Maria Callas - "L'altra notte in fondo al mare"

Maria Callas sings "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" from Boito's Mefistofele (Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin, recorded in 1954)

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Music

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• maria
• callas
• mefistofele
• l'altra
• notte
• in
• fondo
• al
• mare

[Shahrdad]

I love the desperate, almost insane sound she creates at the beginning of the aria, which then resolves into a resigned sweetness as she tells her soul to fly away like a bird. Just the way she says "L'aura e fredda" in that colorless, chilled voice sends shivers down my spine. The woman was a musical and dramatic genius with incredible instincts, but she also had the technical skill to support her instincts and let her genius have full flight within a stylistic framework. She was unique.

[angelovocci]

All truly great singers bow down to Maria Callas, unless they are jealous of heights they will never attain.(Natalie Dessay for example). The rest of us true artist and singers understand why she is the pinnacle, the zenith of the Art of music/singing.

[nikicover]

@altjj

d'accordissimo.....non è solo voce, ci vuole il cuore....ci vogliono il sangue, le viscere....e lei, la Divina, metteva tutto questo cantando....dava tutta se stessa senza riserve, e questo ci giunge cristallino e lampante ancor oggi, consacrandola all'Immortalità dovuta a chi , come Lei, vivrà per sempre in virtù di ciò che ci ha lasciato in eredità...preziosissima....

[anastasia7536]

@angelovocci surely yo u are a great person and artist for recognized that ! thanks !

[anastasia7536]

@angelovocci thaks for youy honestity, surely you are great and sensitive person and artis yoursef

[babydrane]

I am still trying to figure out how she changes the dynamics and tempi of her trills so easily. Magnificent document this aria is!

[MadonnaImperia]

@carolynhope1 I love it too :)

[carolynhope1]

@MadonnaImperia That is my all time favorite of her albums. I listen to it more than any other of her recital albums. Magnificent...

[bellini7verdi]

tan rara como joan sutherland...............

[MadonnaImperia]

@Gigglingatagas That is a very beautiful metaphor :)

[MadonnaImperia]

@MarchesediCalatrava September 1954. It was part of an aria album designed to showcase Callas' versatility. On one side she sang coloratura arias from "Dinorah", "I vespri siciliani", "Lakmé" and "Il barbiere di Siviglia", on the other she sang heavier pieces from "Adriana Lecouvreur", "Andrea Chenier", "La Wally" and this aria from "Mefistofele". This reflected her programming for concerts where she often combined the coloratura arias with dramatic pieces.

[mariasarda]

Rare and true.