Maria Callas- Tosca, second Act part 3 (Torture Scene p1)

Maria Callas
Tosca
Part 3
Second Act, Torture Scene (1)
at Covent Garden

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Music

Tags:

• Maria
• Callas
• Tosca
• Torture
• Scene
• Covent
• Garden

[ldeliane]

thank you for posting this! Callas and Gobbi -in my opinion- are the definitive Tosca and Scarpia. Electrifying.

[Elisabetta611]

On the opera stage gestures are often larger than in movies. The drama has to reach everyone. This isn't a movie, opera isn't subtle, it's intense and dramatic.

[Wotan123456789]

@bonanplu No mean to disrepect, but your comment is really inconsistent as such.

[bonanplu]

@Elisabetta611 : Sadly Callas confuses Floria with Medea.

Floria is a diva, she isn't witch but Callas looks like that. As always her best role is Medea because Medea is a witch (what Callas was)

[NYCHombre]

Because this footage is in black and white, I forget to remember how beautiful she must have looked in that red empire dress and those jewels! This is the Tosca of the ages! Thank heaven we have this footage. Genius!

[ann5mim]

Yes, but born from Greek parents. In any case, she's an international diva.

[bacersaci]

This is awesome!

[ElisabettaVS]

Sometimes an opinion doesn't need an explanation. La Callas is self-explanatory. She is one of the best to interprete Tosca, as far as I know, in my opinion because of her acting and her exaggerate and passionate way of singing. Her singing is very much like her life. ^^

[Alphaeffe]

she was the Best guys ! we will never see something like Maria!

[Dzzzzzzz]

Hey Luker2222, I disagree with you. Do you know what happened in Callas's personal life at the time she sang Tosca? That might explain her "exaggerated and silly acting".

In my opinion Callas was the best Tosca ever because unlike anyone else she nailed the drama and ambiguous character of Floria Tosca.

Which Tosca do you prefer?