Maria Callas sings "Casta Diva" (Bellini: Norma, Act 1)

The great Maria Callas performs an aria from her signature role, Bellini's druid priestess Norma, with the Orchestre de l'Opera National de Paris and Georges Sebastian. Recorded live at the Palais Garnier on the 19th of December 1958, this concert marked the soprano's debut at the Paris Opera, a major social event for Parisians and for which Callas donned her most elegant couture and a million dollars' worth of jewelry.
The official Maria Callas website: www.maria-callas.com/
This recording is featured on La Callas Toujours, available on DVD and Bluray: w.lnk.to/lacallasLY
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[@eitanjakoubovitch3440]

Unbelievable. This concert was in 1958, 66 years ago and still, no other singer sings like Maria. Who's listening in 2024??

[@mo1240]

Kiri TeKanawa is amazing too

[@gertweber157]

me!

[@colinjoseph2706]

Me taff, listened to this great woman for years.

[@mrc19591]

And me

[@iValkure]

@@mo1240 Kiri ?! I don't think she ever attempted Norma though.... Not for her voice.

[@Ahmaddakheel]

Am I alone here in 2024 ?

[@felixmintaka504]

no

[@mariamagdziarz4731]

No ❤

[@grmm91]

No

[@YFA912]

No 🇫🇷 🇪🇸

[@evebagnall4034]

No

[@pamelawright9670]

Sixty-five years old, but still this recording sends shivers down my spine. Fabulous, wonderful, soaring, glorious. What music. What a voice. What a woman.

[@susandevine3907]

Recorded in 1958 when she was 35.

[@runstant1]

I'm 76 and I feel axactly the same, the best ever !!

[@warrenmoon7709]

💯💯💯

[@grahamnoble4887]

Surprising for someone who died at 53. Looks well on it, though, Pam.

[@jimmymorrison8314]

Absolutely, stunningly beautiful.

[@nikaglazarfranic6476]

Pure, sensitive. humble, stronger and fragile at the same time 🥰🤗❤️ still lisening in 2024❤️🌍🙏

[@nathelondon3719]

She stood on the stage silent for over 5 minutes and the entire audience was spellbound. You could hear a pin drop. Then she didn’t play Norma she became Norma as she did with every role. She was not only the greatest soprano ever but an intelligent actress, musicologist, multi linguist, teacher, recording artist. Actually, she revived and modernized opera single handed. RIP Ultimate Diva.

[@sapentium]

Well said ...it was beautifully and appropriately filmed the viewer is sensitive to every nuanced expression of emotion by this Diva presque sans pareil!

[@asicdathens]

Her performance in Pasolini's "Medea" is outwordly. Her piercing look that she used so effectively on the operatic stage shines through.

[@crystalcompassion]

So very beautifully put . Love Honor Respect

[@446wasmynumber]

yes. i was wondering if she was going to sing at all......

[@brianmccarthy5557]

She never did anything for herself on stage. It's always for the character. That's why she was the greatest. It was always the real thing.

[@davidschmidt6013]

I actually met this incredible singer when I was 16 (I'm 64...edit: now 66). She came to Pittsburgh for a performance, (long past her prime but still revered as a legend) and paid a visit to a music program, sponsored by the city's public school system, in which I was enrolled on Saturdays for musically gifted students (not a snob, the name of the program was actually 'Centers for the Musically Talented' ). The program gave private lessons, theory, ensemble and Master Class lessons for those who were selected. The Master Class periods were classes where local and, at times, national level professionals were brought in to discuss their aspect of music (composition, orchestration, recording, arranging, accompanying, etc.) I had auditioned for, and was admitted to the program, which also included being 'drafted' into the Pittsburgh All-City Choir. At this time, I was your typical, 16-year old long haired, rock-n-rolling, weed-smoking, blue-jeaned hot-rodding teen guy (this was the '70s), singing in two different rock bands, and the only 'opera' or 'classical' songs I knew were the ones that my private-lesson teacher selected weekly for me to develop my voice. So I was unaware of who the top level opera singers of the time were, and so I had NO idea who she was. I can remember on that day, the program's admin people were all in a tizzy about her impending visit. I didn't know that, to them, this was a visit by royalty. So I just figured it would be another class by someone in the (I thought 'boring') opera field, and in whom I had no interest. But to the day I die, (and I mean this most sincerely) I will never forget her voice. Let me tell you, until one hears a world-class opera singer, really opening up their voice, IN A CLOSED ROOM, one has no idea of the sound-level they can generate!! We were in a choir room with the chairs on semi-circular steps. She stood by the piano at the front of the room and I was in about the 5th or 6th row, so about 10 or 12 feet away. She began singing an aria, absolutely beautiful, and the word 'tone' stuck in my mind. As it progressed, she then cranked up and hit a couple of notes that actually made the fabric of my sport-shirt flutter. I mean, I literally FELT it, wondered what was going on, and I looked down in surprise and SAW the fabric of my shirt fluttering in the invisible 'breeze' of her voice. There is no other way to express this : Sheer....pure......natural....unadulterated....POWER!!! Just amazing! At the end of the class, we were allowed to ask questions, and she answered them, usually questions about technique or breathing. Tactless as it seems now in retrospect, I wanted to ask her about her nose and her sinuses, as I had just learned that year from my vocal teacher the role that sinuses play in the timbre of our voices. Her nose was a strong, what they used to call a 'Greco-Roman' nose, and I was so clueless that I actually thought I would be able to ask her about how that contributed to her amazing voice. But when I tried to speak to her, my mouth just didn't seem to be working right, ( I had NEVER been a stutterer but I was that day...) and I KNOW my eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my head... That was the first time in my life that I was actually facing someone, literally FACING them, of whom the term 'larger-than-life' seemed to apply, and it was as intimidating as all hell. She had that kind of face that BELONGED on a stage, HUGE EYES, and even when she was just standing there among us, she was an incredibly imposing figure. That sense of power only really settled into my mind later on, after class. She had the power to COMMAND attention just by standing still. I think she could sense that I was a bit overcome by her 'presence', but no doubt she'd had that experience before, probably ESPECIALLY with teen-age boys. But she was gracious, and she gave me that 1000watt smile and let it go. Just an amazing talent and wonderful person. She passed away too young. RIP Diva Maria!!

[@dhoraray1310]

Wonderful ❣️, David

[@sunainasuneja4817]

What a wonderful memory for life!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Gosh David. I’m sure you carried that with you your entire life. How lucky you all were to be in there with her! OMG!!!

[@petermoodie4892]

Is that not amazing?!? The vibration? 😳 Whoa!))) Sincerely, Peter Moodie

[@kingkyleiv7960]

Lucky!

[@aleksandrrozhnov4768]

Я слушаю в 2024 году и всегда буду с восхищением слушать гениальную Марию Каллас. И мои дети и внуки будут слушать этот божественный голос. Никакие искусственные "интеллекты" не заменят подлинного высокого искусства. НИКОГДА!

[@strangenoise-mt2zf]

Я тоже так думаю и надеюсь ❤❤

[@zhromb492]

❤здорово сказано

[@ivanmarin4809]

Óle usted Señor.

[@user-gv1po5kw8s]

Какая приятная неожиданность,россияне нашли величие в другом измерении ценностей .Невиданная щедрость ..

[@strangenoise-mt2zf]

@@user-gv1po5kw8s в России ценить высокое искусство ТРАДИЦИЯ.

[@viktorabdulaev3693]

От её исполнения, мурашки по коже! Какая то магия с голосом похожим на какой то волшебный инструмент. ❤️💐👏👏👏

[@sprezzatura8755]

The magnificence of the human voice.

[@sylviewander7644]

💖❤️💓💗👍🏆🤗🤗🤗

[@kabelomatabane2656]

Beautiful

[@pablomendez1724]

No habrá algo similar. Dios le dio una voz inigualable

[@viktorabdulaev3693]

@@nadezhdakiwi5722 у вас про100 кожа шагреневая... 🤣😜

[@FCBalletTheatre]

Que estén felices en el cielo, nunca les olvidaremos.

[@storiadelladanza]

(L)

[@yuyaric8130]

Si estan en el cielo... solo pueden estar felices...

[@veraluciadesouzagiovannell6686]

Jamais será esquecida.

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

Interesting... 2:44 ... even when making a mistake... still sounds wonderful...

[@christelneumann5705]

@@yuyaric8130 9

[@maiaw40]

Who’s listening to her music during COVID-19? Her music keeps me calm whenever I feel angry, frustrated, sad or upset during a hard time.

[@eredahidri]

Meeee still listening to her during Covid-19

[@jennifercopley1626]

Hang in there. This too shall pass.

[@alainspiteri502]

Maia W : then don't listen Chopin sonata op35-2 " marche funèbre " !

[@anthonybingham7468]

I hear you, music for the soul and a voice from the heavens.🤗🤗

[@cwstars]

Lucia! Norma! Violetta! Tosca, Butterfly, Carmen, she owned them all and then some

[@NataliDar]

Божественный голос! Слёзы сами текут из глаз от этого исполнения!❤❤❤

[@sergiobadiali9274]

Maria unica ed irripetibile,un altra Callas non nascerà mai più

[@pirantotto]

2023, still listening to Maria. Eternal pleasure.

[@olgaolboryad297]

Солидарна

[@rymdarrin]

I here

[@andrewyates2618]

So am i

[@bigbilltoady412]

A voice sent by God Himself.

[@sinanermis5541]

still here

[@BargainChad]

People all over the world listen to her videos. She's a tribute to musicians everywhere. Just by having walked the earth and poured honey in people's ears.

[@saraantonellamonte1796]

Immagino sia il miglior soprano al mondo! Buon 100° compleanno cara Maria ❤️❤️ Mi hai permesso di scoprire la vera bellezza.

[@dimitriospapageorgiou6508]

​@@saraantonellamonte1796e

[@Mara_Jade-Skywalker]

I think that would give you an ear infection.

[@lady343]

Сколько трагедии в этом исполнении. Я плачу 😢😢 Мария Каллас ❤️ Ничего пронзительней и прекрасней я в своей жизни я не слышала ❤️❤️❤️🌹

[@Rasmus_Schweden]

Sie war schon immer meine Favoritin, und sie wird es auch immer bleiben. Als wir sie das erste Mal im Radio singen hörten, haben wir geweint. Wir haben uns vor dem Konzert einen Anzug angezogen und uns dann vor das Radio gesetzt. So als wären wir Original im konzertsaal anwesend. Es war für uns alle eine Tragödie wie sie gestorben ist. Rasmus of Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪👍

[@sylviewander7644]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢

[@t77in]

Mala ti kita

[@user-bg2lw2zt5y]

Вошла в музыку, как невесомая балерина на цыпочках и растворилась в музыке и сама стала музыкой. Потрясающая способность чувствовать и переживать произведение, и будто больше ничего в мире нет, только этот момент. Чудесный Дар от Бога, красивейший голос и такая утонченность и хрупкость фигуры и манеры держаться на сцене. Никакого "звёздизма", Слава Богу за такой Талант для человечества!!!

[@Ju_Ku]

😂😂😂Каллас вошла в музыку при весе под 100 кг, позже за считанные месяцы похудела на 30 кг …. умерла в возрасте 53 лет от изнуряющих диет… скандалы с менеджерами и в личной жизни… А испепеляющий взгляд в сторону хора за то что не там вступил - вообще легенда как и сам концерт в Париже, где оркестру тоже досталось за минимальное отклонение, затягивание …

[@user-gv1po5kw8s]

Россияне способны на две эмоции , восхваление того ,что им не по силам,и порицании того, что вменяется им в обязанность.

[@user-gv1po5kw8s]

​@@Ju_Ku😂

[@Dom...-xl1li]

❤😢

[@user-sf3td2jl9h]

Какие русские глупые, оставте ее личную жизнь, наслождайтесь от ее творчество

[@edwardnashen5960]

Calas was not just an extraordinary voice of a century, but also a great actress, evident here. It made her performing compelling, riveting. She sang from her very soul.

[@adale2771]

Agreed, I’m eager to see Angelina Jolie play her in the upcoming biopic .

[@eleonora_rossi_soprano]

I am a singer myself and i have been very inspired myself of such a great talent of Maria Kallas!

[@kabelomatabane2656]

Amazing

[@grecox75]

This is a a timeless concert. Maria Callas was not only the most notorious opera singer in the 20th Century, but also the epitome of elegance and beauty.

[@susangreenspan4698]

I listen to Maria Callas now today in 2023! Always. She is so beautiful

[@dodgers4121]

Don’t forget Toti Dal Monte…..

[@croissant4131]

in her day she was relentlessly mocked for her perceived ugliness.

[@user-qi3nr5kc7w]

Она была единственной, единственной и останется

[@MrAviron]

I think you mean 'noteworthy' or perhaps 'notable'.

[@user-pf3cl7gj4y]

Единственная оперная певица,которая даже дилетантов заставляет понять классику и оперу в частности.Вот в этом и состоит уникальность таких гениев,как Мария Каллас!

[@sergeysemenov4057]

ты дилетант.

[@maurorocca1745]

Concordo totalmente! Commento profondamente... corretto! Bellini è un autore difficile da cantare e interpretare, ci vuole un pathos geniale oltre ad una tecnica superlativa.

[@dmitrygavrilov1571]

Да , согласен

[@user-qb5sc8tz3w]

И не называла себя ни Примадонной, ни Королевой, а была и остается непревзойденнной Дивой❤

[@user-mv3qc9rs3j]

Потому что знали и помнили учителей преклонялись учились и верили в Бога. И только богу всё по силам. И пели с Богом. Не на камеру как у нас. Особенно Пугачёва любит кривляться с Галкиным изображать из себя оперную певицу

[@sophiemartinelli9600]

Mamma

[@user-gd6ef5kt7h]

нет слов передать чувства вершина вершин -это ОНА

[@user-kv5kl7xb6e]

Ахаа😂 ору бл я дь, точно. Па дла пугачиха

[@user-gd6ef5kt7h]

​@@user-kv5kl7xb6e ​понимаюВАС и не обращаю внимание на ВАШИ не вполне корректные выражения НО полностью согласен с ВАМИ(плохая собака которая кусает руку которая кормит СПАСИБО ВАМ

[@dpc983]

The most clear pure voice I ever heared ....No womans voice can equal her ever ! Great Maria Callas .

[@judyzimmerman8308]

1000.000 she suposed to have no body never,ever will/shall/have this voice she is the queen in haven love her in life and in her death haven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrMightyBeans]

My wife..she didn't even have to sing.

[@elliclaire8727]

@@MrMightyBeansi really love your comment, keep loving her 🩷

[@lindajones7219]

@@judyzimmerman8308 heaven not haven , haven means a safe place a safe haven or to me my home is a haven of tranquillity . Jut to help with pure English so you know next time .

[@mubaraksenju7521]

​@@lindajones7219and you spelled just as jut. Just let him 😂

[@monroemullinix5974]

Her vocal placement is exactly the same from the low register, up through the stratosphere. This gives her the most consistent timbre of any soprano I've heard. Amazing control.

[@stellak.6268]

I do not know what you said here but I can understand. Lord blessed some people with an angelic voice and I am only able to listen.

[@monroemullinix5974]

@@stellak.6268 We can count ourselves among the blessed as well, just for the ability and listen and be amazed.

[@stellak.6268]

@@monroemullinix5974 well, I must agree. What is your recommendation for Romance de Nadir?

[@yodrewyt]

I never got to the point in my singing of learning about that or how to change it. And I hardly ever thought about it. But I know just what you mean now you that say it, and I can see how that would greatly affect the quality of her sound, her timbre, just as you say. What a good comment. Thank you.

[@Ray-lo4hr]

@@stellak.6268 Beautiful said thank you

[@user-lg9co3bp8u]

Эталон исполнения. Льется звук через душу.

[@hugocabrera6695]

María Callas accepted her God given gift of her magnificent voice with respect and shared the world with beauty❤ RIP " Greek Goddess" ❤

[@olgakoropova5743]

Я слушаю в 2024году, и мурашки по коже... Невероятно!

[@tatjanablinnikova4060]

Это прекрасно!

[@user-xb9dt2ie9v]

У меня тоже!!!

[@user-sf3td2jl9h]

Эмоции

[@jorgeandresmoralesperez7907]

Y a mí!!!

[@Gumerka]

❤

[@irenastoic8109]

Listening in 2021... unforgettable.... who else?

[@sbaglat6358]

Me too

[@user-lz6gq5tp5v]

И я тоже.

[@chaitalideka5351]

yep

[@teresasteele5327]

Yes! Some just have it, and she did.

[@JuanDiaz-qz9xv]

Me!

[@bertschurman4822]

Many many years ago at Covent Garden I cued all night sleeping bags and all from 18h00 till the time the box office opened in the morning. Unforgettable experience. I would do it again if I could hear her life, I am 81 now!

[@dst1709]

Please tell more?

[@LaughingSaint66]

Wow lucky you 👍👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏽😘

[@irfanberd]

I am envy.i would like to be 81 now

[@fourteenfourteenfourteen9671]

so lucky！

[@christineriegler5854]

You lucky one ! Best regards,Sir.

[@OlgaSeno-ub5td]

Не понимаю как такой тонкий стан может рождать такой сильный и прекрасный голос. Красота. Полет.

[@warah_6707]

Связки и правильное выведение воздуха из лёгких наружу.

[@TheBalterok]

результат тысячелетий поисков техники пения... во всём остальном мире люди поют "открытыми" голосами

[@user-kz3zv8ip5d]

Я тоже 😂

[@user-em4mo3ye1h]

не только, ради Онассиса она сильно похудела (про методы можете прочитать в Гугле). И этим похудением и переживаниями подорвала свой голос.

[@user-em4mo3ye1h]

не только, ради Онассиса она сильно похудела (про методы можете прочитать в Гугле). И этим похудением и переживаниями подорвала свой голос.

[@liseroger3399]

Who is listening ?? Well, I am and I simply love it all !

[@FrancescoAlois]

She's so divine that it looks like she's singing for herself, alone at home, took by a suddenly inspiration

[@monkeymindbananas9550]

Like snow white walking through the forest singing to the animals

[@joycehoofkin9573]

I saw a picture of Maria on P B S And Heard Her Song I Fell In Love with her Voice With A Sense Of Identity With What She Was Feeling Inside her Whole body.

[@gazepskotzs4]

Herfacial expressions when she received her applause, she s showering in that sound, i love it.

[@gloriasaliba3395]

Agreed she is extraordinarily divine sent to us from heaven

[@robwilliams4905]

Awesome, Amazing Lady. God Given ! xxxxx

[@moesauce2255]

Madam Callas did not just have the gift of this angelic voice. She had beauty (which she never admitted). She spoke 4 languages fluently (French, Italian, greek, and english). Was articulate and extremely sharp and handled interviews gracefully. What a loss to this world that she have died at a young age with a broken heart. Forgot to mention that she was shortsighted and could not see the conductor!!. She was literally singing in her own world.

[@rani1902]

💔Broken hart... Este proceso es tan brillantemente oscuro...

[@marymarth7298]

She is my favorite of all. How did she have a broken heart?

[@moesauce2255]

@@marymarth7298 betrayed by the love of her life “Onassis” who tried to stop her from singing then end up marrying another women “ Jackie o”. And by her mother who sold her out to the press. And lastly by the media after her last farewell tour where they belittled her voice and performance.

[@marymarth7298]

@@moesauce2255 Oh. Very very sad. She was too good for him. Truly. I don't take any clout to the media. Her voice and soul remained heavenly to the end. Thank you for tell me though.

[@asphaltrox]

@@moesauce2255 wow. Are there any memoirs or biopics about her life? Her voice just takes you to another reality entirely, someplace rich and pure all at once. She was too good for this world.

[@user-xd9xy5yl9l]

From a frail lady we have a voice you can never forget. One listen and you are hooked forever.

[@gabrisstitches8038]

My goodness, the control she has over her voice, unbelievable!

[@danielpitterly6466]

Why is nobody talking how she enjoys the applause? I mean, haven't you guys seen her face after she finished singing? Such an epic moment in history. You're able to tell how relived and delighted she was to see all those people mesmerized at her stunning voice. We'll never see that expression again. Callas was very very unique.

[@erhardjackel4822]

@Thalia T. Shame on you she was and still is the absolute singer in the world best singer

[@debbiejohnson2789]

@Thalia T. shut up!!

[@jeanettem1746]

Didn’t she become ill and stopped performing due to nerves? Perhaps it’s because she was able to complete the song that she’s relieved.

[@roxanneroxanne9071]

"Singing, for me, is not an act of pride, but merely an attempt to rise towards those heights where everything is harmony.” Maria Callas (cited in Gara 1958: 27) So, not the applause made delighted...

[@kana0kitsune]

I know! I love how she doesn't thank the public right away. She knows it's her moment, her applause and she very well deserves it, so she tastes every single second of it. Most people start thanking right away, as if they were apologizing. But she doesn't, and that makes them applaud longer. Stunning.

[@olgashurukhina3084]

Это самый прекрасный голос, который я когда -либо слышала в своей жизни 🙏… Невероятной чистоты, красоты и глубины … Божественно !

[@eleonora_rossi_soprano]

I agree with you!

[@user-wc8ub7pi5x]

Послушайте в исполнении Ольги Басистюк

[@valerivaleri9195]

Басистюк исполняет как-то более хрустально, звонче, но, на мой взгляд (слух) жёстче... Интересно еще сравнить с Биешу и др...

[@user-ql8ig3ob3h]

Согласна. А ещё - какой-то безыскусности, что ли. Не знаю, как лучше сказать. Настолько естественна, без какого-либо актерства Мария и её голос - как голос природы, ветра, воздуха... Это, конечно, дар Божий.

[@linaletsgo9466]

Расшифровываю анализы крови, подробно.❤❤❤

[@user-co1zu3wo1t]

Слушала эту арию в исполнении нескольких певиц, но Мария- это шедевр оперного пения ❤! От ее голоса исходит такая волна нежности и силы! Слушать можно бесконечно 🌟🌟🌟.

[@lizabbott3319]

Not just her voice, her demeanour, her fingers.... everything ❤

[@louisebrazeau5442]

There are many beautiful voices but only Maria Callas can sing with as much emotion!

[@gracie99999]

indeed!

[@marionbuava5545]

🥱🧐😒🤧🤮

[@larisakoch422]

YES AND EMOTION, UNFORGETTABLE, LOVED FOREVER!

[@costaraparaskevi8400]

Her voice clear like a mountain spring, fresh like sea breeze coming without effort full of sentiment and passion! I was in Epidavros Greece when she sang "The Puritans" I was just a kid but I cried through all the performance. There will never be another opera singer like her!

[@c3piano]

I am so grateful for You Tube.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

@@c3piano That's a good comment. With all that's bad in the world, there are some things that can elevate us to glimpse a better life.

[@tara1635]

You are so fortunate to have seen her at the Epidavros! There will never be another like her.

[@matheusalves9617]

Wow, what a privilege!! Cheers, my friend!!

[@VeroNikko]

Indeed!

[@claudenad7353]

listening in 2024🎉❤

[@mhbrafman]

Listening in March 2024

[@joannakaczmarska3005]

Im listening in 2024. In Poland in Lodz. ❤

[@user-mo4ww7vd8q]

Слушаю в Москве, 2 мая 2024 г. Слушаю уже не первый раз . Любимая певица!

[@nj.Blythe]

Это настолько прекрасно, что сложно в словах выразить свои чувства

[@user-zn6bg3xz2d]

Именно поэтому я не могу сдержать слёз всякий раз, когда слушаю эту арию. Чувства просто переполняют. Абсолютная красота, абсолютное искусство. ❤️‍🔥

[@mariateresagiordano490]

Anche per me è difficile 😢

[@loredanalicausi540]

Quanta classe in questa donna, cosa che oggi è difficile trovare. Grazie per quello che ci hai donato, riposa in pace

[@robertricard187]

The greatest female voice I've ever heard. I've heard many, many great voices in my 80 years, but none like hers. That's why I have collected so many of her operas on CD's over the years.

[@karlgreene2177]

Opera sounds awful on CD vinyl is much better.

[@TheSoundStone]

@@karlgreene2177or open reel to reel!

[@celiarobin6128]

Thank you ever so much for the inspiration!! I'll make sure to go out and purchase some!! INDEED, she's ABSOLUTELY BEYOND PHENOMENAL!! ♥ GODLY!!! TRULY HEAVEN SENT!!

[@johniley2632]

Same here

[@anak6379]

At the end she has the eyes full of tears....she lived the music with all her soul all the time....MASTERPIECE!

[@user-dg4xh9vx6i]

Кто сказал, что Мария Какая не красивая?! Она обворожительная красавица!!! А голос божественен 🙏❤❤❤❤

[@Ekaterina_rodCmirnow]

Очень красивая😍

[@bije888]

Очень красивая женщина 😢Безумно красивая!❤

[@sakinatwagnertouneneva2941]

И никто не знает вокруг!!!Как сердце ее плакало в надеждах!Лучшая Каста Дива в Мире!Царствие ей у Господа Бога!!!

[@giovannipronzato1509]

7 hv

[@giovannipronzato1509]

Colmo

[@user-fc2vj5nb8b]

Я заряжаюсь её Коста Дивой всегда, её пение это живая энергия для души и очищение от всего негативного❤ . Лучшая Норма на все времена❤

[@tullochgorum6323]

We can be a foolish and self-destructive species. But if we are capable of creating something as beautiful as this, you have to feel that there's hope...

[@marymarth7298]

Well said! Very well said.

[@monisegalvao2647]

Yes!

[@cheese9617]

That's true.

[@rmeelker]

La Callas had a gift.

[@marymarth7298]

@@rmeelker Maria Callas was a gift.

[@an-asteraceae]

I can't hear this aria without crying. This piece is not of this world.

[@giulianoradice4715]

This language (italian) is not of this world !

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

The language itself can be sung.

[@giulianoradice4715]

@@bovnycccoperalover3579 sung???

[@janebrown7231]

65 years ago today, and completely unmatched. Bravissima, la Divina eterna.

[@Alex-rk4go]

Непревзойденное исполнение: такой легкости во взятии высоких нот, элегантности, нежности и полетности, филигранности, чувственности, 100% попадания в образ, идеальной расстановки акцентов и контроля дыхания нет больше ни у кого!

[@lindenbright3761]

She makes it look so easy. She’s a legend

[@patconstantinou1846]

I remember seeing her in Paris on a cold, late Autumn evening in the early 1970's. She was at the same crepe stall as me. Very simply dressed. It was after Onassis had dumped her for Jackie Kennedy. She looked so hauntingly sad. To this day, I still wonder how he could have left such a lovely and talented woman. God rest her soul.

[@Theintensityisinyou]

Everyone has their own reasons, how we deal with things is well in our power, hope that was a turning point of her life :)

[@tadcotadco6344]

Onassis was guided by other criteria. Like any suddenly rich empty person with a dubious past, his ego needed external proves of his significance. Therefore, he replaced one famous woman with an even more famous one (to the general public) without any hesitation to feed his vanity. Love or the true value of these women had nothing to do there.

[@marilenat.5255]

@@tadcotadco6344 indeed!

[@fromUrals]

I wonder how Maria could fall in love with such a creature?

[@sharksport01]

@@fromUrals $$$

[@marianom9729]

For some reason, hearing this make me think that everyone is call to do something in this life, we all have one special thing or talent and we should persue it to the last consequence and perhaps we may, in our own way, achieve something as beautiful and masterful as this

[@Nigel-fy5jg]

A few years ago I bought a boxed set of CDs of her recordings. Worth every penny. What a voice, what a presence.

[@zakezake4493]

самое божественное исполнение за последние 70 лет.....никто так не спел.все идет из глубин души,,,чувствуется ее трагичная раненая душа.....

[@user-ke8rb1fb2k]

Точно сказано.. Раненая птица...

[@ElenKadnikova]

Голос прекрасный, несомненно, но послушайте эту арию в исполнении Марии Биешу! Просто ее не так популяризировали, а уникальность голоса и мастерство исполнения не менее яркие, а может более.

[@zbigniewbrzezinski8869]

Callas’ acting, with deep sorrow and anxiety in her eyes, is as impressive as her voice! RIP, the real diva!

[@user-zu2gt3ub4u]

Постоянно слушаю эту арию! Божественно! Спасибо , что ты была и есть, Мария!

[@user-rg6lu2iw6f]

Шикарная Мария Каллас.❤😊 Непревзойдённая. Она поёт сердцем.

[@3bebles]

She is the female voice which is remembered when you have forgotten all others. There is a spirituality in her flawless singing, and she raises opera to a supreme emotional and physical experience. She is truly unique!

[@MrsGranpaws]

💞💞🙏 could not have found the words but u are 100% U know her unmistakable voice by her 1st note.

[@louisalvarado4272]

If there is a God, this is what I imagine she sounds like!

[@markbob120]

Quite simply the best. She performs every note!

[@joellelesvenan9571]

Merci , MADAME

[@NJI-hy1pq]

It's not flawless, it's gorgeous

[@walerijart]

Сколько лет прошло, а мир все еще восхищается тобой!

[@zlobniy_burunduk]

И так будет до скончания времён. Иные канут в лету, но не она.

[@FrancineGaltier]

😅 PLEASE first translate this russisch comment into french : I speak German... Spanish... English....French and begin Italian... 😔 But I've not begonnen Rusisch yet 🤭

[@lordergt]

😊​@@FrancineGaltier

[@kdevinturner8778]

I love the Greek.

[@julianbailey720]

Simply devine. That five minute silence! You can see the music transforming her. She becomes the music. Few can get there

[@user-xe8xr4sn8m]

Голос льется как серебряный ручей, Восхитительно, всё вокруг замирает, и время останавливается,и душа наслаждается дивным исполнением ❤❤❤

[@hdholl9696]

Callas starts singing at 1:32, but she has been Norma since 0:07.

[@leandrovitelli1161]

sublime, never better said ...

[@TuttoFuffa]

so true

[@dyslexiusmaximus]

great comment

[@grahamhoadly950]

Unfortunately, half the chorus were in La Sonnambula since 0.00!

[@scottjohnson4850]

@@grahamhoadly950 HAHAHA

[@wallyssalas]

No matter what year; what version; with what orchestra, and, whether what I hear is a live recording, or an engineered marvel of studio musical creation, when I listen to this aria in this woman's voice, I tremble, I cry (sometimes openly), and I swear to myself that I will get over this predictable, embarrassing and recurrent emotional reaction. But I really cannot help it. And this has been happening to me for the last 55 years. What can one say or write about Maria Callas that has not been said or written already? Not having had the musical blessing of having heard her voice in person, I thank God for the recording technologies that provide presence to her voice and her art in full display (I hope) forever!

[@guillaumemuller7717]

Same here. I start crying at the first notes, before she even start singing!

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

She was a blessing in this small world... and a tonal giant inthis vast universe... i swear the heavens will never forget long after the earth and humanity is a mere whisper of an echo in space time! Simply beautiful! Everytime i watch and and listen i fall a little harder in love!

[@klausreiterer3494]

@@guillaumemuller7717 üüä

[@marismith1927]

I heard this wonderful voice fir the first time tonight my reaction was the same. Had to listen over and over again. Tears still want to spill. Overwhelming beautiful

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

@@marismith1927 welcome to theMaria trap Mari! We're all spellbound here😁

[@nataliaalekseeva5280]

Без микрофона!! Какой голос! Душа радуется от ее пения!

[@user-se8wb6wk2t]

MARIA CALLAS E LA DECIMA MUSA! NON C E NIENTE ALTRO DI PIU VERO E DI PIU SUBLIME E DI PIU GRANDE. UNA VOCE IMMORTALE! CHE INFIAMMA LE MENTI UMANE. GRAZIE

[@user-np2py8lr5w]

Господь посылает нам такие таланты, чтобы мы не забывали, как прекрасен мир, чтобы не поганили нашу Землю, чтобы любили и уважали друг друга!

[@margarethemuster31]

Auf youtube schauen Maria Callas Arie Tosca

[@yogipunkch]

Ja. Genau so ist es. Danke ❤️

[@RalfMtr]

Muy cierto! Hermoso comentario! Gracias

[@mapa6772]

Amen. Bless you

[@hasafa9580]

tak tochno...

[@luciacasati7043]

This is the first time hearing her singing and even though I don't understand a word she's saying I cried so hard! She touched my heart! So impressive and beautiful

[@Moni-xb7hl]

🙋‍♀️

[@charliefarlie2884]

I've listened to her sing for years and I cry every time. She reaches places that can't be described with words.

[@allancuseo7431]

Amen

[@lorettavalentino880]

Nessuna mai come lei, in questa romanza

[@sherco6921]

Never has been such a voice like this which is probably only made by God once a million years. Leontyne pryce in her prime was equal but only momentarily

[@nilufarxidoyatova8975]

Идеальное исполнение!!!💯👍💐Божественно!🙏🌹🌹🌹Спасибо Марии Каллас🙏

[@reinermbivz3278]

Today, the 2nd December 2023, its her 💯 Birthday. Stay in Memorie. Thank you. 🌹🎶🙏🌱🍀🌞

[@1953586]

This is divine. Callas the one and only Diva.

[@user-kt5fs3yh6r]

Божественный голос! Дива!

[@stellamaristoledo]

Que belleza de voz!!! Con mucha dulzura y muy buena energía!!! Muchas gracias!!!@

[@q.e.d.9112]

The greatest diva, I’ll grant you, but not the only one

[@danychetran9942]

Callas went away, but her voice forever stay.

[@frank1509]

Alas

[@montecarlostar]

It's an Enigma

[@frank1509]

Enigma

[@frank1509]

Atom

[@frank1509]

Well

[@rowejon]

Fabulous, & the diamonds she's wearing!

[@user-dd6mm2hv7d]

Ни какие бриллианты не заменят женского счастья и материнство, о которых она мечтала!

[@joandebruin3847]

The divine and immortal voice of Callas❤

[@user-lp5pl3yx2v]

Смотрю в 2022 уже сотый раз. Это потрясение! Так тонко, камерно, чувственно, передав все оттенки эмоций, это исполнено. Какое счастье, что есть эта запись, и мы можем к этому прикоснуться. Просто восхищение! Браво! Вечная память Марии...

[@anneliesetanriyar9699]

Sie ist i.und war die beste Sopranistin der Welt...

[@jurygolenko8721]

Это исполняет Мария Каллас?

[@Alla-mf1qp]

А я сотый раз пересматриваю (переслушиваю) Тоску с Каллас и сотый раз рыдаю.

[@nata3176]

Послушайте, пожалуйста, Монтсеррат Кабалье...

[@user-ye2ko4fo5m]

@@jurygolenko8721 Да

[@Successor123]

The most amazing thing about her performance was not that it was the perfect performance of the song. Not that she is the epitome of grace. It's the way she makes perfection look effortless. That's genius!

[@marcetor8290]

Magnifique, je l'ai écouté très tôt ce matin chanter Casta Diva de Bellini. J'ai eu frissons et larmes, elle m'a émue. Parce que je regardais la publication d'une très jeune fille qui chantait Casta Diva avec une belle technique vocale mais je ne sentais rien. Je me suis demandée si j'avais perdu ma sensibilité, un ami a commenté '' ce serait mieux si elle chantait moins fort y il trop de tension, j'ai répondu que chanter doucement et bien c’est plus difficile et j'écoute là '' la Callas'' et ce fut un festival de sensations,, c'était celui là son secret, une magicienne des émotions. Je vous laisse apprécier si je dis vrai ou pas.

[@rossanaamata2206]

Oú etait-elle?

[@adrianofilisetti2935]

Chi rimane indifferente non ascolti musica... Assolutamente fantastica e ad oggi ineguagliabile. 😍

[@eugeniacosteira9024]

❤

[@user-vz5xg3ut5y]

Не голос ,а ГОЛОС вселенной !

[@paulvallance4347]

The way she hugs her tiny fragile frame and THAT voice straight from her wounded heart. Its stunning.

[@robertcronin6603]

Definitely is.

[@pianofever8586]

At times I felt like crying. I have never seen anyone sing opera with her arms crossed. None of my instructors would have ever allowed it. So unique...so gifted. Like a little bird in full command of her song.

[@suzawilo]

@@pianofever8586 Such a beautiful description 💖🌹

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Oh Paul, that is so true! God bless you!

[@dukepalatinemmxx2098]

@George Kapsochas Majestic 👍 Words can only diminish Maria Callas - this is on a higher dimension - 👃

[@GoldSkyEldorado]

2023 год слушаю и будем слушать божественную Марию Каллас.

[@jurijbogataj4400]

Me too🎻🎶🎶

[@user-xp7jg2yk6v]

Это непостижимое волшебство! Слушаю много раз и не могу наслушаться. Тысячу раз БРАВО!

[@Ekaterina_rodCmirnow]

Только начала слушать, как тут же слёзы сами полились из глаз.Потрясающе, божественно! До глубины души❤

[@lightdragon2184]

We are blessed living in this era where performances like this are presented to us, almost for free.. Where we can connect to each other through music of all ages. 💗💗💗

[@stefaniabaldi2138]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@user-et8fy2qz7t]

Словами нельзя описать восторг-полет души...

[@user-yr1tf9yo5t]

Да и только да

[@adamgajewski1996]

C'est que de l'amour ♡

[@paullombard4860]

This is so true. It puts so many other things we enjoy that are a culmination of others' efforts, into perspective

[@ghgfjkj2828]

Maria Callas was a great Singer singing for our hearts, we never forgot her.

[@alicebalbi4365]

Magnífico, esplêndido!

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Así es, nunca la olvidaremos

[@HelenLeeCallaghan]

I, for one am listening and I am blown away by this performance . It is phenomenal and is etched forever in my soul.

[@AndrewQuinn-qq3ek]

So very beautiful i have never seen anyone able to express such emotion, such ability to convey the human condition! Im not ashamed to say i cried

[@MrGALIMAT]

Откуда в такой хрупкой женщине , такой волшебно потрясающий голос ??? Браво !!! Память Вечная Мария !!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@valerialane]

от Бога! талант даётся свыше, тренировки не помогут.

[@user-tt9zj4ft6v]

Помимо голоса,какая экспрессия чувства!

[@user-gn8wi8uk7b]

Да,талант от бога труд от человека Привет из Ташкента

[@user-wb7lv1wp6o]

Да, невероятно,действительно очень хрупкая женщина,а голос глубокий ,сильный,трогает все струны души🤩🤩🤩

[@user-wb7lv1wp6o]

Она как Консуэлла🙂

[@belindaintexas8789]

Such expressive emotion! Callas pulls you deep into it with her beauty, her eyes and her voice. Timelessly magnificant! So sad that she gave her precious love and talent to an unappreciative brute like Aristotle Onassis ..

[@user-fh7vs4yp2k]

Бывает. Про скотину.

[@user-uo7yw1gq7o]

Это чудо и в словах оно не нуждается! Только истинное наслаждение!!!!

[@claudiaanamarialopez2262]

Es absolutamente conmovedora. Tengo 61 años, me ha acompañado en todas las etapas de mi vida y sigue impregnandome de magia. Gracias infinitas, el Arte nos sana, nos integra, nos mantiene humanos.

[@adpmurphy]

What a beautiful beautiful lady her voice lives on though she is long gone, may God hold her forever in his arms.

[@natalyasmirnova5049]

Какое филиграннное и мощное исполнение! Восторг!!! Спасибо за видео. Моя любимая ария и обожаемая Каллас! Непревзойдённая!!!

[@anitagreco4507]

Anche per me. Come per tutti I grandi tanta sofferenza❤

[@rinkan7601]

интересно ,на какую сумму на ней одето бриллиантиков ...

[@user-ke8rb1fb2k]

​​@@rinkan7601Она сама бриллиант

[@adamevovich]

​​@@user-ke8rb1fb2k👏👏👏👏 1000%%%%

[@mariaodeledepaulapessoa8851]

Sua voz brilha muito mais do que o diamante!!!

[@user-gr4fl4rr9l]

Божественно, полный восторг!🎉🎉🎉

[@TheSeeszter]

No one sings, with such passion and grandeur; loved her~~❤❤❤❤

[@rachaelsting941]

Боже, ее уж нет на этом свете, а ее забыть невозможно, этот льющийся из под небес голос, этот облик богини. Мария Каллас это легенда!

[@user-fo5ky3jx9f]

Божественный голос

[@user-eb4ip8lz6z]

Поёт в небесном хоре

[@klaramakovicka2137]

Obdivuje Máriu Calas celé roky nádhera

[@klaramakovicka2137]

Je to Legends neopakovateľný talent

[@E266PD]

Голос да, но не облик.

[@cbzigmund]

Callas's superlative difference lies in the fact that she was the greatest actress or actor among opera singers of the 20th century. Opera is after all theatre, not solely music. Many can sing. and many can act, but very, very few are great singers and great actors altogether.

[@Piano_Veritas_XeniaTheodoridou]

The pain she felt as a child, her sensitive and vibrant soul were indeed unique! She remains transcendental...

[@emmanueldacunha3211]

Absolutly right.

[@alier3n]

Leyla Gencer is also one of the GOATs when it's comes to singing and acting. She was acting via her voice😌

[@leaa5081]

So true.

[@morgansowell3881]

I love watching her WAIT, with such supreme confidence and grace.

[@user-rn1si7ub8e]

Царица оперного искусства!!!Звезда на Века!!!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@nadegemututi7785]

Who’s listening in 2023 ? Incredible voice 👌🏾

[@user-kk1tp6ss6f]

2023 год февраль Москва Слушаю и сравниваю и больше склоняюсь, что Монтсеррат Кобалье выразительнее всех. СПАСИБО🙏 Это моё личное мнение.

[@fabricemoliere6484]

moi!!

[@luismirandafallaque3346]

YO. NADEGE ! Esa VOZ Es Bellísima ! Me Da PAZ. 🙏 ! En los Momentos Difíciles Que Pasamos En Pandemia. Saludos 🙋‍♀ ! Febrero 2023. 🌹!

[@andreaschiavetti6201]

IO!!!!!!!

[@esthermontoro7018]

Me!!! Lisening and floating!!!

[@NostalgiaMan]

I have never heard of this talent before tonight but I am glad I learned of her. Now I can see the true power of Opera

[@katdeluxy9608]

If you don’t mind telling me what’s your age?

[@mk5244]

....glad you discovered her. You won’t find any of comparable class. MC has always been and will always be the undisputed numero uno, La Divina. She expressed the tragedy of her life in her unique art of performing. There have been numerous excellent singers, however no Maria Callas! She is a cultural monument for all times to come.

[@musicformonsters]

her life was fascinating - hope you listen to more of her performances and read about her

[@robertmahler8894]

You never heard of Maria Callas??

[@javierborda8684]

@@robertmahler8894 nor Mahler probably, ha ha!

[@user-hb8gn3vn2v]

Прекрасно! Душа отдыхает!

[@ArgiaCocco]

Sublime! When I sing Bellini or Verdi or Puccini, it’s impossible not to be inspired by the great Maria. There's always a bit of her in every note I play