Maria Callas singt 1957 Rezitativ und Arie der Elvira aus Ernani 1844 von Giuseppe Verdi

Of all the female interpreters I know Maria Callas was the one who in her expressive power could let time stand so long until all fear disappeared including that of death itself and reached a state similar to what should be called happiness has been Just as a blind person develops his sense of hearing and touch better than a sighted person Maria Callas was proof that one could work out of oneself without following stupid rules in a restricted system she was too shortsighted to ever take the baton from the stage to be able to see the conductor can turn weaknesses into ones own creativity without looking Werner Schroeter