiert, also davon absieht, welche Ausdrucksstärke die Interpretinnen erreichen, und allein die Qualität des Ausgangsmaterials betrachtet, dann singt die Russin zumindest klangschöner und mit besser verblendeten Registern als die Griechin. In der Dramitik der Koloratur ist die Callas bis heute allerdings unerreicht!
Für mich gehört sie nicht zu den Top10 der schönsten Stimmen!
bellafredina 2 years ago
..... DIESEN STIMMEN MAN KANN DOCH JA WOL NICHT VERGLEICHEN:
A small boring which is darkened in the studio/ with to much larynxspushingdowns/ not able to sing coloraturas or the high tessitura = Netrebko
AND
Maria Callas :
an real artist who have created roles with brain and taste and absulut drive ...
WHO do you think has been better of this sopranos:
ERNA BERGER
EDITA GRUBEROVA
ERNA SACK
Darling learn to educate your ears & compare only the same kind of voices THEN WE CAN TALK SERIOUSLY
lamusicahera 2 years ago
Pyrare1 dein Statement zu Callas hier ist absolut korrekt. Ich habe ihre Verdienste nie in Frage gestellt - man lese nur das Buch von Jürgen Kesting! Einer Verherrlichung von Idealen, die bestenfalls Idole sein können, kann ich dagegen nicht zustimmen.
Der Vergleich LP-CD und Aufnahmetechnik ist falsch! Meine Familie besitzt fast alles was es von Callas an LP-Aufnahmen gibt, sogar Einzelstücke, und die überarbeiteten CDs betonen das "Schrille" ganz eindeutig.
bellafredina 2 years ago
bellafredina, ich komme ebenfalls aus einer sogenannten "Callas-Familie". Meine erste Schallplatte zum 10. Geburtstag war Tosca mit Callas und Di Stefano. Dennoch war ich nie ihr begeisterter Anhänger! Jedoch verdient diese Sängerin den höchsten Respekt für Ihr Lebenswerk. Keine andere Sängerin tat soviel für die Oper wie sie. Ohne sie würde es heute vielleicht keine Norma oder Lucia geben. Und jetzt was anderes: Ich tausche mich gerne hier mit anderen Leuten aus, ...
Pyrare1 2 years ago
...solange die Meinungen im fachlichen Rahmen bleiben. Jeder hat einen anderen Geschmack und keiner verdient es, für seine Meinung angegriffen oder beleidigt zu werden!
Pyrare1 2 years ago
Pyrare 1, LOL!! Bellafredina told me on PM, that she was 29, a beautiful woman, with a body like Heidi klum!! OK I see what we have here, Bella fredina is an " IT ' , that gets off on causing trouble on Youtube. Pity the poor unfortunate.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
Il Pirata. all those operas where unknown. Joan Sutherland and Montserrat Caballe profited of her work and adopted the opera parts. bellafredina, if you don't know about it, look at Wikipedia but don't tell us such a bullshit...
All famous musican of the whole world agree:
Maria Callas is considered to be the unrivaled Primadonna assoluta of the 20th century!
Pyrare1 2 years ago 2
bellafredina, thanks for Arschkriecher...LOL...
I agree, she sounds shrill in the high notes, but is an unlucky record.from early times. With nowdays technic it doesn't sound like that. Listen ti other old records, most singers sound shrill in the high notes.
Maria Callas was Idol to other famous singers because she was the very best in dramatic expression. Agnes Baltsa was a student of her. Callas rediscovered old Operas like Norma, Lucia de Lammermoor, Il Turco in Italia, Armida,
Pyrare1 2 years ago
bellafredina, I'd like to know these "singers are much better than Callas" very much!
dinesska22 2 years ago
Thank you no, I would like to keep my eardrum, because the shouting is insufferably!!!
bellafredina 2 years ago
BALLSOFRED, go to music school to learn of the greatness of La Divina , The Great Maria Callas. You obviously are ignorant of Classical Opera. Popera is for
dummies like yourself.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
Bella fred, are you some type of weirdo internet nutcake? If you said Callas was good, but not the best, you would have some credibility. You however have lost all credibility, you are a sham. Callas was,
is, and always will be the world of opera. The opera world revolves around La Divina, The Great Maria Callas.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
OK mtnmanjt, I agree to you! Maria Callas was LA DIVINA the ONE and ONLY the best singer of all times -
WITHOUT VOICE!!!
bellafredina 2 years ago
Bella fredina, your insanely jealous comments against Callas are futile. You're the whore for Netrebko. You're the paid on-line slut for Netrebko. Callas is the most magnificent of all time! Others are o.k., but no one can compare to La Divina, Callas The Great!!!
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
mtnmanjt, I can sympathize with your views about Maria Callas! No sopran had this remarkable dramatic expression in her voice until today. And this fact made her famous and unforgettable. Otherwise she got strident in the high notes, and she worked hard on it. But its beyond any doubt: she was divine!
Greetings from Germany :)
Pyrare1 2 years ago
Arschkriecher!
bellafredina 2 years ago
Pyrare1, hello from the U.S. Any nasty criticism of Callas deserves a like response. She was not perfect, but she was, I believe the greatest of all time. I base that on the opinions of the world's greatest opera directors, singers, professionals, and critics. There are a few on Youtube that seek to denigrate Callas, for some reason. They should be treated with the severest words, for besmirching the name of Callas.
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
BALLSOFREDINHER, you are truly insane, get to a shrink. You are a crazy person. Callas does not belong in the top ten, she belongs as ONE and ONLY !!
The Greatest of All Time, La Divina Maria Callas, The Magnificent!! Ushakova and Netrebko are lightweights compared to the Heavyweight Champion. Give it up, Callas can not be equaled. I know you hate her, but she was, is, and always will
be THE GREATEST FEMALE OPERA SINGER, OF ALL TIME!! CALLAS THE MAGNIFICENT, BEYOND COMPARE!!!
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
and my comment was aimed specificly at both of you.
really. must you sit here and argue over the internet like silly little school children.
at least have the decency to take it elsewhere.
ClaudiaSwann 2 years ago
Bonanplu, Toscaninni considered Callas a genius and the greatest voice. He was heterosexual, and a genius as well. Leonard Bernstein considered her the greatest singing actress, and voice of the century. He was a genius and gay. Both men were great men, and artists, and knew more of music and voice than your aficienado posing self will ever. You shrivel, shrink, and recoil in the midst of such beauty, truth, perfection, and love that Maria gave us. Her work defends itself.
angelovocci 2 years ago
THE SAME QUESTION i ASK IN FORUMS...:)))) SHE IS GODDESS!!! SHE MAKES ME CRY AND RELAX. I AM IN LOVE WITH HER ART AND PROUD TO FEEL HER VOICE.
feveroo7 2 years ago
How can Callas be so magnificent!!!
mtnmanjt 2 years ago 2
thank you MTNMAJT for your hysterical and quick answer, you are upset, I noticed how much you laughed to death and how you know about negligee.About singing you know nothing, you are typical ignorant fan of the dreadful poor Maria
bonanplu 2 years ago
De qué año es esta grabación? sus agudos son PERFECTOS.
Alicantino1976 2 years ago
Maravillosa Maria, no solo interpretaba, lo vivia, y cada palabra se comprende claramente, trabajaba mucho la dicciòn clara,hizo escuela...eterna marìa, divina marìa, por siempre marìa.
esaleop 2 years ago
i have this recording on cd..but not the film..
PatriciaCarvalho0 2 years ago
In many professions there are great ones. They can not by nature remain great forever, but in their prime, they were untouchable. Example, Mike Tyson boxing. In his prime it was bordering on suicide for a man to get in the ring with
him. In her prime, all any singers could hope to do was lurk in Callas' shadow. Thirty years later, they all get compared to Callas, and most remain....in her shadow.
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bonanplu 2 years ago
Bonanplu, this is your second dirty post tonight, on sex. You are really showing your colors of the rainbow tonight, you little worm of a human. If I was gay, which I am not, I would have the guts to admit it.
We don't have to wonder about you now, you have confirmed what you are. Aren't you a little bit old for gay porn?? LOL!!!!
Is it killing you how great Callas is???
mtnmanjt 2 years ago
mtnmanjt, You go on weaving femenine answers and beleive yourself you are a real man, you will die perhaps without realizing you were a ridiculous traumatic and horny gay.Go on writing about how great Callas is (for ignorant people like you), poor idiotic maricon
bonanplu 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this wounderful guide.
maickyky 2 years ago
She is already a legend...Too bad she abbandoned for a while music for love.Music musn't be sacrificed for love...
neherenia08 2 years ago 3
you like her? she is the voice of the century...
evamillovici 2 years ago
Goodness! She makes Amy Lee from Evanescence sound like a 12 year old! lol If nothing else like a novice, for sure. lol she's got such a powerful, strong, yet beautiful voice.
I like her. :)
yomo115 2 years ago
comparing callas to amy lee .. who has no voice hahah !
wilkiiin 2 years ago 4
who the hell is amy lee? jesus, callas is arguably the greatest singer of the 20th century
ah332 2 years ago 2
Amazing singing! wow...
Mariss666 2 years ago
Very nice.
yemail5555 2 years ago
i love!! 6:05
amazing voice
214Juan 3 years ago 2
Thank you, thank you master Verdi !!
Thank you for ever Maria !! All your best in heaven !
werwarich 3 years ago 5
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Una Diosa, una auténtica Diosa en todos los sentidos... pero un poco chiflada por eso de la tenia que se metió dentro de su cuerpo para conseguir adelgazar 30 kilos...
estrellagalactica44 3 years ago
Nice begining and narration of Traviata story line throughout but bad choice of video photos for most of the story line. There are plenty of still photo scenes of Callas's Traviata wich could have easily been used instead of this other woman who i don't even recognize.
sicuro75 3 years ago 3
I totally agree that pictures of Maria would have made this video much more poignant and dramatic, maybe the poster did not take time to look up photo's of Callas but her voice with the exception of Renata Tebaldi was the greatest of all-time. Callas was just awesome beyond words. "4****" would have give a 5 had pictures of Callas been used.
Etnalleb 3 years ago
I'm agree with you
sleepwalker100 3 years ago
Very good video. Wow.
In admiration.
encoberta 3 years ago
Pure beauty....
akentos666 3 years ago 3
Very nice video... God , Maria Callas really was suburb !!!!
markivens 3 years ago 3