Well she was called La Divina

Gracias por mantenernos siempre informados y regalarnos tantas horas de paz con tus selecciones Solo alguien culto y sencillos puede lograrlo gracias

Callas was the quintessential Norma such as if the role had been written for her in person Caballe was a very good Norma

Yes, Norma as brought to life by Callas is a leader. I have no trouble at all believing that her people obey her when she asks them not to start a war yet... or when she tells them to take up arms. And at the same time, she's human, she falls for Pollione, she loves her children, and she has compassion and understanding for Adalgisa. A very complex role, a beautiful role, possibly my favourite.

@@veramayer9571 Vocally Norma has everything from dramatic soprano, to lyrical soprano, to dramatic coloratura, to dramatic mezzo... emotionally? from Heroic Priestess, to vulnerable Mother, to jealous mistress, to tragic betrayed woman in love, to epic tragic self sacrifice... multi-facet both Vocally and Interpretively... that is why it is considered the No1 Assoluta role and even in our days extremely few singers sing it and most of the times they are dramatic sopranos who scream the role instead of singing it...

That is the wonder of music. The printed score is a roadmap. How the journey is navigated is up to the drivers...the performers, I mean. Interpretations are infinite, especially with composers of genius.

She sang in tune..and Caballe did not have a high d listen to Caballe performance In Orange in 1974 .. she is very flat period

Poor Maria never allowed herself anything less to make things easier for her... ❤❤❤

Mirto Picchi though sounds fabulous here, he stands between two Giants as an equal...

@@LohengrinO definitely not annihilated vocally in this case, I agree! But whenever I listen to Norma, I always picture this scene in my mind's eyes with Pollione shrinking before Norma and then retreating, step by step, as she towers above him in a rage 😅 And what a blow it must have been to his pride to hear Adalgisa say that she'd rather die than go with him, immediately after he said she was his destiny!

@@veramayer9571 nothing stronger that a Woman's emotional involvement...

it has the most peculiar Cleansing Effect

Yes ofc

Maria and dame Joan met twice onstage, this is the first time as dame Joan sings Clotilde and the second is the Covent Garden Aida where dame Joan sang la Sacerdotessa... when dame Joan came to Athens for the Callas Competition, Thanasis Lalas interviewed her and she said two things about Maria: 1. Maria was born a Legend, 2. While onstage in this Norma, doing the dress rehearsal, Maria approached dame Joan and whispered to her ear: I should have gone to pee before coming onstage... Maria had also said to dame Joan (this comes from another source) in this Norma: Soon you will be singing your own Norma (how Maria felt that from dame Joan singing Clotilde in 1952, thats another story)

Oui c'est Joan Sutherland en Clotilde .

@@LohengrinOThere goes the jealous soprano attitude, right out the stage door! 🥾💥😱✨