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Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Posted By: fredoking
Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962
Italian | Subtitle: It/Fr/En/De | 1:58:42 | 720 x 576 | PAL | 4:3 | 25fps | MPEG-2 | LPCM | 48kHz | 4.3GB
Genre : Classical/Concert
Publisher: EMI

It is a pity that so few recordings of Maria Callas in concert exist to leave the testimony of this genius of the singing and actor's play that she was. Only 5 recitals have been filmed (Paris 1958, Hamburg 1959 and 1962, Covent Garden 1962 and 1964), recorded on 3 DVD.
2nd of the 3 posts.

The 1958 Hamburg concert finds Callas just one year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is not what it was in 1952 you can still hear the Vocal Miracle. The 1962 Hamburg concert finds Callas in a very tired voice but nevertheless exciting. Overall this one of the very few operatic visual documents of the Greatest Operatic Singer who ever lived!

A filmed record of two concerts given in Hamburg, Germany, by opera star Maria Callas in 1958 and 1962. The 1958 Hamburg concert finds Callas just one year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is not what it was in 1952 you can still hear the Vocal Miracle. The repertoire interchanges between heavy dramatic soprano (Lady Macbeth, Elisabetta), to soprano coloratura (Rosina) and to soprano dramatico d'agilita (Imogene in Pirata, Gulia). The maturity of the interpretation regarding the legatti, the phrasing is astounding and Callas dominates each aria singing them in the only possible way.

"Tu che invoco" appears as a cataract of dramatic phrases in a fine classical style of this classical period opera, then Lady Macbeth appears diabolical and dark although she avoids keeping her voice in the high C, her Rosina is sparkling and facile in the coloratura as if it is a natural way of speaking and Elisabetta is where time stops: the drama in this aria holds a metaphysical aura. Finally her entire Mad Scene from Pirata shows all her talent as an actress and bel canto singer.

The 1962 Hamburg concert finds Callas in a very tired voice but nevertheless exciting. Overall this one of the very few operatic visual documents of the Greatest Operatic Singer who ever lived!

May 15, 1959
Spontini: Lu, Vestale (Tu che invoco)
Verdi: Macbeth (Nel di delia vittoria…)
Verdi: Macbeth (Vieni, t'affretta
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Una voce poco fa)
Verdi: Don Carlo (Tu che le vanita)
Bellini: I Pirata (Oh! S'io potessi dissipar)

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicola Rescigno, Conductor

March 16, 1962
Massenet: Le Cid (De cet affreux combat)
Gounod: Mireille (Ouverture)
Bizet: Carmen (Prélude)
Bizet: Carmen (Habanera)
Bizet: Carmen (Entracte)
Bizet: Carmen (Séguidille)
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (Ouverture)
Verdi: Ernani (Surta e la notte)
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Nacqui all'affano)
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Non piu mesta)
Verdi: Don Carlo (O don fatale)

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georges Prêtre, Conductor


Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)

Maria Callas in Concert: Hamburg 1959 & 1962 (DVD5)