Maria Callas (Medora) - Il Corsaro (G. Verdi)

She switches the octaves as if they were nothing. She was and still is unparalleled. There will never be another Callas

[@luciaclarini]

La mia preferita adorabile Callas..... è un amore per sempre.

[@gustopheles]

and still nearly two decades after her prime. She was a miracle.

[@richard8114]

Callas diva de la opera por el resto de la existencia humana,esta aria es espectacular pero lo que hace pasado el minuto 3 es sublime que piano tan espectacular¡ que matices de voz tan unicos... Callas la divina por siempre...

[@liviabrescia]

Per sempre nei secoli, inarrivabile!!!!

[@hankblaustein4149]

nothing at all to be ashamed of! she stills sounds magical. love those chest notes...

[@Gobbi2007]

I am sorry to sound like a mad fanatic, but even in her bad days I find her phrasing irresistible. You always knew what she was trying to do with the structure of the aria, or the opera. Uncanny. Would you be so kind as to point us in the direction where the complete sessions would be available? Yes, I want them. Complete.

[@paulbouvier7442]

Grazie mille

[@jesusbautistavasco7737]

Ella, la diosa suprema de las emociones operísticas, las demás vienen de tras por los siglos de los siglos, amén. Preciosa aria ¡qué vibratos más exquisitos y difíciles! Gracias María por siempre.

[@playpaolo]

La Divina, unica e incomparable.

[@MultiZahl]

Simply fantastic -La Divina for ever-Bravissima Maria Callas -She is unique and unforgettable-Thank you very much for the beautiful video

[@ci8lo]

mi viene quasi una lacrima....è bellissima quest'aria, non l'avevo mai ascoltata

[@MCSQUARED31]

As Maestro Serafin noted, Maria could sing "anything written for a female voice". Of all the mezzo parts, I would have LOVED to have heard her in "Aida". Undoubtedly, she would have been a Devastating Amneris. Back to this recording: thanks very much for posting!!

[@KingTutChannel]

It would have been amazing... the problem is that next day everybody would have been talking about Amneris and claimning to change the name of the opera for "Amneris'... Aida who?...😂

[@Shahrdad]

This was a rehearsal, never meant to be released. She was trying to find her voice again.

[@LaDivinaLover]

Even vocally lost, She still sounds better than 90% of those on stage these days.

[@josecarrerastema8654]

Magnifica

[@ioSonoCallas]

Very rare, prodigious, thank you so much! C'est fabuleux, merci infiniment.

[@RobertoMedoro]

thank you for shearing this kind of sound

[@EvaBurco]

Only a word: Beautiful!

[@MrEDUARDOARAMIS]

grandiosa

[@annamariacorsaro4802]

divina

[@deadwalke9588]

A score animation with this recording would be a treat.

[@rosekokose2031]

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[@nathanswanson1040]

Lovely. She had some trouble in a couple spots, and she sang an octave lower in a couple of places, but that’s not unusual for rehearsal (it’s called marking). Still a great performance. Jessye Norman for me will always be my favorite on this particular aria.

[@hangout2007]

beautiful, thanks for sharing!

[@semiramide1945]

It was Pauline Viardot-Garcia remarking to a friend at a concert where Giuditta Pasta attempted a comeback. With tears she turned to a friend and said, A wreck of a picture, yet still the most beautiful picture in all the world." How Maria suffered those last years. I hope she knew how much she was adored by fans all over the world, she even in 1969 could string together some beautiful things, but the voice was gone. May she rest in peace.. Ernesto

[@nelliabdy181]

❤

[@semiramide1945]

@Bhavatam Please do not misunderstand me. I adored Callas ever since as a child I saw her in Anna Bolena in Milano, 1957. I only think that by 1969 the voice of that Bolena was essentially no more. I cried when those recordings were released after her death because she never authorized their release. Just another way someone had of making money off her fame. She was a once in a century phenomenon. We will never see her like again. Mai piu- grazie signore- Ernesto

[@kgarmaker123]

Thank you so much .

[@wolkowy1]

I agree with one of the comments here about her phrasing. Even in her bad days - she was great. Thanks for the uploading and the info.

[@GMGM0013]

Hard to top that

[@rosekokose2031]

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[@kgarmaker123]

ACtually she sounds decent, as though she was working on her voice again, and indeed she was with Hildalgo. The Piano singing is quite nice. I would like to hear these Cd's. And you know, she is still extremely musical and very accurate. something the singers of Today forget about.

[@gustopheles]

I guess this must have been right after de Hidalgo realigned her upper register? If only she'd retrained with her a decade sooner - she sounds perfect here, beyond reproach considering the shambles her voice had been in years earlier.

[@Gobbi2007]

AulendilElessar, thank you. I am dying to know where this came from, because I am assuming there is more in that secret fountain! You can even hear Rescigno talking to the orchestra. Next thing we will have here is the "lost" D'amore al dolce impero and Io son Titania that got discarded for the 1954 recital. Please tell me you have them! Or the entire Turco from 1950. Maria sings "niega il pianto" with awesome phrasing. Awesome phrasing. Again, thank you.

[@raigekimaru]

coloratura soprano and contralto in the same clip...wow

[@AulendilElessar]

Please upload some of the arias!

[@gustopheles]

@whipittome You're obviously an Ardoin fan :) An ex of mine said that if Callas sang like this in the earlier 60s, her voice would have had a few more years of resiliency.

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Наверное это певческое золото, в котором я - совершеннейший профан. Но, когда Медору поет Джесси Норман, слушаю и раз, и два, и три...Да еще - Монтсеррат Кабалье.

[@ЕленаЛаврищева-д1т]

Я тоже очень люблю эту арию в исполнении М. Кабалье!

[@АнастасияКоршевихина]

Каллас хороша другим, тем что не дала умереть итальянской опере, но Медора в исполнении Норман и Кабалье мне тоже нравится больше. )))

[@mocomocomocoron]

なぜ最後の辺りでオクターブ下げまくった音源が残ってしまったか、これは本番の演奏？下げ方も天才的だけど。

[@raigekimaru]

@jack1951ful lolz I thought she was supposed to do that. I think it sound much better with the octave dropped. it sounds more mezzo-ish and bad ass.

[@AulendilElessar]

Sorry but I dont have those arias. Maybe you could ask "dural" (Another YT user). I found this song in a download program. (I just noticed "dural" has the same aria only that I have the lyrics). I hope this was helpful.

[@NemesisTheInevitable]

Ahaha I'm dural (the account has been erased by KZbin because of INA France. We lost hundreds of my videos. I wasn't expecting to find someone referring to me here, 13 years later. 😅 This was a rehearsal recording.

[@magicflute3]

mi è parso molto bello! ma davvero non sentite come cantano le "dive" di oggi?

[@jerryalbertleonmendoza1858]

What is the lowest note here?

[@Bhavatam]

@semiramide1945 I do not agree; nor anybody could.

[@singingjy627]

is this romanza?

[@gustopheles]

where are these CDs available??

[@carprinceps]

minuto 4.28 la improvisación que desarrolla del pasaje es super original. No solo por el color de la voz, las notas que mete están dentro de la escala pero completamente diferentes del original de la partitura. Tenía un terrible oído y criterio musical, aún con la voz desgastada.

[@Bhavatam]

@semiramide1945 Now I understand you perfectly.

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Кто еще так сможет? пойду послушаю Джесси Норманн...

[@kickwithfist]

My last names corsaro lol

[@nosehook324]

Katia Ricciarelli ist die beste in der Arie!

[@raigekimaru]

@AmatureComposer seriously, I don't know why so many aging sopranos insist on singing repertoire that is now too high for them (and resort to wobbles and shrieking). Callas later in her career would have made a wonderful dramatic soprano or dramatic mezzo, but NOT coloratura soprano. ( I would have LOVED to here her as Azucena) PS: that said, I believe this is a rehearsal and she's saving her voice (personally, I kinda like it better this way. her contralto low register sounds bad ass)

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Люблю, но Дж. Норман мягче, ближе...У Марии - магия..

[@rosekokose2031]

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