This is a despicable thing to do to any performer. I am not an opera singer but I sang in the opera chorus for five years and I know how much concentration it takes to be at one’s best on stage, especially during an opera or a concert.

Yes! I was watching this show that very night on TV, and was fascinated by the fact that the old claque system was making one last gasp in the modern era. I loved it, and it helped cement this performance of Luisa Miller in my mind as one of Verdi's early masterworks. Scotto was so pissed, she sang the rest of the night gloriously.

@Feisenbach

3 жыл бұрын

You loved it? So you love when artists are disrespected?

@moirbasso7051

3 жыл бұрын

@@Feisenbach Are you so clueless about Opera claques and history, that you couldn't grasp the innate justice of that incident? Good grief. Take your supposed wounded ego and go away.

@Feisenbach

3 жыл бұрын

@@moirbasso7051 There's no justice in behaving like a bully. But you probably wouldn't understand - you sound quite disrespectful yourself.

@moirbasso7051

3 жыл бұрын

@@FeisenbachHaha! Who died and made YOU god? Puh-leez. 'Bullying'??? What are you -some 'woke' hormonal woman, who can't take honest Criticism? Opera is ALL about egos, and rarely about Art. Read "Good Dreams" by Jos. Shore and learn about how vindictive this biz is. I've been involved as a performer for 40 years. The number of truly decent people in this field, I can count on two hands. Go bother someone who might consider your opinion valid.

@JS-ou3ot

2 жыл бұрын

@@moirbasso7051 You are right, but that paranoid right-wing comment has nothing to do with the subject matter. xD

Ha! I was THERE, and it was a spectacular performance with Scotto, Domingo, Milnes, Morris. I was up in the Family Circle, and we all heard a brief ruckus. Scotto continued as if nothing happened, but much later she admitted that she was very rattled. The security guys threw that Callas Widow out immediately.

@ericaminer970

2 жыл бұрын

She was a real pro!

This was actually very common in Italy. Even Austria, which we often think of as polite, had some things to say when performances didn't go well. The same was the same for Spain, and I have a recording of Vespri Siciliani where an audience member goes at it with Placido Domingo.

@jimbuxton2187

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my! There was no reason for this... she was singing beautifully...I can see if a performer is cracking and off pitch or drunk on stage.... but not here...

@kbhprinsesse

Жыл бұрын

When Pavarotti cracked on a high note in "Don Carlo" at La Scala in the early 90's, he was booed and I distinctly remember the incident made the tv news in Denmark where I lived. In 2005 (I think), Alagna was booed after "Celeste Aida", also at La Scala.

@auntiezy4008

Жыл бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse He was booed and left the stage...

@Feisenbach

10 ай бұрын

@@auntiezy4008 I'm glad he did. No singer should have to put up with a disrespectful audience.

@SilfredoSerrano

10 ай бұрын

@@jimbuxton2187Absolutely, there is no reason for this. Just saying it used to be more common, and in Europe rather than the U.S.

I was in the pit. OMG, one of the most unforgettable moments in my 21 years with the Met Orchestra.

@josephcollins6033

Жыл бұрын

OMG! that is why they stopped being live? I never knew. I have this dvd, and I love it. I had no idea! You heard it?!!!!!

@fabriziogarzi9892

Жыл бұрын

@@josephcollins6033 , io lo avevo anche con la frase "oscurata".

@josephcollins6033

Жыл бұрын

@@fabriziogarzi9892 Hello, Fabrizio! My Italian is not so great. I will look up the word s of what you wrote-I had again the phrase "osculate"? Hmmm, I had it at with ...hahahahaha, I am sorry. I will check this! Thank you, Fabrizio! Beautiful name!

@josephcollins6033

Жыл бұрын

@@fabriziogarzi9892 I had it with the obscured sentence??

@fabriziogarzi9892

Жыл бұрын

@@josephcollins6033 , con la frase cancellata.

What an incredible artist! This is one of Verdi’s more bel canto esque operas. It’s pure, beautiful, and full of power with coloratura. Luisa Miller with Scotto- and Caballe in her prime- is as close to perfection as you can get.

@weiliu3623

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!❤

@user-gw8jb2iw1n

5 ай бұрын

La Scotto è stata, come sempre, grande. Verdi richiede sentimento e personalità. Le critiche che ho letto sono solo un esercizio di superficialità. Volgare.

why he doo theez to me?

@alioffe4321

3 жыл бұрын

I almost fell off my chair! Bless your heart!

@nathandavis3002

2 жыл бұрын

This comment is the best....

Sorry, I twitched! You'd never known what happened. I saw this live and I couldn't believe that fool actually shouted that!

@Feisenbach

3 жыл бұрын

He should never have been allowed into the opera house again.

@wotan10950

2 жыл бұрын

I was there too, but I was up in the Family Circle, so I never heard the actual words, just some shouting and the security guys throwing him out. Despite this, it was a GREAT performance. A bit of trivia: Scotto and James Morris (long before his Wagner days) became friends and often went fishing together in Tuxedo New York, where Morris lived at the time.

@Ronizetti

Жыл бұрын

She sounded like a fisherman 😁 I know she loved our Beverly, but she unendingly traduced Maria. That and her voice were enough for me …

@Tenore1921

3 ай бұрын

@@RonizettiAre you the one? If so, I applaud your bravery! If one read Scotto’s comments about Callas shortly after her death, it would be easy to see that she was only receiving the due punishment of her actions!

...... I’m speechless.

Posteriormente, en septiembre de aquel mismo año, la Scotto vivió un incidente similar, pero en la Ópera de San Francisco. Durante una función de 'La Gioconda', tras finalizar el 'Suicidio' alguien del público exclamó: 'povero Ponchielli'.

@fabriziogarzi9892

Жыл бұрын

Aveva ragione.

I don't remember Callas even singing this role.... did she? People who act this way and even worse DEFEND IT... are totally repugnant. How dare anyone ruin the experience of the person sitting next to them. This was classless and uncivilized. We are not savages. On a happier note, Scotto sounds beautiful in this role!

@kbhprinsesse

2 жыл бұрын

No, Callas never sang Luisa, but that wasn't what the incident was about. It was about Scotto making nasty comments about Callas in public.

@jimbuxton2187

2 жыл бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse...well, that doesn't make sense, ( passive aggressive had nothing to do with this performance) ..although I'm sure it did too him. I'm also sure Callas probably said bad things about Scotto too. Scotto was a spit fire in the beginng and she admitted it.

@kbhprinsesse

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimbuxton2187Callas didn't give interviews where she threw a lot of shade on Scotto calling her "poor thing" among other things. In 1970 when Scotto opened the La Scala season in "I vespri siciliani", Callas was invited as Ghiringhelli's guest to inaugurate the new lighting system and attend the performance. When the audience saw her in the auditorium they gave her a big ovation which inflamed Scotto so much that she said a lot of bad things about Callas. Callas very rarely bothered to speak negatively about other singers in interviews as she didn't see them as rivals (she said as much in an interview in 1957). But Scotto obviously felt threatened by Callas (as she should) even after Callas had retired and died, since she spoke badly about her on various occasions.

@davidvscalvim2836

2 жыл бұрын

And that's the reason German opera is often taken more seriously than Italian. Can you imagine someone spoiling a Walküre performance in Bayreuth because some stupid soprano gossip? Belcanto operas are often more circus than serious music, from the tasteless interpolated high notes to the soprano's battle. Off course, in the time of Bellini and Donizetti, the things were a little different, since they created those works as vehicles for drama; but from the late 19th century to our days, circus is the norm.

@kbhprinsesse

2 жыл бұрын

German opera is only taken more seriously than Italian opera by people who 1) aren't in touch with their emotions and/or 2) don't know what good singing is.

ahahahahahahahhahaha that night Scotto ate her dress after t he performance :D

@alioffe4321

3 жыл бұрын

If someone had directly peed on her, she would have been less offended. That's how jealous she was of Callas. That man is my hero, by the way 😀

@Feisenbach

3 жыл бұрын

@@alioffe4321 I was never a big fan of Scotto, but I can't believe that people find this jerk's behaviour funny or heroic. What's wrong with you? I don't think Callas would have enjoyed it either. She was way too classy.

@kbhprinsesse

3 жыл бұрын

@@alioffe4321 my hero, too!

@alioffe4321

3 жыл бұрын

@@Feisenbach Did you even read the interview she gave after the Scala I Vespri? or the one she gave after Callas' death. You know when she (Callas) could no longer defend herself. Scotto was a psychopath and a vile person who was consumed by jealousy! And yes, I FIND this man's behavior "heroic"!

@marcosmarin8930

Жыл бұрын

@@alioffe4321 Where can I find that interview ??

Ahahahahahah what does he say after "brava Maria Callas"?

@kbhprinsesse

3 жыл бұрын

"Soprano assoluto del mondo", I think.

These people are ignorant. We are musician, we study, we play and they boo. They can do nothing

@EnzoCorsettiYT

2 жыл бұрын

tra l'altro "Brava con tutta la...", non ho capito la parola dopo La?!?

@arambarsamian6312

2 жыл бұрын

@@EnzoCorsettiYT Quell’uomo ha gridato “Brava! Brava, Maria Callas!” 😡

@fabriziogarzi9892

Жыл бұрын

Andrea Guarino, siete musicisti, studiate, suonate e vi pagano, quindi se a qualcuno non piacete vi fischiano. Specie quando uno paga un biglietto salato e la rappresentazione e' orrenda. Siete un prodotto, artistico, ma un prodotto. In certi contesti per non essere contestati dovete esibirvi gratis.

She handled this moment beautifuly. Consummate professional.

@kbhprinsesse

11 ай бұрын

A consummate professional would respect the paying audiences enough not to sing countless roles way beyond her Fach thus destroying her leggero voice and subjecting the audiences to countless screeched high notes and pitch problems.

@Feisenbach

10 ай бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse To use a word I'm sure you'll understand: Vås!

Maria Callas fans are crazy people. They do not know opera really. They attract all other sopranos as well a slow tenors that are opposite her on stage by claiming the she kill the tenor.

What is the incident?

Disgusting behaviour, and credit to Scotto for rising above this crass incident !

Grandissima Renata Scotto

@kbhprinsesse

Жыл бұрын

Gradissima? Sapeva solamente gridare.

@asterflamm

11 ай бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse ....beh, certo abituati a cantanti opache e semiafone sentire tutto questo squillo pare che si strilli 😅😅😅

The stereotypical male Callas widow. Always trashing other singers. 😂

@wotan10950

8 ай бұрын

It’s a sickness. They are pathetic.

Thuggish ignorant. I'm watching an upload of this opera, and her eyes went unfocused. You'll notice that Sherrill Milnes holds her hands tightly and looks at her closely. If you just had the DVD If you hadn't seen this live

@wotan10950

2 жыл бұрын

As I mentioned in another comment, I was there for the performance and, although I heard some shouting, I didn’t know what happened until the intermission. Scotto continued as if nothing happened, but in later interviews she said she was horrified and Sherrill Milnes saved her.

Was somebody from audience shouting?

@harmoniagardens3304

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and that person knew exactly when to shout, a quiet orchestral moment just before Scotto recommenced singing.

@Feisenbach

3 жыл бұрын

@@harmoniagardens3304 Such a jerk!

What do the man in the public saying? I am not so strong in Italian.

@wotan10950

8 ай бұрын

“Brava Maria Callas, prima donna of the world.” What a moron. I was in the audience but, other than a brief commotion, we had no idea what happened. The security guards threw him right out.

Scotto had a nice lyric soprano voice at the beginning of her career. But she sang too many heavy roles and sang too long. By the end of her career she was screeching the high notes instead of singing them. She should have retired long before she did. I'm a huge Callas fan. Scotto may have said unfair things about Callas. If she did then I shall put her on the list with the mezzo "whose name shall not be mentioned".

jajaja Brava Maria Callas !

This is not common at all in Italy where audiences can tell the difference between the end of an aria or recitativo.

Why shout ‘Callas’ at her in a role Callas never sang?

@wotan10950

2 жыл бұрын

Because Scotto, who had once made a few remarks about Callas, was one of the Met’s biggest stars at the time. Some Callas Widows couldn’t abide that, so they made catcalls and defaced many of the mink advertisements with Scotto.

@marcosmarin8930

Жыл бұрын

@@wotan10950 Still, shouting BEFORE she started her aria was BEYOND EVIL.

@wotan10950

11 ай бұрын

@@marcosmarin8930Sorry if you missed my point. I adored Scotto. And loathed Callas, especially the queens who worship her.

@ER1CwC

10 ай бұрын

​@@wotan10950 Not that I condone such behaviour, but I kind of understand it as part of the operatic tradition. Particularly in Italian opera, there was long a sporting aspect to it, and in a sense it can be sort of fun (albeit not for the artist obviously). What I find really sad though is that there are some people who are _still_ "fighting those battles," going to KZread video after KZread videos (of all "places"...) evangelizing about how their preferred diva is perfect and how the rivals are awful. The Tebaldi cult is just as incorrigible as the Callas cult. It's just there are more Callas fans than Tebaldi fans.

amazing, appaling. these opera fanatics are unbeareble, they have no respect for artists. and no doubt that Renata Scotto was a great singer

@kbhprinsesse

3 жыл бұрын

Scotto had no respect for composers and paying audiences when she continuously chose to sing repertoire too heavy for her. So why should the audience respect her?

@clementeperronedazara1591

3 жыл бұрын

oh here comes the expert! ok, tell us exactly what is wrong with Scotto's singing in this video

@kbhprinsesse

3 жыл бұрын

@@clementeperronedazara1591 I see you're one of the neoliberal crowd who like Trump and other "geniuses" think that "expert" is automatically a bad term. Well, if knowledge, studying, education and similar terms are bad words in your book, why should I lower myself to your level and explain something perfectly obvious? All the explanation needed is in my prior comment. If you don't understand that, it's not my problem.

@clementeperronedazara1591

3 жыл бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse ops: no reply, just insults. Bad education. I pity you. Adios

@JS-ou3ot

2 жыл бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse He probably voted for Salvini. xD

che scemi....nessuno sarà mai come la Divina, ma nemmeno come la Tebaldi, come la Scotto etc etc

Did Scotto really believe that she could fly away from bashing Callas few months after her death without collateral damage? Scotto, like Cossotto, were known for being unkind to their colleagues.

@LohengrinO

3 жыл бұрын

Scotto and CoScotto? omg... :D it i s the Legend of the Name...

@Wotan123456789

3 жыл бұрын

@@LohengrinO Yes, and both entangled in controversies relating Callas. Cossotto paid a much higher price than Scotto after the Paris' Normas. Zeffirelli never wanted to work with her again and many conductors of that time were 'unkind' with the orchestra towards Cossotto. When Sutherland and Cossotto sang Norma is Buenos Aires, Bonynge tried to convinced Cossotto not to go for a high B at the end of Act 1, Cossotto agreed yet she went for it in the premiere. It was particularly selfish as she knew that Sutherland was very nervous during those performances, as her Violetta (also in Buenos Aires) had been booed a couple of weeks earlier.

@manolis.799

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wotan123456789 that “high B” was one of the most tasteless things I’ve ever heard. Totally unnecessary and unmusical

@Wotan123456789

3 жыл бұрын

@@manolis.799 Agreed! Cossotto just wouldn't allow someone else to shine. 30 years later, in 1990 she came back to the Colon to sing Aida next to Adelaida Negri (RIP). Negri was already in vocal decay but maintained a solid High Eb. At the end of Act II, she told Mtro Censabella she was going to go for that note - Cossotto was furious.

@Wotan123456789

3 жыл бұрын

@@manolis.799 I agree. I actually destroyed the whole ending to that Act.

She was tremendous! This low class thuggery existed between fans. No artist would ever approve of insulting another artist! How vulgar. Scotto was a great artist, period!

@kbhprinsesse

Жыл бұрын

Scotto, a great artist?? Please! A great artist would respect her Fach instead of singing whatever role she desired out of personal vanity thus destroying her leggero voice and subjecting the audiences to countless screeched high notes and pitch problems. It is a lack of respect for both the paying audiences and the composers.

@marcosmarin8930

Жыл бұрын

Horrible incident, really: she could have lost concentration and go astray...VERY distespectful

@Ronizetti

Жыл бұрын

I’m afraid Mdme. Scotto herself would have to disagree with you. I don’t think you are aware she elicited this decry from the complete bashing she herself gave of Maria!! You’ve missed the entire story, she was QUITE dismissive (ridiculously so, especially of a dead woman who can’t defend herself) of Maria. Someone was paying her medicine back in full 😁 She absolutely insulted Callas!

@kbhprinsesse

Жыл бұрын

@@Ronizetti yet she was obsessed with emulating Callas, like so many other mediocre sopranos. Kind of sad when you think about it.

Ridicule réaction…alors que Scotto est l’une des seules cantatrices à avoir atteint le niveau de la Callas dans certains rôles (Butterfly par exemple) Je ne parle même pas de technique, mais d’interprétation

😮

😬🤭

@harmoniagardens3304

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, first commenter!

@edwardamosbrandwein3583

3 жыл бұрын

@@harmoniagardens3304 Pardon my ignorance but did Scotto make any unpleasant remark(s) about Callas after she had died?

@richardholmesmusic2128

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardamosbrandwein3583 in Zeffirelli’s documentary about Callas, Scotto told a long story about how Cruel Callas had been to her during rehearsals for a production of Medea. The story might perhaps be true-Callas could be ungracious when in a bad mood-but it should have remained unspoken, since Callas was no longer alive to defend herself. In the same documentary, Tebaldi, who had far more reason to speak badly about Callas, was gracious, said nothing derogatory about Callas, and blamed any friction between them on the press and the fans. Tebaldi took the high road, which is what a great artist and lady would do.

@edwardamosbrandwein3583

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardholmesmusic2128 I saw Zeffirelli's documentary and now I remember the incident: Scotto said that during one of MEDEA rehearsals, the conductor talked about making some cuts, whereupon Callas suggested that Glauce's aria (ie Scotto's character) could be ommitted (this is what Scotto said and added that she was shocked since Callas had been so kind and polite towards her before). Whatever the case, I agree with you that this anecdote should have remained unmentioned: we know that Callas was unpredictable, especially when she was in a bad mood, but I think it is unfair to criticize sb who's no longer alive and, therefore, can't defend herself.

@Tkimba2

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardholmesmusic2128 what do you mean by "Tebaldi had more reasons"?

Scotto was absolutely DISGUSTING in the way she trashed Callas. I'm so glad she was HUMILIATED in this way!

@danawinsor1380

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you partly: yes, some of the things RS said about MC were shameful. However, the kind of behavior we heard in this video, that is, someone yelling "brava Maria Callas," is inexcusable. Furthermore, I believe the person who would be most outraged would be MC herself.

@Orfeus80

10 ай бұрын

Callas and Scotto had similar personalities in fact. Both bitchy and full of themselves. 😂

There’s no excuse for this. Go see other artists instead! Yes Scotto was very questionable and everything but... No!

@harmoniagardens3304

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@laprimmadonna2341

2 жыл бұрын

Es cierto. Eso no se hace, hay que respetar. Saludos cordiales.

As always, Scotto’s voice sounds flawed and worn. It’s curious how some still manage to have such careers

Pobre Renata Scotto, creyó que podía meterse con la DIOSA SAGRADA sin salir lastimada... Qué ingenua, pagó caro su error! Y eso no quiere decir que no haya sido una muy buena cantante, pero fue muy soberbia en no aceptar sus limitaciones e incluso decir que era mejor que Callas y creerse también soprano absoluta... Pero para muestra basta un botón, por ejemplo, papeles no aptos para su voz, sólo basta escucharla cantando Medea, Gioconda o Lady Macbeth... Aun así, q.e.p.d.!

"Like the pro she always was" - a REAL pro would respect the paying audiences enough not to sing countless roles way beyond her Fach thus destroying her leggero voice and subjecting the audiences to countless screeched high notes and pitch problems.

@liedersanger1

2 жыл бұрын

Yawn.

@kbhprinsesse

2 жыл бұрын

@@liedersanger1 good argument, dear.

@Feisenbach

10 ай бұрын

@@kbhprinsesse Du går i samme rille, moster.

@Tenore1921

3 ай бұрын

@@kbhprinsesseThat’s the most these brain dead Scotto fans can say anyway…

Stupid callasiano. Jejejejeje. Scotto is one of the BEST sopranos in the century, whith Callas or whitout Callas

@josemanuelvizcayalopez6103

11 ай бұрын

Yes, sounding some times like a deflating balloon, hahahaha

@robertoramossempere7252

10 ай бұрын

@@josemanuelvizcayalopez6103 Pues los agudos de Callas sonaban como la sirena de una ambulancia...

@josemanuelvizcayalopez6103

10 ай бұрын

@@robertoramossempere7252 Pues depende de a qué época de la voz de Callas te estés refiriendo...

@robertoramossempere7252

10 ай бұрын

@@josemanuelvizcayalopez6103 Pues desde antes de 1959, pero la segunda grabación de Lucia es ya el máximo exponente del descontrol de sus sobreagudos y apenas habían pasado 12 años de La Gioconda de Verona. Scotto terminó igual, pero al menos después de 22 años.