Maria Callas sings Puccini: Tosca - 'Vissi d'Arte' at Covent Garden 1964

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva!
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi aiutai.
Sempre con fè sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fè sincera
diedi fiori agl'altar.
Nell'ora del dolore
perché, perché, Signore,
perché me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto, e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel,
che ne ridean più belli.
Nell'ora del dolor
perché, perché, Signor,
ah, perché me ne rimuneri così?

Just watched Mortimer & Whitehouse,gone fishing & Paul attempted a partial rendition of this… Thought I’d look it up. Very nice, but I need to know the meaning of the words ….😊

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La pregunta es, habra alguien, aun sin nacer todavia que la supere alguna vez_?. O eso fue de la naturaleza one time only?.

"I lived for art, I lived for love,
I never harmed a living soul!
With a discreet hand
I relieved all the misfortunes I encountered.

Always with sincere faith
my prayer
rose to the holy tabernacles.
Always with sincere faith
I decorated the altars with flowers.

In this hour of grief,
why, why, Lord,
why do you reward me thus?

I donated jewels to the Madonna's mantle,
and offered songs to the stars and to heaven,
which thus did shine with more beauty.
In this hour of grief,
why, why, Lord,
ah, why do you reward me thus?"

there are no words to describe..............

La voz más poderosa y Divina junto a Renata Tebaldi.
Es una Diosa, y nació con el sonido de la Eternidad en su garganta.
Su voz es una cumbre divina. Su insuperable registro vocal, potencia/resonancia de voz, técnica y capacidad expresiva (emocional) la hacen la más prodigiosa voz de la música de la historia, junto a Renata Tebaldi. Supremas ambas.

Why doesn't anyone applaud at the end of the aria? my god

MERCI !!! J'ai des frissons....majestueux !

And the theater structure could survive those unpleasant wobble notes?

Lei è Tosca.

Callas had the best expression in opera singing--in much the same way that Sinatra was the best in pop singing.

❤😢

Brividi!✨💖✨

Nessuna, nessuna come LEI!!!!!!!!!!!
😢😢😢😢😢
Mío Dio.¡!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought in enigma she was a ghost in a coffin carriage

❤

Incredule edizione della sublime Maria Callas. Dio l'ha scelta per darci un saggio della Gioia Spirituale del Paradiso

like no other....r.i.p,Ms. Callas

As an actress …. but that awful vibrato !!!!’

She added the tragedy in opera like in ancient tragedies. This made a huge difference in this time