Maria Callas
Maria Callas was born in New York City in 1923 to Greek parents. The uniqueness of her angelic voice and her unmatched artistry of interpreting operatic music are the reasons why she was an opera superstar. Ms. Callas passed away in 1977. The soundtrack is "Suicidio!" from "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli. PS: check out my other channel "SundroidHD": www.youtube.com or my website: www.shisun.net
Maria Callas (Μαρία Κάλλας): Madama Butterfly - Puccini
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Callas sings La Sonnambula
TRIBUTE TO MARIA CALLAS On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her death, I made a slideshow with some of her most beautiful photos accompanied by her haunting interpretation of Amina's Mad Scene: "Ah non credea mirarti... Ah non giunge" 1957
Maria Callas Casta Diva (Norma - Bellini)
Casta Diva (Norma - Vincenzo Bellini) by Maria Callas. Various photos. Norma, daughter of Oroveso, High-priestess of the Celts. The most famous Norma of the postwar period was Maria Callas, with 89 stage performances (several of which exist on recording), along with two studio recordings (made in 1954 and 1960).
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Madame Butterfly - Maria Callas
Puccini's Opera ''madame butterfly'' by Maria Callas Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina. Born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind on stage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's allegedly temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldi, and her love affair with Aristotle Onassis. Her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press. Her artistic achievements, however, were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "The Bible of opera", and <b>...</b>
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Maria Callas - Ah! Crudel! (Parsifal)
Amazing scene from Wagner's Parsifal, act 2. Kundry is an interesting role, written for the mezzo/contralto Marienne Brant who was also able to sing dramatic soprano, and had a vocal range from low G to high D, and was a pupil of the great Pauline Viardot. The role of Kundry requires a strong low register but also a resilient upper register, with a tessitura so widely shifting than in some productions it has been performed by two different singers on stage! The fantastic range of Kundry is low Ab to high B.
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The Callas - Lipstick
The Callas - Lipstick official video. Performance by The Boy. Directed by The Callas.
Maria Callas - ("Samson et Dalila" - Camille Saint-Saëns) - Pierre Auguste Renoir
Samson et Dalila (English: Samson and Delilah), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four tableaux by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed at the Grossherzogliches (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) in Weimar on 2 December 1877 in a German translation.
Maria Callas - Medea - Video Footage
Maria Callas - Medea - Video Footage - Giulietta Simionato - Jon Vickers - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Callas - Trovatore 1950
"La grande vociacia" (the big unpretty voice) of Maria Callas (dixit her mentor,T. Serafin) who was singing Isolde, Brünnhilde, Kundry, Fidelio, Turandot and Gioconda, reveals in Mexico 1950 her treasures of agility and line in the rather belcantist Trovatore of Verdi, at a time where coloraturas agilities were rather the prerogative of light sopranos. Dark and incredible flexibility at the end of the duet with the baritone.
Maria Callas La Divina
Maria Callas, the American born, Greek soprano, redefined the bel canto with such ferocity and perfection future divas would be hard pressed to follow. The soundtrack's first Aria is from the Opera Norma, written in 1831, the piece is "Casta Diva" by Vincenzo Bellini, the conductor was Tullio Serafin conducting the Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, an EMI label release, in stereo. The exact part Maria Callas is singing in "Casta diva" with an English translation can be found here: www.aria-database.com The second Aria, is from the Opera La Wally, written in 1892 by Alfredo Catalani, the piece is "Ebben" , the conductor was again Tullio Serafin, conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, an EMI label release, a mono recording. DSP chips can do miracles even in mono recordings with Callas' voice. The heroine in Act I of La Wally, vows to escape an arranged marriage and contemplates the dangers of the long journey away from home. Dangers, Hellenic expatriates, the world over, are very familiar with. The libretto for La Wally can be found here: www.karadar.com The exact part Maria Callas is singing in "Ebben," with an English translation, can be found here: www.aria-database.com Both excerpts are examples of "Bel Canto" meaning "to sing beautifully," the style Maria Callas "La Voix Du XXeme Siecle" singlehandedly revived. A very difficult and demanding style, only "La Divina" could sing sing perfectly. Stelios Galatopoulos' book Maria Callas Sacred Monster is a good start <b>...</b>
Amneris- A Callas masterclass
The very talented mezzo Sheila Nadler was given a masterclass at Juillard by Maria Callas in the role of Amneris in Aida. One Callas remark might be astonishing about staying beautiful in any occasion, even in tragedy, at the end. Because Callas would not care, during her career about just sounding or looking beautiful if the dramatic necessity needed more roughness. But one must remember that Amneris is a royal princess, not Santuzza, not Medea.
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Maria Callas - "Tosca " Giacomo Puccini
Maria Callas - Tosca Giacomo Puccini - Giovanni Fattori (Music and Painting) ____________________________________________ Giovanni Fattori (September 6, 1825 August 30, 1908) was an Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli. He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects. In his middle years, inspired by the Barbizon school, he became one of the leading Italian plein-airists, painting landscapes, rural scenes, and scenes of military life. After 1884, he devoted much energy to etching.
Maria Callas - La mamma morta
La mamma morta (They killed my mother) is an aria from the 1896 opera Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano. It is sung by the role of Maddalena di Coigny (soprano). . . This video is best viewed at 720p on a full screen. All lyrics are included in Italian and in English. A very brief summary of the plot: The story takes place during the French Revolution. The title of the opera is also the name of the main character, André Chénier, a poet and believer in love and freedom. The story opens at the château de Coigny where Maddalena, a countess, is having a party which Chénier attends. These are the two major roles. The third major role is Gérard, a servant, who secretly loves Maddalena. Gérard later joins Robespierre's Reign of Terror. Eventually, Chénier and Maddalena fall in love. Gérard, who moves up in the ranks, has Chénier (who opposes the reign of terror) arrested but arranges for Maddalena to be spared. Unfortunately for Gérard, Maddalena chooses to die with Chénier rather than live without him. They are both sent to the guillotine. The opera is obviously more complicated than this brief synopsis but this is the gist of it. "La mamma morta" is also sung by Maria Callas in the 1993 movie, "Philadelphia" with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. The scene where Hanks listens to and interprets this aria is phenomenal and contributed to earning him an Oscar for his role in the movie.
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Maria Callas "Sediziose voci...Casta Diva, che inargenti" Sept.05.-12.1960
- Norma - Milano, Teatro alla Scala: Recording, EMI: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano producers Walter Legge, Walter Jellinek; engineer Robert Gooch - Act I - Norma - Maria Callas Pollione - FRANCO CORELLI Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria Clotilde Edda Vincenzi Flavio - Piero de Palma maestro del coro - Norberto Mola Conductor - Tullio Serafin September 05.-12.1960 René Seghers " FRANCO CORELLI -- Prince of Tenors September 1960: PRIMA DONNA CORELLI was the real star, with his wife calling two hours late that he couldn't sing. We were all waiting for him; he was the real PRIMA DONNA. CHRISTA LUDWIG, "VOICES," BBC RADIO With the fruits of his new modelling career possibly on tables in various EMI waiting rooms, CORELLI met with WALTER LEGGE, CALLAS, CHRISTA LUDWIG, and TULIO SERAFIN in September 1960 for the historic recording of what would be CALLA'S second studio NORMA. CORELLI was in top form an a vast improvement over MARIO FILIPPESCHI'S one-dimensional proconsul in the first, legendary CALLAS NORMA, recorded in mono in 1954, but six years later CALLAS exhibits audible sings of wear and tear. According to the critics, she compensated for this with a deepened sense of tragedy, making the heroine more vulnerable and touching than ever before. And yet, this stereo NORMA has never replaced the mono set in the hearts of home audiences. [...]
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Callas teaches bass-baritone Willard White on Fiesco's aria
Another lesson at the Juilliard School, on Fiesco'aria in Simon Boccanegra. Callas inspires young Willard White (before he began his a great carreer) with some more authority, exact diction, urgency in the vibrato and phrasing, and talks about the relative pianissimo on an operatic stage.
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