Holy crap. She cuts past an entire orchestra AND the chorus, and that note just blazes into the atmosphere. Made me cry, I don’t even know what just happened.
This was 70 years ago. Since this time many other sopranos tried to sing this impossible note... with various results, but far, far behind this unequaled performance. More: we all thrill hearing those historical seconds but what is still unbelievable is that this note comes after many minutes spiked with huge Bflat sung "sostenuto, con tutta forza". She really doesn't save herself to keep energy for the last note. Unique !
This woman was not just a miracle. She was a freak of nature ! She tops here a full orchestra playing mezzo forte, the choir, the Mezzo, the Tenor…! All I hear is her voice from the beginning to the end. And she found the best way to remind people that this opera is called Aida. Not Radames ! Lol
Callas is the only singer who ever drowned Del Monaco, Oralia, the Verdian orchestra and the choir together. NOBODY ELSE HAS AND NOBODY ELSE EVER WILL! Understood? EVER WILL! EVER, EVER, EVER!!
@@BlackMamba-yq2rs No she is not. She became wobbly after her vocal decline. The bigger the voice the more difficult it is to move it and that also includes moving the vibrato. Bigger voices have slower vibratos but when fully rested Callas vibrato was equally fast than a real coloratura. Like here: m.ua-cam.com/video/Ze05NBZa5RI/v-deo.html
@@beachfanatic2010 I agree‚ anyway‚ What do you think about Whitney Houston’s technique? Do you think her Headvoice is better with the likes of Anna Netrebko‚ Diana Damrau‚ Cecelia Bartoli etc.. and do you think she produces squillo in the voice?
@@BlackMamba-yq2rs What type of SHIIIIIITTTTT list did you provided me with? Who are all those pieces of vocal excrements to be compare to the great Whitney? I love Whitney and the peak of her technique was in 1987, after that she started declining not because of bad technique but because of drugs. By 1994 the supernatural ease was complete gone from her voice. I love her head voice except for one thing: she imitates Leontyne Price’s headvoice and Price was NOT a a good example of vocal technique: TOO WEAK FALSETTO VOICE! Whitney headvoice was beautiful but a bit more coordination with chest voice would have not hurt her at all.
@@beachfanatic2010 Thanks for your appraisal :) Yeah‚ Whitney’s technique was amazing. And you’re right the peak of her voice was in 1987. She was one of the greatest contemporary vocalists along with Judy Garland‚ Mahalia Jackson‚ Barbra Streisand‚ Patti LaBelle‚ and etc..
This Aida was the epitome of a superb team: Maria Callas (Felt in love for opera because of her), Oralia Dominguez (By far my fav dramatic mezzo, a very pleasing hear her chest voice), Mario Del Monaco (Skips introduction) and Taddei
In the now rare occasion of having time to find myself a little treat on UA-cam I sometimes come back to this recording, and this moment in particular. It reminds me of the possibilities of the artist, the grandiosity of the artistic character and in general of what the human person is able to do. This may seem exaggerated, or out of place, but producing such a sound, one of the most impressive notes in the history of operatic recordings, after so much vocal work and granting it a musical and dramatic meaning is inhumanely incredible.
Das sind, das waren, Töne, die nicht nur ich begeistert hörte. Maria Callas und Oralia Dominguez erschufen an diesem einen Abend ein Ereignis an dem sich in den folgenden zig Jahren sämtliche Protagonisten die Zähne rausbeissen!!!
When I listen to this performance, once is not enough. I have to play it over and over and over. It is so unbelievable! I always think of it as the E Flat heard around the world! A lot of sopranos have tried this, I have listened to them, and again Callas is the only one who makes it sound as if it is an integral part of the score, all the others sound as if they tacked it on. An artist above all others.
Yes, the note is perfectly timed (better than the same interpolation, again in Mexico, the previous year), perfectly placed in pitch (no swooping or wobbling), and sustained fortissimo for 7 seconds over the heavy orchestration and chorus. Many others have tried to repeat the feat, nobody even came close. Who cares if by taking such superhuman risks (plus the weight loss) she shortened her career and vocal prime? She remains the Assoluta sacred monster!
Eternal Maria Callas A week ago Saioa Hernandez hit a high E flat @ Arena de Verona. And some comments very so complimentary in regards to Maria Callas doing the same thing in Mexico City what a great artist she was thank you for the beautiful pictures. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Wow! It’s great to hear her! She really brings back the old school of bel canto singing, her low notes are exiting and loud! Way better than overrated Netrebko! Thank you again❤️❤️
Eternal Maria Callas I think we're going to be life long friends. Saioa has several post on U Tube about 80. I know you will love her voice my friend. She's the only one I'd would definitely go see if she ever comes to America, My wife & I haven't been to San Francisco or Chicago in 20 years for obvious reasons. Enjoy Saio my friend & LA DIVINA PER SIEMP 👑Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🌏🌎🌍🌹👱👴
Arnold Amaral I really love her voice!❤️❤️❤️ I’m so happy to find a extremely good soprano that has a voice!!!!! Not like anything I’ve heard these days! I would love to see her live!❤️❤️
According to history, she took the E flat in 1950 to spite Kurt Baum in Mexico City, who was acting like a diva; but let it be known, the true Divina showed out that night ;) she repeated the E Flat again here in 1951, for the Mexican people ❤
Yes, it’s very impressive in the 1950 performance But even more so in this 1951 live recording: perfectly timed with the orchestral tempo, the note flashes like a comet. Nobody, Nobody has ever come close!
La Maria emette un Mib fantastico nel finale davvero Divina Del Monaco perfetto nel ruolo con una voce brunita e squillante da immedesimazione e slancio al personaggio di Radames
One thing that's important to point out is how beautiful were Callas's notes in the high range were in her prime. To me, the fact of someone hitting a high note is not very interesting. It's the beauty of the note and also the artistry and musicality that adds to the phrase and the piece as a whole that is exciting to hear. I recently heard another soprano, I believe she's Ukranian but her name escapes me, singing that same note in Aida and it wasn't bad, but I had a sinking feeling that the Eb might eventually become the norm and expected as are so many other high notes not found in the original scores.
Callas said in a 1957 interview that it was unfair to compare her to certain other opera singers as rivals ....her reason was that no other opera singer could individually sing the vast range of opera works she could with her massive range and ability..she wasnt just being a big headed egotistical Diva..she was just stating the facts..
Eu lí um artigo que diz que Callas foi agredida fisicamente por integrantes do elenco após o a nota aguda fantástica. Alguém leu também a respeito? Segundo o autor do artigo Maria Callas na ocasião criou inimizades por causa dessa nota aguda inesquecível E flat
Well, all of those other sopranos should have listened to Callas. It helps if the pitch is accurate and has a beautiful tone and for God's sake sing the note in the right place and hold it the correct amount of beats. Some of these lady's sound desperate to just stick it in anywhere. And if they can't hold it securely for an appropriate amount of time, they shouldn't attempt it. In 1950 Callas had it right. I know Verdi didn't write it that way but doesn't it sound great when it's in there? When I heard it for the first time I could never listen to Aida without hearing Callas in my mind at the end of that chorus. Like
No this is Mexico City 1951, a magnificent live performance of AIDA, peerless in excitement to this day. She had sung the same note one year earlier again in Mexico, with similar effect; here the E-flat in alt is sustained in perfect pitch and better sync with the orchestra: absolutely stunning.
The only soprano, other than La Divina, that I've heard sustain this remarkable note is the vocal wonder that was Birgit Nilsson. Callas is unique in her dramatic presentation of every phrase.
Holy crap. She cuts past an entire orchestra AND the chorus, and that note just blazes into the atmosphere. Made me cry, I don’t even know what just happened.
Me too!
Legend has it, that high E-flat is still heard in the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
The size and ring of that full throated metallic high E-flat is still amazing till this day.
Indeed! Thank you for your visit.❤️❤️
This was 70 years ago. Since this time many other sopranos tried to sing this impossible note... with various results, but far, far behind this unequaled performance.
More: we all thrill hearing those historical seconds but what is still unbelievable is that this note comes after many minutes spiked with huge Bflat sung "sostenuto, con tutta forza".
She really doesn't save herself to keep energy for the last note. Unique !
This woman was not just a miracle. She was a freak of nature !
She tops here a full orchestra playing mezzo forte, the choir, the Mezzo, the Tenor…! All I hear is her voice from the beginning to the end.
And she found the best way to remind people that this opera is called Aida. Not Radames ! Lol
That Mexico City Aida of hers always makes my head explode. It’s simply phenomenal.
The most phenomenal note ever ushered from a human throat captured on tape!!!
The best soprano ever.
Alongside Dame Joan Sutherland yes
True that!
@@crazyorganist1609And caballe !!
yup
@@crazyorganist1609Definitely not. Callas was in a league of her own far ahead
Amazing! Callas, a voice of several centuries! A Super Nova gift!
Callas is the only singer who ever drowned Del Monaco, Oralia, the Verdian orchestra and the choir together. NOBODY ELSE HAS AND NOBODY ELSE EVER WILL! Understood? EVER WILL! EVER, EVER, EVER!!
Callas is inhumanly insane. Her voice is bigger than Del Monaco but she’s very wobbly sometimes
@@BlackMamba-yq2rs No she is not. She became wobbly after her vocal decline. The bigger the voice the more difficult it is to move it and that also includes moving the vibrato. Bigger voices have slower vibratos but when fully rested Callas vibrato was equally fast than a real coloratura. Like here: m.ua-cam.com/video/Ze05NBZa5RI/v-deo.html
@@beachfanatic2010
I agree‚ anyway‚ What do you think about Whitney Houston’s technique? Do you think her Headvoice is better with the likes of Anna Netrebko‚ Diana Damrau‚ Cecelia Bartoli etc.. and do you think she produces squillo in the voice?
@@BlackMamba-yq2rs What type of SHIIIIIITTTTT list did you provided me with? Who are all those pieces of vocal excrements to be compare to the great Whitney? I love Whitney and the peak of her technique was in 1987, after that she started declining not because of bad technique but because of drugs. By 1994 the supernatural ease was complete gone from her voice. I love her head voice except for one thing: she imitates Leontyne Price’s headvoice and Price was NOT a a good example of vocal technique: TOO WEAK FALSETTO VOICE! Whitney headvoice was beautiful but a bit more coordination with chest voice would have not hurt her at all.
@@beachfanatic2010
Thanks for your appraisal :) Yeah‚ Whitney’s technique was amazing. And you’re right the peak of her voice was in 1987. She was one of the greatest contemporary vocalists along with Judy Garland‚ Mahalia Jackson‚ Barbra Streisand‚ Patti LaBelle‚ and etc..
No one else like her. The best soprano ever!!!!!!
This Aida was the epitome of a superb team: Maria Callas (Felt in love for opera because of her), Oralia Dominguez (By far my fav dramatic mezzo, a very pleasing hear her chest voice), Mario Del Monaco (Skips introduction) and Taddei
How does a human being sing like this? Incredible power.
This one is RIGHT, beware of another one on youtube which has manipulated to make it last longer, the REAL ONE was impressive enough, thank you!!!!!
Thank you for speaking up; I have heard the other one and I was dubious. Your comments made me feel better. I love Callas.
What an incredible voice! What an amazing woman! A true goddess!
Они и есть Богиня, неповторимая и непревзойденная !!
In the now rare occasion of having time to find myself a little treat on UA-cam I sometimes come back to this recording, and this moment in particular. It reminds me of the possibilities of the artist, the grandiosity of the artistic character and in general of what the human person is able to do. This may seem exaggerated, or out of place, but producing such a sound, one of the most impressive notes in the history of operatic recordings, after so much vocal work and granting it a musical and dramatic meaning is inhumanely incredible.
Nothing could ever rival this ! La Divina ❤️❤️❤️
Das sind, das waren, Töne, die nicht nur ich begeistert hörte. Maria Callas und Oralia Dominguez erschufen an diesem einen Abend ein Ereignis an dem sich in den folgenden zig Jahren sämtliche Protagonisten die Zähne rausbeissen!!!
Y...la tierra se estremeció... más de medio siglo después...seguimos hablando del fenómeno Callas ..madre mia;;!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
When I listen to this performance, once is not enough. I have to play it over and over and over. It is so unbelievable! I always think of it as the E Flat heard around the world! A lot of sopranos have tried this, I have listened to them, and again Callas is the only one who makes it sound as if it is an integral part of the score, all the others sound as if they tacked it on. An artist above all others.
Yes, the note is perfectly timed (better than the same interpolation, again in Mexico, the previous year), perfectly placed in pitch (no swooping or wobbling), and sustained fortissimo for 7 seconds over the heavy orchestration and chorus. Many others have tried to repeat the feat, nobody even came close. Who cares if by taking such superhuman risks (plus the weight loss) she shortened her career and vocal prime? She remains the Assoluta sacred monster!
A 7 second piercing, huge E flat!!!!!!! What a moment!!!
Eternal Maria Callas A week ago Saioa Hernandez hit a high E flat @ Arena de Verona. And some comments very so complimentary in regards to Maria Callas doing the same thing in Mexico City what a great artist she was thank you for the beautiful pictures. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Arnold Amaral your welcome!❤️ I’ve never heard of that soprano, so I will definitely check her out. Thank you❤️❤️❤️
Wow! It’s great to hear her! She really brings back the old school of bel canto singing, her low notes are exiting and loud! Way better than overrated Netrebko! Thank you again❤️❤️
Eternal Maria Callas I think we're going to be life long friends. Saioa has several post on U Tube about 80. I know you will love her voice my friend. She's the only one I'd would definitely go see if she ever comes to America, My wife & I haven't been to San Francisco or Chicago in 20 years for obvious reasons. Enjoy Saio my friend & LA DIVINA PER SIEMP 👑Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🌏🌎🌍🌹👱👴
Arnold Amaral I really love her voice!❤️❤️❤️ I’m so happy to find a extremely good soprano that has a voice!!!!! Not like anything I’ve heard these days! I would love to see her live!❤️❤️
I do believe that she was a vocal monster and a true freak of nature before she lost the weight just listen to her Sempre Libera...
1:48 and it’s window shattering powerful.
Il delirio del pubblico spiega tutto sulla sua immensita di soprano
Aaaaaay que son todos esos armónicos, que es estoooo?? María inquebrantable!!!!
THE BEST. Not another E flat like that no more for a long time.
1:47 high Eb.
Viva la Callas, la assoluta, la incredibila, la divina per sempre!
Just incredible really, still gives me chills no matter how many times I hear it. Like a belt, chest show singer with the power but the octave above..
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS for uploading. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
La Divina was a Goddess amongst us mortals! Wow what a thrilling powerful note that will never be equaled in our lifetime!
Everything you say is true, but we must also admire all these wonderful ladies who strive to do the same
This is even better than the 1950 version.
Superhuman Callas , the breath of God!!!
I imagine that after that note, they had to peel the audience off the ceiling!
Ok and that is the end of this performance LOL because you wouldn't need to hear anything else after that!! My God!!! That is amazing!!
The applause says it all
Best Voice Maria ...Amazing
According to history, she took the E flat in 1950 to spite Kurt Baum in Mexico City, who was acting like a diva; but let it be known, the true Divina showed out that night ;) she repeated the E Flat again here in 1951, for the Mexican people ❤
Yes, it’s very impressive in the 1950 performance But even more so in this 1951 live recording: perfectly timed with the orchestral tempo, the note flashes like a comet. Nobody, Nobody has ever come close!
LA MIGLIORE DI SEMPRE!!! 💖💖💗💗💘💓💕💞💞
Glorious!
0:23 No one talking about Taddei here? He is amazing!
I've always loved this part too. He's was on fire!
Veramente uno straordinario finale del secondo atto con un acuto spettacolare della Callas!!
La Maria emette un Mib fantastico nel finale davvero Divina Del Monaco perfetto nel ruolo con una voce brunita e squillante da immedesimazione e slancio al personaggio di Radames
*The biggest high Eb ever!*
One thing that's important to point out is how beautiful were Callas's notes in the high range were in her prime. To me, the fact of someone hitting a high note is not very interesting. It's the beauty of the note and also the artistry and musicality that adds to the phrase and the piece as a whole that is exciting to hear. I recently heard another soprano, I believe she's Ukranian but her name escapes me, singing that same note in Aida and it wasn't bad, but I had a sinking feeling that the Eb might eventually become the norm and expected as are so many other high notes not found in the original scores.
What a killer note💀
Superb😮😮😮
Quel mi bemolle sovracuto (1:47) è l'esplosione di una supernova. Pazzesco! Inumano! Callas!
Maravillosa!!!!!
A good soprano voice. CARRIES OVER ANY TENOR VOICE.
Bravo Maria pour toute
Voz linda e poderosa!
SHES INSANE-Love her
Para la eternidad
There was only one Maria Callas, La Divina..
Maria callas , unica en la historia de la opera
La única divina ... la Callas !
Wow !!!! She was outstanding !!!
Absolutly amazing
sublime eeee!!!
What a fight ...
The extraterrestrials would be so shy of this had been on the Voyager recording.
Callas said in a 1957 interview that it was unfair to compare her to certain other opera singers as rivals ....her reason was that no other opera singer could individually sing the vast range of opera works she could with her massive range and ability..she wasnt just being a big headed egotistical Diva..she was just stating the facts..
Eterna REINA
UNICA PER SEMPRE
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Eu lí um artigo que diz que Callas foi agredida fisicamente por integrantes do elenco após o a nota aguda fantástica. Alguém leu também a respeito? Segundo o autor do artigo Maria Callas na ocasião criou inimizades por causa dessa nota aguda inesquecível E flat
Did del Monaco also hit an Eb as Maria? Or was it falsetto?
Omg
She actually breaks the whole house because they beginning with throw all the can find even some seatings and all the papers and so on
Superlative
Well, all of those other sopranos should have listened to Callas. It helps if the pitch is accurate and has a beautiful tone and for God's sake sing the note in the right place and hold it the correct amount of beats. Some of these lady's sound desperate to just stick it in anywhere. And if they can't hold it securely for an appropriate amount of time, they shouldn't attempt it. In 1950 Callas had it right. I know Verdi didn't write it that way but doesn't it sound great when it's in there? When I heard it for the first time I could never listen to Aida without hearing Callas in my mind at the end of that chorus.
Like
wow
Y hay quien dice que era solo una Soprano "Lirica".
Vulgar, tasteless, perhaps, but it is wonderful, the high note of the century !
💖🌹🌍
Isn't it 1953?
@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Ok, thank you!
Mexico City 1951
July 3rd, 1951, exactly 70 years ago, at the Fine Arts Palace. Mexico City !
No this is Mexico City 1951, a magnificent live performance of AIDA, peerless in excitement to this day. She had sung the same note one year earlier again in Mexico, with similar effect; here the E-flat in alt is sustained in perfect pitch and better sync with the orchestra: absolutely stunning.
😅 got his ass
1:45
Ed esisteva il video…
That picture does not look like Callas.
I love love love Callas but she must have been standing right next to a microphone
I hear this from her haters about all of her recordings even the pirate ones recorded from the audience.
Standards today are higher.
So today people are singing better than this especially Aida according to you? 😅
Your comment made me laugh so hard! 😅
DocPsycho, I mean of course.
Callas....il resto è noia
The only soprano, other than La Divina, that I've heard sustain this remarkable note is the vocal wonder that was Birgit Nilsson. Callas is unique in her dramatic presentation of every phrase.
Pretty sure Nilsson never sang a high Eb in Aida..or in public at all.
That gave me chills
Viva la Callas, la assoluta, la incredibila, la divina per sempre !