Callas on Rigoletto's aria- A Masterclass

Work and art. When Maria Callas shows more expression on a baritone aria than any other singer.
(From her famous masterclasses at Julliard from 1971 to 1972)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Callas
• Rigoletto
• Verdi
• Cortiggianni
• Masterclasses

[LouisXIV85]

Sorry but there's a mistake in the title: it isn't "Cortiggianni vil razza dannata" but "Cortigiani vil razza dannata"... beautiful these masterclasses!!! Thanks

[foropera]

Thanks, but now it's too late too change it for me!:-)

[csmjr91090]

I would have loved her as my teacher if I could sing!!! She understand so well what needs to be conveyed. But I would have been intimidated by Maria teaching me in public, but not so much in private. It would be awesome to have her as a regular teacher! It would be heaven!!! Maria is so great!

[csmjr91090]

You clearly just hate Callas, and are hating music by doing so. She knew far more then you will ever know about music. She was a genius and there are many other musical geniuses who have said the same thing. Take your hate of a true artist and musician somewhere else.

[babydrane]

It's kinda weird that he prepared the aria and didn't know what the words meant...how'd he do that? BTW, some of the comments on this video are a trip and a half.

[waldotube]

she frozen me when she sang, Tu taciiiii.... OMG... Callas Soprano Abssoluta dil mondo.. i love her.!!!

[colonia3059]

Callas makes true all she sings... it is a simple as that, she makes it true...and when she was still singing, she made an entire opera true, real, credible... even just listening to her, what she sings becomes real, true, deep. Then of corse, she respects the score like probably no other great singer does or has: open the score, read it, and listen to Callas, EVERYTHING IS THERE.

NOBODY, NOBODY even with much "nicer" voices than hers, can do what she did.

[ininacsot]

enregistrement formidable,exeptionnel ,ce qu'il faut afin d'approcher la perfection,merci pour cette vidéo

[georgerannie]

OMG--DO it Maria!!

[themillionairess]

"...Oh sweetheart, no."

LOL I love her.

[AOG93]

OMG, listen to when she says "Explain in to me"... The singer freezes! he does not understand... She does, and she never sung Rigoletto (The baritone part)!. And listen to her explain the aria. With each `hrase she bursts with emotion until she explodes singin! Like all these feelings inside she just cannot hold but must commit to singin and music! AMAZING

[GeneKLM747]

Maria Calls always unique and origina...A super great teacher ... The best of all.. Thanks so much.

[GeneKLM747]

An "excelente" teacher..singer.. and actress...Orginal and Unique...I had the blessing of hearing Ms. Calllas singing the role of Gilda from Rigoletto in Mexico City...FANTASTICA..

[theinkbrain]

@Zva26

Callas makes me shiver and get goosebumps. my throat gets choked up and i feel a kind of freezing sensation in my chest. i feel my stomach do flip flops and the hair on the back of my neck bristles.

that's how i know that this is a voice that appears only once and once only in the whole history of the universe. i thank you for your very informative comments, and for sharing your knowledge. when i read what people like you write, i learn what is important in life.

thank you.