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  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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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…