Maria Callas: Toujours - Paris 1958

October. 05,2015      
Rating:
9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The career of Maria Callas was just a bit too early and too brief to receive full and satisfying video documentation like that now being accorded to such singers as Renée Fleming and Luciano Pavarotti. This black-and-white televised recital (Callas's Paris debut) took place at the Paris Opera on December 19, 1958 when television was still in its infancy. We might wish that it had happened earlier, when her voice was in better condition, or later, when video recording technology was more advanced--so that, for example, we would not have to take the narrator's word that Callas is wearing a red dress. But this is probably the best available Callas video recording, and her fans will welcome it warmly. Visual elements were as important as the vocal dimensions in her art.

María Callas as  Self
Tito Gobbi as  Self - Baritone
Albert Lance as  Self - Tenor

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Reviews

SunnyHello
2015/10/05

Nice effects though.

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BallWubba
2015/10/06

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

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ThedevilChoose
2015/10/07

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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FirstWitch
2015/10/08

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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