Montserrat Caballe Interview Part 1/2 - Bel canto, Maria Callas, and "Norma " - 1970

Interview -1970.(This part was not previously posted.)
Montserrat talks about bel canto, Maria Callas, and
Bellini's "Norma."

[@alioffe4321]

"Callas is only one" So are you, Madame Caballe. So are you!

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Callas e' sola e basta.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

@@fabriziogarzi9892 Muy bien dicho❤❤❤❤saludos cordiales

[@TheSeeker246]

​@Fabrizio Garzi You think there will ever be another like 'Montserrat Caballe'?? No. Like Callas, she too was one of a kind and should be appreciated as such.

[@Nacidodelmar]

Honestly make her even greater! Te Adoro Caballé!

[@johnkad123]

You can hear the pianissima in her speaking. Magnificent soprano.

[@panlam8022]

Sincere, honest, modest. Simply marvellous

[@calaf_725]

Honest, modest and one of a kind just like Maria.

[@joeygodin8861]

This was when La Superba was at her finest. In 1970 she sang Don Carlo, Norma, Lucrezia Borgia, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Deveraux, and Il Pirata. That’s quite a repertoire!

[@fares-kj4qm]

She doesn't know how majestically sung Casta diva 😭😭

[@TheSeeker246]

She's so very beautiful and chic. And I love how open and relaxed she is. Many of her counterparts have the same 'star quality', but she is one of the few who has a true charm about her, and it isn't forced. You just naturally gravitate towards her❤

[@flav2689]

Very true. The world lost a real treasure in 2018 🥺🖤

[@andreaolga]

Thank you dear Jeanne for posting this interesting interview!!!!!

[@Kalogeropoulos777]

What an incredible woman!

[@Jeanne90275]

@dsenRuskin I have you to thank for finding this video...I didn't realize it could be purchased until you mentioned it. I put up that part where she talks about her little boy..."Mommy, when you coming home? You sing too much..." This video and the interview in French (w/subtitles) I just adore.

[@PapagenoHannover]

Que dulzura... Montserrat era puro amor!

[@matthewtravisano1097]

My favorite Norma of all time. She had the perfect voice for it: strong, flexible, and maternal.

[@flicfan416]

Beyond words. A genius

[@cmcasadoiro]

Thank you so much!

[@flav2689]

Such a lady. Missing her a lot - funny, since I never even met her. But I do love and miss her anyway🖤

[@RBP1963]

She was a dreamed Norma ❤❤

[@LohengrinTh]

wooooooooooooooooooooow

[@joeygodin8861]

This is so charming. When this was recorded she began singing Norma, she was already singing Il Pirata, Lucrezia Borgia, La Donna del Lago, and many others. She really was a soprano assoluta, and a true successor to Callas.

[@Jeanne90275]

I wrote 1970, but I think it's actually 1971, from a BBC program called "Profile(s) in Music'' with Bernard Levin as interviewer . The a/v isn't the best, but it does capture her charming personality.

[@Jeanne90275]

'Music Documentaries and Concerts' has recently uploaded the whole program and it's a much better copy than mine.

[@Jeanne90275]

These 2 clips (Part 1 and Part 2) + Onegin65's uploads = the entire program "Profile in Music" w//Bernard Levin.

[@dalemac614]

And she was the best Norma ever!

[@Jeanne90275]

@sillyboydeux Well said...I couldn't agree with you more. Why it took almost a decade for her to be "discovered," I'll never understand. "Daughter of 'Norma" indeed :o)

[@FCOLAXCDG]

❤🇱🇨!!!

[@presentamora2233]

😘

[@shayanmardanbeigi2697]

I'm sorry but it's gotta be said: Montserrat Caballe is the best soprano since callas

[@Jeanne90275]

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[@robert111k]

And yet, she was the best Norma ever recorded on stage.

[@renaissanceinblack]

I thought that was Dimitrova at first.

[@Jeanne90275]

Nah, I like Dimitrova, but Caballe I worship.♥️

[@renaissanceinblack]

​@@Jeanne90275 f course they sound nothing alike. I meant visually. Perhaps my eyes were playing tricks. And I also prefer Montsy by far.

[@arnaldocarpio8842]

Callas is ONLY ONE.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

arnaldo carpio, Callas una sola.

[@rodolfoalonso7568]

Cuánta humildad la de Monserrat Caballe pero las comparaciones siempre son odiosas veo que la gran Diva contesta por compromiso no de buena gana pero ahora al pasar el tiempo se puede ver la magnitud de ambas cantantes cierto la Callas es un mito pero la Caballe es una leyenda los mitos se destruyen con la verdad y es su fin pero las leyendas son perpetuas la Caballe es inmortal su longeva maestría en el escenario es la evidencia clara su papel de Norma es memorable es la perfección su canto bello lineal sin ningún defecto el verdadero significado del Bell canto está es la verdad Callas jamás podría superar a la Caballe si esto no fuera cierto su carrera hubiera sido longeva las sobre actuación hacia de lado el canto era para ocultar sus deficiencias vocales por eso los mitos son destruidos ante la verdad Monserrat Caballe es Norma Norma es Monserrat Caballe

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Quante sciocchezze. Caballe' era spesso trasandata e superficiale e un fraseggio approssimativo. Integra e' durata 10 anni. Per il resto ha vissuto sul bel timbro di voce ed eterni pianissimo, spesso ripetitivi e noiosi. Non e' stata una grande Norma. Cantava bene Donizetti e Strauss.

[@kraus3591]

La idioteces qué se pueden decir : María Callas es la más grande soprano de la historia . Y su rol de Norma nunca podrá ser superado por nadie . Yo vi a Caballe en Norma hace 45 años , y estuvo magnífica . Pero la Norma de Callas es genial . Callas era Norma . Y Callas lleva 46 años fallecida , y está más viva qué nunca . Montserrat lleva menos de 10 años fallecida y es recordada , pero María Callas es de otro planeta . Y Callas es un mito del siglo XX y de justicia pues es la más grande soprano de la historia de la ópera , como he dicho antes !