Callas: In Her Own Words Part 1 of 4

A wonderful audio documentary I have on cassette, narrated by John Ardoin, with lots of good quality live and studio excerpts. A fascinating insight into the life of the greatest performer who ever lived.

[@meirwise1107]

People dont appreciate her intelligence and talent. She spoke English, French, Italian, Greek. She sight read the second act of Isolde for an audition! She learnt a role in a week ( it usually takes 3 months). She taught master classes at Juliard.She single handedly modernised and revived opera after the war and brought it kicking and screaming into the twentieth century. The unique, unequalled, unrivaled Maria Callas. RIP Ultimate Diva.

[@mistersmith1883]

Correct

[@charlesbeloved7951]

Yes ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Fanfanbalibar]

HOW OLD ARE YOU WITH RED HEARTS LIKE KIDS AND EMOJIS? CAN' YOU WRITE PROPERLY ?@@charlesbeloved7951

[@ricardohuhtala5071]

Just wonderful , she was and is the Greatest artist ever to walk on the surface of the earth….

[@robertn800]

John Ardoin is the best ! I was about in elementary school, drawing my Cat, Tiger, in the living room & my parents were watching some sort of documentary of great 20th c. Artists. I heard a voice & looked up & saw this Beautiful woman singing so sad. I’d seen Opera stuff on tv before but disliked their non-acting, standing in one spot like fat cows chewing their cud. Didn’t know her name until High School & started buying dvds, cds books on her. I college I, as an artist spent a year trying to find how she did what moved me as a child. I’ve started to learn an answer, it is painful but…rapturous ✨🌟✨

[@mistersmith1883]

Agreed. I never liked opera until callas

[@marcomicheletti9957]

2:55, theare 2 Callas 4:15, pronuncia del nome 5:30, Lilly Pons 7:49, Nina Foresti 11:35, belcanto training con De Hidalgo 12:55, definizione belcanto 14:07, 14:50, sui gesti da attore buoni anche da piccola 17:50, impara l'italiano 18:20, Renato Mordo sui movimenti 20:02, audizioni in america 26:09, cose apprese da Serafin, parla del portamento 27:20, all'inizi scelta come ripiego 28:50, audizione per Isotta 36:02, Puritani e Walküre a Venezia 1949 37:33, Carosio? 40:10, commenti Zefferelli 41:50, Zeffirelli al Parsifal 45:50, Trovatore in Mexico con Warren 53:38, acuto finale Aida

[@Neldidellavittoria]

We're so lucky to live in this day and age that we can enjoy our loved artists long after they've passed. Thank you very much indeed for uploading this wonderful series, the four of them.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

Thank you for uploading this amazing amazing recording!!!!!

[@musicologue1]

magnifique document !

[@Cor6196]

A marvelous traversal of Callas's early career. I look forward to listening to the rest of this irreplaceable set. Thank you for offering it to us all!

[@danbarthy3819]

OMG !!! It's a pure Gold! 🏆 thanks for share!!! 😉😃👌👏

[@MaestroWenarto]

this is so good thank you

[@artdanks]

Thank you, THANK YOU, for posting this! I have been a fan of La Divina since High School in the early 70's! This is WONDERFUL!!! I love it! THANK YOU!

[@chiara2749]

Thank you for sharing with us this treasure!😊

[@ferrantepallas]

Marvelous, absolutely marvelous, thank you!

[@vissidarte8106]

such a treat. grazie

[@GeorgiNM]

I think the speaking voice of the supposed very young Callas might be Callas, but the singing surely isn't, unless magic pills were taken subsequently. Which means we just might have the actual recording of what she sang floating around in someone's pocket. That's a remote possibility, but what I am sure of is that there is certainly more filmed Callas than what is currently known.

[@aphroditealex9624]

And recorded. I agree.

[@TenzinChodrak]

Cassette. Hehe. Miss that form of music storing. Thanks for sharing

[@madalinaboca850]

great! thank you!

[@santi7616]

thank you so much¡¡¡

[@papaki88]

Excellent as always!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo!!! :)

[@leodannyportal]

Thanks for uploading! :)

[@elisabetta611]

THIS WOMAN SIGHT READ THE SECOND ACT OF TRISTAN UND ISOLDE IN AN AUDITION FOR SERAFIN, HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

[@herdisonlaurenceroberto5113]

Maria Callas Forever!

[@Lechatnoir3]

Holy shit that FULL VOICED High C at 41:29 - dear lord Jesus christ

[@meirwise1107]

Never mind the top Cs. What do you say about the top E at the end?

[@elenawinellcomposer]

Is anyone else as excited for the US release of the Tom Volf film with colorized footage and unearthed audio? Also now that the Nina Foresti and the faked "live" Turandot clip is debunked

[@charlesbeloved7951]

There’s a Turandot Nina Foresti???

[@twistingfate]

7:43 apparently it's not Maria in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rInchWWJltqsnLc (it's around 38:30 in the video) her sister Jackie says that it can't be her because Maria was 10yrs old when she would participate in radio contests.

[@MaestroWenarto]

is that really her singing un bel di when she was a child...?

[@clubmariacallasmexico]

@CallaFan subtitulos al español?✍🏻

[@daisiesof7778]

💖❣️🎶🎶✨🌈🌹🌠❤️

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

A absolutely beautiful woman who got with the wrong man, Aristotle Onassis. She let him destroy her

[@francoisegareau9411]

Whose voice is the comment in this video?

[@CallasfanRecordings]

Nicola Rescigno

[@scottjohnson1162]

what is the song that begins at 14:04?

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

Heinrich Proch’s variations on “Deh! torna, mio ben.”

[@athanorphanides6724]

Koi ok ok ok

[@atizaries5512]

i read somewhere her say puccini is not good for voice i wonder what she meant

[@beachfanatic2010]

Puccini is a whole bunch of fortissimo stiff singing! The score should always be a score full of dynamics: pianissimos, pianos, mezza voce, etc. with flexibility which keeps the voice fresh.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

Madame Butterfly (for example) is gorgeous music but very demanding role for the soprano. It’s basically an oratorio for Soprano. Butterfly never really leaves the stage. That’s very taxing on the voice and body.