Callas's agilities in Norma are defined by the critic Celletti "like a conservatory schoolgirl".
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Callas's agilities in Norma are defined by the critic Celletti "like a conservatory schoolgirl".
Let loose.
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I have never shared some of Celletti's opinions, but I would be curious to contextualize them better. Where does he say it? Why are we talking about it now?
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Thallo, I was reading a few "reviews", I am also reporting
http://alt.fan.maria-callas.narkive.com/QblY1PeI/per-tenere-vivo-il-ng-celletti-sulla-callas
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Luciano, it seems to me that Celletti speaks very well of Callas and her agility... He also says what all those with ears are able to notice: Callas did not have uniformity of timbre; she did not have what has always been considered a "pleasant" timbre for sopranos (that is, a crystalline, clear, and feminine timbre), and this also led to problems with the intelligibility of the words. But for the rest, as Celletti always says, Callas had great merits that justified her shortcomings