maria callas verdi ernani "ernani, ernani, involami"

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Maria Callas:
Weight loss
In the early years of her career, Callas was a heavy and full-figured woman, though she admitted to weighing "no more than 200 pounds."[13] Despite her figure, Meneghini and others considered her beautiful, but during her initial performances in Cherubini's Medea in May 1953, Callas decided that she needed a leaner face and figure to do dramatic justice to this as well as the other roles she was undertaking:
I was getting so heavy that even my vocalizing was getting heavy. I was tiring myself, I was perspiring too much, and I was really working too hard. And I wasn't really well, as in health; I couldn't move freely. And then I was tired of playing a game, for instance playing this beautiful young woman, and I was heavy and uncomfortable to move around. In any case, it was uncomfortable and I didn't like it. So I felt now if I'm going to do things right-I've studied all my life to put things right musically, so why don't I diet and put myself into a certain condition where I'm presentable.[13]
During 1953 and early 1954, she lost almost 80 pounds (36 kg), turning herself into what Maestro Rescigno called "possibly the most beautiful lady on the stage".[11] Sir Rudolf Bing, who remembered Callas as being "monstrously fat" in 1951, stated that after the weight loss, Callas was an "astonishing, svelte, striking woman" who "showed none of the signs one usually finds in a fat woman who has lost weight: she looked as though she had been born to that slender and graceful figure, and had always moved with that elegance."[25] Various rumors spread regarding her weight loss method; one had her swallowing a tapeworm, while Rome's Pantanella Mills pasta company claimed she lost weight by eating their "physiologic pasta", prompting Callas to file a lawsuit.[8] Callas stated that she lost the weight by eating a sensible low-calorie diet of mainly salads and chicken.[13] Some believe that the loss of body mass made it more difficult for her to support her voice, triggering the vocal strain that became apparent later in the decade (see vocal decline), while others believed the weight loss effected a newfound softness and femininity in her voice, as well as a greater confidence as a person and performer.[14]
[edit] Voice
Callas's voice was and remains controversial; it bothered and disturbed as many as it thrilled and inspired.[14] Walter Legge stated that Callas possessed that most essential ingredient for a great singer: an instantly recognizable voice.[26] During "The Callas Debate", Italian critic Rodolfo Celletti stated, "The timbre of Callas's voice, considered purely as sound, was essentially ugly... yet I really believe that part of her appeal was precisely due to this fact. Why? because for all its natural lack of varnish, velvet and richness, this voice could acquire such distinctive colours and timbres as to be unforgettable."[27] In compensation for the lack of classical beauty of sound, Callas was able to change the timbre of the voice and her vocal color and weight at will and according to the role she was singing, essentially giving each character her own individual voice.[14][17]
Maestro Carlo Maria Giulini has described the appeal of Callas's voice:
It is very difficult to speak of the voice of Callas. Her voice was a very special instrument. Something happens sometimes with string instruments-violin, viola, cello-where the first moment you listen to the sound of this instrument, the first feeling is a bit strange sometimes. But after just a few minutes, when you get used to, when you become friends with this kind of sound, then the sound becomes a magical quality. This was Callas.[11]
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[@Mistralok]

I love you Maria.

[@ransomcoates546]

She's in great early voice, but a lot of it seems unnecessarily loud. But as usual the absolute correctness of each note, no matter how short, in time and place, is astounding.

[@leonaldobrum]

In this astonishing performance lies a good illustration of why her voice and career were so short. Up and down full force! No other singer has ever being courageous or capable enough to emulate such prowess. Callas, La Eterna!

[@leonaldobrum]

I used to admire the power in the voice of Anna Moffo singing this. Forgive me, dear Anna, please forgive me, for I've just been so ensnared and bewildered now by The Divinity that I cannot ever hear anyone else sing this but the Magical Callas 😊

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Un air très difficile à chanter ! Il faut une voix dramatique avec une technique d'agilité ,et les intervalles sont redoutables .Callas est ici chez elle !!

[@wojciechprzybylski4614]

Simply I would like to hear HER every day, up to last my day.

[@eziabonometti5038]

Da ringraziare Dio in eterno per avercela donata.

[@edenronald8991]

A trick: watch movies at Flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies lately.

[@bjorntoby3320]

@Eden Ronald yup, I have been watching on flixzone} for years myself :)

[@mistersmith1883]

Do it if you'd like. I do

[@mariarosaesergiomarycib2492]

Era insuperabile nessuna come lei!!

[@agataconti88]

Meno male che hai detto (secondo me). Ma consentimi, trilli, fioretture, crescendi, decrescendi e soprattutto di interpretazione Maria insegna! (secondo me).

[@DCFunBud]

Callas is at her best here.

[@beritopera1]

wonderful!!!!!! Love you Callas

[@pambazo55]

Maravillosa, increíble interpretación

[@fabriziodiberardino3448]

Dio mio che bellezza ,purissima mela sua interpretazione come pochissime.. Questo non c'è più😢😢 ci resta che ascoltare il passato .grande Maria Callas👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marcelpopa8018]

OK ma che dici di Rosa POnselle e Anna Moffo ?

[@massimobertini9510]

@@marcelpopa8018 E di Anita Cerquetti ?

[@Zva26]

Medea most emphatically DOES require Dramatic Coloratura. There are runs up and down a two octave scale, especially in the final act, where Medea turns into a wild savage and decided to kill her children. Also at the end of Act II where, singing against the chorus, she must let go a volley of notes that come on like a machine gun.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

*this* is Ernani

[@alfredsong6841]

She has been very unfairly treated for her whole life even by her own mother! Not to mention Onassis who is being rotten in Hell forever. She was the ONLY and ONE who be born in 100 years. All the others were extras, period! She was the ONLY singing actress.

[@numetutelare]

Fantastica ...ci sono cantanti lirici e leggende, rarissime, e qui siamo di fronte ad una delle massime...

[@aavauxhall]

Sutherland said that anyone who heard Callas after 55 didn't understand what a force of nature that voice was, how astonishing. It reinvented the art form. Breathtaking talent. We will not hear the like again for generations if ever.

[@IvanGreindl]

"If ever" indeed...

[@MrAndredekock]

Neither the likes of Dame Joan either or Ms Beverly Sills.

[@raoufzdn]

It was the most endearing and wonderful aspect of the great Sutherland that she openly shared her genuine admiration and adoration of Maria Callas . Joan Sutherland was magnificent in her own special way .

[@numetutelare]

La Sutherland deve alla Callas i suoi inizi, la volle in una sua Norma e le presagì un grande futuro... ma la Callas è la Callas, dopo ci sono le altre, tutte le altre...

[@terrycloth6380]

Great performance. The voice in in good shape and the runs were very good.

[@giannicicconi3240]

Cos'altro si può dire di questa donna, artista, cantante, mito, leggenda. Lei non cantava, lei era la musica.

[@giudiciadanna4550]

Gianni Cicconi, si puo' dire che e' la Callas!

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

DIVINA, non c'è altro da aggiungere!!!

[@domingosavelli6251]

Espectacular, una voz como la de María Callas son un privilegio para la humanidad, denota que en tiempos de adversidad la luz divina se manifiesta en estas personas para enaltecer nuestros espíritus y elevarlos a un nivel de subliminidad sin precedentes.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Grandiosa .

[@fedecastaldi]

davvero unica. le emozioni che da la voce della divina e unica maria non saranno mai eguagliate!

[@davemiller7633]

Pure gold

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravillosa como siempre.¡¡¡

[@BellovVideo]

Interesting story - - - Rescigno said during the recording of this aria he was suddenly inspired and ripped into the cabaletta at a much faster tempo than had been rehearsed. Callas, startled, looked at him "with those big eyes" and joined in the race for the finish. This is the amazing result. Who cares who:-) else sings it how else - - - let's just enjoy it for the amazing thing it is.

[@MrYonexguy63]

wrong story. that refers to the act 1 finale of pirata at carnegie hall.

[@vincentchiang9115]

Bellov

[@MrFalconford]

why wouldn't anyone enjoy those that came before dear b v?

[@liedersanger1]

MrYonexguy63 It must refer to something else, because the cabaletta tempo here is not that fast.

[@jadalmatamoros6368]

MrYonexguy63 BellovV is right.this is what Rescigno said about Pirata: a machine gun rather than a singer. María looked at me a bit frightened when the passage was coming up and she didn't make it. I told her that next time I would put on the brakes just before her entry."No, don't do that," she answered. "I like the tempo very much; it is valid and I don't want you to help me." "Well," I said what if you don't make it in performance?" That's my business not yours she countered. However out of her fantastic will came this superb, astonishing thing at the performance,all in order!

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

La seva transmissió emocional, encara avui, ningú pot superar.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Divina voz

[@izacsantos8693]

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, capítulo XCII: "Um homem extraordinário".

[@viemarirunoa]

Belo e moral

[@beatrizhernandez7522]

Simplemente una Diva

[@jbaumboy]

Such style...love listening to her!

[@pkunzip501]

There are two "gold standard" versions of this aria: this one by Callas. The other one is Rosa Ponselle's. The term 'the Ernani trill" has been referred to for generations of lovers of great singing. No one who listens to Ponselle's cabaletta can forget that trill. Why is there not a discussion of Ponselle here? Also, Sutherland, Moffo, Steber, Sills and several others are worthy contenders in addition to Caballe.

[@mmjhcb]

pkunzip501 Haven't you noticed? The great Rosa Ponselle is usually bashed (when mentioned at all) in Callas threads -- as if she presents some threat to Callas (and she does, of course). Ponselle's version is THE GOLD STANDARD for this aria. Period. End of story. And the Ponselle trills? Unmatched. Lastly, the final Callas note here is NOT what I'd want to leave the audience with, but criticizing Callas in ANYTHING prompts only vitriol and loathing from her cultists.

[@wilsonwatt9283]

There is no discussion because people wish to comment on how Callas is singing this aria. There is no need to discuss other singers although a proper analysis of anyone's singing must include such comparisons; however, this is a fan site not a music school site and fans of almost any singer like to talk about their singers not others. Interestingly, Callas would probably agree with you on "where is Ponselle" as Callas stated that Ponselle was the greatest.

[@shaundudley4576]

@@mmjhcbNonsense. Ponselle is worshipped by Callas lovers. It would be a betrayal of Callas to disparage Rosa as she herself held her in the highest regard. This is a late recording and of course cannot be compared to the peerless Ponselle. Except as an example of the Callas Stylistic Musical and dramatic genius and her superhuman ability to do more with her worn instrument than any including Ponselle could with even the best.

[@mmjhcb]

@@shaundudley4576 Whatever. 🤣😎🤣😎🤣😎

[@shaundudley4576]

@@mmjhcb I'm devastated

[@linagarnerobaeza3772]

Mágica! !

[@jmiller05]

I agree that she handles it pretty decently. It's a very competent role for her, without the excitement and virtuoso lure of Callas's. Medea is such a heavy, heavy role. Has to have consistent weight in the vocal line, as well as some lyricism, growling chest tones etc. The dramatic coloratura is there, particularly in the final scene. It's not as complex as Rossini or Bellini coloratura, but it requires an heroic voice with agility, like all Assoluta roles.

[@salvatorespinelli1328]

Impareggiabile sotto ogni aspetto.

[@talmadge1926]

For me, much as I admire Callas, the more emotive restraint of Ponselle is my favourite.

[@minny1941]

Un impatto straordinario unico sull'ascoltatore.

[@bluesman1929]

NO ONE sings this better than the divine Callas. Ponselle quite fine, Leontyne Price boring, no magic. I can't think of anyone else I'd rather listen to singing this, but if I had to it would be Anita Cerquetti.

[@deadwalke9588]

+bluesman1929 Carol Vaness is also a great interpreter of this aria.

[@vxhorusxv]

Sondra Radvanovsky does a THRILLING version of it with the similar dark coloring that Callas has on it here.

[@MrAndredekock]

For me, even though she was a leggero coloratura, Ms Sills outshines even this performance by Ms Callas. Ms Sills' agility, her trills, the caballetta at the end are just perfection on the recording she made. Here Ms Callas was rather sloppy in the agility department and her top notes were strident and close to a scream quality. If you have heard her early recordings, pre '53 more or less and then compare this with those, there is no comparison!

[@pedrofgueroa5798]

Esta oper es tambien de la primera etapa de verdi, donde abundaban los picadosy las florituras. Maria esta aqui como pez en el agua, nos hace un derroche de tecnica y temperamento, para darnos una elvira impecable

[@marcelpopa8018]

La influenza di Bel Canto !

[@marcelpopa8018]

Si,la influenza di bellcanto ,con molto legatto e colloratura !

[@gustavofabiancervantesherr9142]

Se oye tan pesada y es la callas

[@tenisfin]

This is an amazing example of how she used something as commonplace as portamenti and gave them tremendous expression, especially in the recit.

[@dchswroboe7569]

so true

[@francoisegareau9411]

Maria Callas aimait observer les acrobates du cirque. Et ses prestations vocales font aussi penser à une voltigeuse qui balance en qq secondes d un niveau à l autre avec agilité et souplesse, malgré la difficulté

[@hodgrix]

Idk Rosa Ponselle sang it technically just as well. What makes Callas special is her complete and overwhelmingly intense musicality. It's like you can touch her singing

[@IvanGreindl]

Des artistes à la voix aussi exceptionnelle ne devraient jamais disparaître...

[@Neldidellavittoria]

+Ivan Greindl C'est si vrai. Votre commentaire m'a fait pleurer.

[@IvanGreindl]

+Neldidellavittoria C'est presque plus vrai encore pour Alfred Deller ou Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau : personne aujourd'hui ne possède un *timbre* comparable, soutenu par un art aussi consommé de l'interprétation... :-)

[@IvanGreindl]

+emilpoulain Pouvez-vous préciser votre point de vue ? Mmes. Garanča et Bartoli, par exemple, sont deux mezzos dont la formation, bien qu'initiée par leurs mères respectives, a produit des artistes brillantissimes... "L'École" ferait-elle toute la différence au point que sans grande école, pas d'artiste ?? Souvenons-nous de Maria Malibran.

[@ininacsot]

Mmes Garanca et Bartoli sont des mezzo!!!!

[@numetutelare]

Ok qui siamo nella storia delle lirica...che dire, l'Olimpo in terra ...

[@nico19681970]

Santa Maria......

[@gustopheles]

Yes of course! Dramatically it's as lacking as every other attempt at this role. But vocally, Deutekom is the only woman who could manage the legato, and the only soprano who did not humiliate herself singing Medea. (Apart from Callas, of course; as always, it goes without saying that she is supreme.) I agree that the role demands ferocity throughout the 2+ octave range (I think it's Bb3-B5) and heavy authority, but why do you think it requires coloratura?

[@angeldestino6863]

Dios!!! Inmensa ! 💗

[@cavaliothorson7755]

A league of her own.

[@GIAMI180]

Altro che Divina. Di più di più di più 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@alessandrocarli943]

Semplicemente stupenda sia nelle note alte che in quelle più basse.

[@gustopheles]

Caballe sang it inexactly - the trills and staccati were compromised. Only Callas sang it perfectly - especially her live 59 recording. Ponselle is wonderful at this too.

[@marcelpopa8018]

Yes ,Rosa Ponselle is magnifique

[@barbaraweselakfranch1387]

Callas est toujours Là Callas....

[@artealternativa8747]

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, página 145. -Machado de Assis

[@gustopheles]

Have you heard her Medea though? Amazing breath control and decent chest tones. I like Deutekom when she isn't singing her wretched 'coloratura'

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

She should sing Elvira with Corelli or Del Monaco.

[@galehout]

@TommyHaegin io mi batterò sempre per dire che la Caballé ha una voce forse più bella, ma una "tecnica" meno perfetta della Callas: tu cosa intendi per "technically"?

[@antoniogiusti9939]

DIMENTICAVO:: PIU CHE ELVIRA SEMBRA SPARAFUCILE!!!!!!

[@kastrafior1487]

L'opéra en feu. Humains, priez !

[@hectorhugomoyano9518]

ÙNICA !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ernestinalamberti2501]

Sublime

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Magnifica interpretación.!!

[@ernaniribas_1]

33 funkeiros deram dislike até março de 2020. Kkkk

[@pammyjones1151]

Regards the above....some of us have never found the Callas voice ugly!.....in fact quite the opposite.....the old adage is if can't perform you teach, if you can't teach you become a critic!!.....Signor Celleti.

[@mscott3918]

And those who can't be a proper critic stay home and put rubbish on KZbin. Sir Denis Thatcher had a saying. It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought stupid than open it and prove it beyond doubt. KZbin critics should remember that. They should also enjoy the performance and stop scanning the score and tutting over a supposed wrong note.

[@bulova9284]

@@mscott3918 Agreed!!! Well said! Thank you!!!

[@vladimirorivas7020]

Wonderful. Listen, however, Anita Cerquetti in this role. She's supreme.

[@diva102876]

Thanks for the detail regarding her weight. Really interesting. What was your source?

[@francoisduchamp570]

c'est incroyable personne peux faire ca!

[@iancaldeian]

What an unusual sound. It's like hearing several different layers in the same not plus the range. Her lower register sounds like listening to someone in a tunnel.

[@Azoicum]

Great. I love it. In Dutch you say Petje Af.

[@arepo]

I made the mistake of reading comments, just to see if it's the typical yt stuff. It is. Boys and girls tripping over themselves with love or hate, exactly like other boys and girls of other artists. Me me me all over the comments section. This is the fate of legends, they attract worshipers and haters in equal proportions but few balanced people.

[@jmiller05]

On your good advice I listened to it :P Nice, ample voice, decent spread of tones, but not nearly as dramatically as exacting as Callas's. The problem with Medea is that it needs ferocity at both ends of the range, as well as dramatic coloratura and heavy authority in the vocal line.

[@gustopheles]

I must own a different recording of Caballe's Ernani, then, because her "trill" is far from perfect.

[@jmiller05]

It's why singers like Caballe and Gencer could never sing this role appropriately.

[@untoa]

has anyone ever heard this most difficult aria sung better?

[@deborahwhitney837]

untoa Yes by Rosa Ponselle

[@Nangis123]

@untoa Your use of the word "better" says everything about your frame of mind... utube is full of the likes of you ,looking for competition everywhere . If all you can say after listening to a recording is "who else is better" , then you've never really appreciated the art form at all .The other utube common variety is the crusader ,of which our Debbie here is a worthy exponent

[@mmjhcb]

@@Nangis123 You are so unenlightened you think a question, a rather common one at that, and one which is merely intended as a compliment, is "looking for competition." However, that said, when there is actually something better (albeit opinion, though a valid one in this case), you heep scorn on the person expressing it. Ms. Whitney happens to know what she's talking about, as evidenced from my having read many of her responses, always cogent and intelligent. You are blatantly pro-Callas and anti-Ponselle, which, as you say, tells us everything about your frame of mind. Talk about a crusader!

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Why are some of these people discussing Medea? This aria is from the opera Ernani.

[@TheKatchour]

♥️🌹🌹🌹

[@michsturge]

Sorry, everybody, but NOBODY beats Ponselle in this aria.

[@gomongio]

michsturge Mai non é peccato! Callas admired Ponselle.

[@jaydamizfit7824]

+michsturge Unfortunately Ponselle leaves out a few phrases, maybe to get it on one record, but I have to go with Price.

[@mmjhcb]

michsturge is 110% correct. Ponselle's recording of this aria is absolute perfection, even with the less than adequate recording techniques of the day. Here we have weak trills at best; then there's the high note spread. Some of this is fine, but some isn't, and anyone who says this is the "standard" is very easy to please indeed. I am not against Callas; I am saying she was not the be all and end all as far as singing goes.

[@deadwalke9588]

Ponselle? The woman who barely had a stable B flat? Please! That wretched voice was killed within 5 years and she was forced to sing Carmen to avenge her horrid and wretched voice. Callas "10" years easily beats Ponselles. Don't get me started on her having better articulation, trills, coloratura and fioritura, better musicality, and better understanding of the text.

[@deadwalke9588]

RMPsumma Sure. Come up with a legitimate response to back up your supposed "claims" of Ponselle having the better interpretations. Because unless I'm confused, many sopranos have out sung her in the same repertory (even outside of Callas). Fleming is just one of the singers who sounds and even sings better Ponselle. +LohengrinTH and +Lohengrin O could even attest to this.

[@marcomicheletti9957]

4:02, cadenza scritta

[@helenafromla]

A rare case for me where the Callas version is not my favorite as she usually is- Ponselle for this.

[@mmjhcb]

En S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! This really isn't top notch at all when all is said and done.

[@karinleesemann2112]

Sie ist für mich die göttliche keine kann ihr das Wasser reichen

[@gustopheles]

Deutekom is great in a lot of stuff, but I wouldn't call her technique 'perfect'.

[@Orfeus80]

No one sings this like Maria. If only she had sung the entire role.

[@MrAndredekock]

There's no doubt that the Callas "magic" is here and she has her usual wonderful sense of interpretation, although her caballetta at the end was rather sloppy. But brava.

[@iamthebirdfearme]

Deutekom as well.

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Nuostabi!

[@podkowalesna]

"monstrously fat" Callas... so what about Meade?

[@golden-63]

I have never understood how Meade's career has gotten so big. IT's certainly not the same voice we heard in "The Audition."

[@podkowalesna]

@@golden-63 nether have I

[@arnoldamaral7406]

@@golden-63 It's so sad to see her perform. I was watching a performance of I 'L Trovatore at Coruna Spain. I was so disappoint by her poor vocal skills than later they had a concert with the same very sad outcome.So I asked myself Why is she continues to sing at such low level at the Met she was in Rossinis Semaramide & it was so bad I could not watch anymore. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Meade looks fat but sounds so tiny, Callas looks beautiful but sounds very strong.

[@user-jeoaeyo]

2:07

[@hesiode7560]

Insurpassable dans cet air ! Une merveille !

[@amantedellopera1681]

Have listened to this 3 times now and its very screechy and too loud

[@rogerpropes7129]

Why is everybody talking about Medea, this is Verdi's Ernani. This is probably my favorite single aria in all opera, and nobody sang it better than Leontyne Price.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

I love this! Moffo also has a pretty amazing version

[@Distefano5]

+Roger Propes I love Leontyne Price but this is not for her AT ALL this is a Dramatic coloratura aria and price is not Dramatic nor coloratura.

[@rogerpropes7129]

Moffo's beauty simply overrode her appreciation as a singer.

[@mmjhcb]

Ponselle's relegates this Callas version to the back burner. Ponselle's singing in general (and certainly of this aria) puts her in a class all alone. While comparisons are sometimes odious, in this case, there is no comparison.

[@liedersanger1]

Roger Propes Nobody except Ponselle... and possibly Sutherland.

[@timbruneau6602]

LEONTYNE PRICE, ANNA TOMOWA-SINTOW, APRILE MILLO, SANDRA RADVANOVSKY, ZINKA MILANOV...all are superior to this example of audible vocal destruction. Exciting singing, but technically WRONG in many passages.

[@massimobertini9510]

Anita Cerquetti!

[@Nangis123]

Astonishing how many experts in singing technique live on utube ,all waving the technique flag ,all avoiding like the plague to explain what they actually understand under the word "technique" .I have a sinking feeling they have no idea what they're talking about and just use it to give "weight" to their opinions ,which aren't even opinions ,just preferences and name dropping of their fav singers ,with or without use of CAPS ,exclamation marks ,emojis ,and the rest of the attention-seeking arsenal of the common utube-dweller . The more sophisticated variety than our worthy Tim here usually throws in terms like "portamento" , "scooping" , "intonation" , "breath control" ,"placement" and the like ,without having the fuzziest ,bless them. Always a source of merriment to me . Tim ,wouldn't you oblige me with an offering? Pretty please?

[@mscott3918]

@@Nangis123 Good comment. Every performance is unique. KZbin does encourage the deaf

[@deborahwhitney837]

Ponselle sings this better than any other soprano

[@Tkimba2]

Deborah Whitney non diciamo sciocchezze

[@mmjhcb]

100% CORRECT! This version pales in comparison.

[@Nangis123]

@@mmjhcb Only 100%? You disappoint me, 5 years ago it was 110%. What's going on? Are you wavering in your faith?

[@mmjhcb]

@@Nangis123 Are you kidding? Don't you have anything better to do? Asked and answered, and you're a dunce besides. 😴😴😴

[@Nangis123]

@@mmjhcb No sweet, I'm not kidding. I find your devotion touching and the magnitude of your narrow-mindedness impressive. Your pathology is worth studying in my spare time. Unfortunately you are a little predictable in your reactions but one can't have it all.

[@deborahwhitney837]

Ponselle just fine are you joking greatest soprano ever callas overrated

[@zeynjenkins2073]

Deborah Whitney ponselle is very underrated... I think she equally deserves credit like Callas... Callas isn't overrated... She worked hard and so too did ponselle.

[@mmjhcb]

You're quite right, Ms. Whitney. Callas is overrated and when you hear Ponselle sing this, there's no doubt.

[@raoufzdn]

Quite the contrary , you realize the greatness of Callas knowing that she followed the magnificent Ponselle and created operatic history as did her predecessor . Why are we running our beloved singers against each other when we know so well that each of them gave their whole lives , hearts , beauty to the art form we love , the art of singing. Have you not seen the photograph of Callas with Ponselle ? the awe she felt was very evident . Thank God for these treasures of our lives , how we miss them . There is no way you can overrate an artist such as Maria Callas , she is what she is , stupendous and incomparable , just as was Ponselle , Pons , Melba , Galli-Curci , and in more recent times Steber, Price , Sutherland and Sills .

[@raoufzdn]

Ponselle may be underrated , but not for any reason other than ignorance . Any opera lover who hears this magnificent singer and voice stands in silent amazement and awe at the effortless and beautiful quality of this great singer

[@MarioJimenez-hk5sy]

quien compara a callas con cualquier otra cantante decididamente no entiende nada deberían cobrar por decir tonterias.

[@terrance7220]

Small singing

[@alioffe4321]

Not smaller than your brain!

[@dchswroboe7569]

@@alioffe4321 boom

[@amantedellopera1681]

She shouting her way through this from beginning to end

[@Thevelezrubio]

if thats the case then it is the most stunning shouting I have ever heard ..... such a stupid comment to make!

[@Eiswirth1]

Sutherland's 1961 version is even greater than this. With it's vocal coloring, stunning coloratura, an actual trill (as opposed to whatever Callas did here) and sung in a much more beautiful voice, it's never been equalled.

[@PhilosophicalDance]

+Suth Pav Well yes, and this was Callas towards the end of her career. Not exactly a good comparison to make.

[@grai]

its just silly to say Callas didn't have a beautiful voice - she was also much more beautiful than Sutherland - no-one has been the entire package like Callas

[@grai]

how do you know who has listened to her music and who hasn't

[@grai]

OK sorry I misunderstood x

[@raoufzdn]

Here we go again , you have to compare and criticize and feel self righteous ! Its just like those who want to spend their lives miserably pitching Christianity agains Judaism and Islam , also Buddhism and other human faiths , when these faiths are all akin and petals of the same flower .