Maria Callas give some advice about voices...

[@e.l.2734]

My God. Imagine being oriented so thoughtfully, then complimented, by Callas. She's never short of extremely professional, honest, hardworking and kind.

[@yellowfever8336]

she was kind and honest. Here, you can hear her giving compliments to others. The thing I've learned about her is, she didn't take crap from anyone. She defended herself and for that, many people didn't like her. But I am a new fan, just by watching her videos and hearing her speak. I'm sorry she died so young...

[@samanthab6642]

YELLOW FEVER she is a New Yorker originally from queens. We don't take crap! 😘

[@gopolesio9397]

She was greek ! Not american! She just got borned there, But raised by her greek parents! She left US. As a child, So she ain’t No Queens gurl!

[@LaDivinaLover]

GoPolesio she was born and raised in New York by Greek parents until she was 11 or 12. She “grew up” in the US and then was educated abroad. She herself, considered herself American and held US citizenship until Onassis told her to become Greek. She was the literal definition of an American. An immigrant family who came to the U. S. Really no one except those with indigenous blood can say they are “true” American using your logic. However it doesn’t mean you aren’t an American because you don’t share Native American familial history. Simply an American whose family hails from somewhere else. 90% of Americans are English, French, German, Greek, Spanish, Dutch,Portuguese, Russian, Asian etc etc etc. I’m glad you feel such a National connection with La Callas being of Greek origin, but she spent most of her formative childhood years in the U.S. and WAS for many years an American citizen whether you like it or not. Again, if that was too much to read. Most Americans are something ELSE or come from somewhere ELSE. That’s how this country works... If you’re born on U.S. soil you’re an American regardless of your ethnic roots.

[@russmaleartist]

Understandably so, I believe Maria Callas could have been a great friend/wife/mother. I think one of the most telling videos is on KZbin with her in a black gown, necklace, and earrings. She did Carmen, and there was a joy in her portrayal. You no longer saw a diva . . . you did not just see Carmen, you saw Callas fully connecting with great intense joy doing what she enjoyed doing the most -- communicating. I would have loved to have gotten to know some of these personalities aside from their professional entanglements. I think a great gal to know and be friends with would have been Eileen Farrell -- she just came across as being genuine and a human being/wife/mother first and foremost. Singing was a job she did well, but her family came first!

[@fzpe856]

LaDivinaLover Maria’s way of being was just Greek. American just on the paper. End of story.

[@suzannederringer1607]

Callas is absolutely right. In the early-mid 19th century when the 'Bel Canto' operas were written, there was only 'Soprano' or 'Alto' for female voices - no such thing as 'Mezzo.' Some roles were more dramatic, some more lyrical - but ALL Singers were expected to sing florid passages and execute trills etc - they were expected to be excellent technicians.

[@mariofilippeschi4855]

That's probably why she has a long extended range because of BelCanto. Every little thing of mistake is a huge to them, very intricate teaching unlike today... Money money money

[@jenniferrodgers57]

To be ANY kind of singer, and to have your voice called "luscious" by La Divina..... Good Lord......

[@CyprusHot]

She's just amazing.

[@Dadacomero]

so charming, as usual :) (and she is so damn right)

[@larscain3263]

You are totally correct. Without technique you are nothing.

[@singermanz]

she's exactly right. The Fach system was created to identify ROLES, not singers. In the past, you were a soprano - BASTA. You would sing a lyric ROLE, or a spinto ROLE. Same for all voices. We have perverted the system in the modern era.

[@petersjj]

We lost something quite profound that this woman didn't become one of our great teachers.

[@michaelmustermann5520]

GOD bless her, she woman who brought with her singing heaven into the world !!!!

[@earljoshvonfabian5868]

Unica La Divina La Callas Grazie muah

[@crazyorganist1609]

She didn't pull any punches. Amazing woman

[@mariabravo7715]

Parla e canta ... incredibile.

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Siempre honesta, sencilla y clara. 💙

[@rosalievillanueva8732]

Simply amazing. Just amazing! I'm in total submission for Callas and by means Callas - forever and for eternity! 🌹🌹

[@KassandraMezzo]

Thank you so much for uploading.

[@togenichayavok2872]

what she says (which is also what Leontyne Price said during an interview), contradicts, completely, the general tendency of today's opera singers who compartmentalize voice types very strictly and talk about a repertoire not being apt for a particular type of voice. Luciana Serra, for instance, during an interview, said that she cringes at students who sing both arias for a soprano di coloratura and arias for a soprano drammatico. So, who is right?

[@Dadacomero]

Luciana complained about sopranos singing also mezzo roles and than coloraturas... but if you develop your voice correctly and not only the cauti , like Gruberova and Devia, with time the voice will grow in size, beauty, harmonics etc.... and even without a heavy dramatic voice you can sing multiple roles without damaging your instrument

[@MissAlexia]

+Togenicha Yavok you wanna know who is right ? someone who is the worlds greatest opera singer which was callas, She says that its all about technique if you have the technique you can sing anything which is true nowadays people don't spend much time on technique so they just assume they can't sing anything else ....

[@baritonebynight]

+Togenicha Yavok Jessye Norman once said one of my favorite quotes on the subject when ask about her voice type. "pigeon holes are only comfortable for pigeons. "

[@togenichayavok2872]

I couldn't agree more. I remember that quote was from Leontyne Price, but I must remember incorrectly.

[@lalagonegaga]

I think you're all missing the point here. What Callas was reffering to was not a matter of size but a matter of agility. Limitations in terms of voice size are extremely important to consider in order to keep one's voice in shape for the future. Pushing it beyond its natural volume is the surest way to ruin it. That being said, Callas several times emphasized "basso cantante", by "cantante" meaning agile and easy to move. The singer was obviously trying to cover his lack of agility by calling himself a basso profundo. But Callas made a point of explaining that even a basso profundo should be able to do some more florid passages and not just be grave and stiff all the time.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

I'm not as crazy, as you think ...crazy is, as crazy does ...crazy don't have a hometown ...but, he's ...she's ...downtown somewhere ✌👋

[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

По красоте голоса были и лучшие, но магия у Марии самая что ни на есть..

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Tutto quello che ha detto la Callas è giusto.

[@baritone-ffa4568]

Già......Infatti trovo un po' insensate fare TROPPE classificazione vocali. Semmai sarebbe più sensato fare una suddivisione dei generi di repertorio che potrebbero essere suddivisi, secondo me, in BUFFO, BRILLANTE, SERIO e DRAMMATICO

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

@@baritone-ffa4568 In passato ci sono solo 6 classificazioni di voce: il soprano, il mezzosoprano, il contralto, il tenore, il baritono e il basso.

[@baritone-ffa4568]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 sono d'accordo....infatti quando parlo con le altre persone mi presento come Baritono e basta. Poi, in separata sede, eventualmente specifico il repertorio in cui mi sento confidente ad affrontare.

[@brunopicaude3092]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 And in Mozart's period only four: Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß !

[@MaestroWenarto]

hi Divo

[@pablonorbertoperdomo6105]

Love the civilized way readers conducted an interest interchange of ideas on Callas’ master class. But there is something not mentioned: the orchestration. Technique might help up to a certain point but not always. Can you imagine Lily Pons singing Lohengrin? In one interview the great Renata Tebaldi said that a Lyric soprano, with a good technique, could practically sing a wide repertoire successfully. To my mind come the names of Montserrat Caballé, Mirella Freni, Leiyla Gencer and Renata Scotto. All of them were versatile singers, with God given instruments, solid techniques, artistry, musicianship and vocal personality. But none of them could sing Callas’ repertory entirely. The size of a voice, the tesitura, and the grandeur of an orchestration are factors to keep in consideration. I don’t believe in “dice soprano e basta”. Sills’ instrument was not adequate for some of the operas she sang but her will and technique worked just for a while but they shortened her outstanding career in 8 or 10 years. Milanov was never closed to the La Traviata score and lasted 38 glorious years, she knew she was a true dramatic soprano with a polished bel canto technique she applied to Verdi, Puccini and Mascagni but never an agile voice. I disagree with the greatest opera goddess: there is a natural classification of voices. Can you polish and make it better through technique? Of course you can if you are always aware of the specific gifts granted to you by Mother Nature.

[@johnpickford4222]

Between Mother Nature and Father Time no singer stands a chance.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

She’s right - all singers, even low voices, must have high and low notes. Unfortunately, most focus on a single attribute as opposed to the whole performance.

[@davidsimmons654]

Do we know WHO she was speaking to? This is awesome advice

[@gillianomotoso328]

Is this from the 1971 lecture or earlier?

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Ciao a tutti..qualcuno traduca per chi non sa l'inglese. Ciao Allan, bravo.

[@Tkimba2]

Non riesco a tradurre tutto ora ma reinterpretando la Callas, dice che non hanno senso le troppe classificazioni vocali (10 doversi tipi di soprano, basso, tenore...). Cita il repertorio della Malibran.(e il pubblico ride, dimostrando ignoranza quando dice che cantava sia Sonnambula che Fidelio, pensando che Amina sia per soprano leggero) Secondo me quello che intedeva, tra le righe, è che andrebbero promosse voci ampie, preparate tecnicamente, stilisticamente, musicalmente, che quindi, per forza di cose potranno cantare un repertorio ampio...Invece di avere, come oggi, i sopranini che hanno note dal Do al La sopracuto, o i sopranoni che urlano come scimmie stonate.

[@Tkimba2]

Dice che "basso che sia profondo o meno dev essere "cantabile" sempre." .... Insomma, non basta fare il vocione da" vecchio" per cantare parti da basso. Fa l esempio dj molti soprani che non hanno acuti, quindi si improvvisano mezzosorpani. "bisogna sviluppare le proprie note alte, medie e gravi. Devi averle tutte"

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@Tkimba2 , ha perfettamente ragione...ma e' una parola...

[@Tkimba2]

@@fabriziogarzi9892 perle ai porci.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@Tkimba2 , diciamo pure diamanti.

[@lenagigantes7179]

utube just in time by John bavas

[@DCBfanboy]

Maria Callas casually giving a nazi salute in the thumbnail like a queen 🥰💅

[@leftunsupervised]

You're joking, right? She's conducting. She's the last person who would be a Nazi sympathizer. She lived through Nazi occupied Greece during WWII. One of her intense issues with her own mother was that during the Axis occupation, her mom tried to get her to "entertain" the soldiers to get food for the family. It disgusted Callas.

[@foropera]

She was unfortunately misinformed. Malibran transposed soprano operas, Pasta struggled to sing Casta Diva in tune, and what was their repertoire is not what Verdi, Puccini or Wagner developed as a type of voice. Malibran would not have sung Isolde, Pasta would not have sung Turandot, etc. Colbran would perhaps have sung Abigaille, but leaving some feathers. It is not because Callas wanted to sing everything, and was able to do so for a few years, that it is a law for all other singers. Sutherland carefully avoided Chrysothemis, Roberto Devereux.

[@toscadonna]

Callas isn’t wrong. One does have to have low, high, and all notes in between. But the tessitura of the role and whether you can handle it all night and repeatedly is the real issue. Also, the weight of the voice and where the voice breaks are important. Roles are like shoes; they either fit you, or they don’t. Callas was blessed with the ability to do many roles both florid and dramatic, but she still had her wheelhouse, and she knew it.

[@berrydivo3702]

The main advice that Madam Callas should have given to her students was never let your personal love affairs, whether you are single or married, interfere and take a back seat over your artistic vocal life. And never date men with the last name of Onnasis.

[@manolis.799]

The main advice you need is to shut the hell up

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

But her personal problems may have had a great impact on the way she interpreted, for she knew tragedy from inside.

[@berrydivo3702]

@@manolis.799 Temper, Temper, Temper

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

berry divo Ignore that boy. He is just trolling and making trouble. He’s not worth wasting time on or getting upset over.

[@alfonsopersichella4991]

S@@Daniela-pr7rz