Maria Callas sings Norma at Buenos Aires, Argentina (1949) STEREO SOUND

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

A voz mágica de Maria Callas cativa e enfeitiça quem a ouve! Depois dela ficou o vazio...Um mundo escuro..... Um céu sem estrelas... Que jamais verá uma luz de tal intensidade....

[@yuk747]

Buenos Aires 1949 a rare treasure in descent sound displaying Callas's early majestic years with unmistakable shear resonance of power in her voice..Amazing.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Agradecidos con la Callas, por valorar al artista…por su respeto a la obra de arte…por evidenciarnos el genio del compositor, Bellini. Menos mal que quedó registrado toda esta maravilla, toda esta belleza..gracias ❤❤❤❤

[@FranciscoAmericoSebastiani]

❤❤❤❤😂😂por Siempre Unica

[@brunobalzano7566]

In ginocchio, in adorazione❤️. Giovane quasi agli esordi e già temibile per potenza vocale, agilità e innato controllo del respiro, dolcissima e poi fulgida nella cabaletta, a dominare coro e orchestra con acuti sferzanti e irraggiungibili, emessi con una facilità che mette i brividi. Che invidia per argentini e messicani, che dal 1949 al 1952 hanno udito le sorgenti vocali della Callas, così corpose e ancora grezze, dove la tecnica lascia già incantati.

[@Olgaalwina]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Correct !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Alcbc0]

Callas em 1950 cantou no México, Argentina, Brasil e voou para o la Scala, direto sem escala aérea. Bravo Diva eterna ❤❤❤

[@pammyjones1151]

Absolutely superb......and to think she was only 26 years old!!! Bloody amazing!...

[@igorkochetkov6046]

Callas was just 25 years old on this record!:-) Maria was born in december 1923.

[@rorlando1976]

Pammy Jones listen to Elena Souliotis she was only 22 even Callas said she was better than her

[@alanle1471]

Riccardo Orlando when it came to effort, performing on the stage, combined with voice variety and reputation, Callas at her hight arguably had the best package.

[@eduardobraivein8496]

Riccardo Orlando And she'd sung her first Norma on any stage the previous year in Italy.

[@kbhprinsesse]

@@rorlando1976 Callas never said that. And she certainly wasn't. Listening to her singing the same pieces as Callas, it's obvious that Callas took much more care with her phrasing and that her technique was vastly superior.

[@emitch9213]

Quite a recording! Such a find will satisfy many for the years. This is a gem for the archives of Callas in her Olympian vocal skill and at only 26 years singing of all operas, Bellini's Norma. Because she was a prodigy vocal athlete and opened the way for a Bel Canto's return of a stunning level, her musical perfection almost betrays Norma, as the flawed Druid goddess, who loved the flawed Roman. Bellini, I suspect, would have had a kick out of such irony. 🌹

[@raffaelepasini2660]

Verdi disse: voglio per Macbeth una voce brutta, una vociaccia come disse poi Visconti. E qui in Norma ne è un esempio. Superba, suprema, tecnicamente perfetta. Certo prima di lei quest'opera non era certo cantata da voci simili, poiché come arrivò lei quando si menziona Casta Diva per antonomasia si pensa alla Maria Callas. Molti, quelli che amano voci alla Tebaldi, Caballè, ecc., che anch'io amo molto, subito furono disgustati da una voce simile, dimenticando che si la sua è una voce brunita, cupa, a volte ruvida, ma per opere di Bellini e Donizetti, è ideale al bel canto inizio ottocento. Poi ovviamente l'enorme estensione della sua voce, con acuti ineguagliabili, l'hanno resa insuperabile.. Ora che sono di moda i cancelli di ferro arrugginiti un detrattore mi ha detto che la voce della Callas suona come il vedere un ferro arrugginito e che è solo moda. Sarà pure, ma io allora amo tanto il ferro arrugginito.

[@Andrea-hm1ix]

Boh a me la Callas nel Macbeth non è mai piaciuta. Ho sempre trovato che fosse un'opera non nelle sue corde.

[@Kia-mf3bo]

​​@@Andrea-hm1ixil suo Macbeth del 52' in Scala è insuperabile!!

[@Andrea-hm1ix]

@@Kia-mf3bo ma anche no, se intendi quello in cui la Callas e il direttore di orchestra fanno a gara a chi va più veloce, cambiando il tempo a piacimento. Seriamente, quel Machbeth è veramente di cattivo gusto e pieno di agilità inutili della Callas che avrebbe potuto anche risparmiarci. A me non piace proprio e trovo pure che il Macbeth faccia risaltare anche alcune difficoltà nel canto della Callas che forse i più non sentono perchè fanatici della diva, ma che sono palesi.

[@Kia-mf3bo]

@Andrea-hm1ix ma per favore, cretina io a parlare con gente che non ci capisce una mazza.

[@Kia-mf3bo]

@@Andrea-hm1ix vabbè, no comment. È inutile parlarne con chi non ne capisce una mazza

[@petergraham8681]

Even more examples of Callas‘ artistry & special vocal beauty prior to 1952 or so would be treasures indeed. Thanks for posting & many other representations of her early work are gratefully welcome. I still revere her NORMA recording from 1960 despite her decreasing vocal powers but it is great to hear her beautifully musical & steady vocalism here. A brief mention of her Mexico City AIDA from 1951. What Callas & Oralia Dominguez, both only in their mid/late 20‘s, achieve in their respective roles will not be equaled, much less surpassed, by any singers of their age these days. IMO!

[@morganchan2465]

Norma, a genuine mount Everest of female role. Callas make it even more difficult by setting the bar so high ~

[@oz2535]

These early Callas recordings are exquisite. It's really sad that you can't find them in any streaming platforms, the only thing you can find are those remastered recordings of her late years which don't do justice to what she once was. What a blessing it is we can still listen to her early recordings, the true Callas, La Divina.

[@sergeyv514]

You just can't be that great at the opening recitative, aria and cabaletta at the same time!

[@trex1563]

This was the real Callas Voice.....

[@lourivalimbuseiro5469]

Callas forever and ever...

[@mnverrone]

CALLAS FOR EVER!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤

[@hrvoje14]

Yes, she refined the role later, but my goodness, the sheer size and power of her voice here! What a truly heroic, fully dramatic-voiced Norma this is!

[@davidj3552]

Este es el verdadero sonido,Callas, con una enorme voz dramática abierta, es mucho más saludable que las grabaciones posteriores. Incluso su 1954 suena algo pálido en comparación....Børre H.

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

What a miracle the audience in Teatro Colón was witnessing and hearing! Even Callas could never equal the authority of her younger self, no matter how much further she probed into Norma's inner conflict. Her Norma became more refined over the years, but the overwhelming power of this performance was never equaled (at least in the recordings we have) by her--and certainly not by anyone else. This may be a sad fact, but it is also a moment to give thanks for the gift we have of hearing her, even in this less-than-perfect sound.

[@Kia-mf3bo]

È perfetto invece. Più che perfetto

[@ohmy5650]

Beautiful legato highlighting her amazing passaggio. Mentioning this because it's the first time it strikes my attention like that. Exquisite performance, but that strikes me always. Brava Callas💎

[@mariaeugeniabranco3956]

Toujours merveilleux!! Il n'y a pas de comparaison, une artiste unique qu'interprete avec ume criativite artistiqie ce qu'elle chant! Merci.

[@anastassis_vamvakas]

What an enormous voice she had. Sends chills down my spine. Thanks for uploading!

[@joymonte5471]

She makes me cry!🤧🥺Her voice feels like an epic legend coming staight from greek mythology!Here i can hear her ease it seems like she is not even puting any effort to sing it.im speechless🤯

[@mariaeugeniabranco3956]

A masterpiece! What is it about this voice that transforms sounds into the inner story of her sould? Giving in each sound --- like a prayer ----Thank God for the gift she had receive from God! Unique. An inimitable voice, an unrepeatable operatic event!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Lovely comment, Maria!

[@larrywong4966]

Thank God for the recording equipment so we can enjoy it even now and forever. What a blessing Diva Maria has been to opera.

[@joymonte5471]

God you blessed my diva with such an outstanding talent

[@shaundudley4576]

Callas is unfair to all. You gotta hate her. I was fine listening to what was available to me for so long : thosr marvelous other artists, her studio and later live recordings... But since I have discovered her earliest live recordings it's kind of over for me. I can't get enough can't get over am completely devastated and have the hardest time getting back to listening to anything else with same enthusiasm, even her greatest achievements now suffer from comparison to the sheer unapproachable splendor of those profoundly human superhuman performances. Hopefully I will find a way back from this Elysian apocalypse

[@rodolfolomelig8349]

It's any performance outside italy and europe that Callas gets freedom to sing this titanically. I love the mexico and argentina records. They had such amazing performances from Callas and MDM. I mean, the high C at 12:37 was eight seconds long. That has to be the longest high note I've heard in the Callas history.

[@stephencostan207]

THIS IS GLORIOUS SINGING.................THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE IT................I HOPE SOMEONE HAS PUT THIS VOICE IN A TIME CAPSULE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MARVEL AT

[@Shahrdad]

Imagine that she was just a mere girl here, and she was singing with this degree of technical skill, musical imagination, and dramatic acumen. Can you imagine any 26 year old, for that matter any singer today, being able to equal what Callas achieves here?

[@DavidGrecoBaritone]

Shahrdad perfectly put

[@LaDivinaLover]

Patti was very young when she started her career and she was apparently a very fine Norma. So perhaps she may have been up to Callas level but as no records existed then who knows. Callas is certainly the best Norma ever recorded and I can’t imagine anyone coming close to her.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Youth has its advantages. Clearly more than great here!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

@@LaDivinaLover, Caballe’ came close. Callas sent her earrings to Caballe’ through the mail that she wore in one of her many productions of Norma. Out of respect and honor of Callas, Montserrat never wore them because she said there was only 1 Maria!

[@joseejaja279]

Fantastic, that's class!

[@Delos661]

Callas en Casta Diva impresionante! Esta grabación de muy buena calidad fue hecha por Radio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires con los viejos discos de acetato. En esa gira la joven María Callas se destacó y hasta rivaiizó con la grande Delia Rigal, primera figura del Teatro Colón. Este teatro es considerado el de mejor acústica entre los teatros líricos del mundo con capacidad para 2.500 espectadores. El grande Caruso también cantó en él. Gracias Marx 7811por subir este registro a tu canal.

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Gustavo Delos661, la Delia Rigal valeva molto poco. Cantava perche' era raccomandata.

[@3uHo4ka]

Who is "la grande Delia Rigal"?)))

[@gabrielefontana908]

Impareggiabile per l'eternità

[@brrehusebye7298]

This is the real Callas, with a huge open dramatic voice, its much more healthy than later recordings. Even her 1954 sounds somewhat pale in comparision.

[@Shahrdad]

This is when she was in her natural body, a large, voluptuous body supporting a huge voice. Once she became thin, so did the voice.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

@@Shahrdad yes, sad but true!

[@DCFunBud]

You have to admire the singers that sang opposite Callas. They had to be sensational in their own right and at their very best.

[@RikVermont8]

Marx -- Thanks for finding this and for sharing.

[@peterwylliejohnston]

Simply glorious. Incomparable.

[@renepaccard7914]

La diva assoluta inégalable et inégalée a jamais merci pour cette superbe vidéo c est Maria Callas la grande ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Hasta que aparecio Caballe

[@niconico7281]

a los 26 años la esencia de la voz con el rol fue desde el primer momento. La mejor NORMA

[@AndresGonzalez-fz3lc]

Ella y Leyla Gencer las mejores

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Antes que apareciera CABALLE no jodamos

[@niconico7281]

@@luisnorbertogomez7058 no entiendo tu Respuesta! Antes que apareciera la Caballe??? La callas nació en 1923 y la caballe 1935 y vocalmente la Callas es muy superior a la caballe mires por donde lo mires o te guste o no !

[@laprimmadonna2341]

@niconico7281 lo has dicho bien, la mejor Norma, punto final. Saludos cordiales ❤❤❤

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

@@AndresGonzalez-fz3lc Y Beverly Sills

[@bodiloto]

Divina. ❤️

[@matthewgroom8689]

thank you for sharing this - so rewarding to hear La Divina in her early career, showing her superhuman gifts. There aren't enough superlatives to do justice to what she was capable of!

[@martaclark3259]

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and precious jewel! Maria's voice is a gift from heaven, and no other singer has been able to sing Norma the way Maria did! O course it was not only the voice but also her emotions, the combination created the amazing and unique singer that she is, I say is because for me she is still alive every time I hear her sing!!!

[@joseejaja279]

So true and may I add very well said.

[@martincancino6016]

¡Magnífica!

[@albertonicolassalazar6152]

simplemente sublime.... por favor qué destreza y compromiso consigo misma y su auditorio... GRACIAS MARIA!!!

[@ele923]

Что-то запредельное ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@luciabisceglia5439]

Maravillosa!!!

[@rosebud3971]

Still here in 2024!

[@peterfish5267]

Callas set the bar for all later opera singers & actors. May she rest in peace, undoubtedly in heaven

[@ngatihine6072]

She was amazing, what vocal power.

[@fernandorivas7419]

La Divina es irreemplazable porque es divina. Arquitecta vocal. Grandiosa intérprete. Amó la música. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Gracias por compartir este vídeo. Ut Benedicat tibi Dominun. Saludos cordiales desde Santiago, Chile. Dr. Fernando Rivas-Burattini.

[@FranciscoAmericoSebastiani]

Sin duda la más grande de todos los tiempos!!!!!

[@costingeorgescu3314]

Supreme VOICE OF ALL TIME....

[@spiritualrepast]

Μαρία Άννα Καικιλία Σοφία Καλογεροπούλου, (Kάλλας) η όμορφη υψίφωνος και ωραιοτέρα φωνή του 20ου αιώνος!!!!!!!!!! From Greece only!!!!

[@stevenwilliams5360]

Thanks so much Marx7811 ... I've never had a better night listening to Opera than tonight !!!

[@dr.alfonsorosado6117]

Superb and awesome! Powerful, and in full vocal command ...at a very young age...an emblematic Norma, sung in the full range of the demanding role. Thanks for sharing this very decent live sound recording at BA.

[@ghpianochannel1561]

That crescendo at 19:45 was a really nice touch, even though it almost completely drowned out Barbieri

[@fr.jamesjohnson1567]

La Divina!

[@eiriniseltsika8697]

Πισω απο τα ελαττώματα της ηχογράφησης αναδύεται το φαινόμενο ΚΆΛΛΑΣ, εξαιρετικα τα ντουέτα και εντυπωσιακό το παραλήρημα του κοινού

[@paulmornaila5769]

She is the best in all :Tosca Cio cio san Boema Aida Sonnambula Traviata Turandot and other!

[@marcelpopa8018]

In TRAVIATA ,the best is Virginia Zeani.

[@JAYEGRL]

Fantastic... she's fabulous! Thank you for uploading

[@jacqueslejeune9258]

j'envie ceux qui ont pu voir ca en vrais, car c'est une des plus belle chose que l'existance peut vous donner.

[@gabrielemusard1297]

Chissà da quanto non sentivano un fraseggio simile...

[@consciousnessrenaissance7804]

Her voice is not as high pitched or as silky as Tebaldi but nobody can do what Callas did. She is awesome 🤩 and such talents come once every century. A gift from God was given to humanity in Callas, may she rest in peace 🌺😇🤩🥂🎉🙏❤️

[@casimiralexander]

Stupendous!!!

[@ms.chaewon9231]

Divine

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

Neste tempo a voz da Callas era como que um diamante em bruto que, com o passar dos anos foi limando as arestas até atingir a perfeição

[@jefgong]

Même la Barbieri, qui aboie à perdre haleine, ne parvient pas à gâcher le bonheur d'entendre Callas déjà en pleine possession du rôle. Terrassant.

[@christinesanchez1726]

Toujours UN PLAISIR ! MERCI TITO 😊😊😊😊😊

[@ghostofyeats]

I'm familiar with the "casta diva" and cabaletta and the duet, but had never heard the recitative. It's gorgeous! I love the fearless attacks and the wonderful way she sometimes varies the onset of the note to occur just slightly before the beat. It is true, however, that the tessitura lies uncomfortably in her first passaggio -- at this stage, she was a high soprano with a huge middle voice. Regardless, the finish, vitality, and confidence of her musicality are wonderful to hear.

[@paulmornaila5769]

Callas is the best soprano in Norma!

[@eiriniseltsika8697]

Και όχι μονο

[@sethdylanhunt3523]

Wow wow wow.

[@renehalm7318]

All is said in the following comments.....

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

E pensar que 10 anos depois surgiu na sua vida um ser abominável que a destruiu...

[@bellini7verdi]

EN ESTOS AÑOS ERA GUAPISIMA.....................NO SE PORQUE DEMONIOS..SE OBSESIONO CON SER FLACA....................Y POIR AMAR A DESABORIOS HOMBRES LLENOS DE DINERO..........................

[@UdoCohrs]

nach wie vor das maß aller soprane, ever

[@draganvidic2039]

Oh? Custu divu actuallly in the Casta Diva. Well a minor flaw when everything else is so excellent…

[@rafaelrosal.]

5:54 was the record damaged??? Why it sounded weird?

[@xavierbicchiarelli6039]

Cette Norma est en faite la performance de gala donné au théâtre colon , pour preuve vous pouvez entendre quelques bipsqui sonnent l'heure...ce n'est pas un inédit malheureusement, Ce document daté du 9juillet 1949.

[@kbhprinsesse]

The "Casta Diva" is from the gala, but the duet is from a complete performance from Jun 20.

[@huhuhuhurricanestreamwow7937]

1:47 little edm there xD

[@mvcpastkambcstccr8563]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markdarenvillanueva7740]

what did callas say instead of oh remembranza? ehhehe

[@rosebud3971]

TXS AGAIN!

[@marchebert5331]

C'Est Barbieri

[@liedersanger1]

Who are the others please??

[@sotieismihos3850]

?????????????????

[@alioffe4321]

Fedora Barbieri and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

[@liedersanger1]

Ali Offe Thank you! Incredible performance.

[@alioffe4321]

It is actually a little scary to see how she improved the role in just a few years, especially the recitativo. I actually prefer the 52 Covent Garden Norma over all the others for her voice there is tremendously dark and heavy while still maintaining phenomenal agility. While we hear a freer and more agile voice here, her technique and understanding of Norma's character tremendously improved within time, e.g the accents on the repeated high A's at 9:40- She was able to connect them better in her later recordings.

[@sotieismihos3850]

Thanks

[@pelleas9]

Maria Callas à 25 ans, le génie à l'état pur. Mais la mezzo-trombone qui chante Adalgisa (avec un beau couac sur le contre-ut et des vocalises ridicules) semble être la mère de Norma chantant un opéra vériste.

[@draganvidic2039]

The first Adalgisa was a soprano with lighter voice than her Norma. Feodora Barbieri was majestic but more of a contralto than a mezzo not capable of also singing higher notes (as Simionato or Nicolai) so she’s a miscast imo sounding too matronly here. Norma calls Adalgisa a ”giovinetta” in the text and that’s a younger girl (than she is).

[@alfredoloyola921]

the adalgis in question is the great italian mezzosoprano fedora barbieri!!no doubt about it.i think the pollione was mario del monaco. 3 great voices in their youthful prime!!

[@eduardobraivein8496]

Alfredo Loyola Pollione was sung by the Argentinian tenor Antonio Vela. Oroveso was Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.

[@santi7616]

Tullio serafin the conductor

[@carmeloserafin5101]

26 anni..Ma Tullio? ....del resto lei veniva dalla Grecia ..... aveva in repertorio Wagner e Bellini fu una panacea per la voce......qui con una Barbieri al top.. che era la partner di Gina Cigna...che cantò ben 400 Norme in ogni dove. Poi 10 anni l foia un repertorio senza limtii....in uno studio della perfezione che la portò a svecchiare la"routine" riportando il ruolo di Soprano; ad un attento recupero delle partiture originali....cercando in Ogni autore diverso...la bella maniera di porgere uno stile di canto ...degno dei Capolavori spesso abbandonati per le difficoltà di capirne il valore Universale che contenevano.

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Serafin Carmelo, una Norma diremmo "in rodaggio" ma gia' la prima in assoluto. Piu' che Tullio dobbiamo ringraziare Francesco Siciliani. Tullio la diresse tante volte ma le scelte di repertorio sono solo frutto dell'intelligenza e dell'intuito di Siciliani. Tullio le proponeva Isolde, Brunildi, Aide, Turandot ma mai Lucia, o Amina, o Violetta, quando poi "l'altro" andava proponendo Armide, Lucie e poi Anne Bolene ecc, ecc, ecc.... Norma fu una sua idea, abbracciata dalla Maria, felicissima di debuttarla. Il meglio doveva venire. Il monumento lo dobbiamo erigere a Siciliani e non a Serafin. Cordiali saluti

[@Tkimba2]

Bellissimi commenti

[@fabriziogarzi9396]

@@Tkimba2, mi associo con te, non potevo mancare. Tutto bene? Di questi tempi si potrebbe riesumare "I Promessi Sposi" di Ponchielli. Ciao Tomba 2

[@Tkimba2]

@@fabriziogarzi9396 a fabri! Mai sentiti... Come sono? Spero che l'opera lirica sia meno religiosamente asfissiante del romanzo (che apprezzo neh, però...). Ti ho mandato la mia email! Non lhai letta?

[@Tkimba2]

@@fabriziogarzi9396 a proposito, visto che il commento sopra la cita, sulla Norma della Cigna stendiamo un velo pietoso, stendiamone un altro sul fatto che le permisero di cantarne 400 (se è vero).

[@cliffgaither]

Did they have " stereo " recordings in 1949 for public consumers ?

[@vinc1774]

Sure not ! The mono has been remasterised. Interesting document.

[@cliffgaither]

Vincent Pruchnicki: Thank you !

[@alexandervoronov6659]

Начало звезды

[@CarlosGomes-wi2ti]

Who is the mezzo?

[@tomsalmon6334]

Barbieri

[@marchebert5331]

Qui chante avec elle? Simionato

[@eduardobraivein8496]

Marc Hébert Fedora Barbieri.

[@davidcontini7217]

Please correct the pitch!

[@yglofmi]

Who is singing Adalgisa? Elena Nicolai? I dont like her.

[@jefgong]

Barbieri

[@draganvidic2039]

Elena Nicolai is very good. So is Barbieri in other roles.

[@alfredoloyola921]

at this time she was a drama tic soprano,her full voice in shape,in complete control when she starting singing light coloraturas roles,her voice lost her natural weight as a dramatic soprano voice.

[@MrSkylark1]

A Superb Musician whose excellence in Fioritura in the beginning followed by an eventual Wobble, a result of forcing voice.

[@ms.chaewon9231]

???

[@kgarmaker123]

There are many top singers who wobbled much worse than she did on her bad days.

[@ransomcoates546]

@@kgarmaker123 Today there are dozens, but in Callas's day it was an unacceptable technical fault, which she admits very frankly in an interview. I have no desire to engage in the stupid Tebaldi warfare business, but it is true that while she certainly had her faults, to the end of her career she never, ever wobbled.