Maria Callas "Gualtier Maldé! ...Caro Nome"

[pedrofribeiro]

Lowered...

[rennes99]

no doubt Callas is a great artist to listen to no matter who she's singing. be sure to check out Laura Claycomb's version here on youtube - it, too, is stunning....

[tneprescintr]

the prompter is getting on my nerves.

[federricoilgrande]

Quando l'Astro Maggiore compare in Cielo, gli altri le fanno corona, e si tacciono ....Divina Maria :)

[Ellevius]

Awsome... quaint vinyl recording and overheard prompter...  how real and exquisite it is, despite of it and because of it, too...

[MadamLucifera]

the sound quality is bad...but her voice is still amazing

[vocalissimo1]

Will someone stop that idiotic prompter from screaming out the words!!! And what a ridiculous ending from Callas whose high E flat ends up going sharp anyway. Does anybody seriously believe that this is what Verdi intended, or that it in any way conveys the shy and vulnerable character of Gilda?

[distefano13069609]

@vocalissimo1 I acltually think Verdi would have liked this ending aswell. Gilda has just discovered her first ''love'' and she is like in a bubble of joy. The trills indicate emotion and the last high note the joy and love she has for the Duke. About the prompter, the production of this Rigoletto in 1952 was a last minute thing. This was Callas' first time singing the role and had to learn it in less than 10 days. I hope this helps :)

[distefano13069609]

@vocalissimo1 I acltually think Verdi would have liked this ending aswell. Gilda has just discovered her first ''love'' and she is like in a bubble of joy. The trills indicate emotion and the last high note the joy and love she has for the Duke. About the prompter, the production of this Rigoletto in 1952 was a last minute thing. This was Callas' first time singing the role and had to learn it in less than 10 days. I hope this helps! Also in Mexico the radio mike is just above the prompter's box

[philipc67]

Her only Gilda, Mexico 1952, was also singing PURITANI, TOSCA, TRAVIATA, and her first LUCIA, and learned this role in a few days. If the full performance the other singers, except di Stefano, are mediocre and ensembles are sloppy. You can hear the prompter feeding her lines. Although the tempo is slow and sometimes schoolgirlish-like, she gives a lesson in great singing, perfect tehcnically. I believe this is a 1/2 tone lower so she can add the huge high E-flat after the long trill. Excellent!

[andreea94a]

this is not the original key....the original is E major...is it transposed or the recording was altered?

[xafnndapp]

@andreea94a transposed 1/2 tone lower.

[andreea94a]

@xafnndapp Thank you.

[danigrag]

magari ci sono voce più belle, ma l'interpretazione della Callas è qualcosa di fantastico, è unica...

[taccacacca]

INIMITABILE!!!!!MERAVIGLIOSO USIGNOLO!!!!

[jos53cor]

Maria the Best for ever!!!!

[MastersoftheOpera]

I prefer her as Norma, Buterfly, Lucia, Lady Macbeth, Aida, Medea and Tosca. Callas was better in dramatic roles (personally for me that is). .Gilda is a innocent virgin girl and Callas couldn't "play" that part nor sing it convincingly . This role is best handled by smaller lyric voices: Moffo, Roberta Peters, Lily Pons, Beverly Sills & Edita Gruberova. Big voices like Callas, Sutherland & Scotto just don't do it for me.

[leonardovittori1]

@MastersoftheOpera Her recorded Gilda is much better than this.. and is true to Gilda's character.. There is absolutely gorgeous singing on that recording, because she studied the score, the character with Serafin and was conducted by him. Its one of my favorite recordings, period.. For the mike, she tones down the size of her voice, somewhat.. so.. its more in keeping with Gilda's character. Funny, how Callas recordings even after 55 years are still some of the standards.

[sillyboydeux]

@MastersoftheOpera You are among a large number of fans who feel that way about Gilda. Unfortunately, if you listen to Roberta Peters, other than this solo, she, like Pons, Sills and Gruberova, cannot be heard in the huge ensemble pieces, particular the quartet in the final act. Verdi wrote this in the same cyle as Traviata and Trovatore, and emphasized that all three roles require the spinto voice, at minimum.

[philipc67]

She learned Gilda in only a few days during a busy 1952 Mexican season which included PURITANI, TRAVIATA, TOSCA, and her first LUCIA. You can hear the prompter feeding her lines! The technican polish is really admirable if slightly schoolgirl-like. Very few singers attempt the unwritten high E-flat in the end, and her trill is excellent. The live performance is exciting, with a very good Giuseppe di Stefano, even if some ensembles are sloppy.

[philipc67]

Her only stage Gilda. After Mexico, she never sang it again, and recorded it for EMI in 1955 with Gobbi, di Stefano and Serafin. The Mexico performances were under-rehearsed and, if you listen to the full recording, some ensembles are sloppy. She got lukewarm reviews and decided never to sing Gilda again. But she is simply superb here, this "Caro Nome" a lesson in great singing, even if she is a semi-tone lower that the 1955 recirding so she could add, after the long trill, this huge E-flat!

[LoveDessay]

WHY is there someone saying the lyrics??;;;;;;;; Didn't callas momorize this????;;;

[Dicembre1234]

@LoveDessay

He's a prompter honey. It's an essential thing in opera stage even if all of them already memorized the libretto.

[silvr94]

a half step lower than E is D-SHARP anyway... not d-flat!!!

[grotsvita]

I love Callas, I admire her. But I don't know why, I don't like thi interpretation. It sounds too "heavy" to me.

[thomastmwc]

dont hv to fear to announce this my frnd, haha, yes, Callas has always been heavy....I mean her voice

Anyways, one must try her Una Voce Poco Fa, it's phenomenal

[eiclan]

what a voice reduced me to tears

[Tenorbravo]

wONDERFFUL INTERPRETATION. LOVE THE END OF IT. VIVA CALLAS FOR EVER.

[TheMrMaz]

EVERY SINGLE singer,has at some point or other had the score moved either up or down a semi-tone...even a whole tone!!Sutherland/Caballe/Price­/Sills/Kanawa...the list go's on (and on and ON!!) has at some point had the score moved up or down!!In Maria's case...she usually (which is most certainly NOT 'the norm'!!) sang the score AS WRITTEN!!Also...Callas learned this role between rehearsals and performances of other roles,so this is only the 2nd time she had EVER sung it,and with NO rehearsals!!

[TheMrMaz]

It is a (VERY) commonly known fact,that if 'you' are feeling 'in good voice' you have the tempi slowed DOWN,which is aa common a practice as BREATHING in the world of performance!!The same way that if you are not feeling 'too clever',you mention it to the maestro and he will 'help' you by keeping the tempi moving at a brisker pace,.as it is INFINITELY harder to sing slower passages,as any flaws you may have are completely 'exposed'!!Also,moving the score up or down a semi-tone is ROUTINE,for ALL

[braveheart030]

I Love it!!!

[angelovocci]

SHE did the actual performance in E!!!, this is a rehearsal when she marked the performance a step down.

[xafnndapp]

@angelovocci no way, this IS the actual performance and she lowered it in D#.

[AliciaDupres]

The tempo is indeed a bit slow but altogether is a fantastic interpretation! The guy is prompting the others too, not only her.

[LordMgls]

These conductors can screw it all....

[cartoonandanime]

disgustoso, seriamente disgustoso

[LordMgls]

LOL, explain us your view....

[eddyarias2]

so sharp

[uniqueattack]

I love her but this is dreadfully slow!

[cjha1978]

maria es insuperable, su tecnica y su voz que empalmaban muy bien con cada papel que desempeñaba, demostro que la opera no es solo buen canto sino que tambien es una buena actuacion. como la callas no habra jamas.

[vosquimano]

Rindamonos y disfrutemos a la voz mas maravillosa de todos los tiempos

[ionbri]

who is this guy prompting her every word??? she even forgets the words in the end and sings something wrong...too bad. Was this from a live opera performance?  I can hear the audience, but this guy's voice is so obvious...did she step in for the first time to cover someone that was ill?

[LilMack549]

I believe Callas INSISTED on being prompted, even in roles that she knew by heart, like Norma or Tosca.

There is a story that involves a prompter recognizing that she knew a role like the back of her hand, and deciding she no longer needed prompting. Everything went well. She flamed him after the performance. Whether this is apocryphal or not I don't know. But the sentiment probably stems from the fact that she wanted prompting no matter what.

[cleoq54]

grazie!!!

[cuuffuu]

me gusta mucho como se luce en los agudos y trinos, es perfecta y limpia su técnica.

gracias por darnos este magnífico regalo.

[natirodri2000]

es genial!!! que bella musica

[ioSonoCallas]

L'unique Gilda de Callas sur scène ( elle a donné deux représentations 17 et 21 juin), cette représentation du 17 juin restera un des moments les plus mémorables de sa carrière! Merci beaucoup. Thank you.

[mystreeman456]

Beautiful!