Here, legendary opera soprano Maria Callas deserves coauthor's
credit with Callas-expert Ardoin (The Callas Legacy, 1977); this
is, after all, Ardoin's energetic transcription and interpretation
of Callas' own instructions - preserved on audio tape - to students
at Juilliard in the early 70's. A general prologue, patched up from
the singer's taped remarks and some interviews, ushers in the
record of the actual lessons, in which arias from Mozart, Rossini,
Verdi, et al. are dissected note-by-note with astonishing insight.
("Mozart is usually sung with too much delicacy, as though the
singers were on tiptoes, when his music should be performed with
the same frankness and bel canto approach one would use in II
trovatore, for example.") For opera lovers, then, a pedagogic
delight. (Kirkus Reviews)
Maria Callas, the singing actress, returned to the stage in 1971 to
teach master classes at Julliard. Outspoken in her artistic
beliefs, uncompromising in the musical understanding that she
sought to communicate to 25 students, Callas worked through her
arias from Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini and others.
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