Maria Callas - 'Vissi d'arte' from 'Tosca' (Paris, 1958)

It's interesting to compare this version of the Callas 'Vissi d'arte' with that at Covent Garden (1964) - which is the first post of this blog.

'Lucia di Lammermour' - 'Mad Scene'

Maria Callas - 'Spargi d´amaro pianto'

Joan Sutherland - 'Spargi d´amaro pianto' Conductor Tullio Serafin, 26 Feb 1959 Covent Garden

Joan Sutherland - 'Ardon gli incensi' Conductor Tullio Serafin, 26 Feb 1959 Covent Garden

Joan Sutherland - 1960 for TV

Maria Callas - 'Casta Diva' from 'Norma' - Early Recording



Maria Callas - 'Casta Diva' from 'Norma' (1950's)

'Nessun Dorma' from 'Turandot'

Jussi Björling

Carlo Bergonzi

Maria Callas and Guiseppe Di Stefano - 'Cavalleria Rusticana' (Mascagni)

I was there ... .

But there are moments (a very few and towards the end of this clip) where Maria Callas directly and completely meaningfully expresses the lyrics - in the phrasing, the colour of tone, ... and I heard and understood Nedda's heart-rending betrayal.

And this is something of what I came and hoped to hear and see.

'Der Rosenkavalier' by Richard Strauss -Final Trio (Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Sena Jurinac and Anneliese Rothenberger)

Jessye Norman - 'Im Abendrot' ('Four Last Songs' - Richard Strauss)

Rene Fleming

'Song to the Moon' (from 'Rusalka' - Dvorak):




'Marietta's Lied' (from 'Die Tote Stadt' Korngold):

Birgit Nilsson - 'Liebestod' from 'Tristan und Isolde', Wagner (1960's?)

Adelina Patti - Aria from 'The Marriage of Figaro', Mozart (1905)

Adelina Patti - 'Jewel Song' from Faust (1905)

Adelina Patti - 'Casta Diva' from 'Norma' (1906)

Jussi Björling - 'Nessun Dorma' from 'Turandot' (1944)

Maria Callas - 'Mad Scene' from 'Lucia' (19??)

Nellie Melba - 'Mad Scene' from Lucia (1920's?)

Joan Sutherland - 'Mad Scene' from 'Lucia', London (1960)

Maria Callas - 'O Mia Bambino Caro', London Festival Hall, 1973

Maria Callas - 'Visse d'Arte' from 'Tosca', Covent Garden (1964)