Laura Sharp wrote:
> And would you describe Callas' performances this way? Just curious.
> From: John Alexander Blyth [mailto:BLYTHE@B...]
> "We are storytellers who, by the force and conviction of our performance
> evoke an emotional resonance in an observer which is a disciplined and
> aesthetic analogue of the kind of emotion a real-life event might produce.
> ok, i'll stop now. john
I would - Callas was incredibly disciplined - absolutely everything she did -
her voice,
her movements, her eyes - were done with the musical phrase. This is what
makes us feel
the emotions she's conveying so incredibly strongly. I love that video of her
performance
with orchestra in Germany - especially the part before she starts singing,
while the
orchestra's playing. Before she sings, she does exactly the same thing she
does while she
sings - embodies the musical phrases with every inch of her being.
Peggy
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
mailto:peggyh@i...
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