Maria Callas sings Rossini, Verdi, Spontini and Bellini| NDR

At the beginning of Maria Callas' tour in 1959 through Germany, the opera star gave a concert with the NDR Symphony Orchestra (today's NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) in the sold out Musikhalle Hamburg. Under the direction of Nicola Rescigno, the soprano performed arias by Rossini, Spontini, Bellini and Verdi.
Maria Meneghini-Callas, soprano
Nicola Rescigno, conductor
NDR Symphony Orchestra
GASPARE SPONTINI
"Tu che invoco con orrore" (from "La Vestale") 1:22
GIUSEPPE VERDI
"Ambizione spirito tu sei" (from "Macbeth") 13:33
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Overture to the opera "L'italiana in Algeri" 23:11
Una voce poco fa" (from "Il Barbiere di Siviglia") 33:15
BREAK
GIUSEPPE VERDI
"Tu che le vanità" (from "Don Carlos") 41:58
Overture to the opera "I Vespri Siciliani" 58:27
VINCENZO BELLINI
"Oh! S'io potessi - Col sorriso d’innocenza" (from "La Pirata") 1:10:16
May 15, 1959, Hamburg Music Hall
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[@essevikt]

Какая великая зависть к тем счастливым слушателям и зрителям, которым довелось вживую слышать и лицезреть этот невероятный музыкальный феномен под названием Мария Каллас! И какая великая радость, что был записан и сохранился этот фильм, позволяющиё и нам, поздним потомкам, приобщиться к этому великому, поистине потрясающему искусству! Огромная благодарность авторам этого фильма и автору канала.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you so much for your kind words! We really appreciate this!

[@richardallen3810]

To be in her presence as I was at 16 yrs old in the audience for her farewell tour was similar to this audience reaction but greater if you can imagine. Idolizers in the crowd tossing flowers and screaming like a rock concert. Every hand gesture, every glance was choreographed. Every gesture had a meaning. You know you were part of history and her throat was truly touched by God and given to us for such a short time on earth. Her passion filled you unlike any performance I’ve ever seen.

[@humbugone1715]

I was 26 when I saw her in the farewell tour in Miami Beach and I knew then that I would never experience anything to equal it again.......and I was right. I remain a passionate admirer of her and am thankful beyond words that we have her recordings, (commercial and live) along with a few videos. A few years back I visited Paris and went to her home....stood at the gate of the entrance...and allowed myself to simply feel.

[@richardallen3810]

@@humbugone1715 I listen every day to a Callas recording. No other singer has or ever will have the pathos that speaks directly to your soul. She had so much love to give and unfortunately she did not get much love personally and was deeply hurt. I’m glad she knew though that her audience adored her and she always strived to give the maximum to us, her loving fans.

[@aausb8951]

Unglaublich. Stimmt es, dass sie tizianrote Haare hatte? Wie die Leiszhalle getobt hat! Es muss so überwältigend gewesen sein. Danke!

[@user-xe3jq5me5f]

Благодарю, дружище! 👭👬👫Ты выразил то, что я думаю. Такие гениальные люди, как она приходят на Землю на короткий срок, чтобы подарить нам Вселенскую любовь, выражаясь в творчестве и познать опыт человеческой жизни! Она Греческая Богиня, спустившийся с Олимпа, оставившая на Земле яркий незабываемый след на Века! Слава Всевышнему, что мы можем её слышать и видеть в этих записях!

[@jan-olovandersson1533]

❤​@@humbugone1715

[@gerardbellanger563]

La grande Maria Callas. Des morceaux bien choisis pour cette grande dame.

[@coletteservet6774]

Maria Callas, la Divine ! A ce jour, personne ne l'a égalée... Maria est un cadeau de Dieu 🙏

[@anthonynegus743]

To find Callas singing live on my phone, purely by chance, is a miracle that thrills my heart: thankyou!

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

I have written this before but will again. If MC had only shown up and not sung a note this concert would still be the legend it is. Her body language and unusually long hands (well, fingers) alone are music in and of themselves, and say it all. That she was in stupendous voice and form is the icing on the cake. How fortunate we are that they captured the event on film for posterity.

[@NDRKlassik]

She truly is la primadonna assoluta.

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

@@NDRKlassik Well, yes. But there are others, too, for different attributes.

[@NDRKlassik]

We won't deny this! But she captured the "primadonna assolutaism" just incomparably well. :)

[@antoniodeleo9241]

La sua arte il suo carisma la sua drammaticità...le ore ed ore di prove per trovare quella perfezione che poi per lei non era mai abbastanza....assoluta e irripetibile.... Divina.

[@NDRKlassik]

Davvero!

[@tutankamon1975]

The acting part without singing, from the first part of Pirate aria is beyond words... a masterclass itself.

[@dumitrescugabriel1704]

Hello, I do appreciate your comments and also your short videos o YT at the occasion of Callas birth centenary. Thank you. Viva Maria! Greetings from Romania. G.D. - a big Callas fan

[@NDRKlassik]

It's our pleasure and we are very happy you like our Videos and Shorts of "La Callas"! Many greetings to Romania! ☺️

[@tutankamon1975]

Thank you!!! She is "the most"!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@MrQbenDanny]

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE IN OPERA HISTORY. WE BOW TO YOUR ART MARIA, ETERNAL CALLAS.

[@michaelparker719]

Magnificence of manner, interpretative powers, and last but not least voice. She was the Queen of Opera.

[@TheVaughan5]

Her middle range was unique, nothing like it in all recorded history and highly unlikely there will ever be again such an intense and dramatic sound. That for me is what puts Maria Callas above all other sopranos.

[@robertmwoodley1502]

Suliotis, also a Greek soprano, had a remarkably similar voice to Callas, and so had a meteoric rise. She rose too far and too fast unfortunately, also straining and tearing her voice as Callas did.

[@user-bt7mc3pp7k]

😮

[@gerardcohen7780]

Vous oubliez le médium d'Astrid Varnay.

[@caninbar]

Simply amazing! She's both visually and aurally enthralling! A legend.

[@user-wi9go1ps3y]

Как бы моя мама была очень рада видеть это но увы спасибо ютьюбу за этот праздник для души

[@kupiero1976]

You can judge her, but no one can compete her.

[@pasxalis]

What a gem this footage is!!!!! Her unsurpassed greatness of her art is visible and it's "just" a concert! She is divine, will always be!!! Vielen Dank, NDR!!!! :-)))

[@NDRKlassik]

Von Herzen gern!! Our pleasure.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Callas is the best!

[@user-ts5cd1nz6d]

концерт изумительный.Каждый взгляд каждый жест божественное пение все совершенство! Спасибо Мария ты будешь жить вечно в сердцах тебя любящих и оперу.Покойся с миром и с днем рождения тебя ла Дивина.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you! La Divine! 😍

[@stc.9276]

Magnétique et magnifique présence.... Au vu de la date, une Callas encore en très bonne forme ! L'impératrice du chant, sans conteste et à tt point de vue. Un miracle cette femme ! Merci Mme Callas...

[@victoriagrapsidou3474]

A sight for sore eyes!!! What a wonderful surprise to watch Maria Callas act and interpret on Stage! Unique , unsurpassed, eternal La DIVINA!!! Thank you for the uploaded testimony of her amazing talent!

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure!!

[@continentalintercontinenta483]

SUPERB,MAGNIFIQUE DIVIN ONLY ONE FOREVER MARIA CALLAS.💙

[@user-cq2ex7zd6r]

Спасибо вам огромное🙏💕 за возможность видеть выступление Великой певицы Марии Каллас

[@giancarloparis1759]

un concerto che non è fatto di molti vestiti come oggi. uno solo. un concerto fatto di sguardi magnetici, di espressività col corpo col viso, con le mani, come le sà muovere con gusto e raffinatezza. non c'è una volgarità, una cosa fuori posto. gli errori fanno parte della serata e la rendono ancora più preziosa. quanti colori nella voce, quanto gusto nel porgere. Grazie Dio di avercela donata, proteggila, consolala e amala con il nostro amore. Grazie a chi ha postato il cocnerto

[@NDRKlassik]

La ringraziamo sentitamente per questo commento amabile!

[@y.s320]

Amazing!!!!!Just Amazing!!!!! Diva Maria🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@davideferrari5702]

Meravigliosa...gli sguardi al maestro sono da premio Oscar...magnifica artista...

[@NDRKlassik]

Da vero. Saluti da Hamburgo!

[@mariogomes4241]

Sie war und ist LA DIVINA !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@biancalajolo8764]

Voce ineguagliabile, inconfondibile, inarrivabile e perfetta. Grazie per questo splendido video.

[@NDRKlassik]

Grazie mille per questo commento!

[@laurentchefdeville-xb2km]

Bonjour à toutes et à tous. Quand je travail chez moi ( je fais de la calligraphie ) je me lasse pas et me lasserai jamais d' écouter Maria Callas. Elle me détend et mieux encore, elle est parfois source d' inspiration pour des ornements calligraphiques quand je suis dans le brouillard. Un grand merci à la Diva même si elle nous a quitté.👏

[@elinakomarova3681]

Wunderbar 🧚‍♂️wie immer

[@grgr3074]

She had a cold...look at her at 18:55 in other words she said Nicola that she was not performing the way she wanted...however....I wish I could have been there

[@moniquebernal7999]

Thank you for posting! I love her! Callas, "La Divina," the ONE and ONLY!!!

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure! Thank you for joining us!

[@fideliofidelio1222]

You are sooo intelligent for uploading this ! German people welcomed Callas so well ! Thanks for sharing the Genius ! It is said that she was a bit sick in this concert ! We are lucky to have it ...

[@mk5244]

…if MC was „ a bit sick“ in this concert, current female singers must suffer a lot…RDS😊

[@mariyabu8074]

Best ever concert!

[@alfredobravo5743]

La mejor del Mundo!!!

[@amazingessence2368]

Last aria (Bellini) - it feels bit like she is singing the tragedy of her own life (the chance of luck.. passing by) Hard not to fall into tears in 1:22f ..

[@francisheperi1127]

@@achmedmohamed4708 Be that as it may, Monsieur.

[@eiriniseltsika8697]

Ειμαι Callesienne, εχω παγώσει απο τη συγκίνηση που ακουω ζωντανά την Κάλλας , ευχαριστώ για το video

[@massimilianobelloni5613]

La Divina !

[@ntinosrodo8647]

A Σ Υ Γ Κ Ρ Ι Τ Η , Α Ν Ε Π Α Ν Α Λ Η Π Τ Η , Α Θ Α Ν Α Τ Η ........ΟΝΤΩΣ ΜΙΑ ΘΕΑ ¨¨!!!!

[@joeygodin8861]

I was transfixed after watching her for ten seconds. My god that woman could act.

[@NDRKlassik]

La primadonna assoluta of all times.

[@mitka9664]

What she was doing is way Superior to acting !

[@janel342]

She was BEING - not acting

[@luanllluan]

Thank you, so much, so much for this. Hope you all have a wonderful 2021.

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure, indeed. All the best for you, too!!

[@Shahrdad]

"Although Callas’s instincts were all to do with projection in large-scale theaters, her several televised concerts show one of the most uncanny features of her acting. She enters as La Callas, acknowledging the applause. Then, as she prepares to sing, her facial features change. Their very muscles realign. We see her shift gears to become Imogene or Rosina or Carmen." Profound Gesture by Alastair Macaulay , Opera News, 2018.

[@rihardk1976]

So passionate, so effortless... Only Callas could do this!

[@callas1923]

That's the way to do it and sing it!

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

Brava!

[@paullewis2413]

Callas is Norma Callas is Anna Bolena Callas is Violetta etc. etc. A totally extraordinary artist the like of which we will in all probability never see again.

[@xespir3]

Cantp absoluto,Con las manos.con los ojos y naturalmente con una voz inconfundible

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

С таким сленгом косяковым только писать комментарии и судить об Опере о которой понятия не имееш В театре не разу не был и о каких Произведениях идёт речь

[@coletteservet6774]

Maria, la plus grande, l'unique, et, irremplaçable divine... La seule qui me fait pleurer lorsque je l'écoute !

[@antoineduchamp4931]

NDR orchestra... from my heart I thank you for posting this for us to love and enjoy. No thank you from me can be big enough.

[@markusw1976]

Primadonna Assoluta in einem der wohl besten Konzerte überhaupt! Ihre Klasse ist aus meiner Sicht bis heute unerreicht. Es gibt derer Primadonnen viele, aber es gab nur eine Assoluta. Vor soviel Genie bleibt mir nur die demütige Verneigung.

[@gerardcohen7780]

Une œuvre d'art vivante !

[@MrVincent537]

Alles, was Maria Callas singt, auch nur ein paar Töne, ist einfach hypnotisierend. Sie ist die einzigartigste auftretende Musikerin in der gesamten Musikgeschichte. Anything Maria Callas sings even only a few tones is just hypnotizing. She is the most unique performing musician in all of music history.

[@beckyelrod9409]

Oh wow! A whole concert! Thanks so much!

[@NDRKlassik]

Hi, Becky! It's a pleasure :) Stay tuned, there will be more 🤗

[@igorpertsev3724]

Богиня! Богиня! Богиня!!!!

[@NDRKlassik]

La divina.

[@user-ul8yw3hh8i]

Неперевершена,геніальна артистка.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

I never saw before the whole concerto, only some split parts. Thanks for uploading this.

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure!!

[@janel342]

Oh what a joy to see her. To see her sing. To watch her transform herself. To be overawed by this complete miracle of talent, Grace and dedicated soul.

[@mitka9664]

Can people feel how effortlessly she projects her voice ? Callas had an amazing control of a voice that cumulates Beauty , Power and flexibility . When she sang low notes like in "Tu Che le vanita " one can hear some stifled cough in the public ...But these passive aggressive attacks are less than what she used to face. The German audience had some control. It's so amazing to see a human being wield that amount of emotional power. The members of the orchestra were leaving and acknowledging the reality of why Voice is the First instrument. Thanks for sharing this gem !

[@CClarinet123]

And she was sick during this performance! She was fantastic

[@enthusedtosing9655]

Beautiful upload, plus stuff that wasn't on the EMI DVD (the overtures). And thankfully, this is the original footage, not augmented to 30 fps (or more), as other recent reissues have done.

[@erato-alexandrasavorianaki4429]

Comment vous remercier !!! Une artiste inoubliable, merveilleuse, une voix pleine de couleurs !!!! On écoutait sa voix par des disques mais la regarder à l'heure de son interprétation c'est complètement autre chose pour les générations que nous n'avons pas pu l'écouter en concert. Milles merci de tout cœur pour ce partage précieux !!!!

[@NDRKlassik]

C'est vrai!! Merci à vous!

[@mstein8434]

Ich hatte das Glück Maria Callas und Guiseppe di Stefano am 09.11.1973 live in der der Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt Hoechst zu erleben. Ich traf sie sogar in ihrem Künstlerzimmer und bekam ein Autogramm!

[@mariogomes4241]

WOW!!! Bin ganz neidisch ... :-)) Sie war und ist LA DIVINA !

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

А она в это время давала концерты? И сколько вам лет?

[@alexandrebidaud2964]

@@user-pg3sm4uw9c le 26 novembre et le 2 décembre 1973, at the Royal Festival Hall - Londres !

[@elinakomarova3681]

Wow!

[@DanielFerreira-hz4cc]

I would give everything to go to a concert with her. Massive congratulations for you! I'm happy for you, as a fan of Callas too!

[@diegobarozzi670]

Meravigliosa Callas, inimitabile, una grande emozione riascoltarla in questo bellissimo concerto

[@giancarloparis1759]

riascoltarla e vederla

[@NDRKlassik]

Vero!!

[@user-iy5qy1rh5e]

Божественный голос.

[@dervillebettina9007]

Quel bonheur. En l'ecoutant et en la regardant, je me sens revivre. Merci.

[@NDRKlassik]

Avec plaisir!!

[@anthonynegus743]

And found her again: at the peak of her powers. Glorious: thankyou. Anthony Negus with joy!

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure! Thank you for being here!!

[@user-bt7mc3pp7k]

Divina !❤

[@pietrolongo1674]

Ogni volta che la riascolto la sua voce, peoprio come in ogni opera d'arte, scopre nuove sollecitazioni al teaauto musicale che fila e ricama contemporaneamente.. Upu nel cuore delle sue corde.pa, allodola e usgnolo

[@NDRKlassik]

Lei è e rimane semplicemente "La Divina" :)

[@aquinapraia-belrodrigues3893]

Callas cantava com a alma também o que a fez ser a melhor até hoje.

[@luanllluan]

a divina!

[@user.callas.midiva]

Callas, mi vida❤Gracias😊

[@NDRKlassik]

Con mucho gusto! :)

[@jeaninesimon8955]

Maria callas divine irremplaçable for ever

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

Спасибо за видео💐🌺🌹💯

[@NDRKlassik]

Пожалуйста!

[@josedomingosgiffonirosa8362]

Um controle absoluto da emissão, uma voz singular e belíssima. Aliada so rigor estilística o, a nobreza da postura, ao gedtual discreto e teatral! Callas é um quasar de possibilidades vocais e teatrais. Ela foi e é única, absoluta, a maior doprano dos seculos XX e XXI. I! imitavel

[@pimvierland]

39:21 so nice! Keep replaying it!!

[@ransomcoates546]

Is this the first video known of Callas singing live? On the purely dramatical side, I am forcefully struck by her ‘grandezza’ of manner. Such nobility and elevation, both in the singing and her affect in recognizing the audience. This is true art; singers joking around from the stage in concerts is not. We have been overtaken by such vulgarity in the theater.

[@NDRKlassik]

She truly is la divina. We love it, too!!

[@tutankamon1975]

No, she sang live in severall ocations before and there are recorded. You can find them in you tube.

[@beckyelrod9409]

Pure elegance in her gestures to the audience.

[@hrvoje14]

Paris 1958, the whole concert is on here (with probably my favorite Una Voce Poco Fa of hers).

[@hrvoje14]

Here it is, the Paris Rosina. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKDJn5SwZ9CBrKM&feature=share

[@vicky-yx4dy]

even here at a fraction of her sound she still SOUNDS better than anything you will here since until now

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you! And yes, we are impressed by this gorgeous voice as well.

[@user-fw3el4gr3o]

O meu fascinio e admiração aumentam em cada vez que ouco Maria Callas!❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌷🇵🇹

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Siempre maravillosa.!!

[@alexandrebidaud3289]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Où que vous soyez, les mélomanes ne vous oublient pas ! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@antoineduchamp4931]

Je suis d'accord avec vous - quelle chance nous avons d'avoir ce film ... plus précieux que l'or

[@alexandrebidaud3289]

@@antoineduchamp4931 🙏

[@acac2001]

Magnífica! Mito!

[@klausarmbrecht5589]

E I N Z I G A R T I G !!!

[@NDRKlassik]

Nicht wahr???

[@carlosnobili9348]

Posseggo questo concerto da quando è uscito in videocassetta La Callas stava male ed è insicura lancia occhiate al maestro per chiedere sostegno e scusa per il fiato che manca Non è contenta di sé stessa ma noi lo siamo moltissimo Questo concerto ha più suspense di un film di Hitchcock Che metavigliosa artista!!!

[@NDRKlassik]

Forse la migliore!

[@saverioorlando]

Discendendo dopo il do di RETROCEDE,ha un piccolo mancamento,di qui gli sguardi,ma che classe anche nei momenti difficili!

[@carlosnobili9348]

@@saverioorlando era piuttosto raffreddata .... Ho sempre pensato che mentre sbaglia in quel momento con il gesto dica "ecco lo sapevo, ve lo avevo detto che stasera non va" Alla fine degli altri brani lo sguardo dice:" sono arrivata in fondo, il pubblico non sa che pericolo sto correndo" Ogni sua recita ti avvince e la segui come al primo ascolto Grazie Callas

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

There Is So Much Love In Her ……..🌞

[@samueljimenez1]

Danke

[@mariomaimone848]

Unica.....

[@francisheperi4180]

Thank you, thank you so much for this.

[@NDRKlassik]

You are very welcome! :)

[@anjaplushenka5995]

*La Divina.*

[@raynardi7243]

Non stava bene ma con quale arte compensa...e canta con tutta l'anima

[@marusyarazamov]

Божественная! Великолепная!

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Extraordinario concierto! Maravilloso! Qué dicha escuchar a la Callas…la personificación de la ópera. Cada década que seguimos pasando, más se acentúa la grandeza del instrumento callesiano…arte absoluto , un fenómeno único. Mil, y mil gracias.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vivianbelissima]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@elisabethpetronellalautrup3915]

❤

[@saverioorlando]

The sound dieser Aufnahme war ziemlich gut,remastering ist nicht immer Verbesserung.Maria ,,,ein Traum.

[@andreacosta74]

character transformation arc: “Io sono docile 😌, son rispettosa ☺️, sono ubbidiente 😸...dolce 😊, amorosa 🥰, mi fo guidar 🐶... MA..😐..🤭...🤷🏻‍♀️ se mi toccano 😳, dove è il mio debole 😟 , sarò una vipera 😤😈☠️😡🤬...”

[@minha994457]

Plz don’t delete this film plz😭

[@NDRKlassik]

We won't. No fear! :)

[@frankkafka6185]

Eine Göttin speak to the world about...

[@jdubbs8412]

Listened once again to the MACBETH aria, “Vieni, t’affretta”. Callas was sick with a cold for this concert. Yes, the ascents up to high C in the cadenzas (the first is missed with an apologetic wave of her hand, and the second in tenuous, the interpolated high C at the end of the PIRATA scene is not attempted; she would return to finest form in Amsterdam) are far from her best. Watching closely her interactions with Rescigno, Callas only seems to be approaching pleased with her efforts after the Rossini. Nevertheless, every other sound and instinct in this aria is amazingly on point and, to my ear, beautifully married to the music and the character. Power and beauty in the 1950s, even when ill. Listening to any other artist in this material and then returning to this performance, I am confirmed.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you very much for listening carefully and for your profound thoughts on this recording.

[@user-ho7un7nh7c]

💕♥️❤😔🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

I thought shaky-cam was something new and cool, and then we have the cameraman doing the shaky recording already in the 50'ties?

[@giacomovallati3104]

At minute 1.12 a disturbing thing happens: Maria directs a quick, very perplexed look towards the conductor, and shakes her head "no", as if to say "No, it didn't go well". She clearly sees, if only for a moment, that she is dissatisfied. And then she sighs, and she bows her head to the applause, but in a sad way. Who knows what didn't work...

[@giakhubuluri2472]

0pera eta CALLAS !!!

[@andriukalisuk181]

Голос як казка!!!

[@NDRKlassik]

A fairy tale come true.

[@alanikari6403]

El Gran Calavera

[@riccardociccia9321]

MACBETH 13:33

[@rosekokose2031]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂