Maria Callas - Porgi Amor - Le Nozze di Figaro

First aria of the Countess, from Le Nozze di Figaro. Sung by soprano Maria Callas.

Enjoy!

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• porgi
• amor
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• nozze
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• wolfgang
• amadeus
• mozart
• soprano
• countess
• almaviva

[leoperarm]

This is Maria Callas! Listen to the timbre, the vibrato and to the pronunciation of the 'm'. Unmistakeable! Yes, some pianos and low notes sound wierd, but it is her.

[Rory1956]

It is hard to imagine a deeper rendition of this difficult piece. Even my beloved Leontyne Prince odes not convince me in this aria. Callas' 'attacchi' are exemplary although this recording belongs to a time when her voice was quite strained. But this does not matter with an artist of the caliber of Callas. Had she sung something like 'bring me a glass of water', she would have made it sound leaden with pathos and drama.

[phoenix4165]

This is Callas. The timbre is unmistakeable.

[embenadorfinearts]

Pucini in Mozart... and here is the result ! No color wrong tradition and almost no accent... not counting the legato. She is no Janet Baker or Margaret Price for sure,,,, style is so important for Mozart and totally absent here !

[PatriciaCarvalho0]

@OperaBoy1986 I love love LOVE this woman and god only knows how much. But she is to sing Verdi, Bellini..(....). But not Mozart. No. And that is not a bad thing. Wish i had the voice to sing JUST Verdi's and Bellini's :) Ohh and Rossini's! Hm, i would choose These 3 over Mozart,i would. (i know, i'm a sinner)

[PatriciaCarvalho0]

lol, i am soooo sorry i really am!! don't get me wrong please!! but LOOOOOL of COURSE this is Callas! God, unmistakeable! :) And again, please i'm not being mean! it's just..that... it is impossible to be someone else with this voice! :)

[OperaBoy1986]

I love Callas as much as anyone else, but come on guys. This is bad. She neither had the technique nor the temperament for Mozart. She even famously said on one occasion that she found most of Mozart's music to be rather dull. This song brutally exposes all of the weaknesses in her voice that were overlooked over in Italian rep because of her pathos. But I think in Mozart the pathos is in the elegance of the phrases and pristine execution of his vocal lines. Ill take Kiri and Renee in this role.

[arnoldogiordani]

Yes, definitely Callas - a studio recording at the end of 1963 - beginning of 1964. Late for her and there is some frailty, but special and affecting as was almost always the case with that utterly unique voice.

[sfracagnarsi]

As much as I like Callas, I think this interpretation is really not appropriate. She makes it sound as if it was an Italian dramatic opera from the XIX century!!!

[renascencewoman]

@wambui37 you haven't heard Sona Ghazarian. THE sweetest rendition

[renascencewoman]

si belle

[wambui37]

I am a big fan of maria callas, but nobody sings this piece as beautiful as Gundula Janowitz

[Tenortalker]

There is a lovely intimate feel. This is the Countess' private grief summed up in Mozart's divine music. The voice is a little worn, but the technique consumate. Few singers have come so close to expressing the essence of Mozart's genius. Callas had a great heart. That is why she could hear into and translate the music for us in this way with her voice and imagination.