The Great Giuseppe di Stefano speaks about Maria Callas

[@debbiejohnson2789]

This dear lady really suffered in life. She gave so many people the pleasure of her beautiful voice. She was a highly intelligent woman loved by so many, except for the ones who should have been caring for her. Tragic story of this great lady!

[@photo161]

Such a sweet, generous, loving man...

[@sotieismihos3850]

Yes

[@sevenoctave88]

Rest in peace both immortal legends, Divina Maria, Great Pippo forever!

[@carlosblazquez1324]

Thanks for uploading this. It's one of the most important documents about the last years of Callas.

[@kastrafior1487]

Un immense ténor qui déborde d'amour pour une soprano stratosphérique... La plus belle des histoires d'amour clandestines et tragiques mais, on est obligé de le reconnaître, qui a donné à Callas un peu de tendresse et d'humanité véritable, elle qui n'avait rien, elle qui n'avait que sa voix pour crier son malheur. Merci Pippo ! Merci Maria ! L'humanité ne vous oubliera jamais. C'est promis.

[@DanielYapHZ]

"they realize that all this success means very little, most important thing is love" Rest in peace, greatest tenor of the century and greatest friend of Callas. 1921 - 2008.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Lovely comment from you, Daniel Yap! God bless you, Sir!

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

Pippo had a kind heart.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Yes he did and I’m glad he was her friend.

[@andrewwalker3312]

Wise words from the great tenor

[@davidhenrywall8619]

Two great singers beautiful voices up there with the very best

[@gioacchinonicotri6917]

Una delle più belle voci che ho avuto la fortuna di ascoltare.

[@autumnleaves2766]

RIP to both of them> Giuseppe di Stefano died aged about 86, his last years ruined after he was beaten up in Kenya during a holiday. He had to be flown back to Italy and spent his last few years in hospital. Maria Callas was even more unlucky...only in her mid fifties when she passed away.

[@internationalmusiclovers]

Di Stefano beaten in Kenya?,OMG,these *&^%$#@ do not know what they are doing,sons of a whore,for sure!,may both of these great singers rest in peace!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Tragic!

[@sevenoctave88]

Caro Maria, Pippo rimarrai sempre nel mio cuore!

[@verasantarelli4088]

Le parole molto sentite e profonde di Pippo Di Stefano su Maria Callas....

[@hintgy]

"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" queste parole sembrano scritte per Maria Callas perché la sua vita era tragica come la Tosca. Ma la Callas è la diva assoluta: indimenticabile e per sempre insuperabile!

[@joannilson2900]

This is very beautiful for the way Pippo speaks about Maria ...but there is more to the story. According to Pippo's first wife, Maria, pippo and Maria were lovers probably after the death of Luisa, Pippo and Maria's eldest daughter. Mrs. Di Stefano's biography is: Callas Nemica Mia.

[@ChiaraFD3437]

Giuseppe di Stefano e Maria Callas furono amanti per 3 anni prima della morte della figlia (ventenne o poco più), avvenuta nel 1975. Di Stefano era un uomo molto debole dal punto di vista sentimentale, per cui subì il fascino della Callas (che lo corteggiò). La Callas si comportò male, perché era amica della moglie di Di Stefano : andava in vacanza da loro, viaggiava con tutta la famiglia e Maria Di Stefano consolava la Callas perché ancora soffriva dopo la rottura con Onassis. Dopo 3 anni, Giuseppe ("Pippo") Di Stefano confessò alla moglie il tradimento, ma per lei fu difficile perdonarlo : c' era riuscita in passato, ma quella volta si sentì tradita doppiamente (dal marito e dalla Callas). Rimasero insieme ancora un po', perché nel frattempo la figlia si era ammalata di tumore. Purtroppo la figlia morì in breve tempo ed i due non ce la fecero a superare la crisi : troppo dolore. Lui non si rimise insieme alla Callas, ogni tanto si sentivano al telefono o tramite lettera. Lui si sentì anche responsabile per la morte della Callas, avvenuta a Parigi : lei si era isolata. Nel 1977 Pippo incontrò una soprano tedesca, Monica Curth (non so se ho scritto esattamente il cognome), che divenne la sua seconda moglie. Credo che Di Stefano e la Callas non erano destinati a stare insieme. Maria era una grandissima artista ma aveva sofferto per la mancanza di amore nella sua infanzia e ricercava l' amore in maniera vorace. Monica Curth era più giovane di vent' anni di Di Stefano ; lo amò sinceramente, in maniera devota (era stata una sua fan), prendendosi cura di lui fino alla morte. Anche Maria Di Stefano, la prima moglie, era una donna meravigliosa e molto "paziente" (per le intemperanze del marito).

[@ivanscotton6163]

O duo Di Stefano e Maria Callas, um casamento de vozes. Idem Del Mônaco com a Tebaldi.

[@veganista_life]

Tebaldi?🤦‍♂️nop

[@ivanscotton6163]

@@veganista_life para mim a Tebaldi tinha a mesma sonoridade da Montserrat Caballe.

[@leilaguimaraes6226]

Queste due hanno vissuto una bella storia d'amore; Maria e Pippo ....Ma lui non parla di questo...Erano sposati ...La sposa di lui sapeva e accetava tutto e il vecchio quello Meneghini per forza doveva pretendere di non sapere..Ma sapeva anche...In soma,almeno Maria ha vissuto una bella storia d'amore ,lei meritava questo ...

[@carmelo46able]

Una storia d'amore clandestina … Maria meritava molto di più, ma il destino è stato crudele con lei, sotto questo punto di vista!!!

[@rosannaetgianninovello1508]

Lasciamo a parte l’immensa cantante….ma come donna non ha avuto scrupoli quando Onassis la lascio….. La stessa moglie di DiStefano scrisse nel suo llibro « Callas nemica mia » che dopo averla attorniata, consolata per la perdita del suo amore greco si prese suo marito.Questa è amicizia !

[@Alcbc0]

​@@rosannaetgianninovello1508Amor Grego, nunca foi, o drama de Callas chamava -se mafia Turca, e antes dele já existia Pipo. Pois não dá para acreditar que tendo um gênio forte como tinha Callas ela deixaria O velho que se achava playboy o turco e não grego como dizia, fazer o que fazia com ela, a viciando,torturando fisicamente e psicologicamente a rebaixando na frente de qualquer um,até que a imprensa foi boazinha pelo que viam, por isso Pipo chora ,acho que ela fazendo o que fez abandonando Pipo e Meneguine, salvou a vida dos dois.❤❤❤

[@justsaying2807]

Falling in love with Onassis was her end.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

That was clearly DEPRESSION.

[@hectorhugomoyano9518]

ÙNICOS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Fanfanbalibar]

THE MAJORITY OF THESE COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT PEOPLE WRITE ABOUT THEIR (BAD) LOVE STORIES IN MAGAZINES ; WRITTENT BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHOM THEY ARE TALKING ABOIUT ! THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO: LISTEN TO MARIA THIS IMMENSE OPERA SINGER ! FOREVER !

[@ivanscotton6163]

Graças a Internet em Canais não oficiais podemos ver o que perdemos com a mídia dominante.

[@johndrohan7659]

She.could have any man she wanted but the man she really wanted.Pity her and Di Stephanio didnt marry.!She loved Onassis,but he wanted JFKs wife Jackie,whom he married.Angelina Jolie to play her life story in movie coming out next year.Di Stefanio my most favourite tenor.

[@kiimmaritz2827]

It's biblical...without love...you are nothing..

[@kneeman66]

What could Jacqueline Kennedy's kids do after she remarried that no other kids could do? They could kiss their Onassis

[@johnpickford4222]

Peter Gibbons: You are an ASS. Involving two people who were not involved of their own volition in this situation. Instead of commenting, well or ill, about Maria Callas you make a stupid ass joke, like your personality, about a tragic ending of s person’s life who through her hard work gave much to the world. Rot in hell.

[@renaissanceinblack]

I knew about the pills. But not to this extent. 😢

[@Nobilangelo]

Onassis! All he wanted was a famous trophy. He was a thief, he stole her from the world.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

I disagree that all passionate women agree with what Maria did, dumping her husband for a jerk like Onassis, etc. in the end, she made her bad choices and she lived with them. She was not always a decent person but towards the end, I think she learned the hard way. Who knows? In the end, she does deserve sympathy because I think she would have been happier never have become a singer and been allowed to have more of a normal childhood and life of her choosing. That’s what she wanted and for that, she deserves sympathy.

[@batsspiderssweety3784]

What a pathetic opinion, and coming from a woman, wow!

[@josephhapp9]

Emily Greene her Husband was not a nice man. He exploited her success and mis-managed her finances. The Pills and medication administered by Doctors were her undoing. Basically drugs ,,,ie uppers and downers.

[@demeter120]

María Callas never was loved for her mother. This is tragedy because the human being learned love through the relations of parents. María lack of love during her childhood. She grew up in loneliness. It is not weird she look for love all her life.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@batsspiderssweety3784 Wow, such childish venom. Please educate yourself.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@demeter120 Yes, I heard that she did not have a good relationship with her Mom. I can empathize because my Mom and I do not get on well too. I try to communicate with her because for good or evil, she remains my true mother and I will not forsake my family based on pride. In Callas' case, I do feel sorry for her.

[@ransomcoates546]

She could have lived a long life just being Callas, as Tebaldi and many others did. Contrary to what Pippo says (who in many places seems to describing himself and not her), I think she gave up because she could not sing, and the mistakes that brought that about were too overwhelming.

[@Distefano5]

But what is a long stage life being ordinary for an extraordinary artist? Tebaldi and the others sang until the end, how many of their recordings are the definitive? few or none. While Callas, none of her recordings every went out of print and her pirates are circulating more than some of studio made by the others.

[@ransomcoates546]

@@Distefano5 Well, I think there never has been and never will be a time when opera lovers forget Renata Tebaldi, as the recent posting of a number of early 50’s clips and the ecstatic response to them indicates. She faced vocal problems too, but worked on her technique, and sang again for ten years, surely knowing, as all her fans did, that she never sounded the same again. There’s no point in trying to psycho-analyze dead singers, but I would say that it is both sad and a great loss to musical history that Callas chose to wallow in self- pity rather than lead a long life in retirement.

[@Distefano5]

​@@ransomcoates546 People who talk about technique often forget that a good voice is a talent above all. Tebaldi, Ponselle, Milanov etc. were singing on nature's gift, they didn't have to learn so much. Callas was the opposite, she didn't have a beautiful voice so she built her talent from the scratch and when she stopped singing it all collapsed.

[@smallworld1624]

Respectfully: Tebaldi was never Callas, regardless of whom anyone prefers, which is always a matter of taste. People who don't know opera know who Maria Callas is. Retiring as Tebaldi was surely different than retiring as Callas.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

​@@ransomcoates546I take grave exception to 'wallow in self-pity'! You obviously have not the faintest idea of what it is like for a performing artist to be deprived of that outlet. I do, and it is an enormity! And in Maria's case, exacerbated by the loss of passionate love. Depression is the least one would expect.