The critical acclaim and public affection for Callas' Carmen put it very high on any list of preferred versions of the opera.
Check back regularly for more music from your favourite composers including Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Satie, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Handel and more. Maria Callas never sang Carmen on-stage, but the role seems custom-made for her strengths - Carmen is fiery, volatile, infuriating, seductive - and Callas is such a superb singing actress that she conveys the character's complexity with rare effectiveness. Play along with guitar, ukulele, or piano with interactive chords and.
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Warner Classics is the home of classical music, featuring iconic high audio quality recordings from the greatest classical legends, opera stars and orchestras of the last century.ĭiscover our unique collection of live performances, studio sessions and films featuring Maria Callas, Jacqueline du Pré, Nigel Kennedy, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker and more.Īlong with its sister label Erato, Warner Classics continues this tradition with today’s most in-demand classical artists, such as Philippe Jaroussky, Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Emmanuel Pahud, Alexandre Tharaud, Sir Antonio Pappano, Christina Pluhar and Renaud Capuçon.Įnjoy this ever-expanding library of official performance videos and exclusive interviews from the classical greats. An eccentric, if appealingly personal documentary, Maria by Callas, offers a portrait of the later superstar opera singer entirely in her own words via TV interviews, diary entries and letters read by an off-screen performer (opera singer Joyce DiDonato). Chords for Maria Callas Live: Bizets Carmen Habanera, Hamburg 1962.: G, D, A, C. A number of factors, including a rapid loss of weight, may explain why. The video recordings of her concerts in the city showcase her in a dazzling variety of Italian and French repertoire for both soprano and mezzo-soprano: three contrasting Verdi roles (Lady Macbeth, Elvira from Ernani and Elisabetta from Don Carlo) Imogene from Bellini’s Il pirata Giulia from La vestale Chimène from Massenet’s Le Cid Verdi’s most explosively dramatic aria for mezzo-soprano – Eboli’s ‘On don fatale’ from Don Carlo Carmen’s seductive Habanera and Seguédille and, from Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Angelina’s final rondo, which magically combines modest charm and sparkling virtuosity. Callas voice was already starting to fail her by the time she was in her 40s - quite young for an opera singer.
Callas’s only operatic appearances in Germany were Lucia di Lammermoor, with Karajan conducting, in Berlin in 1955, and La sonnambula in Cologne in 1957, but in both 19 she made concert tours of the country, visiting Hamburg twice.