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Duration: 06:10 minutes Upload Time: 2007-08-07 10:21:13 |
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The first time I heard Callas's D'amour l'ardente flamme, I was reading Goethe's Faust in an English version. I couldn't help marvelling in my heart how Callas had captured the essence of this piece of work. Even until now, every time I listen to it, I can tell that she is more than Marguerite than Marguerite. Shy and obedient as any girl would be in that time... Though painful and hurt, she never meant to accuse her love... So tender and deeply tormented by love... at this moment she turns into that girl, or more like the girl... Sometimes it makes me wonder how Callas can portray so many different characters and make all original... The same recording also includes Charpentier's Luise "Depuis le jour", which was also said to be Callas's first French aria ever recorded (in San Remo 1954). There is certianly a lot to talk about... While Callas's Marguerite can already be "the" Romantic heroine, her "Schiller" roles are even more complicated: Elizabteh in Verdi's Don Carlos, Mathilda in Rossini's William Tell (Sombre forêt). However, she didn't put them on stage. More details at: http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=11813 http://www.amazon.com/Maria-Callas-100-Best-Classics/dp/B000LPR4VW/ref=sr_1_2/002-1669252-6221620?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186496228&sr=8-2 http://www.amazon.com/Maria-Callas-Live-Rome-1952/dp/B000069V7Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196232917&sr=1-1 Caught by the flame of love... Only in EMI |
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| NEBESHIKU 2008-02-06 13:24:31 This rendition is anything but average. When an aria was in callas' hands the only thing that could hapen to it is to be sung and interpreted in the greates and most perfect way posible. The wishes of the composer brought to life throiugh Callas __________________________________________________ | |
| MAPIAKALLAS 2008-01-08 22:43:48 what a beauty she was and her french was awesome as her italian wonderful overall, brava divina __________________________________________________ | |
| mltube 2007-12-21 22:10:47 Rather average rendition of this aria. In Berlioz the voice is a leading instrument of the orchestra, and Callas occasionally violates that unity. Listen to Baker in Pretre recording. Absolute perfection. __________________________________________________ | |
| quafer 2007-12-19 15:29:20 her french diction is as impeccable as her italian. there is no more refined or precise an artist as callas. __________________________________________________ | |
| VivaMariaCallas 2007-12-02 22:26:37 Beautiful singing, she does indeed capture the essence of the character. BTW, Callas did sing Elisabetta di Valois at La Scala in 1954. __________________________________________________ | |
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