Dormono Entrambi -- Norma -- Maria Callas

[tebza84]

i have this full recording and from all the Callas Norma recordings this is by far the best ever

[ubedajils]

PER-FEC-TO. De rodillas, todas a esucharla y a aprender.

[pointemeout]

if anyone has this complete performance in its audio format please please make myyear and send me a copy. love it too much!!

[Elisabetta611]

That GASP before "A NO! Son miei figli!" With that VOCAL sob on "figli".... DEA! Gutwrenching! Heartbreaking!

[1974tbiliseli]

thea i callaaaaaasssssssssssss

[Heraopera]

GRANDE!

I like all her Normarecordings...have one from a good friend who sung with her many times... he said that she have been able to change the voice, to turn it where she wanted! LA DIVINA

[Lohengrin]

the greatest recording of Norma in the 20th century from a vocal point of view (from a interpretive point of view I prefer the 1955 Simionato Norma).

I agree with what you say about the breath control. Ofc Cherubibi's Medea is x10 more difficult in terms of breath control. But Maria's breath control in this performance was inhuman. At the phrase "Come del primo amor" (in Ei tornera..) she sings a line lasting 16 seconds containing a high D.

[dougbalt]

You're right about that 1955 live Norma opposite Simionato and del Monaco. It's not advertised much, but among Callas fans we all swear by it. Never has there been so much adrenaline in a single performance caught on tape.

[filippovonreutter]

dougbalt, here is one more Callas fan who swears by it. Naturally, I like ALL the recordings, but this Simionato del Monaco in my opinion is the most exciting of them all. To appreciate the full measure of this recording one must listen to it in its entirety, how it accumulates momentum as one by one ever single person into the web of Norma's spell.

[dougbalt]

I think the reason it's not advertised much is because EMI does not have the rights to it. I have thousands of opera recordings, and this one is by far my favorite. You're right about the build-up of momentum.

[panos990]

Perhaps on of the peak performing moments in Callas' career. Dramatically insane scene, outstandingly rendered. Both lyric AND Theatre. Apistefto.

[pipipapiu2]

@panos990

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