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This is my favorite Callas recording BUT most of it is of such dreadful quality. My question is: my favorite aria is , her big theme and variations aria. Why is the sound so relatively good here and so dreadful everywhere else? I wonder if more effort was made to clean up the recording here...

Plenty to choose from, with Tebaldi, Callas, Freni, de los Angeles... What's your favourite Madame Butterfly, and what makes it special?

Has anyone in our forum heard Callas live? If so, how did her voice compare to recordings when you heard her in an opera house? I ask because some great singers such as Sutherland and Nilsson supposedly came off sounding very different than they recorded when heard live. I knew someone who heard...

After Sutherland's tour de force Bel Raggio with perhaps the best high E of all time, Callas' studio recording was underwhelming to me. This version from a recital in 52 is almost as good as Dame Joan's and the coloratura is simply not to be believed:. Enjoy. It is one of my favorite arias when...

Hello everyone, this is my first post, thanks for having me. I'm curious if anyone can recommend any audio/video on this here internet of sopranos performing tenor arias, or bass/baratone arias, either live or in the studio. I know Callas sang fragments during her Julliard sessions, which is...

I'm curious what others think of this new remastering of one of the most spectacular performances ever recorded. The sound quality on this live recording has always been just bearable, but i think this new remastering brings out Callas' voice more. This was made at her true vocal peak before...

Just curious among opera folks here on TC. Votes are anonymous. EDIT: Poll question should be "Where do you stand..." not "Where to you stand..."

I adore both Maria Callas and Mozart. But the two seem to have a rather distant relationship. ;) This kind of relationship is what makes it an interesting topic of discussion. Callas sang only one Mozart role on stage in her entire career: Constanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail...

I'll start off with three: D F-D's final Wintereisse with Perahia is a disaster because the voice had then completely gone. Unworthy of a great artist. Karajan's final set of Beethoven symphonies are not bad but simply don't add anything to his legacy to what was there before. Even the...

I definitely do not want to get rid of the English Tosca but put it here to show all I have. Out of these, are there any I should get rid of? Perhaps one of the two Calls performances? Note that Tosca is not one of my favorite operas and I only got into it for the Act II DVD with Callas that...

Have wanted to create this thread for a long time, one devoted to an organized gallery of pictures of Maria Callas on stage in her operatic roles and her colourful life offstage. Since filmed evidences of her prowess as a singing-actress on stage are only few and far between, we have to content...

The Callas fans on this forum will no doubt have heard of 'Nina Foresti'. The claim is that Callas appeared on Major Bowes Amateur hour (a radio talent contest) before she went to Greece. John Ardoin looked through the archives of the recordings of the radio broadcasts and thought that the...

Today I noticed one thing. We have a great thread on this forum on Callas's recordings, but that's it. I thought it would be nice to have a thread where we can discuss and tell what new we have discovered on Callas and what amazes us today. Or maybe has for some time. And of course anything else...

Has somebody any experience with Callas stereo remasterings of mono recordings of LUCIA, TOSCA, IL TURCO IN ITALIA, AIDA, BUTTERFLY, IL TROVATORE, BOHEME, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA. TURANDOT, MANON LESCAUT all offered by arsvocalis?

In the morning I had no thread ideas. Absolutely none. For a while I thought that, that was it. I have only been on the forum for one month and allready I have run out of ideas. Then I went for a walk and listened some Jonas Kaufmann. And then inspiration. In fact I got so many ideas, that I...

Since Cavalleria and Pagliacci are usually pared, it is only fair that there is a thread on Pagliacci too. I like the opera very much, but perhaps not as much as Cavalleria. My favorite recording is the Callas, Di Stefano and Gobbi recording with Serafin. When these singers are together the end...

What do you think about it? I just love it. There is just so much goodness in such a short time. I really love the duet between Turiddu and Santuzza. My favorite recording is the Callas and Di Stefano from 1953. With these two and Serafin the work just becomes better than it should be. They...

Hello! I just joined yesterday, but I had read the forum before joining for a few months. There are very diverse threads, but one was missing. There were discussions on many singers, but not about Pippo (nickname used by fans, family and friends). And yeas I know about the Del Monaco vs...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone here owns this issue of Callas' 1954 La Vestale: http://www.lascalashop.it/cd.asp?idp=8457 I've read differing opinions of the quality of this issue, some say it's no better than previous issues, others say it is a distinct improvement. it's a bit expensive...

which singer is the definitive example for you of what a certain role should be? for me Carmen: Maria Callas (duh! lol) Violetta: Anna Moffo Rosina: Joyce DiDonato Beatrice di Tenda: Joan Sutherland Duke of Mantua: Jonas Kaufman (the duke is supposed to be confident and SEDUCTIVE, not thin...