Maria Callas - La Traviata

Maria Callas (1923-1977)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La traviata
E strano! E strano!...Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima...Follie! Follie!...Sempre libera
Alfredo - Francesco Albanese
Orchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Conducted by Gabriele Santini
1953
VIOLETTA (sola)
È strano! È strano! In core
scolpiti ho quegli accenti!
Saria per me sventura un serio amore?
Che risolvi, o turbata anima mia?
Null'uomo ancora t'accendeva -- O gioia
ch'io non conobbi, esser amata amando!
E sdegnarla poss'io
per l'aride follie del viver mio?
Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima
solinga ne' tumulti
godea sovente pingere
de' suoi colori occulti!
Lui che modesto e vigile
all'egre soglie ascese,
e nuova febbre accese,
destandomi all'amor.
A quell'amor ch'è palpito
dell'universo intero,
misterioso, altero,
croce e delizia al cor!
Follie! follie! Delirio vano è questo!
Povera donna, sola,
abbandonata in questo
popoloso deserto
che appellano Parigi.
Che spero or più?
Che far degg'io? Gioire,
di voluttà ne' vortici perir.
Gioir, gioir!
Sempre libera degg'io
folleggiare di gioia in gioia,
vo' che scorra il viver mio
pei sentieri del piacer.
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,
sempre lieta ne' ritrovi,
a diletti sempre nuovi
dee volare il mio pensier.
ALFREDO (sotto al balcone)
Amore, amor è palpito...
VIOLETTA
Oh!
ALFREDO
...dell'universo intero --
VIOLETTA
Oh amore.
ALFREDO
Misterioso, misterioso, altero,
croce, croce e delizia,
croce e delizia, delizia al cor.
VIOLETTA
Follie! follie! Ah sì! Gioir, gioir!
Sempre libera degg'io
folleggiare di gioia in gioia,
vo' che scorra il viver mio
pei sentieri del piacer.
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,
sempre lieta ne' ritrovi,
a diletti sempre nuovi,
dee volare il mio pensier.
ALFREDO
Amor è palpito
dell'universo --
VIOLETTA
Ah! Dee volar il mio pensier.
Ah! il mio pensier. Il mio pensier.

[@peterdare5414]

As an 80 year old, i am still as enthralled by Maria Callas' voice as I was as a young teenager. Not only is the voice beautiful but her treatment of the words is beyond reproach. To hear her sing this aria from Traviata, Casta Diva or Ebben is to be lifted into a world one can only dream about. La Divina always.

[@историиизпрошлого]

Полностью сВами согласна, учитывая , что я 42 г. ражденя , и мои становления, как, проффесионально образованного человека проходило , в частности, на пластинках Каллас и только в 1973 г., когда она приезжала в СССР по приглашению Большого театра и самой министра культуры Фурцевой , я воочию увидела эту КастоДиву-- легендарная и неповторимая певица, которую, никогда , никто , повторить НЕ СМОЖЕТ...!!!!

[@mariw1298]

And here today in 2023--We are still absolutely truly amazed at her glorious singing!

[@Tata-zo7dc]

Много в мире прекрасных певиц. С дивными, безупречными голосами. Но, не знаю почему, только Мария для меня самая лучшая 🤷. И смотрите, как время всё расставляет на свои места. Кто сейчас в 2024 году Онассис? История, прошлое, канувшее в Лету. А Мария восхищает своим голосом весь мир до сих пор! И будет восхищать до конца Мира.

[@RikVermont8]

Beautiful comments. Thank you!

[@txwarriorbride5112]

My goodness, I am so grateful that her voice has been preserved for future generations to hear! Thank you for this precious gift!

[@ivanfarkas9868]

I never get tired of this. We are so lucky to have had the technology to preserve this beauty, to hear it, again and again, to swoon and be touched. She was indeed "La Divina."

[@arinchikk5555]

Какой чистоты голос, кажется , что для нее нет ничего невозможного, как жаль, что ее нет, это лучшая травиата, после нее никого не хочется слушать.

[@kasramohsenzadeh5678]

A voice from deep down heaven , god bless she plays with my feelings every time

[@Keeper2403]

Just a story not many people know…. In 1941 Nazis invaded Greece. Maria was just a local soprano at the time. One night she sung at Herodium while the Nazi generals were all there. At the end of the night all generals approached, expressed their admiration to her and urged her to go to Italy or USA. She didnt, of course, untill much later. Within the next 3 years 300.000 Athenians died of starvation because the Nazis stole our food to feed their army. But during these yrs, Nazi officers were bringing plenty of food to, thin at the time, Maria to make sure she is well feed. As soon as the officers were leaving her house she would go outside to the neighborhood and give all food to the families with children. My mother was one of those kids fed by her generosity. Thank u Maria, I would have never been born if it wasnt 4 u

[@florentinoarroyogonzalez8846]

What a wonderful story

[@arcelioba]

I´ve never heard that 300,000 Athenians people died because of the Nazi invasion. Very sad but in times of war many innocents have to die. And still yet we see this kind of atrocities happening because of dictators and wars. Thank you for sharing your story. I thought that Maria was very arrogant and snob, but she was very humane.

[@NLidar]

@@arcelioba Maria was not arrogant or snob, but very timid and shy. The arrogance was a lie "character" created by the press to haggle her.

[@tagaway6173]

@eli H she was obviously a kid. He said that. But as she grew up, and Maria became more famous, is understandable that the more grown up people would refer as the woman that feed them sometimes. Like, haven't your parents and uncle told stories about u when u were a kid?

[@stanley631h6]

@@arcelioba Monserrat Caballé said she lived with her and were even friends. Said "Maria was a very humble person, very good person "

[@silvierousso3995]

Qui Maria impersona un sentimento di completo abbandono all' innamoramento non voluto ma ineluttabile ..L' orchestra della RAI di Torino...Il Grande Verdi...Maria...tutto andato per sempre

[@paoloballarin9223]

Insuperata, insuperabile MARIA CALLAS. La più grande.

[@Инкина]

БОЖЕ МОЙ!!!! КАК ОНА ПОЁТ!!!! ВСЯ ДУША НАВЗРЫД ПЛАЧЕТ ВМЕСТЕ С НЕЙ!!!!..... ЭТО ЧТО ТО, НЕ ЗЕМНОЕ!!!! ЭТО - МАГИЯ!!! МАГИЯ ВОЛШЕБНОГО ГОЛОСА И ЕЕ ДУШИ..... ВЕЧНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ!!! МАРИЕ-ПРИМЕ!!!

[@johnareiter73]

Хорошо сказано!

[@tamarakupcenko2240]

È Unica !!

[@МишаПопов-п5о]

поясняю(эти вещи были придуманы еще в(*?

[@ИринаРоманова-ъ7р]

Всегда удивительно, как у таких хрупких женщин такая сила в голосе, непрерывность дыхания и глубокое чувство героини.. это дар божий...

[@МарияОвчинникова-м6у]

Величайшая певица, Королева мировой оперной культуры- тончайшая одухотворённость, сама Любовь! Брависсимо!

[@МиссМира2030]

Нежнейший голос! Сама любовь!

[@ГалинаСтоянова-д4й]

❤✨💯👏

[@bellafirst3652]

Божественный,неповторимый,уникальный голос!!! Ей небыло и нет равных, есть Мария Каллас и другие...

[@natalievandenblink7802]

Her voice had that rarest quality - to resonant with the deepest unknown part of your heart and bring tears to the eyes. What a gift!!

[@jukkak.6149]

You are a poet yourself natalievandenblink7802 telling of the truth by these your words. 😌❤

[@CyprusHot]

She was a Greek tragedy, an Italian icon and a worldwide diva. Divine Callas.

[@lindajones7219]

Exactly right, no one before or after her could ever compare . Glorious Maria Callas . May the people in the lords care be now and forever listening to her divine heavenly voice .

[@kenhutley971]

Well said!

[@Pan472]

I can quite literally tell you that this is how a Greek girl fallen in love would sing if she was a soprano. Such grace and such joy! As bright as the sun shining over her ancestral homeland! Κύδος προς την Μαρία Κάλλας!

[@paolopassaretti2139]

Splendore assoluto. Senza pari. Tutte dovranno vedersela con lei, per sempre. Sarà sempre la pietra del paragone. Chi mai la potrà raggiungere o solo avvicinarsi. Lei ha conquistato l'eternità della bellezza dell'arte. E che dire però anche .. di Verdi ?

[@marialuisamazzocchi322]

Come poche, sapeva rendere il senso del tragico. Da buona greca. Maria Luisa Mazzocchi

[@tizianavinci4406]

Vero Paolo

[@italianbot2257]

Concordo

[@Maebaofficial]

Lei bravissima senza dubbio. Solo per chi ama la prosa. Per me si è estinta da un po

[@gianfrancocarico2500]

Barbara bunny

[@SP_3333]

There was and is only one Callas. That voice. That dazzling soul that she shared with the world. Unbelievable beauty.

[@ТамараИвановнаШалагинова]

О. , как Боже какое счастье, что можно слушать такую певиц, как Мария Каллас, Изумительное исполнение.

[@Tata-zo7dc]

Слушать Каллас в любом исполнении , смотреть Жизель в исполнении Улановой, слушать 3-ий концерт Рахманинова в исполнении Дениса Мацуева - это прекрасно!

[@henryv.macadamia6423]

Maria is never gone. Her legacy to opera will always be the gold standard of now and forever. Others are forgettable if not just copycat, albeit I must give credit to few who tried their best. Maria is the ultimate of the opera world!

[@Диана-г6о2о]

Никто не смог ее превзойти! И не сможет! Она великая!!! Прекрасная, неповторимая.

[@robertocasazza9880]

Maria Callas...la più grande di tutti i tempi...

[@buubbrussee6993]

what a woman, what a voice, what a class: a true DIVA and what a Loss!!!

[@pdcrews100]

+damita Smith I suspect the negative comments come from people that lead miserable lives and feel better about themselves by putting others down. Perhaps they just want to try to get some attention. I love Maria Callas and many others too. Each has there own style and since I cannot carry a tune in a bucket, I just sit back in awe and enjoy it.

[@buubbrussee6993]

so true... and cultivated....

[@FilippoMidali]

+buub brussee why a loss? when she died she didn't make music anymore..

[@teo_iwann]

chewie_varied stuff She died due to a sickness she had that also destroyed her voice. She was not too old...

[@JohnBrown-jb7zt]

TheSteffan1980

[@danj6289]

Maria Callas- The Greatest Soprano of All Time, The BBC, 2007.

[@arturostasi4600]

Devastante...con la sua voce ti spacca in due a distanza di decenni....assolutamente inarrivabile e magnifica......grazie Maria....

[@invinciblecucumber]

She's just perfect and incomparable. She lifts my spirit so high like nobody else.

[@elenaokhrimenko9890]

Невозможно наслушаться - удивительный голос!

[@tuffleft]

Perfezione. Magnifica Callas, onora Verdi come solo poche san fare. Brava!

[@nixieNICLA]

I grew up with a father who was opera obsessed. This was one of my favorite pieces and oh what a voice in Maria Callas as Violetta.....

[@marcvolpe8252]

NIXIE YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE SEDUCTIVE RAVISHING CAPTIVATING AND PASSIONATE ❤MARRY ME

[@minhtrinhbacong7164]

She's really the greatest soprano singer in the 20th century.

[@lyonellaverde3135]

She is astounding. Just don't ever say this to the devotees of Renata Tebaldi.

[@dobramira5447]

Шикарнейшия Женщина,Божественный голос!!!!!

[@ДинараХалида]

для меня опера это Мария Каллас . Её можно слушать бесконечно.

[@tamarakupcenko2240]

И для меня..

[@ОльгаЗавгородняя-з3ч]

Высший пилотаж!!! Равных нет! Всегда номер один❤❤❤

[@НатальяСимонова-и4ъ]

Если какие-то голоса вызывают мурашки, то от этого голоса просто слезы льются, с первых звуков. Сразу понятна вся любовь и трагедия Виолетты!

[@poliklak3143]

Великая! Непостижимая! ... и очень грустная!

[@simonetta53logan]

My Italian mum sang opera all the time in the house when I was wee. She was pretty rubbish but it’s a good memory. When she was little in Rome going to the opera was like going to the pictures, everyone went. She’s 91 now with dementia and we were singing to Madame Butterfly today. She’s still awful as am I but it was fun!

[@sunnya.2665]

What does wee means?

[@alexandrapedersen829]

@@sunnya.2665 It means little.

[@sunnya.2665]

@@alexandrapedersen829 Thank you! I am Dutch, my English is not that good, the dictionary wasn't very helpfull.. Have a nice day!

[@wintonian]

Of all the coloratura singers, Maria Callas can be identified by just a few notes sung. Her voice has something not possessed by other sopranos, no matter how wonderful they also may be. I do not look for perfection in any musician, and consider imperfections to be part of the personality of a musician. In the same way that the most beautiful diamonds contain imperfections that can make them even more interesting and more valuable than perfect specimens.

[@Maguirearch]

I disagree...Maria Callas is perfect...just like God !!

[@emiledom6619]

I cannot enjoy any soprano after Maria the Great, R.i.P. love.

[@lilithinferno]

I want to close my eyes and travel to a beautiful world, where you are never sad. I know that's so naive to say but I only want to think of innocent things when I listen to her beautiful, angelic voice.

[@robin231176]

Lovely words.

[@albinobarresi6149]

un po comprendo l inglese ma non sarà una lingua a bloccare l emozione che ti penetra il cor , e rischiara il tutto , l animo mio é solo privilegiato nel poter sentire udire, cotanta grazia fuoriuscire da una voce che ci rammenta che una vita diversa é possibile basata sull' impegno il sacrificio sulla dolcezza sulla amore sulla amicizia.. le mie inutili parole tediano anche il lettore più intransigente. da Alberto

[@inaryan2145]

+Albino Barresi -- che piacere leggere i tuoi pensieri -- sto' d'accordo

[@haimlevy654]

+Sarah Nemo i like your idea i wanted the same for as long as i remember.

[@АятАгагюлова]

Как жаль, что всё в прошлом.... А я счастлива,что слушаю Марио Каллас .. это жизнь....

[@brisasde7]

Her voice timbre goes to your soul...she is magnifique !

[@margaritakokareva506]

Божественно. Непревзойденная Мария! Голос - сильнейший,мощнейший,красивейший! Да...

[@MiguelGomez-ep9qr]

Completamente de acuerdo contigo Margarita, greetings from Laredo Texas.

[@margaritakokareva506]

@@MiguelGomez-ep9qr Спасибо.Очень приятно найти единомышленника в таком далёком уголке планеты: Laredo и Москвы! 🌞☀️🌼🌏🌎🕊

[@MiguelGomez-ep9qr]

@@margaritakokareva506 👍🙏😘😘

[@МартаГригорян-о1п]

И что ей дался этот Онассис? Каллас увековечила себя своим голосом!!!

[@zizzolizzo]

Odd to see people's comments that Callas may not have the best voice etc. WHAT!? She was amazing! A phenom for so many reasons! Otherwise why are people posting and listening to these videos?! Respect!

[@MrJeanBaguette]

"Otherwise why are people posting and listening to these videos?! Respect!" Thats the weakest argument ever used on youtube and people keep using it. Why people posting justin bieier and listening to his videos? respect! lol

[@robinsnow6993]

Opera and classical music tend to provoke polarized opinions- especially on KZbin. Maria Callas had a great voice and looked like a movie star. Because of the latter, she indisputably had a leg up on her competition in terms of fame and renown. It's just a fact of life that talented and beautiful people have an advantage over people who may have more talent but less beauty. I enjoy Callas' voice, and won't be bullied into not enjoying it, but everyone who cares about an art has their favorites and their grudges, especially when they feel other people aren't listening carefully to the actual music. Even when looks are left out of the argument, classical music aficionados are prone to polarized opinions. I've heard people say that Ashkenazy and Horowitz are great, but Rubenstein is rubbish, for instance. These are the sort of people who can be provoked to anger by mentioning Lang Lang and be induced to bolt from a conversation in a huff immediately by just mentioning the name Van Cliburn. :D !!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >

[@lvbnhbqbdfyjd6283]

Равных ей просто нет, и всегда останется самой гениальной по исполнению!

[@devopsRussia]

а Джесси Норман?

[@MAG77749]

@@devopsRussia а Норман совершенно другое

[@JoseAlonzo05291944]

nunca, nunca haverá outro como Maria Callas você vai ser sempre o melhor e através de sua voz e sua arte vai viver para sempre nos corações de pessoas que apreciam a arte !!!

[@selenadiaz5439]

Maria Callas! What an amazing voice! my all time favourite! the passion goes right to the depth of my soul! BRAVO!

[@vianeyvasquez1713]

Thank you Maria Callas, for existing and having a mysterious yet noble voice.

[@maurir1000]

Callas, la voz, el sentimiento y el corazón. Eres sentimiento. Bella . Voz Grande, Grande....

[@jurinejerome8699]

Tu es plus prêt que le monde est loin! A jamais ta voix raisonnera en moi... Magnifique Maria Callas.

[@СветланаПопова-п9й]

Настоящий коллос мировой оперы! Она единствннная!

[@abdulaamir1070]

The best vocalist to ever live on earth performing her masterpiece

[@geoffreylaurent6317]

My grandpa made me discover her when I was young, now I love her and feel the same pleasure every time I hear her. The biggest talent ever.

[@stefano3715]

"Sempre libera di gioia in gioia" ........così come ti sia lieve il viaggio ed il tuo spirito innamorato nei nostri cuori. Nostra amata Maria

[@Daniliz81]

Listening to this makes me wonder how is it that singers and singing teachers let the good singing technique fade away? Why did we let it happen or how did it happen? Its a pity we don't have singers like Callas, Sutherland, Horne, Caballé, etc.. anymore. I am a singer myself and I am struggling to find a way on how to sing with that technique. Its gonna be hard , but I would love to take the challenge and see if I get other singers interested in returning to the technique of the past. I really want another golden era of opera to happen.

[@mckavitt13]

Callas had big vocal problems, believe me. Less so here, but afterwards...

[@princesscharis]

mckavitt13 and what exactly are you trying to say? that she had vocal problems because of her PERFECT technique? or your comment is just random? are you trying to make a point? if you are trying to indicate her technique ruin her voice, please delete immediately your comment, her technique not only was PERFECT but it also enable her voice to be full round, strong and BEAUTIFUL, I don't like today's opera singers, they are sound horrible. Her voice detorieted because she WAS SICK, the muscles of her whole body became weak, even after her prime, BECAUSE of her immaculate technique she was able to still sound MUCH better than most singers today.

[@princesscharis]

read everything you can about bel canto, it took me few months until I got it but after I positioned everything correct, all my vocal problems got away and I hit the notes rounder, there is no force and they are stronger, darker and more pleasant. No force equals better vocal color. Some people at the forum I was the modernvocalist, wrote that bel canto singers uses twang, I think that's true. I used to suffer from nodules for many years, with my incorrect singing I always had pain and I couldn't even practice, I was a lost cause. My dream to sing was thrown out of the window. After I "got" it, I am having a great time learning and focusing more on interpretation and hitting the correct notes than how to sing correctly.

[@Daniliz81]

charisaob thank youu!! 😀

[@markcrossley2820]

Daniliz81 You are so right. Nothing touches the soul as deeply.

[@giorgiocumano]

In the mid 1980's I had the pleasure to drive to a Thanksgiving party in Connecticut and among the passengers were the great Regina Resnik and her husband Blatas. We talked about, of course, opera and, of course, the name Callas came up. Regina said "That woman was the greatest Traviata I ever saw". Her husband said "I never cared for the voice". In that deep mezzo voice Regina had she practically yelled at him: "I am not talking about the voice. She knew that role better than anybody else". So there! This extract is from her comercial recording, the second recording she did for Italian Cetra (the first had been Gioconda) in 1953. She hated the cast and always hoped to record it again with her mentor Tullio Serafin, di Stefano and Tito Gobbi. But Angel records couldn't wait for her contract with Cetra to expire so they went ahead and recorded Traviata with Antonietta Stella and the cast Callas wanted for HER Traviata. She got really mad and being who she was, refused to record with Serafin for the next two years, her recordings were conducted by Antonino Votto, Herbert von Karajan and others. This recording shows the power of that voice in 1953, eventually she would refine her interpretation to the point that, as one English critic said, "all Violettas make you cry in the last act. SHE could make you cry in the second act!"

[@ballisticlearn]

She's the best of them all - both male and female opera singers - by light years

[@НадеждаКузнецова-у1э]

Чудо! Ну после. Maria Callas невозможно слушать других певиц, не сравнить, Maria чудо, ангельский голос, восторг!!!

[@nikolay6527]

Где Вы услыхали ангельский голос?

[@hedilamar405]

nikolay6527 здесь. Не ангельский, а голос богини.

[@ЛианаДогузова-е5х]

@@nikolay6527 только в роли Леди Макбет я смогла проникнуться трепетом и восторгом от ее голоса и исполнения.Запредельное исполнение.Кстати,Верди забраковал одну претендентку на роль Леди именно потому что у нее был прекрасный, сияющий голос.Для этого персонажа нужно другое. И Каллас попала в десятку и даже точнее.А Виолетта... Это исполнение не назовешь ее высшим достижением. Ей, как видно, больше удавались ну очень уж сильные женщины типа Электры(бррр, просто жуть)Нормы(тоже непростая дама),наконец, леди Макбет.

[@ОксанаМухина-щ7х]

@@nikolay6527 А вы что услышали?

[@devopsRussia]

@@ЛианаДогузова-е5х о боже.очередной критик,который сам ничего не умеет.

[@ДинаЧережанова-ь4ч]

Слов не хватает чтобы выразить восхищение и пением и обликом этой женщины .Божественный дар сколько чувств

[@gregjames2684]

What a beautiful voice , WOW ! ! ! Looking at all these comments , looking at how many languages , everyone applauding such wonderful talent , , , so amazing how such a voice can be appreciated & admired from so many different cultures , AMAZING ! ! !

[@lorik_shat]

Потрясающее исполнение:) Брависсимоڰۣ✿

[@gitrotti3]

Maravilhoso....a voz de Maria Callas é tão bela que parece um instrumento musical.

[@송희택-p2r]

Her voice hints us that life is short,art is long!.Thank you so much!!.

[@enzocaprioli9130]

Grande Callas, grande Verdi, una tra le più belle romanze mai scritte.

[@enzocaprioli9130]

Ti ringrazio, buona giornata, anche a te.

[@marianaalexandru]

Amo Verdi, La Traviata e la Callas! Quesott'aria ti strugge il cuore. Grazie Enzo Caprioli

[@enzocaprioli9130]

Sapessi Mariana quanto piace anche a me, ti auguro buona domenica.

[@Fede842]

è l'apice di Verdi senza dubbio

[@francescamarcellino2270]

Brava Maria resterai per sempre nel mio cuore

[@НадеждаКузнецова-у1э]

Maria Callas,ей 90 лет, а и сейчас в наше время у неё очень много поклонников, которые с восторгом слушают как она поёт. Браво Maria!

[@НадеждаКузнецова-у1э]

Родилась в 1923г. Умерла в 1977г. Не даром Maria Callas называли божественной , достойно.

[@АятАгагюлова]

Браво....

[@michelmanzullino9831]

Une voix exceptionnelle, qui brillait au firmament de toutes les constellations des étoiles de la chanson

[@mariadelsangelscolominaqui8370]

Maria Callas tenia una voz prodigiosa y única, era fabulosa.

[@cromana5574]

Those were blessed times. We just didn't know it. The best voices, the most authentic and noble productions. And a sane world.

[@Maguirearch]

Forget your Jimi Hendrix...your Rachmaninov...your Caruso...your Andrea Bocceli...your Whitney Houston...this woman was the most gifted musical person whose music has ever been recorded.....

[@TheStonedstone]

but don't forget Chopin

[@sunnya.2665]

Did you listen to everything ever recorded?? Me neither

[@karnnannn]

This woman is a miracle, there's no one in her league. Love her so much!! From 20-years old boy, Thailand.

[@TeshekaTv]

x2 from a 24 years old boy.

[@Falzeee]

Aren't all men in Thailand ladyboys?

[@TeshekaTv]

@@Falzeee Don't come out with that toxic Sh*t. Go to Teraphy or something but not bring that stuff here.

[@earlmanzor560]

You are 27 or 28 noww

[@MrRaybaudix]

@@Falzeee stupid comment

[@x1pixel]

Sempre eccezionale, bravissima.

[@lukacssolymosi5221]

I am only 21, but last night I had a dream with her. We were around six or seven of us sitting in a room, and at one point I noticed one of the ladies was Maria Callas, in her twenties. It was a pretty good feeling to sit next to her and I really love this masterpiece.

[@lialbamusic1547]

That is a true privilege. I believe she came to you. You should believe it too. Angels do as they please x

[@marinaleitao3320]

Lukács SolymosiNao consig o encontrar a tercira Aria de Puccine que completa a. Comosicao de Puccine

[@marinaleitao3320]

Li Aula Music

[@ollibraun7523]

Verdi wusste das seine Opern in der Zukunft nur von der Callas so grandios gesungenen werden können. Diese Zwei waren Seeleverwant,obwohl zeitlich von einander getrennt. DANK AN EUCH BEIDEN !

[@oscarmarkworth294]

In these days of computer generated rubbish. You need to listen to a true pure voice bless you Maria

[@boubou230910]

In these days with all that technology almost everyone can "sing" like her in the studio, if you know what I mean. She was the most bad ass of singing in general.

[@pugh.joseph]

I think that "computer generated rubbish" is still music / art and it can't be discarded. What do you mean by a "true pure voice" too? Are you suggesting anything computer generated is not "pure"? I believe that opera is very good and I really like it but I don't believe in dismissing other people's styles of music. I do want to agree with you though but its more fun to criticise you and feel good about myself lol.

[@louiseparker1915]

Words cannot express how she touches my soul. She was the best. Always brings tears to my eyes..........She will never be forgotten.

[@irise.munozcaceres7418]

bellisimo, como te sigo admirando!!!

[@marieangecargnino8580]

Trente ans après sa disparition la Callas donne toujours la chaire de poule : elle est DIVA ASSOLUTA FOR EVER!!!

[@mimilancan]

la chair .... , chère

[@geoffreylaurent6317]

40 ans même

[@Christinebord]

Un miracle inégalé : la technicité des vocalises, la tessiture, le jeu. Unica Maria.❤

[@gabrielafabianaserralta9912]

Coincido con vos Paolo... No habrá ninguna como "María Callas... Su voz y su calidad interpretativa son insuperables.. Un abrazo desde Argentina!

[@SuperPaola1963]

The best!!! Maria Callas is the best!

[@albertodiaz8070]

Insuperable maria callas y renata tebaldi the best soprano the wold

[@strutherhill]

Many thanks for uploading this marvellous version and the excerpt from the libretto.

[@renyli1]

ИЗУМИТЕЛЬНАЯ, ПРЕКРАСНАЯ, НЕЖНАЯ, ТРЕПЕТНАЯ МАРИЯ.

[@irenezirattu123]

Mi ricorda CLAUDIA CHE momento.che diva.che voce.GranndeeeeeeMaria!!!

[@レオのまま]

伝説のヴィオレッタ、何度聴いても恋を自覚しその喜びを歌うこの曲はマリア・カラスのために作られたのでは？と思ってしまいます。 私は復刻版のレコードを持っており大切にしているプレイヤーで再生してはその歌声を聴いています。 素晴らしい動画をあげてくれてありがとう。

[@blancaivonneruizbarrientos2812]

Incomparable, no habrá jamás otra Callas

[@francysibarramarcelo7808]

Blanca Ivonne Ruiz Barrientos aunq hay unos q mencionan a una soprano supuestamente mejor q calas y mencionan ala Monserrat cabale q tiene mejor vos aunq los dudo la calas es inigualable

[@diegohemann4537]

Impecável, esplendida, espetacular, eterna voz

[@stephanietaylor684]

she was and always be the best loveeeeee her voice.....

[@danielegirard1587]

Quelle voix! Quelle femme! Quelle présence! Quelle Classe! Pauvre Jackie-O qui ne pouvait que balbutier...

[@rudolfmeyer5884]

En même temps ces deux femmes remarquables chacune dans leur domaine n'ont jamais eu le même métier.....

[@milanvelickovic6666]

La Divina we remembering you ... 16 sep ' 77 R.I.P

[@mmbmbmbmb]

I don't think anyone could ever taint the charisma and incredible talent of Maria Callas! And ~ why would anyone try anyway ... :o)

[@florintrif2457]

Divino, magnífico, angelical...

[@josekalilsalles4706]

Fantástica e maravilhosa Maria Callas. Voz inigualável e inalcançável por qualquer outro soprano. Callas eterna!...

[@philippehoyez9398]

Personne n' a chanté comme Maria et personne ne chantera jamais comme Maria Callas : elle fut unique et le restera pour toujours !

[@photo161]

Magnificent...1953 a year un which the voice was in complete command...

[@rothvinbosley1335]

I agree! She had vocal problems for sure but she was such a great singing actress one can hear every note sung as did Galli-Curci and Southerland and not be as moved. I can only imagine what it was like then to hear her at full complete command of that voice but I was only 9 and living in Maimi, Florida. She was in NYC I am sure then.

[@leoniemikele6]

yes. absolutely exquisite. later recordings are disillusioning.

[@kleinbittersdorf]

Nobody can sing like my love Callas, Divina mea. Amo te. Maria.

[@juliomiranda8296]

Excelent song, always one of the best soprano of the history!

[@ninagendrikh387]

È vero!

[@domitorinvictus]

Stunning voice, even magical beauty..

[@inasochenko100]

таких больше нет!

[@lonnywelch9015]

I love this recording of Traviata with Maria Callas in her prima voice--God-given and well- executed!