Maria Callas - Vissi d' arte - Tosca - Metropolitan 1965 con Tito Gobbi & Franco Corelli

[opera751]

Bien sûr la voix bouge, la puissance est amoindrie, ainsi que le souffle MAIS: chaque note est un moment de musique et de théâtre. C'est le génie à l'état pur. L'inverse même de Corelli qui ce soir là chante excellement mais bêtement.

[simisimi9]

DID I READ WELL??...ANYONE MENTIONED TEBALDI?...ARE YOU INSANE?..HOW COMPARE LA DIVINA WITH THAT OTHER LADY WHO COULD NOT ACT AT ALL AND GAVE ALWAYS BORING PERFORMANCES?. PLEASE, STOP JOKING, LA CALLAS WAS, IS AND FOREVER WILL BE THE ONE AND ONLY !!!!

[simisimi9]

SHE WAS SUCH A COMPLETE ARTIST, SUCH A WONDERFUL ACTRESS AND SINGER, WE WILL NEVER SEE OTHER SINGER LIKE HER, YOU ARE SO MISSED MARIA, REST IN PEACE, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR ART AND YOUR PERSON, THANKS FOR ALL YOU GAVE !!!!!!!!

[jorgepda]

best tosca ever. nobody can sing this role, let alone this aria, like she could.

[Milahi1935]

No doubt that she sang perfectly and with emotions. The range is excellent. Only caballe comes close to her and could be better.

[bigjoetube]

she is and will always be the gold standard for all sopranos past, present and future

[Aetion]

46 years ago, on the 5th July 1965, La Divina gave her farewell presentation in Covent Garden. She sang "Tosca". This is the first opera she sang at the beginning of her career in Athens in August 1942. She will remain unforgotten.

[MrArthurovenezuela]

Con el juicio del gran crítico Rodolfo Celleti, con el cual estoy plenamente de acuerdo, digo: "Vissi d´Arte es un refugio impenetrable y seguro de RENATA TEBALDI"...y si no, sientan esos cascados agudos de Callas, esa voz árida, carente de belleza.

[maurizio888]

@MrArthurovenezuela

ME LLAMO MAURICIO IGLESIAS... Y DEJO MI CORREO PERSONAL POR SI QUERES RESPONDER... COMO CANTANTE DE OPERA... NO PEUDO MAS QUE ABORRECER ESTE COMENTARIO TAN RIDICULO.. Y PLAGADO DE IGNORACIA... HAY LIBERTAD DE EXPRESION.. CLARO... PERO ESTO... DEJA DE SER EXPRESION... PARA SER UN ACTO ARROGANTE... Y DIGNO DE LADRIDO... MAS Q DE COMENTARIO RACIONAL... LA CALLAS AUN CONLA VOZ CASI EXTINTA.. TRANSMITE VIDA CON CADA NOTA .. LA TEBALDIO NO ERA MAS Q ESO... NOTAS.... RIDICULOªª

[NEBESHIKU]

@MrArthurovenezuela la plebe es incapaz de comprender la belleza de la voz de Callas, es un consepto ajeno a el vulgo. El arte y lo sublime es lo que la voz de Callas daba vida. Desafinada Tebaldi es algo que la plebe si puede comprender.

[MrArthurovenezuela]

Una voz árida y terriblemente cascada...

[hinomusic]

god, how sad is this? really foreboding...

[hammer55292]

Maria Callas- " The Greatest Soprano Of All Time " , the BBC, 2007.

[StuartLou]

A night at the old Met. i will never forget. Those were the days. However, it's over. IT'S OVER.

[susanmdunn1]

@StuartLou I was there. I was a standee for the performance, and we stayed outside on the streets of NYC all night in March waiting in line to get tickets for this. One of my most precious MET moments. The standees all dressed up to the hilt for the performance. I was a big Gobbi fan. But now I am more a Corelli fan. Loved the OLD MET!!!

[Ariadne7710]

@susanmdunn1 You stood up all night in the streets of New York to get a ticket. I stood up all night in 1958 and 1959 in Floral Street, London to get tickets to see her Traviata and Medea. It was well worth every minute of it.. I would never have done it (and have never done it since) for anyone else. We were in our teens studying music at the time so it didn't seem so much of an inconvenience. The performances were out of this world and I would do it again!!!!

[osocubano]

AVE, MARIA

[bandong1234567890]

madame callas.... i love you <3

[Matt75003]

Callas, Corelli, Gobbi. On paper, probably the best cast ever assembled in Tosca. Unfortunately, Callas is in less than ideal form, even for 1965 (she is in better voice in the other live recording of this production, made a few days later with Gobbi and Richard Tucker), and the sound is rather dim. Still, this is a deeply moving Vissi d'arte. A flawed gem, but a gem nonetheless.

[abracadabranque]

Triste...Et beau tout de même..!

[CyprusHot]

As maria often said that her critics hiss . How true .

[babbleguy]

This Recording is amazing just like her others...you guys have no idea what you are talking about with the dramatic notes at the end of this video...she let it all go because she is saying how god left her in her time of need, and what did she do to deserve it? This is about drama and passion, not about pretty notes. You can tell she scored a home run by the audience...they went crazy, and everyone knows met crowds tell it like it is. :)

[mauroangelucci]

questa aria era cantata in modo sublime da renata tebaldi, consiglio di ascoltarla e paragonare alla presente.

grazie

[Pietraincatenata]

@mauroangelucci La Tebaldi quest'aria poteva solo "cantarla", e senza dubbio bene, ma mai "interpretarla" cosa che invece fa in modo sublime, da par suo la Callas, pur con le evidenti difficoltà di una voce che nel 1965 non era più quella degli anni cinquanta. La mancanza di pathos nella voce era il grande limite della Tebaldi che è stata l'ultima grande di una scuola antica dove al cantante lirico si chiedeva soltanto di cantare bene. L'avvento della Callas rivoluzionò proprio questo concetto.

[foratti]

@Pietraincatenata :poverina, this is too sad she had no voice anymore

[Pietraincatenata]

@foratti Vero, è molto triste ascoltare la Callas quando purtroppo la sua voce si era deteriorata. Ma allo stesso tempo questo è un documento di valore inestimabile perché perpetua quello che è stato il vero insegnamento della Callas, ovvero l'arte di interpretare, l'espressione data alla parola cantata, l'emozione che traspare dal canto. E proprio perchè la voce non rispondeva bene ai suoi comandi, si ammira l'impressionante tecnica vocale che consentiva alla Callas di essere grande sempre.

[philipc67]

A brave effort, despite the strained high B and the tremendous loss of volume. One of her very last Toscas.

Yes, her life was sad and lonely in the end, but her career is the stuff of legend, and in two roles (Norma and Violetta) she touched the divine and remains the definitive interpreter, more than 50 years later in the 21st century. Think also of her Medea, Gioconda, Anna Bolena, Leonora, Lucia, Lady Macbeth! Still arousing such tremendous passion, 33 after her death, she will live forever.

[hunkhk]

@philipc67 this is so true and if you dont believe it just check out how many fans she still commands on Facebook and in the sales of her CDs - Maria will always be with us

[aplumer]

What many viewers many not know is that Callas, not having an agent, arrived in New York thinking she would be treated like accomlished professional she was.

Rudolf Bing gave her no orchestra or stage rehearsals for these 2 performances and no rehearsals with the singers in the cast. She had to walk on cold for both sold out peformances. She was livid, but went on anyway. I have no idea how she did it. Incredible!

[chaconazo7]

whoever said she didn't hit the hight pitch note at the end on the actual performance that night and judge Maria Callas for losing her talent is an ingorant. Aren't we all expose as humans to make mistakes? I wasn't there and didn't get to hear it, but if It was the case, M.Callas had already shown the world the quality of her singing. Who cares if the high F sounded indeed as a high E, After the years, people can still sit and listen to the best Soprano of all Times, Maria Callas, La Divina.

[ZIEBELL5]

Wow! BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thank YOU so much for sharing!

[TheMrMarilyn]

My GOD...what an ovation...though absolutely nothing less than she deserves!!!!

[islandofgrass]

First of all, don't all three of them look perfect for their parts?! Man, what I would give to see this version, my three favorite voices...sigh...

[opera75frfr]

On sent qu'elle n'a plus que la moitié de sa voix, mais cela reste bouleversant et on croit entendre cette rengaine pour la première fois- et surtout elle l'intègre au drame, alors que sur scène cela toujours l'air d'un morceau en concert. Callas pour toujours....et quand on sait qu'elle n'a plus que quelques represéentations de vant elle....

[muziekliefhebber1000]

Spijtig voor alle sopranen die dit moeten zingen na Callas.

Zo moet het. Alleen zij kon dat zoals nog veel andere top aria's.

[braveheart030]

Callas is the best!

[reydogoloyugo23]

@braveheart030 - That's why she's the QUEEN OF OPERA.

[Querzeo]

@braveheart030 No doubt about that!! :-D

[vocalandchords]

An absolute masterpiece!

[vocalandchords]

Great moment of music!

[GiuseppeSaronno]

La Divina....

[TheMrMaz]

I think what so many people fail to realize or remember about this aria...is that firstly,it is/was written as an 'aside',meaning that it was a few short moments that Tosca had to herself before she did the 'dirty deed' with Scarpia...so in effect it is actually written as a prayer that Tosca offers up!!Secondly...Maria always wanted to AXE this aria from the opera,as she thought it interfered with the 'flow' of the drama!!Most sopranos sing this as a 'set piece',a chance to 'show off'!!Callas >

[TheMrMaz]

> always tried to INTEGRATE this aria INTO the drama...rather than using it as an opportunity to do a little vocal 'showing off'' to the audience...and she never STOPPED trying to make this aria 'work' within the context of the drama...!!So,although (of COURSE!!) she was having difficulties at this stage of her career...the way she performs/performed this aria ia/was exACTly as it was WRITTEN to be!!So...once again..."BRAVA CALLAS"!!!!

[tazkorinthos]

i have seen in a movie for callas tha she in this perfomance made a falso and stop for 5 seconds.... is that truth?

[whipittome]

No, it was not with Tosca. It wasduring a performance of Norma in Paris where her voice broke on a high C. She stopped the orchestra, recomposed herself and signaled the conductor to restart and the high C was there.

[Faust075]

Not true.

The incident actually occured in 1964 at the Paris Opera during Norma. Her voice cracked on a high note during the final scene. As her detractors in the theater began to shout and complain loudly, She asked the conductor to stop the orchestra, and restarted the missed part. The second time, the note was perfect... Her detractors remained silent until the end and the public went crazy... This is very unusual at Opera and made the big titles in the news ...

[CyprusHot]

@Faust075 the whole of the operatic event in the hands of one maria callas, i would have gone crazy in a good way :)

[espinaca79]

It's a little painful listening to this... That voice was hur, although the feeling was SOOO there! Love Callas, she rtruly understood drama and power.

[Tenorbravo]

What a BEUTIFUL INTERPRETATION..THANK YOU. DO NOT HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT.

[G66663]

meravigliosa ineguagliabile Callas.......

[thunderboltful]

Bravaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[enzoonapulitan]

Anche in questi anni che sono stati anni scuri e tenebrosi per te,Sei sempre stata una diva..NON ERI UMANA TU ERI DEA!!!!!!

[sincerity112]

parole bellissime... e verissime....

[citrussorbet]

i guess they liked her!!!!!

[operaspark]

It makes me sad listening to this aria. Maria at the end of her career. She had a sad life and managed to channel it so well into her portrayal of 'Tosca' that it becomes vividly real and so poignant.

[goldmundgoldmund1]

And she was too egotist to say stop. why had she a sad life? she has got more then she deserved. and her lifestyle became down-going...

[TheMrMarilyn]

@operaspark She had a MAGNIFICENT life!!!!It's only her betrayal by Onasiss that was beyond the realms of ego driven cruelty that 'faked her up'...and he suffered TERRIBLY for that betrayal,as he betrayed his OWN love for Maria,as well as hers for him!!She was deified all her life/career...she couldn't GET any 'higher' than she 'got',and lived a life that many aspire to but precious few even come CLOSE to achieving!!!!

[hammer55292]

@TheMrMarilyn Why do a lot of people think she had such a " sad " life??? I've read that many times here. She was declared the, " Greatest Soprano Of All Time ", and here we are fighting over her, 30 years after her death, yet many think she had a sad life. WHY???

[TheMrMarilyn]

@hammer55292 I guess it's like i said below...she played the greatest tragedians in opera and i guess people like it that way...like a real life Violetta (Traviata)!!It was the betrayal by Onassis that 'knifed' her!!She lived a great and satisfying life...though like i said...she DID die in emotional agony!!That was real sad!!XXXX!!

[DanBarthy]

Do you have all record that night?

[34fgsfgsdtu48w7qtaqt]

Yes, I have.

[DanBarthy]

Please, put the outhers parts.

Thanks

[RadicalDame]

Bravo... What a beautiful piece... How you are missed Callas *sighed*

[operaspark]

I totally agree, severely missed.

[opera75frfr]

On sent la voix fragile- c'est sa dernière année. Mais quelle émotion dans ce dernier retour au Met.Mais au pire d'elle-même, Callas est géniale, elle est la musique.

[jjcbss]

Thank you, it's amazing! I would love to hear the 1st act duet from this night!!

[fernandobicudo]

Magical!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nacidodelmar]

Thank you so much for posting this memorable moment!

[markivens]

This must have been a magic moment !!!! already have goosebumbs only by hearing the audience...

[stgeorge041982]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!!!!

get a load of that audience...they fuckin' love them some of that!!!! What I'd give to be there with them :-)