Maria Callas First Studio Recital 1949

[@Monsieursoulmusic]

The Best ever ❤

[@antaxerxes3138]

Callas was the best singer in the universe!!!!

[@shodanart]

No soprano had a more exciting, thrilling voice so full of pathos and power than this at this time in her life and prior to 1954. ❤ And, yes, beautiful this voice is!!!

[@kristeeharding]

Her heart and soul are completely immersed in the voice and music. A glory of God's creation!

[@peterfish5267]

Ti's brings tears to my eyes, every time. Callas was incomparable, a true genius & artist of the first rank

[@justsaying2807]

Timeless. How fortunate for those who witnessed your performances. The passing of the years you remain forever remembered. We treasure the gift you left us.

[@scataplaft]

Thick, dark, heavy yet agile, and strong like an airplane engine blast. Lol. The perfect combination of a sound, found in full glory in a single and unique human throat at its peak, with absolutely no limits. Simply overwhelming. La Divina lives forever!

[@johnnykunst]

Exquisite. Callas is incomparable and unique. Opera has not been the same since.

[@jnnbrasil]

Heavenly. Memorable. Unique. She is the best of all times without any doubts.

[@carlfigueiredo2095]

Heartbreakingly beautiful! So much emotion in every phrase! A Vocal Wonder of the World! Truly La Divina! Thank you for posting this treasure.

[@hansvanbussel2999]

... Words fail, one can only listen and hold his breath ... Thank You

[@КубратОрач]

Який безцінний дарунок отримало людство Землі від божого посланця, безмежного голоса від самого ТВОРЦЯ Всесвіту.! Марія Каллас випромінює надпотужний промінь духовної сили, дарованої від НЬОГО людству !!! Все життя Марії є гімном Духовності Людини , що дає постійний зв'язок з батьком ТВОРЦЕМ !!!

[@КубратОрач]

Дякую Вам Марксе !

[@tenorette2003]

This is a miracle!! Especially the Bellini Cabaletta. No one sang those downward runs with this brilliance and ease. Never! And without lightening the voice. Every note gets its full weigt. And the e-flat in the end... Perfection!!!

[@davidcontini7217]

Ponselle?

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Ponselle admirable soprano dramatique mais pas du tout Coloratura.​@@davidcontini7217

[@petergraham8681]

So a bel canto Isolde was what Wagner was seeking. Here she was unfortunately about 75 years too late for him. Really amazing!

[@golden-63]

Exactly what Wagner said himself about the way his operas should be sung.

[@eiriniseltsika8697]

Δοκίμασε όλους τούς ρόλους του ρεπερτοριου και άφησε το αποτύπωμά μιας ξεχωριστης και ανεπαναληπτης ερμηνείας , ηταν ΜΟΝΑΔΙΚΉ , ευχαριστώ που μπορώ να την ακούω

[@karloxjzzz1186]

Yes!!!!

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

Maria Callas cantou e o mundo ficou suspenso na sua voz!Passa o tempo, passam acontecimentos, mas o mundo continua suspenso á espera até que surja a voz que vai quebrar o encantamento! Será?....

[@annabelej8021]

@@MariaBasilio-d4k I don't think such a voice will appear in our lifetime. Some, like a sparkling comet, appear and disappear. And we are left dazzled and amazed that such a miracle happened. Glory to all those scientists/inventors who made it possible for us to hear the voice of those who have already passed away. It's just a pity that we can't listen to the singing of the first performer Giuditta Pasta.

[@fedecastaldi]

che dolcezza impagabile in 'casta diva' ! già, così giovane, interprete dei 'puritani' come pochissime sono state!

[@armandonazarenocerutti9860]

A LA EXTRAORDINARIA CAPACIDAD DE INTERPRETACIÓN Y MUSICALIDAD QUE MARÍA CALLAS NOS TIENE ACOSTUMBRADOS EN SUS RECITALES, DEBEMOS AGREGAR Y LO DESTACO QUE LA VOZ ERA PURA, CRISTALINA Y SEGURA EN CUALQUIER REPERTORIO. ¡ LA VOZ DE MARÍA CALLAS EN ESA ÉPOCA NO TENÍA "FIN ! . GRACIAS POR DIFUNDIR ESTA GRABACIÓN QUE SE TRANSFORMA EN "DOCUMENTO" FRENTE A TANTAS COSAS QUE SE ESCRIBIERON DE LAS PARTICULARIDADES ADVERSAS DE LA VOZ DE MARÍA , LA ABSOLUTA. ARMANDO CERUTTI

[@barryedmunds3557]

This is madam at her best. Deep, rich, full, and flexible.

[@mikeledellavalle2671]

Grazie Maria, Maria per sempre

[@lawrencelord2023]

A signature for eternity.

[@stephencostan207]

Callas cuts her way through these arias with an incandescent fluency rarely heard in other artists.............that was her GOD GIVEN TALENT.................RIP darling Maria PRIMA DONNA ASSOLUTA

[@flavioscorner]

How could anybody say her voice is "not beautiful"? What kind of heart could say anything similar? It's just incredible. This is beauty to me.

[@baritonebynight]

Beauty is subjective.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

I think we've been told over and over again that it wasn't beautiful that we haven't been able to truly hear her voice without this haze of years of criticism. Beauty is indeed subjective, and what was one considered beautiful may not be today, and vice versa. During the Renaissance, heavier women were deemed desirable and skinny women were unattractive. So it is with other standards of "beauty."

[@Dianaemanuel]

I guess if you compare the timbre of her voice to someone like Leontyne Price it's not conventionally beautiful. Dramatic and full of colour - yes. But 'beautiful'? No.

[@arutysamuel-hz1kn]

Some have ears, but can't hear. Silly to let them bother you. My aunt, may she r.i.p., worshipped Liberace, but can't stand Richter, complaining that he 'plays like a farmer digging for potatoes". I only smiled and nod my head each time.

[@Dr__Feelgood]

​@@baritonebynightYeah, like the old clichë goes. But the point was that Callas' voice was never even THAT unusual or strange in comparison to other voices in her category & even just in general for it to merit being exceptionalized & seen in that regard. So perhaps the subjectivity has really been less about the perception of "beauty" than the other stuff within those people who actually couldn't even aspire to her standards if they wanted to. And you know they SOOOO want to! Bad. Though, they won't explicitly admit to it. So what does one do to feel better about not being able to reach the distant stars? It's another ancient tactic that's not too far from the ad hominem: THE SOUR GRAPES. They try to diminish the starlights' brightness in their imaginations, so they won't feel so diminishd by their own inability & failure to shine just as (actually & not merely figuratively) bright to join their ranks.

[@janel342]

Beloved Marx What great gifts you bestow , heartfelt thanks. She draws us like a magnet. She is utterly ‘present’ - behind every note she sings. She ‘Makes’ us listen. There is an undeniable presence of being ‘in ‘ the music. Unique, brave, demanding Maria. You give us a taste of a world of music never before heard and never again achieved. Everlasting love and humble gratitude.

[@waltergonzalez95]

Una verdadera diva,no habrá otra como ella, única!

[@Orfeus80]

The Puritani scene is one of my all-time favourite Callas recordings, so sensitive, expressive and moving. The Norma scene so musical and natural for her. Dolce e calmo shows her limitations but Callas was born for bel canto anyway.

[@biancalajolo8764]

Straordinaria, unica, inarrivabile, commovente, divina Maria Callas !

[@Rysanekfan]

The technique is a marvel as is the power of the voice and musicianship, but to consider how young she was at the time, it makes one gasp at the depth of her expression. She earned the title of "La Divina" the moment she recorded the first note.

[@trex1563]

This was the real Callas voice.

[@Scoubidou-if1of]

When someone asked Tullio Serafin what he actually thought of Callas' voice, the great maestro shook his head and mused, "Which voice? Norma? Violetta?"

[@joseg.hernandez5282]

Qué voz tan portentosa!! Dios!! Sublime!!!!

[@consciousnessrenaissance7804]

As heavenly as her voice is in 49, someone said in 48 she was even better. How is that humanly possible? May she rest in peace, what a gift to humanity she was ❤

[@beachfanatic2010]

The size of this voice by 1949 is RIDICULOUS! Which individual that calls themselves a human being is capable of so much natural UNFORCED volume? How does that even work?

[@MetaMind-r2s]

callas pushes and forces her voice here in some moments...

[@Vanchy58]

La voz de María Callas era perfecta en sus primeros años de carrera. Era como escuchar las gotas del agua más pura y cristalina. Verdaderamente una belleza única!

[@WClauS]

Stimmt ! Meine Mutter hat immer gesagt, als die Callas in jungen Jahren so füllig war, hatte sie ihre beste Stimme, auch als Gioconda unerreichbar !

[@SilfredoSerrano]

so gorgeous.

[@1913gg]

In this performance, Callas was a 26 years old stunning spring flower ....

[@diecheneydie]

Actually not quite! Just 25...3 months shy of her birthday.

[@santi7616]

@@diecheneydie and she had sung Tosca with 18 years many times a prodigy

[@romearomeo]

Divina! Assoluta!

[@antoniogiusti9939]

FRA I SUOI GRANDI RUOLI ,DIMENTICAVO LA SUA MEMORABILE ELVIRA DEI PURITANI!!!!! LEGGENDARIA!!!!!

[@0RoseRed]

Just wow 🙌🌹💐🌹

[@bodiloto]

La Divina. La dea greca . ❤️🌹

[@alessela6804]

La giovane Callas!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Absolute perfection 💙🇫🇷. Grazie Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@amneris78]

Thank you for this divine treasure!

[@golden-63]

*"You can either scream your head off singing Wagner or you can sing it musically."* *Queen Maria Callas of Bel Canto.*

[@perismatarigan7390]

Sis.Maria Callas.....you are cery creative and adorable....your voice very entertaint us.....

[@ms.chaewon9231]

Although her voice was thick and heavy during her vocal prime, it was still light, agile and flexible. Madam De Hidalgo did a great job in training her voice.

[@afritimm]

De Hidalgo recounts that Maria's discipline was such that she didnt just come for her own lessons but would come and listen to the lessons of ALL the pupils. This is when she was 13-14-15.

[@doloresaquilina1112]

She will never be forgotten! No one to this day can rival Maria. She was a one time gift from god to us.

[@ΕΛΙΣΑΒΕΤΧΑΤΖΗΑΛΕΞΙΑΔΗ]

Η Θεά. Όταν τελειώνει η τελευταία κορώνα ,απόλυτα τέλεια, ο ήχος δεν χάνεται, αντηχεί στο χώρο για λίγα δευτερόλεπτα.....Καθαρή μαγεία. Αιώνια Μαρία .....

[@Xelth4]

ακριβως!

[@sacre4618]

This is Callas phrasing in Bellini's music, with all the nuances, shadows, rubato required by this music! Listen to the micro agogica in her last coloratura of the cantilena ! Chopin was inspired by Bellini music; Wagner also wanted his singers oat Bayreuth Theater to be coached by Manuel Garcia in "belcanto" way of singing the music for the premiere. Her voice might not be as Ponselle's but Callas phrasing in Bellini is unique indeed ! ♥

[@ransomcoates546]

My goodness, this is incredible. The size of the voice and the absolute steadiness of tone combined with all her musical precision. I have never heard her sounding this good. (At the time one would celebrate the successor of Ponselle.)

[@василманолов-я5р]

Роза Понселле була її мрією,кумиром .Тому Вона і вийшла на недосяжну висоту вокального комплексу. А це титанічний труд ,якому віддаєш все життя.

[@silvinaprioris5207]

Qué belleza gracias María...... única

[@sevenoctave88]

Divina Maria forever!!

[@lochness11]

Thankyou Marx 7811 for uploading these wonderful 1949 studio recordings of Maria Callas. They are most certainly of musical historic importance. Many thanks and straight into My Playlist Favourites.

[@violetta47]

Amazing Beautiful !!!!!!

[@jimbuxton2187]

This is the Maria I love ... singing the correct repertoire. She is definitely stupendous in these excerpts.

[@draganvidic2039]

You mean can handle three different fachs…

[@grahammorgan3858]

Not the most pure or beautiful perhaps...but the very first notes...you know it can't be anyone else...without doubt the greatest opera soprano of the 20th century....no other soprano could convey such deep emotion pulling your heart strings with every phrase.

[@Shahrdad]

Just like Meryl Streep isn’t the most purely beautiful of women. . .

[@Scoubidou-if1of]

Your opening phrase is idiotic and contradictory. When speaking of great classical musicians, Hifetz, Lipatti, Richter, Casals, etc, and Callas the greatest of them all, we can only marvel: Truth is Beauty, Beauty is Truth.

[@afritimm]

@@Scoubidou-if1of I myself consider Callas and Gould the greatest classical performers of the post-war period, if not the 20C. They are the most distinctive, brought something entirely new that is unforgettable, along with super-human technique. This is why they have such huge followings to this day.

[@vittoriopassanante2601]

Yes, of course no one could touch the dramatic impact of La Divina. HOWEVER, personally I am NOT always in the mood to be shaken to my core by a VOLCANO- SOMETIMES I need the FLAWLESS, soothing beauty of Sutherland or Sills

[@afritimm]

@@vittoriopassanante2601 Sure, no one said listen exclusively to Callas or Gould. Altho there have been many, including Rudolf Bing, who said that once you had heard Callas in a part, it is difficult to be satisfied with anyone else. I myself admire Sutherland, Nilsson, and occasionally Tebaldi and Schwarzkopf.

[@claudiopersi9925]

UNICA nella sua grandezza!!! DIVINA...

[@cttpn2611]

OH!!! What A GREAT VIDEO of MARIA CALLAS!!!! MARIA CALLAS HAS ONE OF THE ""MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICES" IN OPERA HISTORY!! Her VOICE IS ""SO-O-O REALLY BEAUTIFUL"" IT IS ""Absolutely PHENOMENAL"" And MORE!!! It's Like A MIRACLE!! Her VOICE Touches The Soul!! It's BIG, POWERFUL, Full-Open-Throat, has RESONANCE, It Carries All-Throughout Her WIDE-RANGE!! She CAN SING from The Fullest FORTE To The lightest Very Warm PIANNISIMOS!!! The Clarity, Brilliance, The Crystal - SHIMMER QUALITY Of HER SOUND, Yet, There Is RICHNESS For A Voice SO BIG!! What EXTRAORDINARY FLEXIBILITY In COLORATURA PASSAGES Which Fit-Right-Into Her Interpretations!! The MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY Of HER MIDDLE REGISTER- It's Boldness, Big, Powerful, Glowing, Penetrates And ENTHRALLING- Are Many Of Her Great Attributes! MARIA CALLAS Was ""VERY GIFTED""!! GOD Gave Her Extraordinary Gifts For Singing, Opera, Acting! ""A Fantastic Musician""!! She CONTROLS And FOCUS Her SOUND (SINGING) With SUPERB BREATH-SUPPORT And ASTOUNDING TECHNIQUE!! MARIA CALLAS HAS "ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Full, Clear, Resonant, Dead-Centered- ""ON-PITCH-HIGH- ""E NATURALS'" In All OPERA HISTORY!! Her Singing THRILLS YOU!!!! She " ELECTRIFIES YOU"!!! What A GREAT MOMENT To Hear Her Perform In Person!!!!! Maria Was Very Gifted, She LOVED-To-SING, She Had EXCELLENT TRAINING, SHE WORKED-VERY-HARD And Was VERY DEDICATED To Developing Herself!! She Worked With The Greatest Opera Conductors And Stage-Directors Of Her Time Who "Recognized Her Gifts"!! Maria Callas Had 'One Of The Most Truly BEAUTIFUL VOICES In OPERA HISTORY"!! She Is One Of The GREATEST And MOST RECOGNIZED OPERA SINGERS OF ALL TIMES!!!! She Is More Than Just Another Very Beautiful Voice!! Maria Callas Is TRULY ""A VERY GREAT ARTIST"!!

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

Non multa, sed multum…

[@eddue12345]

THANK YOU, INFINITELEY!!! To God for making her, to her for choosing to sing her life away to us and to Marx 7811 for uploading this recital!!!! BTW it is Dec, 02 today. VIVA MARIA CALLAS!!!

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Absolutely extraordinary and defies explanation! Truly miraculous singing.

[@nancym.838]

I know nothing of opera but listening to this voice just draws me into her incredible gift. I can’t imagine having that incredible vocal range. Simply beautiful

[@lirica3209]

Perché dici "Non so nulla dell'Opera"? Quando ascolti Bellini Donizetti Verdi Puccini, sai tutto.

[@davidcontini7217]

Ad inizio carriera, quando la voce era ancora assolutamente perfetta. Le prime registrazioni Parlophone sono splendide. Una grande artista ed una formidabile musicista. Di queste registrazioni esistono dei provini con delle "takes" alternative.

[@fernandorivas7419]

La más grande entre las grandes. La Divina es divina!!!!!!. Muchas gracias Marx por compartir esta magnífica grabación. Saludos cordiales desde Santiago, Chile. Dr. Fernando Rivas-Burattini. 🇨🇱🇨🇱✝️🙏✝️🎼🎼🤝👏👏

[@miguelsalinas4143]

La Divina en verdad!!!!!!

[@sylviacline5398]

To say “I’m not a fan” means to say that you don’t have the gift of soul to recognize great artistry. I don’t know much about musical technique but this voice raises the hairs on the back of my neck and brings unbidden tears. Callas, the greatest opera soprano ever and Kathleen Ferrier the greatest contralto.

[@mvcpastkambcstccr8563]

2.12.2023 Birthday of la Divina _____ LA LEGENDEZZZZZZaaaaaaaa

[@annabelej8021]

Tomorrow is also HER birthday anniversary. 2.12 2024

[@titania212]

You will never be forgotten, Maria ❤

[@numetutelare]

Si può comprendere perché si dice che esiste un prima e un dopo Callas... Lei ha reso nobiltà all'arte lirica ed ha ripreso la grande scuola belcantista che tanto splendore ha dato al canto ed alla interpretazione di altissimo livello.

[@giovic9802]

Peccato che chi è che ha seguito l'esempio della Callas nel belcanto? Caballé, Freni, Barbieri, Cossotto e chi altro?

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

​@@giovic9802 La mayor Belcantista posterior a Maria Callas es Beverly Sills.

[@giovic9802]

@@sergiosanchezsanchez8712 No lo creo

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

@@giovic9802Yo, sí lo creo.

[@Iamsegesest]

La Divina indeed!!

[@31.01]

The Most Heavenly Soprano Voice Ever

[@franciscosebastiani3599]

Divination

[@natalrol]

Muchísimas gracias!!! Maravillosa!!!❤

[@mariavillafanarodriguez3990]

Gracias por brindarnos la oportunidad de escuchar sus interpretaciones.!!!!

[@mistersmith1883]

She's a monster! (In musical talent intelligence instinct)

[@petrosbalaskas4753]

Αθάνατη!!! Η ερμηνεια της σε ολους τιυς ρόλους που ερμήνευσε δεν πρόκειται να επαναληφθει πάλι. Ευχαριστώ για την ανάρτηση

[@mariavillafanarodriguez3990]

Su voz era excepcional!!!!! 💚

[@alexiasimeonidi8800]

LA DIVINA

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Thanks for this incredibly beautiful upload and image !

[@rosebud3971]

😊😊😊😊 @ only 26 years of age!

[@Alcbc0]

Avoz que não era bonita para alguns, mas era a mais linda de todas as vozes românticas para o resto do mundo grande Diva Divina Maria Callas.

[@陳科祕書長]

Her high notes are much more powerful and her coloratura notes are much cleaner than when she has become older.

[@afritimm]

Like an athlete. Or ballet dancer. Many of the greatest have brief careers. Just a matter of physics.

[@francoferrari1737]

Antica incisione anno 1949, Callas con enorme potenza vocale, impossibile incidere bene, Callas con musicalità straordinaria!!

[@riccardoturi7691]

Nel 1949 ci fu il Concerto Martini & Rossi con il grandissimo Filippeschi. Purtroppo introvabile!

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Espectacular la Callas de principio a fin en Norma y en I Puritani majestuosa…templa diva!!

[@somersetuk525]

Exactly Norma her first and best ever.

[@ngatihine6072]

Maria Callas is a true diva.

[@linyan9299]

Thanks to Marx7811, love you guys, we all come here because we love her voice.

[@pump066]

Isolde's Liebestod in Italiano you won't hear anywhere now!

[@somersetuk525]

Her early singing was her best, maybe weight gave power for top vocal chords, her Norma still remains her best...ever.

[@raffaeleviggiano4901]

Un mostro sacro❤

[@mariaingigneri3755]

Alguien puede dudar al escucharla quien canta!!! ??Por ello es única e inigualable!!Arg.Buenos Aires!!

[@Tdvc]

Alternating Bellini and Wagner... Who else? Who? NOBODY!!

[@giovic9802]

Giuditta Pasta alternated opposite types of opera, but that, together with other things, tired her. La Divina's voice, if she didn't had so many physical and psychological pains, would had been a lot more preserved 😢, because her technique was the absolute best, and she had the greatest chest voice of all

[@afritimm]

@@giovic9802 I think Callas' voice had to be constructed and maintained with immense training and discipline. It didnt come naturally. I dont know of any other singer who trained as relentlessly as she did in her "great period" roughly up to the time of meeting Onassis. After that, a combination of less training and age took their toll on the fragile construction. Carol Maria Gilulini said that during her 'great period" she lived like a monk ---- nothing but rehearsal and home, all day every day. In this respect, her boring much older husband Meneghini was actually a benefit.

[@СветланаЗайкина-л4б]

Опера Беллини Норма Исполняет Мария Каллас О Богиня Богиня Взор твой ясный озаряет лес свещеный Обрати к нам лик прекрасный Нас улыбкой одари

[@arnoldamaral3814]

And a 😘 darlink 🇩🇪. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@franciscomendezpadilla154]

Y Callas está contemplando el célebre retrato de la legendaria Giuditta Pasta!

[@annabelej8021]

One could say that the one painted is the singer for whom Norma was created and Callas who was Norma.😭 The last and for me the only Norma.

[@spesnostra18]

¿Un retrato de Giuditta Pasta mostrando el ombligo y con una caña en las manos? Parece más bien un Ecce Homo, o algo mitológico, pero no un retrato de una figura pública del XIX.

[@ciociosan]

She was being coached by Cusinati during this time. He demanded her to sing beautifully and didn’t let her get away with anything.

[@sulo1039]

In quei tempi c'erano i Maestri. Ora c'e il vuoto.

[@afritimm]

She said the only important teachers she ever had were De Hidalgo and Serafin. At the time of this recording she already knew Serafin. I never heard of Cusinati. And she certainly didnt need anybody to prevent her from "getting away with something." She was the greatest perfectionist in opera history. Since her early teens. And she was vastly knowledgeable about all aspects of opera.

[@arturoetienne5204]

Hechiza con su canto de sirena...inigualable. Actuaba con su voz

[@linyan9299]

This obviously belongs to the “ best version” of her singing.

[@emmanuelferradura8060]

Así se dio a conocer Maria Callas en Italia. Por un lado cantaba Wagner y por otro el repertorio italiano. Y, después ...la regina de la Scalla...

[@MarcoBono-z9x]

SIGILLO DI ETERNITA'

[@vivianbelissima]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@FredWic]

I heard maria callas at the old met in Tosca and recital with DeStefano. I believe her personal life was the weight that brought her down at the end.

[@afritimm]

Her voice was not really natural. She had to construct and maintain it with ferocious training and discipline. After 15 years of living like a monk with a boring old husband, but which was good for the voice, it is no wonder she wanted to branch out and have a life. Even though Onassis ended up sort of leaving her (she says he didnt really) she says she was extremely happy in the 8 years they had together. Who can blame her? But no, the fragile construction that was her voice couldnt survive unless she continued to train like a maniac.

[@giovic9802]

OMG THAT WAGNER

[@Fanfanbalibar]

Le Bellinii (Rendete mi la speme) est le plus abouti, le plus achevé, le plus émouvant....

[@Fanfanbalibar]

Et non, Wagner n'était pas son truc! Elle a bien fait de fuir !

[@davidramanzini1605]

21:28. Vien diletto.

[@TaekyungLee-mb1sb]

❤️