Maria Callas - Aida Act 2 Finale Mexico, 1950 (with huge E Flat)
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- The Story behind her famous E-Flats:
After the dress rehearsal for Aïda, held on May 29, [impresario Antonio] Caraza-Campos asked Maria to sing the e-flat that the Mexican soprano of the eighteenth century Ángela Peralta used to sing at the end of the second act. She answered after a guffaw that it was impossible because many reasons, it was not written, she should ask it to the conductor and her colleagues, which she was not to keen to do, i.e. to ask, and lastly that it was of bad taste.
The premiere of Aïda came on May 30, with Callas as the Ethiopian princess, Simionato as Amneris, Baum as Radames, Rober Weede as Amonasro and Moscona as Ramfis. After Celeste Aida, Baum had a great ovation as Maria after Ritorna vincitore. During the intermission after the first act, Moscona went to Maria's dressing room where he spoke to her in Greek igniting her anger, apparently conveying some things said by the tenor. She called Diaz-Dupond and asked to go to the conductor Picco and the other singers, with exception of Baum, asking permission to sing the e-flat "because if Baum tries to f (fregarmi) keeping the high tones, he will surely listen to them". When she sang that legendary E flat happened all what the diva was pursuing, the theatre became a mad house in frenetic applause and Baum exploded. During the curtain calls at the end of the second act, Baum, in English, told her "You will never sing in America, this was a real 'porcheria'", she just answered smiling and going out to accept the love of the audience, "We will see"
(it has come to my attention that this is the May 30 performance, the information that accompanied my copy of this performance was incorrect, so i have changed the title to be accurate. To my knowledge [and i have tried exhaustively to find out] the June 3 only exists as a partial recording minus this thrilling Act 2 finale. Does anyone know if she did another high e?)
Probably my favourite moment in all i opera. Makes me smile every time. Maria reminding Kurt that the opera is called Aida, not Radames :)
Our Maya was no one to be trifled with. She was a very intelligent and a very kind lady but she did not take arrogant personalities idiotic scheming individuals Juju. She could handle herself quite well like Rudolph Bing said. Maria was more intelligent then all the opera stars that he had the Met. So she could not be controlled. or convinced because she had thorough accurate knowledge of the Opera itself and also everyone's singing part of the Opera. Talk about beauty and brains. Viva La Divina 👑💙. La Unica. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
It’s hard not to smile at her every single time!!!
Fabulous 😆
Not only is the E-flat huge - but she holds it FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVISSIMA
70 years have passed and nobody has equaled her performance. Possibly nobody ever will. Nor her performances of Anna Bolena, Leonora, Carmen, Medea or Lucia. RIP Ultimate Diva, your reputation is safe.
Hi Mier.
Anna Bolena
One of my favourites
Magic
RICHARD
And her performances of Norma and Violetta.
Anna BOLENA, Leonoras, Elvira, Carmen, Medea, Lucia, Amina, lady Macbeth, Norma, Violetta, butterfly, Imogene, Isolde, Armida, the list keeps going on and on. Anything she has sung is unsurpassed and unsurpassable
I'm so happy you mention her Leonora - I think her Trovatore Leonora is perhaps the most underrated of all her roles. Who else, before or after Callas, have sung that part with such a combination of a big, dark, dramatic voice, an amazing chest voice, spotless coloratura with marvelous trills and of course such dramatic passion? I refer to her three live recordings here, her 1956 studio recording was made too late to capture the true essence of her Leonora.
1958 at Lisbon: Callas’ Violetta & Kraus’ Alfredo a true aesthetic experience
Lo más impresionante de esta versión de la Aida en México, no es sólo el mi bemol que canta la Divina Callas, sino la fuerzo conque llega a la nota. No se detiene, no deja de cantar ninguna nota y simplemente se lanza al mi bemol como trapecista sin red. Es maravilloso oírla. Otras sopranos posteriores han querido hacer lo mismo, pero se siente como una burda imitación. Además se callan unos minutos antes para dar la nota. Si no se va a dar la nota con la pasión, la entrega y el riesgo de la Callas, es mejor no darla y hacer lo que está escrito. LA CALLAS ES ÚNICA E IRREPETIBLE. Por eso es LA DIVINA.
Actually Sutherland's high E flat was 10 times bigger than Callas's
@@crazyorganist1609 Really? Which one?
Pero el color de la voz de La Divina, es único e inigualable. Imposible no emocionarse. @@crazyorganist1609
Me encanta la anécdota que provocó éste mágico final, ella divina siempre.
🩵🩵 Feliz cumple hoy 💐💐💐
People just don’t understand of how much of a true fighter she was. When she became her own person, some people hated it. She created her own legacy and that created many enemies.
Not exactly. The problem was that her voice so powerfull and clear become more thin after his terrible diet
The audience gets me every time. I could just imagine being there, having this amazing experience, thinking how much you'd love to hear it one more time only to see her almost exactly a year later do it again.
The mad cheering when the curtain call comes is possibly the most unrestrained gushing of adulation I've ever heard, and I would LOVE to be shown other worthy examples :)
Hernandez hit the High E last year at Verona. It was spectacular. It's on U Tube. Not the best audio but you can hear it clear as a bell. Several comments said that not since Our MAYA 👑 has the HIGH E been successful been sung with a big voice. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
They sound as if she slayed a dragon or a bull. They were so excited!
@@arnoldamaral7406 Hernández? Bwahahaha...she is a joke...and that Verona E Flat was hugely amplified. Callas always wins. Nobody will ever surpass her. These new "opera singers" are just amplifying idiots who don't know anything about opera or voice production/projection.
Not as big as the 1951 Eb, but, boy, do I love the story behind this one.
Yes! Callas also sang the high-Eb in 1951 Mexico City with Del Monaco. It's incredible.
tutti meravigliosi .
addio bel passato !
La Callas - una vocalità unica,divina.
I know almost nothing about opera and notes. I'm a metalhead from my teen years and still am. Why I'm here? Cause that "vissi d'arte" of her I saw here in youtube mesmerized me. And that "e" of her here just killed me. Immortal entity she is.
I could listen to that ending until my ears drop off....just too thrilling for words and OH YES the audience reaction ALSO gets to me...sooo wonderful, sooo glorious!
I read through these comments and lament I was too young to be old enough to go see maria callas sing....and I agree with all of them....the adjulation from the audience is amazing and I could listen to the high b flat til my ears dropped off too.
Daniel
I agree
Richard
MARIA CALLAS LA SUPERNOVA !!
This always knocks me out! So spectacular and coming from Maria it sounds so right, like it should really be there. I love love the fact that you let us hear more of the audience reaction! Other versions that I have heard cut it off almost immediately. Bravo to you, Presenter for letting us hear more of that great ovation!
CALLAS FOREVER!
No sólo es el mi bemol sobreagudo , es la fuerza con que canta todo el concertante, no descansa, no disminuye el volumen, apenas si toma aire. Es una verdadera guerra en vivo entre Baum y la Callas. Cualquiera que viene después de ella, se cuida. A la Aida le espera ese terrible tercer acto, con esa aria cruel “O patria mía” y dos duos más. Es increíble la Callas, parece un bongo que se lanza gasolina y se prende fuego. Aún hoy la Netrebko no se atreve a cantar con esa fuerza, peor aún dar un mi bemol al final del segundo acto. La Callas estaba verdaderamente loca, llena de pasión, juventud y vida, pero sobre todo la CALLAS es la DIVINA...!!!!!!!
why are these precious marvels not available to us mere mortals?
portento de la naturaleza... 🤩🎶
As I heard it from Diaz-Dupond himself on a TV interview; on the performance of July 3, 1951 Callas complained that del Monaco was singing to loud and if he continued that way she would put in the E flat. And she did, holding the note with an astonishing lenth. That night was total mandness (pandemonium as Diaz -Dupond called it) at the Bellas Artes theatre in Mexico City. It can be experienced through the historical complete restored recording that someone had the fortunate idea to take from the radio broadcast. Elswhere here on youtube you can find the E flat of that unforgetable night.
I think is Kurt Baum instead of Monaco. Kurt Baum like to hold note longer than it needed and tend to not cooperate with the soprano. And one day Callas get the conductor and other performer permission to surprise Baum with the scary E-Flat in order to steal all ovation from Baum. And this fun competition between them two last for a while, Baum had vow never sing with Callas again, however they sing together for IL Trovatore later on.
@@morganchan2465 no it was Monaco... Callas and Monaco don't like each other... Monaco always sing with forte when he sings with Callas never with pianissimo. You can imagine how powerful he is, and he still sing that loud against Callas's middle notes.
Callas was aware she did not have the luscious tone of a Tebaldi or a Leontyne Price. But she was also aware she was not merely a singer of notes with a beautiful voice but much more a singer of words and phrases that have meaning and expression. Callas was a different kind of artist from those of her day and hearkens back (perhaps) to the singing of Pasta and Grisi. Her Aida is the most expressive on recording, particularly her version of Ritorna vincitor. It is not the most beautiful but neither the aria nor the opera is meant to be a showcase for a lovely voice. Callas had instinctive musicality and honed musicianship; she interpreted not only the written note and word but the musical intention of the composer like no other soprano had done before her.
meltzerboy Tebaldi's voice wasn't beautiful! It always sounded like an old lady's.
I beg to differ. Tebaldi had a very beautiful voice. Now later on in her career, her top tones might sound a bit steely, though never shrill. But in the 1950's and early 1960's, she was regarded as THE Italian soprano with respect to tone and phrasing, if not technique.
Tebaldi always sounded matronly to me, her flawless technique notwithstanding. The exception is her recording of La Boheme on Decca with Bergonzi, conducted by Serafin. On that one she's as delicate as a butterfly and sings it perfectly.
And speaking of butterflies, Tebaldi excels in that role as well, not only in sheer sound but in vocal expression.
She always excelled. It's just that the sound of her voice reminded me more of Margaret Dumont than Cio-Cio San
La Callas con el mi bemol eclipsa todo el teatro la música los barítono, mezzo etc .... y al tenor ni se diga fue una asaña espectacular!!
La Callas Por Siempre ❤
Someone once asked me where (or is it when) I would go if time travel existed. Without a moment's thought I said, "June 3, 1950, Mexico City." Oh to have been in the house that night.
for me it would be her night in 1959 in new york where she sang il pirata ! :D
My grandffather was there. He had a huge collection of opera vinyls and a piano. Music has had a very important part in my family.
Me too, but enjoying also her other performances from Aida and more!!!
@turnipoverlord I was lucky enough to see Callas a few times in my teens(between 1956- 59 as Norma, Bolena, Traviata and Medea. Audience reactions in all the performances I saw were ecstatic, delirious, but spontaneous and her curtain calls at the end of each would go on for half an hour or more before the audience would let go. And you were left with a high that took days to calm down. People's reaction to her singing was incredible and has not been matched to this day by any other singer.
Grazie per queste belle interpretazioni Grandi interpreti grande CALLAS. 💐💐
@CarloQuinto My pleasure, thank you for your compliment :) The audience reactions to her performances are almost as thrilling as her voice (almost, but not quite), it gives a better chance to imagine what it would have been like to be there. The applause at the end of the mad scene of the 1954 Scala Lucia is possibly my favourite, it seems to go on forever, undulating waves of unrestrained adulation. I imagine people cheering until their hoarse, clapping until their hands are raw!
4:58 E flat ... your welcome
Sucka !!!
Thanks I was looking for this comment
The most technically perfect of her many high E flats.
BRAVO! Bravissimo! VIVA LA CALLAS!
She wasn't afraid.
+MrQbenDanny Brava! Bravissima!
Do not push the Greek, he/she will throw you off the cliff.
She was just the greatest !!!!!! I love her
Callas sang an even more spectacular Eb in Mexico City a year later, in 1951. She also interpolated E flats into Trovatore, Traviata. In those days, she was positively invincible.
Her performances from 1950, 1951 and 1952 in Mexico are legends now this days, wish I had been there!!!
Her E-flat at the end of Flora's party in 1952 is so unexpected but very exciting!
I can’t believe the young singers today are afraid to sing like this😂
Super Human Callas !!!
Callas, Baum y La Simionato. Un elenco de Oro esa nooche!!!
I bought the CD at the Metropolitan Opera Gift Shop...they have everything!..and the recording I have sounds a lot better...very distinctive high E flat..this one sounds kind of muffled...I must have the recording of 1951..it was definately mexico city...if I knew how to work this darn thing Id post it for everyone
Ιn the1951 recording from Mexico City,the recording is in much better sound and Maria relishes and sounds more free in E flat.A moment that distinguishes in her former days.Look out for her first 'Trovatore' from Mexico City in 1950.
Oh to have lived then! To have been there to hear that! I am grateful to have the CD, but to have been in the theatre to actually HEAR it!
Teatro de Bellas Artes was the first to actually recognize Callas’ worth.
Maria da apnea. Vendica tutto il cast dalle intemperanze di Baum. E ci lascia a bocca aperta.Formidabile è inarrivabile.
Bravo madame de Callas
The best of ALL notes sang.
Not exactly. The best of ALL was the one she sang just one year later. Search Callas Aida Mexico 1951 and you will lose your mind...
A true Queen, The best opera diva ever, no one comes close.
THank you so much for posting this.
" soprano of the eighteenth century Ángela Peralta "
I don't think too many 18th century sopranos sang AIDA, premiered in 1871! La Peralta lived from 1845 to 1883.
38 years without la Divina! 16th sept 2015
thank god we still have that voice recorded. i'm not one for hero worship but for la divina i am absolutely captivated. love you maria.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Amazing! I was not aware this performance was recorded for the posterity I just want to make a small correction to your story: Angela Peralta was a Mexican singer who lived during nineteenth century (1845-1883).
I didn't know she died so young, how tragic.
i love you maria
And, suddenly, they all remember who they are singing with. This is La Callas.
Maravillosa Callas!!!!!!
Cuando Mexico era grande :(
Oh my God that's visceral
That E is still traveling to the Heliosphere !!!!
and will probably land on the moon, where Neil never did...
Listen to the 1951 E which is still better !
Show stopper indeed. Only Maria I could do this. Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🌿🌍🌎🌏🌹👱👴
Fantástica!
Excellent story behind this E flat! :) thanks for sharing
La-Callas 0
The trully Diva legend was born????
if this happened today we would miss it cuz too busy filming😢 .
la grande soprane du 20 eme siecle
divina!!!!
Astonishing!
i'm crying........again.
damn you divina!!
1:16-1:24 Salvador Dalí and Maria Callas in the same picture! I just died and went to heaven.
Thank you for posting, this is amazing! But there's a typo in your description - Ángela Peralta was 19th century - not 18th.
he had the video tapes of the performaces!!!! we HAVE to find them!
Distefano - About your 7 year old comment. It would be impossible finding the video tapes of this performance since it was until 1956 when this technology started being used. And you said "he had..." ... who is he???
Angela Peralta was not an eighteenth century soprano (otherwise how could she have sung Aida, second half nineteenth century, born 1845)
Viva México!
can't wait to see this moment in the next biopic staring angelina jolie
il MIb è più grande di quello fatto con Del Monaco...spettacolare !!!
No, e' questo.
You stated "Caraza-Campos asked Maria to sing the e-flat the Mexican soprano of the eighteenth century Ángela Peralta used to sing at the end of the second act". That couldn't be correct as Verdi wasn't born until the 19th century, and Aida premiered in 1871 which also was in the 19th century
Obviamente no sabes nada! tienes mal las fechas, la información.
Ángela Peralta Casteria (Ciudad de México, 6 de julio de 1845 - Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 30 de agosto de 1883) fue una cantante soprano mexicana del siglo XIX de fama internacional, conocida como «El ruiseñor mexicano» y llamada en Italia «Angelica di voce e di nome». Antes de los 20 años conquistó los principales escenarios europeos.
Not tasteful, not elegant, just fabulous !
Dear Callas Fan, thank you for posting this incredible performance. But I just wanted to add that Peralta could not have sung this is the 18th century, since the opera was written in the 19th
3:11 is that Renato Cioni with Callas?
"soprano of the eighteenth century"?! At the end of Aida' II act???? It was written by Verdi only in the second part of XIX century! or did you mean some other Aida?)))
Huge E flat. The one and only La Divina
yesssssssssssssssssssss!
Are there any recordings out there with Leontyne Price pulling this stunt?
No one dares try to do this. It took guts to attempt this unwritten note.
Marlene Hartley April millo did it, but in my opinion it was not too good.
Nemmeno un uragano ha la potenza vocale di ,Maria!
Azt nem m értem m, itt kinek mi nem tetszik, aki dislájkot ad erre a felvételre..
Ma ci rendiamo conto?
Eh già
Космос!
¡Quién pudiera haber oído algo al menos cercano!
really?
Baum was such a mediocre and vulgar singer, he belonged to a small sized German city Opera screaming Der Freischutz, not at such places as the MET or Covent Garden! The only reason people still remember him is because of La Divina he so hated and whose - at least - 3 legendary broadcasts he destroys with his bad-canto presence!
prima di parlare l'essere umano pensa...
spero che Lei ha sentito la voce di Baum dal vivo?...
Lei è un ragazzo prode,io adoro i giovani chi non hanno paura di niente.
''Baum mediocre and vulgar singer'' ?...
ahahahahahahahahahahah !
coraggio ragazzo,coraggio !
+PolishViking
capisco il tuo gusto raffinato nella materia...
è ovvio che Santuzza sei tu.
Kurt Baum ha cantato durante 25 stagioni à MET.
ci sono due possibilità :
1 o la direzione di quest'epoca erano dei sordi
2 o tu conosci poco il mio mestiere.
oggi un tenore come Baum sarebbe considerato un miracolo.
ti immagini Kaufmann e Baum di cantare uno accanto à l'altro?
ahahahahahahahahahahahah !
ps.
la bellezza artistica di una voce si può apprezzare soltanto durante una recita dal vivo.
ciao.
questo commento mio era per @PolishViking non per lei.
lol
this version is spiritless and slow compared to 51
4:59
Αυτή ή φωνή είναι δημιούργημα θεού πού ήρθε στην γη για νά γίνει γνωστό σέ εμάς ότι οι άγγελοι εκτός από σάλπιγγες έχουν κ φωνή Κ τί φωνή Κ όπως τά θαύματα δεν έχουν διάρκεια κ χάνονται αφού δώσουν τό στίγμα τους έτσι χάθηκε κ αυτό τό θαύμα για νά επιστρέψει εκεί πού ανήκει
What utterly dreadful conducting and playing; Its like each instrument has its own unique tempi markings.
sorry but I have to agree with Baum, this is indeed "porcheria", her E Flat of the following year in Mexico is much more impressive and focused.
They all intentionally sang and played loud to their own will against Baum for being mean and since he didn't respect anyone and always sang too loud
You can hear them battling in the end
👎
Necesitas ir a practicarte una audiometría. Tal vez te estás quedando sorda!