She was so regal, so stunning. All she's doing is talking, and she's still just breathtakingly graceful. Even speaking, her voice is so rich and beautiful.
Excellent interview with an interviewer that knows much about opera. The intervew with the musicologist Edward Downes is also excellent. That with Barbara Walters is a dreadful interview and an insult to Maria's art.
Who dwellest in Elusina's seats retired, Lovely, delightful queen, by all desired. Nurse of all mortals, whose benignant mind, First ploughing oxen to the yoke confined; And gave to men, what nature's wants require, With plenteous means of bliss which all desire. In verdure flourishing, in honor bright, Assessor of great Bacchus, bearing light: Rejoicing in the reapers sickles, kind, Whose nature lucid, earthly, pure, we find. Prolific, venerable, Nurse divine,
Το μόνο ερωτηματικό που δεν μου κολλάει στην ζωή της και στον μύθο της είναι το πώς άφησε αυτόν τον βρωμιάρη ( και μην αρχίσετε να ωρύεστε, ειδικά στις σχέσεις με τους ανθρώπους και δή με τις γυναίκες ήταν μια κουφάλα και μισή) των Ωνάση να την καταστρέψει...
The Argonauts escaped them because when he heard their song, Orpheus immediately realized the peril they were in. He took out his lyre and sang a song so clear and ringing that it drowned the sound of those lovely fatal voices. When on another journey the Odysseus' ship passed the Sirens, had the sailors stuff their ears with wax. He had himself tied to the mast for he wanted to hear their beautiful voices. The Sirens sang when they approached, their words even more enticing than the melody.
They would give knowledge to every man who came to them, they said, ripe wisdom and a quickening of the spirit. Odysseys' heart ran with longing but the ropes held him and the ship quickly sailed to safer waters (Odyssey XII, 39
@rafaelak1996 ...λεω μιας και δεν αισθάνεσαι περήφανος ως ελλην εσχατως... αποδίδω το στοιχείο αυτό στη διαχρονικη δουλικότητα και υποτέλεια του νεοέλληνα στους ξένους... στους δυτικούς..
σε μαλωνουν οι ξενοι κ κοκκινιζεις... εχεις αποδεχτεί την ενοχοποίηση όλου του κοινωνικού σώματος από τους ξένους και την ντόπια ελίτ... νιώθεις φταίχτης και συνεργός σε κάτι κακό... αλλιώς δε θα ένιωθες ντροπή
@ledbyPikeBishop μαλιστα, εγω δεν αισθανομαι περιφανη για 2 λογους 1) που μας κυβερνανε τετοια ατομα και 2) που μασ κοροιδευουν τοσα χρονια και δεν το περνουμε χαμπαρι και τωρα εχουμε αγανακτησει ολοι και τι κανουμε; βραζουμε στο ζουμι μασ...δεν λεω ο,τι μπορουμε να καμουμε και κατι αλλα θα επρεπε να τα σκευτουμε ολα αυτα πριν τους ψηφισουμε και ερθουμε σε κατασταση να ζουμε με 3 και 60!
(I wanted to write on my mike Wallace interview on Youtube; but was unable.) He was rude and condescending to a beautiful, unique, brave , human being and he just rubbed her face in gossip and bullshit. If i could of been there during that interview (mike wallace did a good job with this interview with ayn rand)
@1awareness omg i agree! he was so rude and he kept saying shit like "yeah bla bla bla your private life bla bla why did you say this?? bla bla..." :S
Such a fascinating, elegant and handsome woman! I would have loved to have been able to see her perform livve, but I was just a girl when she died...her career having ended far too soon.
Pedagogically speaking, losing weight does not..I repeat, does NOT change the quality of one's voice. It may change the way one supports the voice, but a dramatic soprano in a big woman's body is a dramatic soprano in a small woman's body. The change could be singing the wrong rep. Singers often ruin their voice due to this fallacy. One heavy set singer who is a light lyric ruined her voice bc people assumed she was dramatic. Now, she cant sing operatic material well. That's a bad stereotype.
@musikenergy I tend to think she damaged her 'instrument' by singing along with the radio as a young girl in New York, because her musical gifts were so instinctive, she could mirror the sound of what she heard, and using her diaphragm correctly even at that age, caused it to be damaged irreparable. No amount of vocal training could over come it.
Even when she was not singing your eyes were always drawn to her.She had a sort of electric presence,I suppose today we would call it charisma,but Callas singing and acting had far more than that.We can only be grateful that she was singing during an era when she could be recorded faithfully.
Such a person only comes once in a century,or maybe even less.
@MrSwifts31 I am glad to hear you say that. I was a bit luckier than you. I saw her in Norma, Bolena, Traviata, and Medea in the 50s and understand exactly what you say about her electrifiying presence. Each one of those performances is indelibly imprinted in my memory after all this time. After both Norma and Traviata half the audience came out all red eyed. We felt for Anna Bolena. Medea gave us shivers down our spine. Experiences unknown today. Sadly nobody believes me when I say that
@tristanchord85 Thank you. Although what MrSwift31 says on the decline of her voice is true she was still miles better than anybody else right up until about 1960. Her voice had flaws when compared to her earlier performances eg Armida 1952, which is superhuman.
The vocal decline was not only the result of weight loss but also a punishing performance schedule of very diverse repertoire. eg Walkure and Puritani one week apart! Sopranos nowadays only care about saving their voices nothing else.
Although her (ill advised) tour of the world with Di Stefano was bad to start with,by the time she got to Tokyo the voice was starting to return(although it would never be the same again)
I was lucky enough to see her at Covent Garden in 1964 in Tosca.The night we saw she was in magnificent voice (given all the faults we know about) and I would gladly never enter a theatre again after being there.
@MrSwifts31 We know nothing of the sort, please don't retail silly unsubstantiated gossip, There was no stillborn child with Onassis. I agree with much of what you have written, I too saw her as Tosca in 1964, [twice] and no-one ever came close, maybe Olivero, whom I saw in Amsterdam in '72 in the last part of Act 2 of Tosca, was the exception. By the Japan concerts her stance when singing is better than it was in the second Hamburg concert with an orchestra, where she looks anorexic.
Callas vocal decline was not solely due to her physical problems.
Accoring to her great friend Lord Harewood her voice was nver the same after she lost so much weight.
Then ( as we are well aware) she sang too much and often roles that were not right for the voice.
Emotionally she was drained by her treatment at the hands of Onassis.She had laways hoped that he would marry her,but of course he chose Jackie Kennedy.
We now know(there is documentary evidence) that she had one abortion(cont)
I miss the kind of regal, sophisticated, dignified presence seen in successful men and women of earlier times. I'm 3rd wave generation Y and if you carry yourself with this kind of class, integrity or self confidence, people either think you're putting on heirs, arrogant or they're down right scared of you and won't talk to you. when did having a personality became so taboo? why are people so afraid of a big presence or a spirited character?
Maria Callas has an accent cause both her parents were from Greece.She lived in Greece for several years and there she received her musical education.
I'm sure that Callas post-weight loss just continued to try to be who she was-- a conscientious wonderful artist and singer. True it is-- that a drastic weight loss affects the balance of the body and affects a voice. *Certain people at the MET who have had drastic weight loss still sound good but not without sacrificing something of the warmth and luster of the voice. Balance and moderation in our weight-crazed anorexic culture are wise qualities to remember.
@olympicrange Her vocal decline has nothing to do with weight loss, this is just stupid. Her vocal decline was due to her high use of throat muscles to form vowels in higher register. This is considered a technical flaw for classical singers and she paid the price for it as her voice didn't last as much time as it could have had.
@Sadiesexy yes Gobbi said like that.. but i think that was his hope. because in her late recordings(late 60s-70s)we can hear her high register really and sadly was gone as literaly. very metalic and cracked off.even herself refused releasing of her comeback album after hearing her demo recordings in Paris in 70s..but her low register became really rich, and had astonishing depth compared with that of the past. and fantastic phrasing. this recording was released by the greedy EMI.
@Sadiesexy i think the why she lost her spirit to sing is her losing high tone. i think that she really wanted remain as 'prima donna'. the queen of opera. great belcanto soprano - the very flower of opera -. if she had changed her career to mezzo, we could have another great Mezzo soprano in opera history.. my opinion ; )
It is Elvira's Mad Scene from Bellini's PURITANI, Callas singing it in her famous 1953 Scala recording for EMI with di Stefano and Serafin. This recording is highly recommended, despite standard score cuts and some uneven vocal passages. She is superb in the Mad Scene, the legato, intonation, staccati, piano passages, tears in the voice, exemplary long phrasing, and ends the piece with a huge high E-flat. Interpretations by Sutherland and Gruberova do not begin to compare.
Callas did not have surgery on her face, and it is debatable as to whether or not her huge weight loss was ultimately a good thing or not. What is certain is that she was an incredible artist that sets a high standard for technical and interpretive art that will inspire singers and listeners forever (if we're lucky).
She's amazing. I only recently "discovered" her and was quite upset to realise she's not with us any more. There are some brilliant books out there though and I feel like I know her even though she died quite a while before I was born!
And I've just got to add that it's actually quite creepy how much she and Stephanie Beacham (also amazing) look alike!
interesting how these professional singers who took years and years of learning their art are paid less than pop singers where their genre of music doesn't require as much studying as classical music.
@ereccay2k22 That is the difference between secular rubbish and actual art, real art, not electronically produced crap, excuse the directness. The level of intelligence required to be a truly great opera singer far surpasses the level of intelligence required to be a great pop singer. Mozart's "Der hölle rache" requires a bit more depth than "Hit me baby one more time"...
@ereccay2k22 Music is also a business. As there are much more stupid people in the world, it is just natural that stupid music sells more and makes more money. I see your point, however, and feel disappointed that it be this way.
CIpollinni: I agree totally with you, those of these days who dare to be called singers or artists have no clue about serving as a powerful tool, the only thing they pursue is money, fame and their imperfect faces and bodies to be portrayed as perfect. The worst thing is that they do not even sing, they are the patethic result of the professional liers industry: the Media.
Callas always the best REAL artist and singer, beautiful inside and outside.
Esta mulher simplesmente é muito importante para mim.....sou uma eterna apaixonada por ela....estudo e vejo tudo dela..as músicas, as roupas, as jóias, tenho cds e dvds...ele é muito importante mesmo para mim....e pensar que vivemos uma certa época no mesmo tempo....e só fui descobrir Maria aos 40 anos....linda a a a a , tudo...uma voz imparável...eu tremo na múcica suissídio.
Has anyone heard her "change" her voice in interviews and different clips ? Here she is speaking in her attempted British accent. I know she spoke French and Italian but opera singers really have the oddest speaking tones because they don't stick one language. One language I never heard Callas speak is GREEK. And she was Greek.
@MastersoftheOpera There's a You Tube interview where Madame Callas speaks Greek. Needless to say, her Greek was as fluent as her French, Italian, and English.
The woman was a goddess/genius/vocal wonder. Certainly the most unique and penetrating performer in the history of opera.
Maria Callas should have been born five or six decades later
than she actually was.
I really miss her and lament the lack of any soprano as gifted as she was.
Her perfectionism helped many people get her wrong, which is totally unfair for her. She led a life like Adriana Lecouvreur and dedicated herself to great art.
Yes indeed a beautiful woman! There was no affectation with this beauty. She was a class act all the way, and while i do think Renata Tebaldi had a better voice, I will always adore Callas! Let the loosers who try to detract her wallow in their own envy!!!! And they do Why? Cause i say so!
Stop carping about her accent. She speaks as someone to whom English was not her first language. Let's see, she spoke Greek, English, Italian and French, ALL fluently. She lived in Paris. Her English is beautiful.
@shinawillful, Callas was a very gifted linguist, and could pick up languages and accents effortlessly. In his book, Tito Gobbi writes that the first time he met Callas, she was speaking to her husband in a flawless Veronese dialect. After age 13, she had far more contact with British English than American English, which I think was why her speech became a combination of American and British pronunciation.
She had such a calming welcoming aura about her. I love how she goes into detail of how to explain her points. It's was very wise of her to take the knoledge of her conducter, Serafine(I think I spelled that right). I see so many singer who ignore the conductor's wishes and "tips" Now I'm conducting my first opera and one student will NOT listen the orchaestra to create a whole voice. and thinks she's on her own as Callas said "The singer is with the orchaestra as a main instrument not alone."
who the hell cares about her accent? there is/was so much more about her than her accent. why do you people care to "argue" such a lame point? ridiculous!
She was an American citizen until the last part of her life and the years of her childhood spent in New York gave her an American accent until she became a major star and decided to elevate her accent as it were. But in reality she was an international woman with strong ties to Italy and France as well as her cultural homeland, Greece.
How she produces her speech (including her intonation, pronunciation, etc.) is not unusual of someone with her experiences. She grew up and lived in New York until 13, and then studied in Greece for several years before relocating to Italy, and then later, France.
I also find that many opera singers reveal this kind of effect in their speech (listen to Jessye Norman, for example). This is not an issue of authenticity rather than the demands of switching between languages frequently.
Well said, I speak many languages, and i hear many accients after listining to my self, Sometimes i am so posh on certain accent, and I move from Italian French ,,English and German without thinking and theses accents crept up in ones conversation. dexterity... that all.... and quite obvious Maria was giving a perfeomance.. and much need lecture to the interviewer..... Ok forget about her accents.. but listen the the dept of Knowledge how she knew music... viva la Divina per sempre
Shes not putting on an english accent the way Madonna did (and makes an ass out of herself) Maria callas spent a great time of her life in Europe, and over there they all learn English , like the speak in England. Not the way one speaks in the US..Sorry but thats how it is.
sorry, sister, but she was born in the United States and lived in NYC (and I don't mean Manhattan) until she was a teen -- the accent is an affectation that she used for the press -- THAT'S how it is
at the age she left the US her Astoria accent would have been firmly established ... Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, moved to the US as a girl - that's the difference between an affectation and naturally formed accent
Madonna? affectation
Gwyneth Paltrow? affectation
all those Yanks with their slight English accents roaming around London? affectation
you pretending not to speak with a trailer park accent? complete and utter affectation
While I don't question that some people employ affectations in their speech, our language systems are still vulnerable to influence, well into adulthood. (Therefore, it is not fair to suggest that Callas's "Astoria accent" would have been crystallised by 13).
I am case study in this: I grew up in Hawai'i, in a home where Filipino, Portuguese and English were spoken daily; Korean, Spanish, and Chinese were also heard in my neighborhood and classrooms. I travelled to the Philippines yearly, and have been through Asia, the South Pacific, and certain places in Europe. After spending a few years in LA, I now live in Minnesota, where I've been for 10 years.
People often note that my accent is difficult to locate, as my speech bears these influences.
@BernardProfitendieu Oh really? The only affectation comes from you, stupit ass. Really if you hate Callas so much why the fuck are you downloading her videos? Your cursed sense of reality resides in a trailer park. Stupit Bitch.
@BernardProfitendieu Maria spoke a variety of languages, although never spoke either one of them entirely correct. Is this way of speaking affectation? Sorta, but these interviews are a performance too. Maria Callas was an institution, an image. She was a businesswoman. At home, in private, Maria Kaligeropolou spoke with a slightly more Americanized accent...slightly. But who cares?
I hope you're not serious about those affectation theories of yours. She has a typical Greek-american accent, she's not faking it. I mean come on, you can't be that stupid.
I've heard her in interviews where she pretends not to understand English, her native tongue - now that's fake!! - she lived in Queens until she was a teenager ... no one would have an accent under those circumstances - it's fake, too
I would say you can't possibly be that stupid to fall for her act, but it seems you are.
@BernardProfitendieu Bernard - The only affectation, comes from you you ugly ass looser. Callas , would not have time for a affectatious scumbag Nouveau Riche , wannabe like you. You suck. Keep your goddamned comment's to yourself. Fuck off looser.
She was so regal, so stunning. All she's doing is talking, and she's still just breathtakingly graceful. Even speaking, her voice is so rich and beautiful.
TheDieselmechanic1 1 week ago
Excellent interview with an interviewer that knows much about opera. The intervew with the musicologist Edward Downes is also excellent. That with Barbara Walters is a dreadful interview and an insult to Maria's art.
MrAviron 2 weeks ago
(Rest in peace Maria Callas)
Hymn To Ceres
The Fumigation from Storax.
O Universal mother, Ceres famed
August, the source of wealth, and various named:
Great nurse, all-bounteous, blessed and divine,
Who joyest in peace, to nourish corn is thine :
Goddess of feed, of fruits abundant, fair,
Harvest and threshing are thy constant care;
1awareness 2 weeks ago
1awareness 2 weeks ago
Thy daughter loving, holy Proserpine:
A car with dragons yoked, 'tis thine to guide,
And orgies singing round thy throne to ride:
Only-begotten, much-producing queen,
All flowers are thine and fruits of lovely green.
Bright Goddess, come, with Summer's rich increase
Swelling and pregnant, leading smiling Peace;
Come, with fair Concord and imperial Health,
And join with these a needful store of wealth.
Translated by Thomas Taylor.
1awareness 2 weeks ago
where are the Serafin's now?!
pedroarmandorosales 3 weeks ago
Wisdom here. Thank You!
Loumademe 3 weeks ago
Beautiful interview
Plowrightclips 3 weeks ago
So great!
mariammari263 4 weeks ago
I could listen to her speak forever.
CarlyIsAGangster 1 month ago
Hear her Speaking voice! :O like mezzo!
MrDarknesslover 2 months ago 2
Το μόνο ερωτηματικό που δεν μου κολλάει στην ζωή της και στον μύθο της είναι το πώς άφησε αυτόν τον βρωμιάρη ( και μην αρχίσετε να ωρύεστε, ειδικά στις σχέσεις με τους ανθρώπους και δή με τις γυναίκες ήταν μια κουφάλα και μισή) των Ωνάση να την καταστρέψει...
CittyCat22 2 months ago
@CittyCat22 αγάπησε η δόλια :P
fakadak1 2 months ago
che CLASSE!!!!
sirasy 2 months ago
Wonderful, exquisite woman.
MademoiselleSonushka 3 months ago
The Argonauts escaped them because when he heard their song, Orpheus immediately realized the peril they were in. He took out his lyre and sang a song so clear and ringing that it drowned the sound of those lovely fatal voices. When on another journey the Odysseus' ship passed the Sirens, had the sailors stuff their ears with wax. He had himself tied to the mast for he wanted to hear their beautiful voices. The Sirens sang when they approached, their words even more enticing than the melody.
1awareness 3 months ago
@1awareness Amen-Ra
hope002012 2 months ago
They would give knowledge to every man who came to them, they said, ripe wisdom and a quickening of the spirit. Odysseys' heart ran with longing but the ropes held him and the ship quickly sailed to safer waters (Odyssey XII, 39
1awareness 3 months ago
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1awareness 3 months ago
"I enjoy listening to a women with intellect ." (that is a sin; I willing accept)
1awareness 3 months ago
@1awareness Amen-Ra
hope002012 2 months ago
i'm so proud this moment for beig greek, and i'm not proud for this lately...!
rafaelak1996 4 months ago
@rafaelak1996 δόλιε νεοελληνα... παντα δουλικος, πάντα υποτελής, παντα ανθρωπάκι...
ledbyPikeBishop 3 months ago
@ledbyPikeBishop για καντο μου λιγο λιανα δεν σε πιανω.
rafaelak1996 3 months ago
@rafaelak1996 ...λεω μιας και δεν αισθάνεσαι περήφανος ως ελλην εσχατως... αποδίδω το στοιχείο αυτό στη διαχρονικη δουλικότητα και υποτέλεια του νεοέλληνα στους ξένους... στους δυτικούς..
σε μαλωνουν οι ξενοι κ κοκκινιζεις... εχεις αποδεχτεί την ενοχοποίηση όλου του κοινωνικού σώματος από τους ξένους και την ντόπια ελίτ... νιώθεις φταίχτης και συνεργός σε κάτι κακό... αλλιώς δε θα ένιωθες ντροπή
πιο λιανά δε γίνεται
ledbyPikeBishop 3 months ago
@ledbyPikeBishop μαλιστα, εγω δεν αισθανομαι περιφανη για 2 λογους 1) που μας κυβερνανε τετοια ατομα και 2) που μασ κοροιδευουν τοσα χρονια και δεν το περνουμε χαμπαρι και τωρα εχουμε αγανακτησει ολοι και τι κανουμε; βραζουμε στο ζουμι μασ...δεν λεω ο,τι μπορουμε να καμουμε και κατι αλλα θα επρεπε να τα σκευτουμε ολα αυτα πριν τους ψηφισουμε και ερθουμε σε κατασταση να ζουμε με 3 και 60!
rafaelak1996 3 months ago
(I wanted to write on my mike Wallace interview on Youtube; but was unable.) He was rude and condescending to a beautiful, unique, brave , human being and he just rubbed her face in gossip and bullshit. If i could of been there during that interview (mike wallace did a good job with this interview with ayn rand)
1awareness 4 months ago 3
@1awareness ....
1awareness 4 months ago
@1awareness omg i agree! he was so rude and he kept saying shit like "yeah bla bla bla your private life bla bla why did you say this?? bla bla..." :S
NeuwirthFan 4 months ago
Such a fascinating, elegant and handsome woman! I would have loved to have been able to see her perform livve, but I was just a girl when she died...her career having ended far too soon.
whatanightmare1 4 months ago
What a most utterly noble speaking voice! I cannot get enough of her interviews because of it.
mlaygo 5 months ago 16
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"Not a very funny lady" - not a trace of humour.
Utterly self-centred and a bore!
istvan283 5 months ago
"Not a very funny lady" - not a trace of humour.
istvan283 5 months ago
I HATE myself for being born after she had died!! I can't even explain how I feel towards this woman! She was one of the rare TRUE artists.
NeuwirthFan 6 months ago
τη καλύτερη τραγουδίστρια από όλο τον κόσμο.
axel8591 6 months ago 4
there are and will be many singers, but only one Maria Callas...
ibk1980 7 months ago
What year was this interview conducted? I suspect it's after she had already sung her last full opera on stage.
trschaefer 7 months ago
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modo203 7 months ago
Pedagogically speaking, losing weight does not..I repeat, does NOT change the quality of one's voice. It may change the way one supports the voice, but a dramatic soprano in a big woman's body is a dramatic soprano in a small woman's body. The change could be singing the wrong rep. Singers often ruin their voice due to this fallacy. One heavy set singer who is a light lyric ruined her voice bc people assumed she was dramatic. Now, she cant sing operatic material well. That's a bad stereotype.
musikenergy 7 months ago
@musikenergy I tend to think she damaged her 'instrument' by singing along with the radio as a young girl in New York, because her musical gifts were so instinctive, she could mirror the sound of what she heard, and using her diaphragm correctly even at that age, caused it to be damaged irreparable. No amount of vocal training could over come it.
Buondelmonte123 7 months ago
Even when she was not singing your eyes were always drawn to her.She had a sort of electric presence,I suppose today we would call it charisma,but Callas singing and acting had far more than that.We can only be grateful that she was singing during an era when she could be recorded faithfully.
Such a person only comes once in a century,or maybe even less.
MrSwifts31 8 months ago
@MrSwifts31 I am glad to hear you say that. I was a bit luckier than you. I saw her in Norma, Bolena, Traviata, and Medea in the 50s and understand exactly what you say about her electrifiying presence. Each one of those performances is indelibly imprinted in my memory after all this time. After both Norma and Traviata half the audience came out all red eyed. We felt for Anna Bolena. Medea gave us shivers down our spine. Experiences unknown today. Sadly nobody believes me when I say that
Ariadne7710 7 months ago
@Ariadne7710 I beleive you. And I'm jealous!
tristanchord85 7 months ago
@tristanchord85 Thank you. Although what MrSwift31 says on the decline of her voice is true she was still miles better than anybody else right up until about 1960. Her voice had flaws when compared to her earlier performances eg Armida 1952, which is superhuman.
The vocal decline was not only the result of weight loss but also a punishing performance schedule of very diverse repertoire. eg Walkure and Puritani one week apart! Sopranos nowadays only care about saving their voices nothing else.
Ariadne7710 7 months ago
and one stillborn child by Onassis.
Although her (ill advised) tour of the world with Di Stefano was bad to start with,by the time she got to Tokyo the voice was starting to return(although it would never be the same again)
I was lucky enough to see her at Covent Garden in 1964 in Tosca.The night we saw she was in magnificent voice (given all the faults we know about) and I would gladly never enter a theatre again after being there.
(cont)
MrSwifts31 8 months ago
@MrSwifts31 We know nothing of the sort, please don't retail silly unsubstantiated gossip, There was no stillborn child with Onassis. I agree with much of what you have written, I too saw her as Tosca in 1964, [twice] and no-one ever came close, maybe Olivero, whom I saw in Amsterdam in '72 in the last part of Act 2 of Tosca, was the exception. By the Japan concerts her stance when singing is better than it was in the second Hamburg concert with an orchestra, where she looks anorexic.
Buondelmonte123 7 months ago
Callas vocal decline was not solely due to her physical problems.
Accoring to her great friend Lord Harewood her voice was nver the same after she lost so much weight.
Then ( as we are well aware) she sang too much and often roles that were not right for the voice.
Emotionally she was drained by her treatment at the hands of Onassis.She had laways hoped that he would marry her,but of course he chose Jackie Kennedy.
We now know(there is documentary evidence) that she had one abortion(cont)
MrSwifts31 8 months ago
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samanthabwalstra 8 months ago
They don't make women like this anymore :)
PaulinaColombia 8 months ago
I miss the kind of regal, sophisticated, dignified presence seen in successful men and women of earlier times. I'm 3rd wave generation Y and if you carry yourself with this kind of class, integrity or self confidence, people either think you're putting on heirs, arrogant or they're down right scared of you and won't talk to you. when did having a personality became so taboo? why are people so afraid of a big presence or a spirited character?
raigekimaru 8 months ago
She's just fabulous. La Divina...for sure!
mwb1089 9 months ago
This woman is very smart, unlike todays pop singers that are a bunch of fruit cakes made up by money and marketing.
LeontariF1 9 months ago 3
Man I'm Italian and Greek and she is hot for an older woman... Too bad I wasn't alive back then I woulda tapped her
TheHogger129 9 months ago
I'm in love. Every single time I hear her. Ave Maria <3
vivelhistoire 9 months ago
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zozokastar 9 months ago
Maria Callas has an accent cause both her parents were from Greece.She lived in Greece for several years and there she received her musical education.
zozokastar 9 months ago
@zozokastar She sounds like an old fashioned well educated New Yourker.
Sadiesexy 9 months ago
Lord Harewood is Queen Elizabeth's cousin
822003 10 months ago in playlist Opera
I love her
TheSaragrace 10 months ago
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DanBarthy 10 months ago
LOVE this :)
WestVoice 10 months ago
It's funny but she was born in the US, Washington Heights to be exact and she speaks with an accent, lol How funny.
MontanaMarriott 11 months ago
@MontanaMarriott When someone has an accent it means he(she) knows one more language then you do.
spqrmor 11 months ago 2
Нет слов, я просто обожаю, как она просто и с юмором обсуждает оперное искусство.
HerbertVonKarajan1 1 year ago 6
shes so lovely and i hear a very vivacious personnality full of humour,,,,i just love her alot,
otorino9o9 1 year ago 3
I'm sure that Callas post-weight loss just continued to try to be who she was-- a conscientious wonderful artist and singer. True it is-- that a drastic weight loss affects the balance of the body and affects a voice. *Certain people at the MET who have had drastic weight loss still sound good but not without sacrificing something of the warmth and luster of the voice. Balance and moderation in our weight-crazed anorexic culture are wise qualities to remember.
olympicrange 1 year ago
@olympicrange Her vocal decline has nothing to do with weight loss, this is just stupid. Her vocal decline was due to her high use of throat muscles to form vowels in higher register. This is considered a technical flaw for classical singers and she paid the price for it as her voice didn't last as much time as it could have had.
gustavojoris 11 months ago
@gustavojoris Gobbi said she had no vocal decline at all, she had lost her spirit to sing and explore music.
Sadiesexy 10 months ago
@Sadiesexy yes Gobbi said like that.. but i think that was his hope. because in her late recordings(late 60s-70s)we can hear her high register really and sadly was gone as literaly. very metalic and cracked off.even herself refused releasing of her comeback album after hearing her demo recordings in Paris in 70s..but her low register became really rich, and had astonishing depth compared with that of the past. and fantastic phrasing. this recording was released by the greedy EMI.
icylakepaxphile 9 months ago
@Sadiesexy i think the why she lost her spirit to sing is her losing high tone. i think that she really wanted remain as 'prima donna'. the queen of opera. great belcanto soprano - the very flower of opera -. if she had changed her career to mezzo, we could have another great Mezzo soprano in opera history.. my opinion ; )
icylakepaxphile 9 months ago
What a blast. She served her art well.
Sadiesexy 1 year ago
I love to listen to her voice even when she just talks, wonderful woman!
YouTubr889 1 year ago 4
Could anyone help me with what plays at 7:10? I would be obliged :)
sairamnagarajan 1 year ago
@sairamnagarajan
It is Elvira's Mad Scene from Bellini's PURITANI, Callas singing it in her famous 1953 Scala recording for EMI with di Stefano and Serafin. This recording is highly recommended, despite standard score cuts and some uneven vocal passages. She is superb in the Mad Scene, the legato, intonation, staccati, piano passages, tears in the voice, exemplary long phrasing, and ends the piece with a huge high E-flat. Interpretations by Sutherland and Gruberova do not begin to compare.
philipc67 1 year ago 2
@philipc67 Thank you very much!
sairamnagarajan 1 year ago
Callas did not have surgery on her face, and it is debatable as to whether or not her huge weight loss was ultimately a good thing or not. What is certain is that she was an incredible artist that sets a high standard for technical and interpretive art that will inspire singers and listeners forever (if we're lucky).
olympicrange 1 year ago 4
@olympicrange Sutherland said in an interview that Callas struggled to maintain the fatness of the sound after wieght loss.
Sadiesexy 1 year ago
She has a great speaking voice.
Sakiera423 1 year ago 4
She's amazing. I only recently "discovered" her and was quite upset to realise she's not with us any more. There are some brilliant books out there though and I feel like I know her even though she died quite a while before I was born!
And I've just got to add that it's actually quite creepy how much she and Stephanie Beacham (also amazing) look alike!
ParisienneGirl 1 year ago
She was so classy, so gorgeous, and so sexy, on top of being a musical genius.
yumlemonjuice 1 year ago 3
@yumlemonjuice
callas is class minus an S plus an A and an L =)
raigekimaru 1 year ago 2
A goddess, no less. An amazing singing voice, unrivalled by any sopranos since the days of recordings, and a beautiful speaking voice to boot.
moirajane 1 year ago
hmmmm i want to loose weight like her... this woman had some surgeries on her face...
MelWolff 1 year ago
@MelWolff I also wonder if she did something too maybe in her cheeks
ingridbrrs1 1 year ago
@ingridbrrs1 yeah maybe, i wonder that too!...they did a good job... i want all that!
hmm she could risk her voice bc the noise job. i sing to and thats way i think a lot about that...:(
MelWolff 1 year ago
A true DIVA!
ingridbrrs1 1 year ago 2
CARA SIGNORA!! CARA DIVA!!!
CuteMcBeauty 1 year ago
Thank you for this sharing this interview. I've seen it many times and never tire of it.
Henrymurray100 1 year ago
Μπράβο!
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Elisabetha611 1 year ago
She has a very rich, musical accent and good philosophy in the subject of music. I can listen to her voice even when she's not singing.
disturbanite8 1 year ago 4
THE BEST AND A GENIUS, A DIVA AND ONLY DIVA.
CyprusHot 1 year ago 5
Pure Class nothing more nothing less
RIP Maria
crumplezone1 1 year ago
interesting how these professional singers who took years and years of learning their art are paid less than pop singers where their genre of music doesn't require as much studying as classical music.
ereccay2k22 1 year ago 61
@ereccay2k22 That is the difference between secular rubbish and actual art, real art, not electronically produced crap, excuse the directness. The level of intelligence required to be a truly great opera singer far surpasses the level of intelligence required to be a great pop singer. Mozart's "Der hölle rache" requires a bit more depth than "Hit me baby one more time"...
Chanteuredelopera 1 year ago 5
@ereccay2k22 Music is also a business. As there are much more stupid people in the world, it is just natural that stupid music sells more and makes more money. I see your point, however, and feel disappointed that it be this way.
gustavojoris 11 months ago
@ereccay2k22 thankyou thankyou for saying that..somebody had to!
Phersephoie 8 months ago
CIpollinni: I agree totally with you, those of these days who dare to be called singers or artists have no clue about serving as a powerful tool, the only thing they pursue is money, fame and their imperfect faces and bodies to be portrayed as perfect. The worst thing is that they do not even sing, they are the patethic result of the professional liers industry: the Media.
Callas always the best REAL artist and singer, beautiful inside and outside.
KunstCritic 1 year ago 2
Miss Callas was a beautifull woman from the in and outside.
TheMarilyn1969monroe 1 year ago 4
@BernardProfitendieu
You obviously know nothing of Callas, snap out of your nationalist frenzy and smell the roses. She was and felt Greek. Swallow it. Can be tasty.
thunderbrand 1 year ago
what a classy lady, a true legend :-)
charminglayla 1 year ago 5
She's so beautiful, there is this archaic aura about her... So articulated & elegant in her poise and captivating voice.
Pacifist4Palestine 1 year ago 7
Моя любимая певица! Поёт высоко, а говорит так низко..=) Здорово! Mi piace molto!
Maria67235 1 year ago
Mr. Cafiero needs to listen to this, and.. take heed.. as his faves';; Caballe etc.. were NOT musicians.
vafungulo1 1 year ago
What a passionate woman. You NEVER hear today's musicans talk about "serving music".
ccipollini1984 1 year ago 58
@ccipollini1984 Musicians of today are serving the almighty dollar, especially those greedy and money-hungry cheap American "musicians".........
ManilaSayang 6 months ago
@ManilaSayang
I hear that. A bunch of auto tuned flashes in the pan.
ccipollini1984 6 months ago
@ManilaSayang im american and i could not agree with you more... unfortunatly... i mean keisha... WHAT THE f*@$?!?!?
BrownLaura8847 6 months ago
I adore you Callas
Terzyana 1 year ago 3
Esta mulher simplesmente é muito importante para mim.....sou uma eterna apaixonada por ela....estudo e vejo tudo dela..as músicas, as roupas, as jóias, tenho cds e dvds...ele é muito importante mesmo para mim....e pensar que vivemos uma certa época no mesmo tempo....e só fui descobrir Maria aos 40 anos....linda a a a a , tudo...uma voz imparável...eu tremo na múcica suissídio.
roberto240390 1 year ago 3
I love this woman. Stupid Onassis, what a jerk!
azraelsnemesis 1 year ago 5
@jackeroo08..... LOW standers and a HUGE lack of respect for the caft.. It's all about personal gain and success now.....yeah sad but true.
chrisscruzzz 1 year ago
wow this is brillant quality for an interview of 1968 and dosen't she look beautiful!
faithoffaith 1 year ago 4
mind must work but too much also.......wow. soul word from legendary prima donna....
shcho114 1 year ago
Callas é a diva eterna do Erudito.
toddydelahov 1 year ago
Has anyone heard her "change" her voice in interviews and different clips ? Here she is speaking in her attempted British accent. I know she spoke French and Italian but opera singers really have the oddest speaking tones because they don't stick one language. One language I never heard Callas speak is GREEK. And she was Greek.
MastersoftheOpera 1 year ago
@MastersoftheOpera there are interviews from radio programs in greek from the time of the Athens appearance in 57. No idea if they are on YTube.
MariaCaIIas 1 year ago
@MastersoftheOpera
You may write the phrase ( Callas in Greece speaks Greek )
spyridvn 1 year ago
@MastersoftheOpera There's a You Tube interview where Madame Callas speaks Greek. Needless to say, her Greek was as fluent as her French, Italian, and English.
The woman was a goddess/genius/vocal wonder. Certainly the most unique and penetrating performer in the history of opera.
Zva26 1 year ago
@MastersoftheOpera there is a youtube clip of a recording of her speaking greek in an interview.
yumlemonjuice 1 year ago
soo beautiful
shealways 1 year ago 2
Maria Callas should have been born five or six decades later
than she actually was.
I really miss her and lament the lack of any soprano as gifted as she was.
Her perfectionism helped many people get her wrong, which is totally unfair for her. She led a life like Adriana Lecouvreur and dedicated herself to great art.
Thanks for posting this clip.
Operalover12002 1 year ago 4
I miss her a lot !!! ... Strange no? I'm only 24 years old and she died before i was born !!!
lucianapb10 1 year ago 4
wow! what a stunningly beautiful lady...... timeless! and im a boy only in my 20s.
zeeshanIsbd 1 year ago 6
What a beautiful, eloquent woman!
Marsena 2 years ago
Yes indeed a beautiful woman! There was no affectation with this beauty. She was a class act all the way, and while i do think Renata Tebaldi had a better voice, I will always adore Callas! Let the loosers who try to detract her wallow in their own envy!!!! And they do Why? Cause i say so!
Dwayne31531 1 year ago
what year is this interview?
wilburbonzo 2 years ago
1968
blatttman 2 years ago
@blatttman Do you also know the date? (I'm citing the interview for a paper)
LittleSelfia 1 year ago
@LittleSelfia Another utuber told me April 1968.
blatttman 1 year ago
@blatttman Awesome, thanks! :)
LittleSelfia 1 year ago
She's intelligent as she talks and she's also a smart singer.
yoxles 2 years ago 2
I just love Callas and her voice.
yoxles 2 years ago 2
hermosa!!!!!
vocalandchords 2 years ago
Stop carping about her accent. She speaks as someone to whom English was not her first language. Let's see, she spoke Greek, English, Italian and French, ALL fluently. She lived in Paris. Her English is beautiful.
shinawillful 2 years ago 4
@shinawillful you're absolutely right her enlish is beautiful
ElijahBortnikov 1 year ago
@shinawillful, Callas was a very gifted linguist, and could pick up languages and accents effortlessly. In his book, Tito Gobbi writes that the first time he met Callas, she was speaking to her husband in a flawless Veronese dialect. After age 13, she had far more contact with British English than American English, which I think was why her speech became a combination of American and British pronunciation.
Shahrdad 1 year ago 4
mannnn I love her....
she is all, everything
I cant find words to define her
RonaldBarone 2 years ago 3
brilliant, did not know she was intellectually superb too
risan01 2 years ago 3
No, it is spelled Serafin...
MrTristan1983 2 years ago
So good to be able to see a Callas interview on demand! Thank you for sharing it.
franc1arc 2 years ago 2
She had such a calming welcoming aura about her. I love how she goes into detail of how to explain her points. It's was very wise of her to take the knoledge of her conducter, Serafine(I think I spelled that right). I see so many singer who ignore the conductor's wishes and "tips" Now I'm conducting my first opera and one student will NOT listen the orchaestra to create a whole voice. and thinks she's on her own as Callas said "The singer is with the orchaestra as a main instrument not alone."
violinistx100 2 years ago 3
More to the point, what about HIS accent? Sounds posher than the Queen.
mahler71 2 years ago 3
who the hell cares about her accent? there is/was so much more about her than her accent. why do you people care to "argue" such a lame point? ridiculous!
nuclearphyllis 2 years ago 2
Strange the way she put on an English accent yet her American accent still came through.
CalifaJohn 2 years ago
she is greek, not american or english. she can speak english any way she likes....
Shanniquitie 2 years ago 7
She was an American citizen until the last part of her life and the years of her childhood spent in New York gave her an American accent until she became a major star and decided to elevate her accent as it were. But in reality she was an international woman with strong ties to Italy and France as well as her cultural homeland, Greece.
CalifaJohn 2 years ago 3
How she produces her speech (including her intonation, pronunciation, etc.) is not unusual of someone with her experiences. She grew up and lived in New York until 13, and then studied in Greece for several years before relocating to Italy, and then later, France.
I also find that many opera singers reveal this kind of effect in their speech (listen to Jessye Norman, for example). This is not an issue of authenticity rather than the demands of switching between languages frequently.
HulaGuyMN 2 years ago 3
Well said, I speak many languages, and i hear many accients after listining to my self, Sometimes i am so posh on certain accent, and I move from Italian French ,,English and German without thinking and theses accents crept up in ones conversation. dexterity... that all.... and quite obvious Maria was giving a perfeomance.. and much need lecture to the interviewer..... Ok forget about her accents.. but listen the the dept of Knowledge how she knew music... viva la Divina per sempre
amiciopera 2 years ago
Shes not putting on an english accent the way Madonna did (and makes an ass out of herself) Maria callas spent a great time of her life in Europe, and over there they all learn English , like the speak in England. Not the way one speaks in the US..Sorry but thats how it is.
Dwayne31531 2 years ago
sorry, sister, but she was born in the United States and lived in NYC (and I don't mean Manhattan) until she was a teen -- the accent is an affectation that she used for the press -- THAT'S how it is
BernardProfitendieu 2 years ago
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Dwayne31531 2 years ago
at the age she left the US her Astoria accent would have been firmly established ... Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, moved to the US as a girl - that's the difference between an affectation and naturally formed accent
Madonna? affectation
Gwyneth Paltrow? affectation
all those Yanks with their slight English accents roaming around London? affectation
you pretending not to speak with a trailer park accent? complete and utter affectation
BernardProfitendieu 2 years ago
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Dwayne31531 2 years ago
To BernardProfitendieu,
While I don't question that some people employ affectations in their speech, our language systems are still vulnerable to influence, well into adulthood. (Therefore, it is not fair to suggest that Callas's "Astoria accent" would have been crystallised by 13).
HulaGuyMN 2 years ago
I am case study in this: I grew up in Hawai'i, in a home where Filipino, Portuguese and English were spoken daily; Korean, Spanish, and Chinese were also heard in my neighborhood and classrooms. I travelled to the Philippines yearly, and have been through Asia, the South Pacific, and certain places in Europe. After spending a few years in LA, I now live in Minnesota, where I've been for 10 years.
People often note that my accent is difficult to locate, as my speech bears these influences.
HulaGuyMN 2 years ago
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Dwayne31531 1 year ago
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@BernardProfitendieu Oh really? The only affectation comes from you, stupit ass. Really if you hate Callas so much why the fuck are you downloading her videos? Your cursed sense of reality resides in a trailer park. Stupit Bitch.
Dwayne31531 1 year ago
@BernardProfitendieu Maria spoke a variety of languages, although never spoke either one of them entirely correct. Is this way of speaking affectation? Sorta, but these interviews are a performance too. Maria Callas was an institution, an image. She was a businesswoman. At home, in private, Maria Kaligeropolou spoke with a slightly more Americanized accent...slightly. But who cares?
ShamusMacGuffin 2 years ago 2
@ShamusMacGuffin When did you get to hear Maria speak at home in private?
Redboy4 2 years ago
Also, please don't refer to me as a sister.
HulaGuyMN 2 years ago
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hers is the affectation of a very insecure person.
end of story, cupcake.
BernardProfitendieu 2 years ago
@BernardProfitendieu
I hope you're not serious about those affectation theories of yours. She has a typical Greek-american accent, she's not faking it. I mean come on, you can't be that stupid.
thunderbrand 2 years ago 4
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I've heard her in interviews where she pretends not to understand English, her native tongue - now that's fake!! - she lived in Queens until she was a teenager ... no one would have an accent under those circumstances - it's fake, too
I would say you can't possibly be that stupid to fall for her act, but it seems you are.
that stupid.
and gullible.
BernardProfitendieu 2 years ago
@BernardProfitendieu Bernard - The only affectation, comes from you you ugly ass looser. Callas , would not have time for a affectatious scumbag Nouveau Riche , wannabe like you. You suck. Keep your goddamned comment's to yourself. Fuck off looser.
Dwayne31531 1 year ago
i love how she describes the voice as the " main instrument int the orchestra" rather than seperate from the orchestra, because it is true
tCrOMez1990 2 years ago 2
what is the name she is singing at around 7:20? I wonder if i can find it on itunes.
ScientiaVeritasEtLux 2 years ago