The Art of Soprano: Maria Callas (Opera Documentary)
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Critics, directors and singers look at the life and career of soprano Maria Callas, who captivated audiences with her performances in productions including Tosca and Norma.
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There was La Divina Callas and then the others in a pack trying to catch her. They never did. She set the bar too high. Unique. Unequalled. RIP Maria. Your legend and legacy remains unchallenged.
She was pure electricity. Outstanding stage presence. She could move you, ever with her gestures.
There are sopranos and there is Maria Callas.
You can find beautiful voices, great coloraturas sopranos, dramatic, but Callas was beyond all these, she was something incredible divine. She is the best.
MARIA CALLAS Is For Me The Most Beautiful Soprano Voice Without Any Doubt Ever And For Always
I’m such a fool. For years I found her voice steely and too harsh. With age and wisdom I now see I was so wrong
And she was a coloratura soprano.
What made CALLAS so great was that on stage she did not "sing " Floria Tosca- she was Floria Tosca.
She could break your heart like no other opera soprano, before or since...
And yet it wasn’t even her best role😳😳 She perfected Norma, Traviata, Trovatore, Puritani, Sonnambula, Rigoletto, Medea, and Tosca
Yes I love it so touching!!
What made Callas so great was her infinitely superior technique and musicianship. This is was made her capable of inhabiting her roles so completely on an emotional level. It wasn't something that just "happened" on a spontaneous emotional level, it was the result of many years of incredibly hard work.
Well said..she was unique and professional
She is a legend and she still alive in our hearts ♥️
Every time I hear her singing I’m transported to the aether.
I forgive the world because we had La Divina. Maria Callas (together with Montserrat Caballe’) are the most wonderful gifts given to human ears. Thanks for this! 💯❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
So true my friend 😢💜💙 VIVA OPERA. 👑👑 Arnold Bourbon Amaral
@@arnoldamaral7406 Yes, indeed! :)
We should be eternally grateful to this magnificent artist for the legacy she left behind, her many commercial and pirated recordings to relish her remarkable voice and its moving dramatic qualities.
Unmatched
Unmatchable .
La Diva, .....
Goddess, .... , left us too soon.......
Thank, Maria for what you left for to us to enjoy
I wish I had just one ounce of her integrity as an artist. Her dedication. Her conviction and above all...her passion.
How could Angelina Jolie represent this amazing voice. She can't
She was the outstanding soprano of the 20th century. She is the outstandind soprano of all times.
My love Maria. Maria was, is and will always be the best.
Hello pretty ❤
Thank you for the great documentary. I allways cry, when I hear the outstanding, intense voice of Maria Callas.
Yes, I still think she died of a broken heart not a heart attack.
@@roblessusan19 I think so, too.
Ditto for me too!!
Amazing, wonderful, extraordinary, I have no words to say about her...!
here is no words that define her uniqueness, she was and still is the best opera soprano in my heart
You have no idea how much this made me happy.
Talk about the ability to make a person well up with tears! Tragedy and Beauty all rolled into one glorious Voice!!
Irrespective of the irrelevant opinions of the critics, Callas was and remains to this very day, a Goddess. 🌹
When she is filling the air with that voice, her beauty and presence commanding my attention on film or photograph, I feel as though those moments are some of the best in my life. She makes me feel alive.
Thank you so much, Perspective - a wonderful documentary. Callas Rules Forever!
I refuse to hear anything other than divinity in her voice. She was impeccable!
Tosca, Violetta, and NORMA-Absolutta!
Maria Callas was one of a kind. Brilliant women intellectually and her voice we have never heard again. She was the best opera singer, the world has ever know. She loved her singing, sang with passion.
What a fantastic memory of Miss Callas to love.
Hello pretty ❤
Incomparable, divine Callas forever ❤❤❤❤❤
I had the same experience, heard her first, nobody comes close.
Her voice is really incredible so beautiful like a singing bird colourful brilliant and magnificent !
dhe became the most famous opera diva not only for her extraordinary talent on stage but for her dramatic life.she lived in real life what she was acting on stage.and she died like madam butterfly with a broken heart
Cheers and Vivat for Mrs Maria Callas !
I listen to her and I know I'm listening to PERFECTION, none like her, NONE LIKE HER (at least for me, and at a very distant second place Montserrat Caballé)
She was amazing.
A beautiful genius.
MARIA CALAS THEBEST FROM THE BEST
She did not have the most beautiful voice, yet no one was more thrilling. I can listen over and over to her recordings and they give me chills every time!
The “in the know” … know. They are very aware Luchino Visconti made Callas reach her full acting potentials like he made Zeffirelli reach his- Since she is not here to tell us her story, lots of people abuses her character, persona for personal gains… perhaps Zeffirelli was among those people at some point of their life. The impression is that many around her gained from her presence more than what she did gain from them….and Onassis is to be included in that mix!
The only human on her was that love killed her heart. She wasnt from this world. This planet cant "afford" something from another dimension, so "nature" will find a way to exterminate it, to restore the "balance". Thats why she left that early. Opera has two periods, before Callas and at her reign. NOTHING after. She raised the bar that high, that nobody will ever gonna reach it. We dont have here just music and singing abilities, we have most of SOUL. She was Medea, she was Norma, she was Tosca, she was Lucia, etc etc. when she performed. She embraced every role that above and beyond any perfection, that EVERYBODY else sopranos after her are just followers. One and only. La Divina.
At 23:56 ... You're thinking of Visconti. He staged Vestale, Sonnambula, Ifigenia, Traviata and Anna Bolena especially for Callas. He was the one to help her fulfill her potential as an actress (just look at the rehearsal pictures from la Vestale in 1954). Apart from Il Turco In Italia in 1955 (which was not a huge success), Zeffirelli only worked with Maria Callas later on and would stage Norma and Tosca for her in Paris and London in 1964/1965. I really don't understand why this program is constantly referring to Zeffirelli as a sort of Pygmalion to Maria Callas. Elvira de Hidalgo, Tullio Serafin and Luchino Visconti were her Pygmalions and teachers. Zeffirelli wishes he was one of them, but he really didn't have that kind of influence over Maria Callas' career and répertoire.
Well said! I think they made up that story because the director of “Zeffirelli Foundation” (Pippo Zeffirelli) was there making up stories!
Yes it’s strange to hear that Zefirelli was her master on stage ! He was Viscontis’s assistant in the 50’s but not her director. Not serious indeed
So true. Can't understand why these alternative facts are in a documentary.
I never understood that either about this documentary. Never cared for ziff.
I suspect that they were confusing Callas for Sutherland. Because Zeffirelli worked extensively with Sutherland in her first Lucia di Lammermoor in 1959, to help her develop dramatically (which unfortunately she never really did).
THIS DOCUMENTARY IS QUITE A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT ARTIST AND OPERATIC STAR, MARIA CALLAS. She was more than the superlatives that were attached to her voice and her career. Her extraordinary voice and her acting ability evoked genuine tears and never-ending applause in her audience worldwide. She is still being applauded to this day. She was a force of nature. We are grateful for the beauty of her voice and also for her existence, brief though it was. The legend lives on. Rest in Peace, Madame Callas. Thanks for your contribution to the operatic world and to the pantheon of world culture!
I've never heard so powerful, emotionally deepen voice..Just Great!
MARÍA CALLAS. lo más grande que la ópera puede llegar a ser.
“You never know who might stumble across these videos on here!” 🙋🏻♂️
Brilliant. Can’t wait to watch more (been binging all morning).
A great documentary !
I sometimes think Maria was too polite. She should have extended her middlefinger to the naysayers. If any of them could sung the historic roles, why didnt they. She had a gift that was greater than herself, - she knew it and very few understood it. The maestra should have been granted a little more support in her years of vocal decline. It came about her commitment to give the world what was forgotten for more than a hundred years. She served her purpose. Her personal life, eventhough much in the public eye, became an angle to attack her as a flawed human being, as most of us are. If educated opera directors and opera houses aknowleged this womans phenomenal skill set and musical gifts, who is to report about all kinds of non important instances. La divina rest in peace. Lets remember her for what matters most, Maria Callas the voice never to be forgotten.
33:50 That little newsreel enrages me everytime on how inaccurate it is, the bloody clip that ur supposed cameraman got was from 3 years before in a concert version of Norma sung in Rome, u can clearly fact check this because as u see in the supposed clip Mario Del Monaco is the tenor, whereas the tenor on the Rome performance was Franco Corelli, I cant believe they actually thought they could fool ppl
The first time I went to Italy, which was in 1997, our tour group visited La Scala in Milan. We also visited Verona and Venice.
MariaCallas preformed in Venice which a huge turning point for her career. Margarita Corrozio was due to sing but fell ill. I wonder how Corrozio felt after hearing the audience in Venice went absolutely nuts for Callas.
Margherita Carosio
THE GREATEST FEMALE OPERA SINGER AND SHE'LL REMAIN SO FOR EVER!
Maria Callas IS Tosca!
vou morrer e jamais verei alguma outra que chegue perto do que foi Maria Calas.
Never met the gal but can not get enough of her.
This was unbelievable!!! There will Never Be a MARIA CALLAS!!!!!
Thank you just simply a great video.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Someone taught her what to do with her gift. EVERYONE has a teacher. She acknowledges Serafin as her mentor and teacher.
A beautiful noble intelligent hard working lady who fell in love with a selfish mean greedy short little man named Onassis. She deserved much better in life.
She made the best of the hand she was dealt ;like all of us .
She made adult choices . She and Jackie Kennedy were grown ass women .
No tears.
I disagree. They were Grown women who were also greedy and entitled
Noble. No
Thank you for these documentaries. Might you consider producing one about Leontyne Price?
The most distinctive voice ever!
Wonderful soprano, hoped years ago Onassis would marry her, that would have completed her world
:)
This is so interesting!👍😊🌹
I made a big mistake when entering into the world of opera music, I began by listening to Callas first and it makes other opera singers dimmed by comparison.
Eternamente Maria Callas...!!!
Diva Assoluta Eterna...!!!
La Unica Divina Greca...!!!
⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I can't believe she died that young
I have just learnt to appreciate classic works
Best opera singer ever existed, simply said.
In the end if you have a stable life you can have a long carrear.If you don't it's impossible.Maria was a queen that died young.Caballe had a very successful and long life in opera.When you give yourself to others so tremendously you need some love and feedback.If you don't get it it's over sooner or later.Bless them both for their art and for respecting each other so much.
Thank you for this video
çok değerli bir youtube kanalı harikasınız sizi seviyorum iyi ki varsınız!!.
Our Maya had the ability to use her voice to be the most telling & true in the greatest art form in the world. End of discussion my friends. 💙🌍🌏🌎🇫🇷🎶🎼🎵🍷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Divaaaaa Amazing MARIA 🇬🇷❤️
Fantastic
A sfogato soprano is a very rare thing. It has been a challenge to find the words to describe this type of sound similarly that of the ling lost castrato. It is a voice that combines the voice female fachs of smooth lyric the large dramatic, the also profundity and coloratura agility and acuti notes. All of those fachs types in a dark veil of a singular voice. Its very difficult to describe in any language Callas and her vocal delivery. Very much allued in a Mediterranean tone of course but she possesed this freakish sfogato classification. She has not been the only one who has this, yet she remains dominant and the best example for good reason.
マリア・カラスさんは、個性的でカリスマ性がある。
迫力がある素晴らしいステージで心に残る。
でも、彼女の人生が幸せだったようにみえない。
彼女の素晴らしい歌と演技は彼女の魂と生命を搾り取って生まれてるような印象がある。
私も同じような年齢でこの世を去りたい。
the rehearsal at 33:55 of Norma....that rehearsal was TWO YEARS prior to the actual 'famed' Norma cancelation performance. That's the media for you...so shady.
A normal error. Don't be so trash-trump.
Did you even bother to do proper research? This was so unworthy of her. The nonsense about Zeffirelli teaching her to act is just the most egregious mishandling of this dull effort. Callas does not do dull. Visconti not Zeffirelli (who was a young upstart then and only did one production with her in her prime) was the one with whom she did her Great La Scala productions. He worked with her on her theatrical Artistry. Please.
Well said! I think they made up that story because the director of “Zeffirelli Foundation” (Pippo Zeffirelli) was there making up stories!
Oh my 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They're all dead. She was the best.
End of story
Zeffirelli was a user and used her to further his own career.
Made for the casual listener. Opera buffs already know about her , but also spot the falsehoods here. Guess the producers didn't think any would notice. They don't know opera lovers!
Maria Callas e la regina del belcanto e unica e divina per sempre!
WORD
WHERE IS VISCONTI? HE CAME BEFORE ZEFIRELLI. HE WAS THE KEY TO HER PERFORMANCE STYLE. Hmmm...NO, PEOPLE, TRY AGAIN.
Exactly my thought! Zeffirelli’s relative (Pippo?) and the blonde lady made up the story that Franco basically taught her to act! Visconti was in her life a few years before Zeffirelli, who directed her in Milan in 1955 (Turco in Italia) for the first time!
Yes, I said this above also before reading your comment. Z was basically a costume designer until late in Callas’ career.
Visconti was the great director of Maria Callas in her greatest stage appearances : Traviata, Ann Boleyn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Glück's Iphigénie, etc.
He attended all her performances in his private box at La Scala as Coumt Luchino Visconti. He adored her.
Zeffirelli was a stage decorator, second-hand to Luchino Visconti.
He did stage her last trafic Norma in Paris....
Sorry : tragic...
@@marie-claudeelsen2141 Not just omitting Visconti’s significant impact on Callas as an actress, the information between Zeffirelli and Callas is not all truth. It seems like It is on purpose to give credit to Zefrelli instead of Visconti because the Zefrelli Foundation is involved in this film.
These people in the fiim, the way they talk is like they met Callas in person. But some of them may not even born when Callas died in 1977. The information of these so called document is just repeating what you can find from other previous documents. I would not recommend anyone to watch this “Perspective” due to the misinformation.
It was sexism at every turn that messed her up: from her mother who had wanted a son, to Ghiringhelli & Bing who were irrational, emotional types who had more power than she, to Onassis who was the classic controlling mansplaining jerk. And of course the public who always expect a woman to correct every flaw in herself and others.
My Mother once told me that Oanasis destroyed her emotionally by dumping her after years of being together, for Jackie O. After that Callas was never the same.
There is so much that this documentary gets wrong. Zeffirelli never met her in Verona. First time he heard her was several years later when she was singing Kundry.
Around 60's all beautiful women in the world bumped into Onasis. He played his game globally. Elizabeth Taylor was his friend too. I understood that Jackie Kennedy wanted to move out of US, but how the hell she felt for this guy so as Maria Callas. For him it was a game, and after he got tired then he dumped his toy and bought new ones
She was fantastic voice of callas
Dallas was one of the Greatest opera singers in the world so beautiful
22:43 - Really, Professor? in Verdi's "Eye vespri"?
Because of Callas there was a brief moment when opera ceased to be an esoteric art for the few and interest in opera and singers like Sutherland, Caballé, and Olivero spread to a large section of the public.
Could any soprano right now could measure up to maria callas.?
Imagine, she started singing heavy roles at 14!!!! That something.
Hey guys!!! Help me here... I thought Callas sang Santuzza in ¨School¨ and her professional debut was Boccaccio... Right?
LA PIU BRAVA
Are there more videos in this series?
@Banele Mkhize None about Corelli, Del Monaco, De Los Angeles, Caballe, and Sutherland?
PRIMA DONNA
SHE JUST BE LOVED AND ACCEPT … ONASSIS WAS THE END OF OUR DIVA
She is my favourite imperfect female opera singer.
She was the "enfant terible" of her genre.
She would not want to be elevated to sainthood, as some sycophants are apt to do.
Sigmund Freud would have had a life's work , and then some, straightening her out.
Choose from her repertoire of songs wisely,
and her voice can be glorious indeed.
Well do you pair the two. So did Maria.
Τι καριέρα κ τι κρίμα που την άφησε για έναν άνθρωπο που ήταν τόσο άδικος απέναντι της Κρίμα
Of course she was courageous.
She was from New York.
You’ve obviously never met a Greek woman of that generation😊 it’s the hardships of life in Athens, and the Nazi occupation of Athens, followed by the civil war, that shaped her, not to mention the expectations of a Greek mother. For Greek parents, until recently, a child was never good enough unless they reached the very top….
Our Gods Approve !.....They have placed Her now on an Olympian Throne next to .....Eternal
If she had not done as much as she did in the early years would she have become as great as she became? Perhaps it was a necessary ingredient. 31:09
dam just dam
Why is Anna Moffo on your thumbnail?
This must be funded by the Zeffirelli Foundation. Aside from too much talk from Pippo Zeffirelli, it greatly exaggerates Franco’s artistic influence on Callas, claiming he taught her how to act. Rubbish. Visconti was by far the major influence on Callas’ acting. Zeffirelli was just a costume and set designer until late in Callas’ career when he finally started directing. Visconti never really considered him a serious director.