In a world of operas written in Italian, French, and German, it's amazing that the closest thing to perfection comes from a Greek.

@stefanox8908

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it's not really about understanding what they say so I guess the voice is more important than pronunciation for example

@charbelb.1943

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanox8908 yeah you're right; although Callas was fluent in french so she mastered this Carmen

@nessyvadelg256

3 жыл бұрын

She was raised in Greece but born in New York.

@isabellas.c.scanderbeg2670

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! We are all European. And the language of Music is universal 🌿

@tsebebou33

2 жыл бұрын

@@nessyvadelg256 from greek parents

Omg her expression , its like saying : you haven't heard anything yet

@user-ok6lu6sg8b

5 жыл бұрын

Нет слов 🤷‍♀️БОГИНЯ !!!

@McBeamer94

4 жыл бұрын

She could've started the piece like that! The phrase you wrote can be said in the rhythm of Habanera! ''You ha-ven't heeeard any-thing yet!'' ;-D

@laurelmellon1695

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t take my eyes off her.

@lijamojungio1811

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@vikingc9083

4 жыл бұрын

she looks kinda "naughty"

Legends never die.

@joannaktsnpl

5 жыл бұрын

Especially Greek Legends

@xrhstospex8106

5 жыл бұрын

@@joannaktsnpl αληθεια τωρα😂

@andro5341

4 жыл бұрын

League of legends

@user-py1jg6bb2r

3 жыл бұрын

Still the finest, beat mezzo in their own yard...

@Amalia-no7xt

2 жыл бұрын

Facts..

Her voice, her dinamics but also her eyes, her face: unsurpassable!

@isabelac.5533

Жыл бұрын

It was a pity that she neglected her gift in favour of Onassis

@eugengaldi6011

3 ай бұрын

Orce om o iubea ala avea putere financiara😅😅😅😅😅

Not only the female voice of the century but a great actress. The eyes, the smile, a hand gesture could convey more meaning than most modern actresses. She could stand in silence mentally preparing for the role and there was electricity in the theatre. We bought seats but only used the edge. RIP La Divina 53 years later nobody has come near you.

Callas has ruined the other singers for me. I can't help coming back to her after listening to other performances. She is simply too divine and irresistible.

@Mettephobicemily

7 жыл бұрын

Yeap. Totally agree.

@JamesT65

7 жыл бұрын

she is the best, I have this on vinyl and it is mind blowing..

@lizzyterrado9742

7 жыл бұрын

OHHHHHHHHH my gosh I seriously agree, I feel like...... gosh i fr dont know how to describe it or where to begin w words but either way man, when i listen to arias i always come back to maria

@luclathouwers6801

7 жыл бұрын

Tempeliers

@shgnamaste7730

7 жыл бұрын

flowercy17 .. i sing the same exact way in the shower I hope you know. ; )

No one can sing Carmen better than Callas.

Callas is the definition of perfection in opera.....the Gold standard.

@carlosed-vd7fj

4 ай бұрын

👌👌👌

i just love her facial expressions while singing it! so much joy in the way she sings it! classic!

Maria Callas is an angel sent from heaven to make earth a better place...

@cuneytfetvaci8855

9 жыл бұрын

Vartan1309 I am agree with you...

@jahalajahalar007

8 жыл бұрын

+Vartan1309 Me too!

@andreazarlenga5421

8 жыл бұрын

+Vartan1309 If you look after the final act she is tired and tested! What gave to opera as an artist was more than human expectation, being herself the same opera.

@motokomatsuura5592

4 жыл бұрын

I entirely agree with.you.

She is just delivering such an incredible performance without even trying.... Maria Callas probably the best opera singer ever!

@celestecampbell564

Жыл бұрын

The best. A true Diva of unsurpassed talent and artistry.

She sounds like a real Mezzo. That chest voice is not artificial, it is real. Whatever she sings, seems convincing.

@jamesmorrison2055

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually my favorite thing about Maria Callas. Most people love her high notes; it's those wonderfully dark and cavernous chest tones that are amazing to me!

The original diva

Impeccable! Just her standing alone on stage and she made it an opera scene.

@fredtangel

7 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

She made this look so easy... I've got goosebumps... Adore her and her voice.

MARIA CALLAS is simply the very best of the very best. Back in those days she did it without a microphone or any other enhancements. BEAUTIFUL.

The BEST!!! She's the reason I like opera

After all these years, I have never seen any other artist singing with such grace and expressions like her. She makes it all look effortless! 💕

She gives such good face.

@grettelvargas844

5 жыл бұрын

That is because she feels what she sings!!

Divine performance, Maria is the best Carmen ever

Mike Myers as Roy Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody: Are you aware that no one actually likes opera? Maria Callas: Hold my beer.

Who on earth could dislike this?

@JoeSexPack

7 жыл бұрын

Wondering the same. God bless!

@patriciaaguilerajb007

6 жыл бұрын

A big jerk!

@sotieismihos3850

6 жыл бұрын

STUPIDS

@feromez

6 жыл бұрын

Listen to Carmen Monarcha

@intideahuevo

5 жыл бұрын

M D 416 pendejos!

SUCH A POWERFUL SOPRANO!

Maria Callas Number One forever...

Estoy enamorado de esta mujer desde que la escuché por primera vez...y siempre lo estaré

Maria Callas improve my soul.Greetings from Turkey!

maravllosa

In the history of recorded opera, she may have the most cavernous voice of all time. 3:43. That voice has its own reverb.

@CushionOfWealth

7 жыл бұрын

No, Vera; the most cavernous voice is that of the late Kathleen Ferrier, contralto !

@veraevans6387

7 жыл бұрын

CushionOfWealth I will have to check her out.

@stone8193

6 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the high pitched ringing sound? That's called squillo!! All of the best singers particularly soprano and tenors have this high pitched ring to their voice that is increased by proper opening of the voice and increased chest voice function, which causes more of the cords to be in vibration which causes a boost to the overtones of the voice, hence the intense ringing sound. The deep cavernous sound you hear is a CORRECTLY lowered larynx! The deeper and more relaxed inhale, the more the pharyngeal constricters relax, opening the throat, and the larynx naturally is pulled down deeply when we inhale deep. The breath coordination must be mastered in a way that would take too long to explain here The easy but incorrect way to lower the larynx is to pull the tongue back into the throat. This makes a dark woofy sound, but you lose the core off the voice and it doesn't project and becomes constricted. The correct way to lower the larynx are with specific muscles in the larynx that push it down. You can think of singing on a deep OO vowel, which will activate the muscles to pull the larynx down. It can go down pretty much as low as you can if you do it right. The semi hard part is keeping the tongue in a relaxed position while doing this. The tongue can never fall back. Instead, the back of the tongue must pull forward, away from the back of the throat, and inversely the tip or front of the tongue must pull back so as to counterbalance the push forward of the back of the tongue. The trick is get the back of the tongue away from the wall of the throat while balancing this forward push of the back of the tongue by pulling the the tip back. Doing it just right opens the voice up so it can be very powerful. Many times on the AH vowel people are inclined to subtly pull the tongue back but this is very bad. Anyway if you get the larynx down very low correctly without pulling the tongue back, you increase space in the pharynx to resonate, creating a more resonant and darker tone, but also increases the potential of the squillo, which is generated by a bigger chest voice function in a higher part of the range while the voice is free and resonating primarily from the pharynx

@CharlotteinWeimar

3 жыл бұрын

That is the effect of the echo on the recording. Callas's voice was not vast but usually ample enough. Her skill and magic were in the interpretation. The greatest large voice i ever heard was the great Wagnerian soprano Kirsten Flagstad and more recently Jessie Norman

@kalithena88

2 жыл бұрын

@@stone8193 are you a teacher? I have never seen such an in-depth and precise description

Singing Perfection... Magnificent!

@chrisayala4862

9 жыл бұрын

Yes

I'm not a fan of opera, but of all of them that I have ever heard of, none compares to Marias ❤

Maria and Luciano greatest artists ever

Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 - September 16, 1977), was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential Opera Singers of the 20th century.

@georgioschristopoulos1489

7 жыл бұрын

i would say of all time .

@HazardousJohn1

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Workman το κσερουμε μαλακά 😂😂😂

@felixmendelssohn4301

6 жыл бұрын

Hazardous- Gaming αιδώς νεο-Έλληνα

@catsoandahalf

Жыл бұрын

Maria Anna Sophia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou

Callas was the ultimate opera diva. Her tremendously powerful voice and her superb theatrical talent on stage was something to behold. She was for me the greatest female opera singer of all time!

@DocSineBell

Жыл бұрын

She is, for many, if not for most, the greatest.

@user-hw3nj2um9j

6 ай бұрын

Αναμφιβολα, η κορυφαια τραγουδιστρια όπερας....the GOAT

Her voice sends shivers throughout my body! BRAVO! BRAVO!

The day my mother and grandmother died in a plane crash (I was but in my early teens studying for finals). Maria Callas's version of this song kept playing in a movie that was on in the background. While the memories of this song are bittersweet, I will say Las Callas's voice and stunning physical beauty were the only calming influences on such a dark day. I don't know if there is a heaven, but it almost felt like a voice from beyond. "Love is a gypsy's child that has never known a law."

Now that's what I like. A woman with a good growl in her voice!

2:49 Her EYES! HOLY SHIT. I just really love her, oh my god.

I've been feeling very suicidal the past year or so, but hearing Ms. Callas' voice warms my heart and even brings a smile to my face, which is so rare these days. Thank you so much for this. I can only hope I'm here to listen to lots of beautiful music (opera), it lets me forget about how much the world hates me and how I feel I don't belong in it, if even for a moment.

@julietatorres9039

10 ай бұрын

@ADOGANDI, I JUST SAW YOUR POST, 10 YRS AGO, I DO HOPE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING, JUST LIKE I AM. LIFE IS A GIFT, YOURS & EVERYONES. WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN THIS WORL. LET'S KEEP LISTENING. THAT'S ALL.

@simonetriesman9067

9 ай бұрын

I hope you still listen to Callas. ❤

Too much perfect to be true. What a lady!!!. I do love her facial expressions !!!

1962! But making me cry (tears of joy) in 2018. What a talent! May she rest in peace.

She never ceases to amaze me. A true diva of her time!

By far, the best I've ever heard ans seen.

The greatest diva of the world. Born in New York 2 December,but native Greek from Kalamata,and I m proud of it!!!!

Maria is an Assoluta, which means that she can sing everything. she has a large range from Mezzo, sometimes contralto, to soprano.

Κάπως έτσι θα μπορούσαμε Callιστα να χωρίσουμε την ιστορία της Όπερας σε δυο χρονικές περιόδους: Στην προ Κάλας εποχή και στην μετά. May you happily sing in heaven Diva 🕊️

These people are SO LUCKY to be able to listen to her sing live!!! Time to invent a time machine so we can all go back!!

What a talented, classy, and beautiful woman. RIP Maria Callas.

@h.h.6998

4 жыл бұрын

vermilionskin : 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Певица!!! Поёт потрясающе красавица жаль что в наше время таких Нет

She seems to sing so effortlessly. Not sure if it came that natural to her or she could make it look so natural.

@JaguarStar999

8 жыл бұрын

she made it look natural because in her biography, it's clear she practiced non-stop all her life. She lived to sing.

@alyctus

8 жыл бұрын

Kaylasa JaguarStar Impressive.

@Mettephobicemily

7 жыл бұрын

Actually it is often said she hated it and ended up singing only bcause her mother made her to but in the end it was all she knew how to do and kept doing it.

@alyctus

7 жыл бұрын

E. A.P. wow I didn't know that

@scaper8

6 жыл бұрын

Silmarien Ingoldo Nor did I. That's amazing!

My first Carmen was in Covent Garden, but not with Maria...this is a God singing.

@robertg.marcello7247

8 жыл бұрын

+Tuula Westra She is the best one!!! s2s2

If you want to see pure charisma watch Maria Callas.

Combination of Diva, swagger, supreme talent, beauty, charm, ..., and a very pleasant outcome.

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this (and any videos of Maria); I fall in love over and over. What a gift it would have been in life to have seen her live!

The voice of an angel...

God, How good she is!!! Thank God she came down from her soprano voice to mezzo, no one will ever forget that night after the show! Glorious chest voice!!!

cero esfuerzo , ella es la mejor soprano del todos los tiempos

Estoy enamorado del canto de Maria Callas. Toda la emoción que tiene me la transmite. No la puedo dejar de escuchar.

Της βγαίνει τόσο φυσικά .....ούτε ζοριζεται ούτε τίποτα.....τι φωνηηηη.....τι παρουσία έντονη 💯💯💯🐻

me arrepio, me emociono, não canso de ouvir esse poder cantar!

A divine voice as none other!

AWESOME 👍 There will never be another

The excellent performance 🎭

ti na pw....ive got no words to describe the excellence of this woman.....oh dear simply the best bless her

The best soprano of all times bar none.

Quelle splendide et élégante présence sur scène, quelle interprétation dramatique ! Et quelle timbre de voix, unique. Callas a dit : " j'ai appris à chanter grâce à Tullio Serafin, à jouer sur scène grâce à Luchino Visconti". Ce vidéo parle parle de lui-même. Un régal.

Even if there are a lot soprano with very good voice and very good technique , none of them have the "magic" of Maria callas. Her charisma and her high-impact interpretecion are something special and unique. Obviously, it's simply my humble opinion :)

@javafiji

7 жыл бұрын

Could that be summed up as timbre?

@user-to2ly3ge7y

7 ай бұрын

Чарующий голос! Величайшая трагическая актриса!

Callas la diosa griega del canto! Espléndida, la mejor.

La presenza scenica, l’eleganza e la più grande voce di tutti i tempi ne fanno La Divina. Indimenticabile.

MARIA CALLAS INMOLTAL !! INSUPERABLE !! VIVA !!

Excellent! So precise! And Maria Callas is very graceful here, coquettish but not provocative or vulgar. Great rendition!

I grew up listening to Maria Callas. This is sublime. Thank you.

I'm proud that she is greek because im greek also! :D

@h.h.6998

4 жыл бұрын

toulis96 : NA UND ?

ERA Y SIGUE SIENDO ÚNICA... LA MEJOR, MAGNÍFICA, MARAVILLOSA, EXTRAORDINARIA... INMORTAL, UNIVERSAL... UNA AUTÉNTICA DIOSA.

Greece woman are very beautiful!

Her eye contact, the clarity of the french lyrics, and the beauty in her facial expression - makes me fall in love with her over and over again. She is truly one of the greates opera singers that ever lived. 😍😍😍

Something about her voice just keep bringing me back to this video. I love it, I love her voice.

For crying out loud, it doesn't get anymore painstakingly beautiful than this.

I'm not well versed in the genre of opera, and this is my first time hearing this amazing woman sing, but I can already tell you, based on this performance alone, she's in my top 5 vocalist of all time!

love,love her the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Α ρε Καλλας❤️🇬🇷

@user-bg8jz6wt4f

4 жыл бұрын

Η Maria Callas είναι θεα της όπερας

WOW - she has spoiled me for other women. What a presence - by turns "come hither" and "get out of my face", alluring and outraged. All I can say is the Onassis was one LUCKY s.o.b. She has it all… talk about HOT!!

@jbarnhart2653

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Hoshall This was in her 40's, check out . La Traviata...the slideshow will destroy your mind.You've been warned.

@bingo1232

9 жыл бұрын

J Barnhart She is a WONDERFUL person & artist (and that puts it mildly). RIP

Happy 90th birthday Maria! I may have not been born early enough to see you live, but even then you're still one of my favorite performers.

the best performance in the history of opera

Reading the comments how people can discuss mundane subjects while listening to this gift

Diva del bell canto por exelencia María Callas , vivirá por siempre !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She is ab absolute genius. That voice, but also her acting - the second verse starting at 1:53 - such incredible precision in the gesture, eyes, phrasing, how quickly she shifts from intensity to humour, seriousness to irony and laughing at herself. It is virtually without parallel.

La Diosa de la ópera ❤️

THIS IS WHAT A TRUE DIVA SOUNDS LIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!! this is so powerful! what a singer!- It brings tears to my eyes everything time i hear Maria sing this! Your voice and voice are incredible- Talk about how to hold an audience or what!!!

THE soprano.

eternamente diosa, por siempre en el firmamento, que lindo volver a escucharla

I love Maria Callas. She has shared her eternal gift, her bel Canto voice with the world forever. She is an angel!

la divina!!!!!

Callas Diva das Divas eternamente !!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the difference between La Divina and other performers, she doesn’t just sing the aria; she becomes the character!

MY FAVORITE!!!!

Profound performance - thankfully on record.

@peterpringle9950

9 жыл бұрын

As profound as a dry dog turd

@esquibelle

7 жыл бұрын

....and your contribution to the history of music is....? [waiting]

god, i want to be in this concert!!

Marie Callas & Jessie Norman two the best.

Introducing my children to a real voice.... perfection. Appreciation in December 2019 for the next generation