Maria Callas's dramatic voice in coloratura arias

[@BellaFirenze]

I heard her twice at the end of her career in the 1970s. She was incomparable in spite of the state of her voice at the time. The most important operatic soprano of the XX century.

[@jimbuxton2187]

.....her voice might have been in spreads but she was still CALLAS !

[@LaPrimadonna164]

@@jimbuxton2187bien dicho¡ ❤❤❤

[@marcelpopa8018]

Una grande soprana romena , Virginia Zeani ,ha deto chiaramente .,Callas e la piu grande soprana dal XX centesimo . Io ,poso dire che e la piu grande dal tutti tempi ,e altra come Callas NO.

[@BellaFirenze]

@@marcelpopa8018 Un grande soprano... ha detto... più... dai tutti... Si vede che non sei italiano.

[@jmiller05]

She is still the only Lucia for me that signifies madness through both alarming and extremely subtle vocal variations. You feel like Lucia is walking through a dream and nightmare simultaneously.

[@justified_parker]

For me, the most heart wrenching and tragic lines in opera are "Alfin son tua. Alfin sei mio." And Callas made me realize that. What pathos!

[@luanllluan]

That and the Edgardo _mio_ is just heartbreaking

[@themarquis336]

And knowing it's not even true, just a catatonic fantasy. My God.

[@babydrane]

I always loved that she maintained clear, pure vowels and didn't make them mushy so as to sound pretty. This is bel canto. The As are As, the Is are Is and the Es are Es.

[@johnpickford4222]

babydrane: Your petty comment appears to be a slight at La Stupenda, Joan Sutherland. It is not necessary to slight one at the expense of the other. Each had strengths and weaknesses including career length. And La Divina was not always perfect in her execution of the score depending on her vocal condition at the time.

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

you seem to be the one throwing a dagger at Sutherland by understanding the original comment to be about her 😂

[@-giakhanh--kayden-8337]

@@johnpickford4222uhhh noone said anything, if Sutherland comes to your mind when people mention mushy vowels then the one criticizing is probably you

[@biancalajolo8764]

La perfezione vocale quasi ultraterrena ! Maestria e tecnica ineguagliabili, grazie per la condivisione.

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

Houve que dissesse que Maria Callas quando cantava se transfigurava. Só podia ser! Esta voz é dotada de poderes divinos!

[@josedomingosgiffonirosa8362]

A soprano Maria Callas surpreende sempre. A sua técnica em coloraturas, a dramaticidade, a profunda integração com a personagem que interpreta, dia musicalidade e rigor de estou, avyornam uma das maiores , se não a maior soprano, ou melhor, cantora lírica do século XX. E até hoje ninguém conseguiu fazer nada parecido ou igual! Calmas é Absoluta.🎉

[@Danielap4513]

Grazie Marx❤ Lucia è un grandissimo personaggio interpretato con una intensità così profonda da diventare INEGUAGLIABILE

[@maurizio888]

En sus 101🎉🎉🎉🎉 celebrando a nuestra ASSOLUTA gracias por compartir

[@haroulamou]

Divina!!!

[@Leanrosso]

So extraordinary, so subreal...

[@liviumiculit5678]

Pentru totdeauna Maria Callas inegalabilă și de ne înlocuit! 🤗❤️🇷🇴

[@arnoldamaral3814]

Our Maya Regina Divina 👑❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💯 La única, Prima Donna Asoluta 🩵🌍🌎🌍 thank you amico mio 🩵 grée di Francia 🇨🇵 Arnaud Bourbon Amaral

[@Orfeus80]

Spectacular Maria at her best!

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

Sinto arrepios sempre que ouço a Callas cantar! É surreal e nesta gravação, se eu fechar os olhos, consigo vê-la no palco... a orquestra, o público numa ovação unânime pleno de entusiasmo pela Divina!

[@LaPrimadonna164]

Madre mía!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jurgdegen3919]

I bewundere sie; ich liebe sie!😀🥰 Maria for ever!!!

[@eiriniseltsika8697]

Δεν ειμαι μουσικοκριτικος ουτε τεχνολογος ειμαι απλα μουσικός και εχω να πω σε οτι άκουσα η Καλλας εκανε γρηγορα περάσματα , στις υψηλες νοτες η θαυμάσια δωρική φωνή της ειχε το ιδιο πάχος , τραγουδά με συνέπεια ,πρωτόγνωρο πάθος και δραματικοτητα, τη βρίσκω μοναδική και γοητευτικη

[@panoschytiris]

Η Βίβλος της όπερας oπως είπε και ο Leonard Bernstein

[@aetion]

Στον 20ό αιώνα δεν υπήρξε άλλο τέτοιο φωνητικό φαινόμενο. Η απόλυτη σοπράνο (soprano sfogato).

[@MetaMind-r2s]

@@panoschytiris η καλυτερη φωνη ολων των εποχων!!!!

[@MetaMind-r2s]

@@aetion ουτε τον 19ο αιωνα υπηρξε ουτε ποτε άλλοτε

[@aetion]

@@MetaMind-r2s Υπήρξαν τουλάχιστον δύο: Η Giuditta Pasta και η Maria Malibran. O John Ardoin, στο βιβλίο του για την Μαρία Κάλλας, την συγκρίνει με την Giuditta Pasta και μάλιστα λέει ότι ήταν μετενσάρκωσή της!

[@ANNEAish]

Great singer and interpreter.

[@vivianbelissima]

LA DIVINA

[@jimbuxton2187]

I always loved her in the coloratura repertoire! If she would have stayed in this repertoire longer I think we would have had her glory for a longer time.

[@mistersmith1883]

ALFIN SON TU! ❤️

[@giovic9802]

12:09 When they say Callas high notes are bad

[@matthewroman6166]

The note at 14:14

[@juliantalegonrueda9450]

Fue y todavía lo es un monstruo sagrado una diosa tuve la suerte de verla en 1964 en el covent garden en aquella tosca memorable llenaba el escenario los dems ya no existían era una voz increíble daba vida a las heroínas que encarnó tosca violeta norma lu cía media imogene ...su presencia era imponente sus actuaciones eran todas una creacion nunca pasará soprano absoluta prima donna por siempre brava maria siempre en mi corazón cada vez que voy a la opera la recuerdo su voz sus gestos manos ojos y a la que veo que canta bien por supuesto pero no puede compararse

[@ER1CwC]

You’re back! Fantastic. It is very interesting to relisten to these excerpts in succession. The Lucia is considerably less detailed interpretively than future iterations. But listening to her just follow the broad arc of the line with such fluidity is a joy. The Sonnambula lacks some of the great embellishments of the 1957 performances. But I think this performance is much preferable because she is singing full out. I have mixed feelings about her ‘voce infantile’ performances and recordings. The Armida has a lot of conviction and is imposing. But it is true that the warning signs of what would come are there - and not just at the top. The registers were beginning to diverge, and all those triplet and quadruplet runs make that reality quite apparent.

[@Khalid7a]

I always felt that her studio singing habits like "voce infantile" without proper support in recordings like Mimi and Manon damaged her voice more than singing heavy roles earlier on (among many factors).

[@ER1CwC]

@@Khalid7a They probably both did, but yes I agree. Problem was that she achieved it by constricting and, as you said, singing without as much breath support. I don’t think that she knew how to scale down her voice healthily, unlike say Eileen Farrell.

[@babydrane]

@@Khalid7a Agreed. I think she should never have faked anything or lost any weight.

[@johnpickford4222]

@@Khalid7a Well if that’s how you feel, it’s yours to own but it’s infantile since singing full out in a recording is not the same as a performance in an orchestra hall or opera theater.

[@johnpickford4222]

@@babydrane The reason behind the weight loss was to become more believable as a stage character. Likely she did not retrain her singing and breathing to reflect her new physical state and her voice suffered as a result.