Maria Callas as Medea 05

This is a slide show made with photographs of Maria Callas as Cherubini's Medea, one of her greatest roles. The photos are from Alexis Minotis's production, performed in Dallas (1958), London (1959), Epidaurus (1961) and Milan (1961 & 1962), where Jon Vickers was Giasone. The sound-track is from the studio recording made in 1957, with the Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, directed by Tullio Serafin. Giasone is sung by Mirto Picchi. The pictures were chosen according to the text sung. If you like it, search for my other videos. This is the second dialogue between Medea and Giasone, on act II. Medea realizes that the children could be the instrument of her revenge upon their father, and when he arrives she persuades him to let her see them. To herself, she says: "You will pay dearly for my sham sighs, for my false grief."

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Music

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• Maria
• Callas
• Cherubini
• Medea
• opera
• Scala
• Serafin
• Minotis
• slide
• show
• Vickers
• Picchi

[TeachingOpera]

I've already posted a set of eight videos about Maria Callas (search by "Maria Callas - Testimonials and Interviews"). Those videos were presented at a Brazilian TV channel at 1997, in a tribute to the 20 years "without" Maria. Nice videos, testimonials and even Callas interviews. Unfortunately, at 2007 (30 years of her death) I didn't see anything tributing to her...

[luismoschini]

In 2007, a Brazilian TV channel presented the French documentary "Callas Assoluta" by Phipippe Kohly, with subtitles in Portuguese. In 2008, the documentary was shown again, this time dubbed in Portuguese. The narrator was Maitê Proença.

[niklausse]

She was capable of filling soul, mind, and heart, as she wanted, with all the emotions. She was a master magician!

[decadrages]

Absolument génial!

Merci.

[georgerannie]

BRAVA Diva!!

[SandrineSoprano]

Great upload

[LafcadioW]

Thanks a lot for your posts 'Callas as Medea'. They're fantastic! Where did you get all these photos from? Before seeing them I knew only several pictures from performances. 'Medea' live must have been magical. Callas' singing is full of emotions.

[Frufrucucu]

Before Callas, there role wasn't performed...And after her, it wasn't performed the way SHE managed to do it...Though Gencer was good, it will never be the same...

[Sadiesexy]

Beethoven ment Medea was the best opera ever.

[avfariatub]

very good!

[Lohengrin]

It is not underrated it is just extremely difficult to be sung thus not presented. L v Beethoven and J Brahms worshiped this Opera and had described it as "the Opera that we musicians recognise among ourselves as the highest form of dramatic Art ever written"

[Faust075]

Medea is probably the most underrated Opera. It is in my Opinion one of the best ever role of Callas along with Norma and Traviata. Medea is such a demanding role that nobody after Callas was capable of performing it properly. She was, she is and will remain unique for ever. Efcharisto Poli Maria, Brava Callas !