[Best Sound] Maria Callas in the famous Lisbon Traviata (1958): Act 2 duet 'Pura siccome un angelo'

[@Nobilangelo]

Callas is Violetta, the lady of tragedy, who lit up the world with that stupendous voice and superv artistic genius.

[@Ad-nh8ov]

😊 thank you so much for sharing this magical, magnificent performance of the great Maria Calas. THANK YOU

[@SophiArtist]

Divine, the greatest Violetta of all times!!!

[@ramonduarte6893]

Para mi esta version de la Ópera La Traviata cantada por Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus y Mario Sereni, es la Traviata por excelencia por no decir la mejor de todos tiempos. Este duo de Callas y Sereni es un masterclas de como hay que cantar el 2o. Acto de esta Ópera. Mario Sereni canta realmente como si fuera un Padre y Callas esta brillante. Creo que es la mejor Traviata de Maria Callas. BRAVISIMOS !!!

[@Ad-nh8ov]

I simply adore her.

[@pammyjones1151]

For me, undeniably the most poignant and heartbreaking part of Traviata.....I have always loved Sereni....and Callas is the only Violetta for me.....

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

Joya musical legendaria remasterizada ¡Maravilla de cantantes y tecnología!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@道-p2e]

What a gorgeous and confident baritone, so wonderfully matches with the voice of great Callas, bravo! Thank u

[@rogalesi58]

bisogna chiudere gli occhi e lasciarsi andare per capire tutto, bellissimo recording, non un'altra Violetta come la sua, grande Callas

[@roberthofman2710]

Beautiful. I have been a Callas fan all my life. Love Traviata and especially her 1955 live rendition of Amami Alfredo... Che fai? But I also love her Tosca, Turandot, Norma Butterfly (Cio-Cio-san)... Callas lives forever ❤

[@dumitrescugabriel1704]

Hello, Robert, My feelings are the same, I love Callas for many years now. "Amami Alfredo" is one of my favorite arias and also " Alfredo, Alfredo di questo core". Viva Maria ! Best regards, G.D.- a Romanian Callas fan

[@alioffe4321]

Singing is too simple a word for this. This is something else!

[@Nobilangelo]

'Morrò! Ma mia memoria' Yes, we shall. For ever.

[@wewper]

Excellent sound! Must be from a different source from the one that's been going around for decades. Thanks for posting.

[@Tkimba2]

So touching :(

[@Orfeus80]

Notwithstanding some pitch problems by Callas at dite alla giovine, this is movingly sung by both! One of her greatest roles!

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Bravi

[@MegaAlbaby]

Yes, I am have always been a die -hard Callas admirer but for me, this recording of all (studio and and live - and I’ve heard them ALL), shows what an inimitable singing actress and SINGER above all Maria Callas WAS and IS -- because we still have so many of her recordings to appreciate and admire. That is, to those who understand and appreciate what opera IS: Sung Drama. If you wish to denigrate Callas for vocal “insecurities “, “flaws”...I wish you the ability to appreciate what she brought to and WAS to OPERA. You want beautiful singing: listen to her....you want pablum? Listen to others (I won’t denigrate Sutherland, all the other bel canto divas - no point - they can all be superb.). However, when you truly listen and compare MC to others please note how much she respects the composer’s notation and adds her own inimitable personal voice and passion to the MUSIC. No one, i repeat no one in my opinion, has ever scaled the challenging and rewarding heights of Medea, NORMA, Tosca and Violetta....The Verdi heroines (listen if you will to her 1955 recording of Rigoletto, Leonora in TROVATORE ‘56). I may be preaching “to the choir” but also the famed live 1955 Berlin LUCIA with Von Karajan at the helm exemplify what a supreme artist she was. It’s all there for anyone who will listen....Do you like to read? Check out John Ardoin’s “THE CALLAS LEGACY” which has been published more than once to review every “scrap” of recordable materials both in studio and live of La Divina. Fascinating and insightful reading even if you choose not to listen!!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Cotrubas is a close second my friend. 🇫🇷🎵🎼🎶💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@hectorhugomoyano9518]

BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Fairpavel]

I've known and loved the Lisbon Traviata for quite some time, but most of these terrific pictures are new to me! Very good sound quality also. Any idea who the man at 18:04 is?

[@道-p2e]

Great baritone Mario, voice counts only

[@Fairpavel]

@@道-p2e The man in the picture seems too old to be Mario Sereni.

[@Fairpavel]

Probably this is conductor Franco Ghione.

[@道-p2e]

@@Fairpavel True, and Mario is much more handsome than that !!! Sorry, and I am ok with her in La Traviata, but I am particularly love her in Norma, Carmen, Barber of S., and the top: Tosca!

[@Ad-nh8ov]

Serena also of course.

[@gr__msk]

who?

[@renzo6490]

Speaking of his daughter, Germont sings, "Pura siccome un angelo" He does not say angela even though he is referring to a woman. That is because, in Italian, all celestial beings are...male !

[@Homoclassicus]

Isn't it because in Italian genderless or gender-neutral animate nouns tend to be referred to in the masculine gender? That is how it works in Portuguese: the masculine gender doesn't necessarily nor always refer to male beings, but also to generic or genderless beings when the specific gender doesn't matter or isn't known

[@renzo6490]

@@Homoclassicus : That's a more accurate understanding. Thanks

[@rodrigoandrade1807]

This recording belongs to which label ?

[@panoschytiris]

EMI

[@arielpaul1295]

Sereni is a wonderful singer, but not one who could sing next to a Callas. Bastianini was the the only one who could, and who's natural harshness of voice matched Verdi's genial and cruel characterization of Giorgio Germont.

[@Orfeus80]

Actually Bastianini was the opposite of Callas. Gobbi and Sereni here were closer to Callas as a singer.