FULL Becoming Callas What made her so special? Documentary 2023

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Becoming Callas What made her so special?  
• Composer: N/A  
• Libretto: N/A  
• Venue & Opera Company: online  
• Recorded: 2023
• Type: Other
• Singers: Maria Callas
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
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Information about the Recording

• Published by: Phantoms of the Opera  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  In this special episode we have a return ghost guest — the birthday girl herself, Maria Callas! At her centenary, we ask the questions: What made her so special? Was she really the best ever? And will we ever hear her like again?

  Chapters:
  0:00 Introduction
  1:06 Welcome
  2:35 Who was Maria Callas?
  6:52 Bel Canto vs Verismo
  10:37 Becoming Callas
  17:44 The Old School
  29:44 Her Predecessors
  46:54 The Eras of Callas
  59:12 How to create a Callas
  1:08:39 What we owe her

  Recorded music:
  Maria Callas — “Il Trovatore” live in Mexico, 1950, remastered by Divina Records: https://divinarecords.com/maria-calla…
  Maria Callas — “The Complete Master Classes”, 1972, remastered by Divina Records: https://divinarecords.com/maria-calla…
  Rae Woodland — “Attila” live in Sadler’s Wells, 1963:
  • Attila – Verdi 1963 Sadler’s Wells Op…
  Elvira de Hidalgo — “Ah! Non giunge”:
  • Elvira de Hidalgo sings Ah non giunge…
  Transcripts made from my EMG mark Xb oversize gramophone of Callas (Cetra), Nordica (Columbia), Destinn, Raisa, Burzio
  Interviews:
  “L’invité du dimanche”, ORTF, 1969:
  • The Callas Conversations Volume Two (1)
  • The Callas Conversations Volume Two (2)
  • The Callas Conversations Volume Two (3)
  • The Callas Conversations Volume Two (6)
  “La Monde de la Musique” with Bernard Gavoty, ORTF, 1964 & 1965:
  • Maria Callas in Conversation with Ber…
  • Maria Callas In Conversation With Ber…
  With Norman Ross jr, Chicago, 1957:
  • Maria CALLAS. Entretien avec Norman R…
  “Collector’s Corner” with John Ardoin, Dallas, 1958:
  • Maria Callas – Dallas Interview 1968
  “Albo d’Oro della Lirica” with Rodolfo Celletti and Giorgio Gualerzi, Rai Radio 2, 1972:
  • “Albo d’Oro della Lirica”: Eugenia Bu…
  “The Callas Conversations” with Lord George Harewood, BBC, 1968:
  • Maria CALLAS. [RARE] ” The Callas Co…
  With Edward Downes, New York, 1967 & 68:
  • Maria CALLAS. Entretien avec Edward D…

  Written:
  “Great women-singers of my time”, Herman Klein, 1931: https://archive.org/details/greatwome…
  “Prima Voce: Emmy Destinn”, liner notes by Alan Bilgora, Nimbus Records: https://web.archive.org/web/200503021…
  “Vocal Mastery”, Harriette Brower, 1920: https://archive.org/details/vocalmast…
  “Maria Meneghini Callas”, Michael Scott, 1992: https://archive.org/details/mariamene…
  “Cast a Diva”, Lyndsy Spence, 2021:
  “A Controversial Prima Donna”, by Philip Hope Wallace, Manchester Guardian, February 1957: https://www.theguardian.com/music/201…

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