1958 Live Callas Traviata

Live 1958 La Traviata from Covent Garden. Singers are Maria Callas as Violetta, Cesare Valetti as Alfredo and the conductor is Nicola Rescigno. London, June 20, 1958. Opera critic, Harold Rosenthal wrote of the performance, "The death scene was almost horrific, the last "E strano!" was uttered in an unearthly voice, and as Violetta rose to greet what she thought was a new life, a glaze came over her eyes, and she literally became a standing corpse. This was at the first night, but the death scene varied from performance to performance."

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[zamyrabyrd]

Can someone take out the ugly comments here that have no place around high art, or at least block the spammers?

[SandrineSoprano]

yes yes yes, and yessss

[zamyrabyrd]

@AllenMagicGoose Callas had an "elitist mouth". Go back and play in the sandbox, kid.

[AllenMagicGoose]

@zamyrabyrd a kid with a ball is high art to me. Enjoy the sound and close your elitist mouth

[StudioHG]

BRAVO!!



[fastborzoi]

beautiful, and powerful