Maria Callas First Studio Recital 1949

00:00 Casta diva...Ah bello a me ritorna
08:58 Dolce e calmo
16:41 O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...Vien diletto

[@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!!!

[@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!

[@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?"

[@antaxerxes3138]

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

[@peterfish5267]

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

[@jnnbrasil]

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

[@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.

[@hansvanbussel2999]

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

[@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.

[@barryedmunds3557]

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

[@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

[@kristeeharding]

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

[@johnnykunst]

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

[@waltergonzalez95]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@biancalajolo8764]

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

[@chattounetv9228]

The Best ever ❤

[@fedecastaldi]

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

[@romearomeo]

Divina! Assoluta!

[@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"!!

[@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?

[@judygarland7186]

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

[@bodiloto]

La Divina. La dea greca . ❤️🌹

[@mikeledellavalle2671]

Grazie Maria, Maria per sempre

[@user-xp7rh7uy9m]

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 !!!

[@user-xp7rh7uy9m]

Дякую Вам Марксе !

[@alessela6804]

La giovane Callas!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@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.

[@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!!!!

[@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 ! ♥

[@amneris78]

Thank you for this divine treasure!

[@0RoseRed]

Just wow 🙌🌹💐🌹

[@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

[@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 !

[@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.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

so gorgeous.

[@violetta47]

Amazing Beautiful !!!!!!

[@carlfigueiredo2095]

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

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Absolute perfection 💙🇫🇷. Grazie Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@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

[@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.)

[@user-io1ki1cj5q]

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

[@sevenoctave88]

Divina Maria forever!!

[@petrosbalaskas4753]

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

[@silvinaprioris5207]

Qué belleza gracias María...... única

[@claudiopersi9925]

UNICA nella sua grandezza!!! DIVINA...

[@mistersmith1883]

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

[@perismatarigan7390]

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

[@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?

[@user-xf7fl2qv4x]

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

[@31.01]

The Most Heavenly Soprano Voice Ever

[@franciscosebastiani3599]

Divination

[@Iamsegesest]

La Divina indeed!!

[@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. 🇨🇱🇨🇱✝️🙏✝️🎼🎼🤝👏👏

[@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.

[@mariavillafanarodriguez3990]

Su voz era excepcional!!!!! 💚

[@mariavillafanarodriguez3990]

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

[@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…

[@lawrencelord2023]

A signature for eternity.

[@rosebud3971]

😊😊😊😊 @ only 26 years of age!

[@miguelsalinas4143]

La Divina en verdad!!!!!!

[@doloresaquilina1112]

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

[@alexiasimeonidi8800]

LA DIVINA

[@natalrol]

Muchísimas gracias!!! Maravillosa!!!❤

[@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!!!

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Thanks for this incredibly beautiful upload and image !

[@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.

[@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

[@mvcpastkambcstccr8563]

2.12.2023 Birthday of la Divina _____ LA LEGENDEZZZZZZaaaaaaaa

[@user-bs3tz9fw3b]

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

[@Matthew9.__]

ακριβως!

[@pump066]

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

[@linyan9299]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@linyan9299]

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

[@franciscomendezpadilla154]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@golden-63]

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

[@antoniogiusti9939]

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

[@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...

[@roftykoir]

Maria Callas temperamento

[@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.

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

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

[@trudischleifer7245]

The only time I've enjoyed Wagner 😉

[@raffaeleviggiano4901]

Un mostro sacro❤

[@vivianbelissima]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@user-mt7xl1li3s]

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.

[@davidramanzini1605]

21:28. Vien diletto.

[@somersetuk525]

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

[@mariaingigneri3755]

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

[@giovic9802]

OMG THAT WAGNER

[@TaekyungLee-mb1sb]

❤️

[@hildegerdhaugen7864]

sheer demonic genius!

[@user-iu8qm6nv3j]

Само совершенство!

[@celesteaida48]

Unica ed irripetibile….

[@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 !

[@adamevovich]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@arturoetienne5204]

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

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

💐💯🌺💯🌹💯❤️💯

[@silviopiovera5560]

Maria nel 49: mai più omologata.

[@dennisj.3439]

God's soprani

[@camillorosa4123]

che emozione