Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris
1958 · 91 MIN · IMDB 8.9 · 59 VOTES · DIR. Roger Benamou
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 467 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:40 The Paris Opera House, one of the finest in the world, perhaps the most beautiful.
00:02:18 singers, dancers...
00:04:01 Malibran and Patti had sung it and it was always one of Callas's greatest successes.
00:07:45 Brenno's sword can remain no longer idle.
00:18:38 Let it thunder, and not one of the cursed race shall escape the holy slaughter
00:23:54 and Leonora, outside, is prepared to do anything to save her lover.
00:32:13 That sound, those prayers, so solemn and dire
00:38:08 Callas has a voice with a wide range...
00:45:40 and also in the homes of millions of viewers throughout Europe.
00:49:31 and the fine Mario hanging from a noose.
00:52:50 and seek new bait.
00:54:39 Bring in the Cavalier.
00:56:41 Enough now.
00:59:13 And now let's talk together like good friends.
01:01:03 lt is force that carries out the law.
01:03:09 No! Stop! - Will you speak?
01:05:26 What have l done to you in my life?
01:07:49 lt is news of defeat! - How? Where? What defeat?.
01:10:03 Well then, sit down, and we shall talk.
01:13:08 l do you no violence.
01:16:52 why dost Thou repay me thus?
01:21:08 But l demand that he be freed this instant.
01:23:13 And which road do you prefer? - The shortest!
01:28:49 What an unforgettable evening!