Palacio de Bellas Artes gives Maria Callas a farewell in the Mexican style "La golondrina" (1952) скачать в хорошем качестве

Palacio de Bellas Artes gives Maria Callas a farewell in the Mexican style "La golondrina" (1952)

The final ovation, preserved on tape with the performance, offers a vivid record of the affection and esteem in which the twenty-eight-year-old soprano was held by the Mexican public and her fellow musicians. She had appeared for three consecutive seasons at the Palacio de Bellas Artes... and it was known she probably would not return the following year. The orchestra greeted her appearance on stage with a drum roll. As the musicians began to play ‘‘Las golondrinas’’, the chorus walked on stage and joined the standing audience... The radio announcer, in a running commentary for the listening audience, explained that Callas was kneeling on stage in tears...