Finale MEDEA (Cherubini) MARIA CALLAS - Firenze 1953

0:00 E che? Io son Medea
6:40 Tu Glauce piangi sol, spietato!...Atre furie

Firenze, 7.5.1953
MEDEA di Luigi Cherubini
Finale dell'opera.
Dir. V.Gui
Callas, Guichandut, Barbieri, Petri, Tucci

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Music

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• Maria Callas
• Medea
• Cherubini
• Finale
• Firenze
• 1953
• live
• E che io son Medea
• Atre furie

[1777achilles]

Sorry I was not clear in my previous post what I mean is that both live recordings are from la Scala but recorded on different nights the Florence performances were never recorded the "false" goes back decades ago the mistake was commited by an italian private record label from the 50s and never corrected. I know this for a fact because my father was a manager for CETRA all his life. But who cares!!! She is magnificient anyway...keep up your great musical tastes. Adamo

[diesis23]

@1777achilles Oh, interesting! I didn't know it...thank you so much for sharing this curiosity. Well, in conclusion I'd say...Florence or Milan, this recording is sublime! Callas, we love you anyway.

[1777achilles]

Dear Diesis23 my compliments for your choise just wanted to inform you that this performance has always been a mistake, the performances in Florence under Gui'baton were never preserved what you are listening here is the performance at La Scala in Milan still in 1953 under Bernstein's baton only a couple of months later.

Thanks for posting.

[diesis23]

@1777achilles I'm sorry but you're wrong. La Scala version directed by Leonard Bernstein is this one: search here on YouTube "Finale Medea Callas 1953 ATRE FURIE VOLATE A ME" posted by youfeda.

I own both editions. According to my personal taste, I prefer Milan's one, especially the final scene...Sooooooo intense. Even if Callas in this role is always exceptional........

Enjoy it!

[charlesbonares]

There is good sopranos, great sopranos, excellent sopranos -- and Maria Callas.

[MAPIAKALLAS]

wow callas at her best she creates terror on stage i would be afraid to be infrom of her as a medea huge voice brava divine Monster

[infrantasi]

@hchristopher1 But listen to the complete 1958 Dallas performance, followed by the 1959 London, and you will be amazed that the voice is as powerful and beautiful as it is here, not a note out of place in either one. And the color of her top notes in Dallas is WHITE HOT.

[infrantasi]

Already a masterful interpretation with only nine or 10 performances! The Paganini of opera.

[MultiZahl]

Eine furiose ,brilliante Aufnahme von Maria Callas,die Die Medea aus der Vergessenheit erweckt hat.Alle Sängerinnen die die Medea nach Maria Callas gesungen haben konnten in dieser schwierigen Partie nicht überzeugen.Brava Maria Callas!!!!!!!! Danke Diesis23

[FilitsaBo]

Godness !

[ubedajils]

Es que es sobrecogedor, ESE FINAL!! "collà",que no es más que el infierno en fortíssimo, y "t'aspetta" en el no va más del terror en un aún más poderoso fortíssimo... es sobrenatural. DEA!

[coryisawake]

Chilling in every respect and prodigious singing and portrayal as always.