In all honesty - it was Maria Callas singing that attracted me to Opera. I
heard a recording of Callas singing "La mamma morta" from "Andrea Chenier"
and it moved me to tears. Then it was "La Wally" and after that came Carmen,
and after that I was irreversably hooked. I agree with you that while it may
not have been a "pretty" voice, it had power and intensity (it made you feel
something very intense and very profound deep from within) unlike any other
voice that I have ever heard and perhaps it is there where its beauty lies.
I also would like to know how on earth was able to convey that feeling so
convincingly well. One of the true mysteries of Opera.
Just a thought.
Rick
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: RE: [vocalist-temporary] RE: I'm all choked up
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> In all of a long century of recordings of singers there was only one
> Callas. I don't even like the timbre of her voice, yet the mere mention of
> her name can give me goosebumps, and it is because of her dramatic
> intensity, the way she can make you believe that all of this absurd
> posturing and drama is worth something. She makes opera a microcosm of
> (usually tragic) human existence. She is Woman with all the stops out. How
> she does it? Well, if we really knew, perhaps we'd be doing it too, or
> maybe it costs too much? This from someone who has only encountered her
> through recordings and videos. john
>
>
>
> At 05:21 PM 4/25/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >And would you describe Callas' performances this way? Just curious.
> >
> >Laura
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Alexander Blyth [mailto:BLYTHE@B...]
> >"We are storytellers who, by the force and conviction of our performance
> >evoke an emotional resonance in an observer which is a disciplined and
> >aesthetic analogue of the kind of emotion a real-life event might
> produce.
> >ok, i'll stop now. john
> >
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