Happy birthday Maria Callas. 2 December 1923. When one wants to find a gesture, when you want to find how to act onstage, all you have to do is listen to the music. The composer has already seen to that. M.Callas 1968. If the public could understand, as we do, how deeply and utterly musical Callas is, they would be stunned. V.De Sabata, The last great artist. She sensed the music and always came in exactly with my downbeat. When we rehearsed, she was so precise, already note-perfect. ... For over thirty years, I was Arturo Toscaninis assistant, and from the very first rehearsal, he demanded every nuance from the orchestra, just as if it were a full performance. The piano, the forte, the staccato, the legato — all from the start. And Callas did this too. She was not just a singer, but a complete artist. Its foolish to discuss her as a voice. She must be viewed totally — as a complex of music, drama, movement. There is no one like her today. A. Votto https://youtube/watch?v=NLR3lSrqlww
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:55:15 +0000
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