Name: Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg, 16 March 1962
Genre: Music
Released: 1962-04-08
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Maria Callas, Georges Prêtre

The 1959 Hamburg concert finds Callas just one year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is not what it was in 1952 you can still hear the Vocal Miracle. The repertoire interchanges between heavy dramatic soprano (Lady Macbeth, Elisabetta), to soprano coloratura (Rosina) and to soprano dramatico d'agilita (Imogene in Pirata, Gulia). The maturity of the interpretation regarding the legatti, the phrasing is astounding and Callas dominates each aria singing them in the only possible way. 

"Tu che invoco" appears as a cataract of dramatic phrases in a fine classical style of this classical period opera, then Lady Macbeth appears diabolical and dark although she avoids keeping her voice in the high C, her Rosina is sparkling and facile in the coloratura as if it is a natural way of speaking and Elisabetta is where time stops: the drama in this aria holds a metaphysical aura. Finally her entire Mad Scene from Pirata shows all her talent as an actress and bel canto singer. 

The 1962 Hamburg concert finds Callas in a very tired voice but nevertheless exciting. Overall this one of the very few operatic visual documents of the Greatest Operatic Singer who ever lived!

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Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg, 16 March 1962

A filmed record of two concerts given in Hamburg, Germany, by opera star Maria Callas in 1958 and 1962.

Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg, 16 March 1962 (1962)

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