it is Wednesday morning. And it is not raining, but the breeze that is blowing through the front screen has a certain dampness to it. I am opting for a beautiful pre-Fall day. So here's hoping.
Has anybody out there watched America's Got Talent this season? That is if there is anybody out there. I always want to yell yoo Hoo to see if anyone answers back. Well if you have watched it you will remember the little girl Jackie Evancho. She is ten and has a voice that will knock the socks right off you. No kidding. Last night the final four appeared and tonight the winner will be announced. I hope she wins, but whether she does or not you will hear of her in years to come. Its almost scary the way this full blown operatic voice comes out of her. It doesn't seem possible. I read where her Mother had said several years ago the family had watched "Fathom of the Opera," and a few days later she heard Opera singing coming from within the house. She looked and it was her small child, Singing Opera. And if you have ever heard Opera then you know it isn't very often sang in English. Tell me now how does a small child start singing Opera and has never been taught how or the words. Maybe reincarnation? Just maybe so.
There was a Greek Opera singer, world renowned. They say she was probably the best ever, Maria Callas. She was born 1923 and died in 1977. Do you think maybe the powers that be thought that her voice was to great a talent to be lost forever So they let her soul rest for years, then sent her back to sing again.
Now don't call the folks at The Shady Tree Rest Home yet. Just hear me out. Okay? There has to be a answer to why this child can sing like she does. Not a child's voice but an Adults and knows Opera. Why couldn't Maria come back? To do what she does best, and that is sing. I have always believed the Bible says when we die the soul goes back to its maker. But no where does it say they couldn't come back. It could have happened just that way. Think about it.
If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I think I have written this here before, I think I was probably a Gypsy. I'd like to think I was anyway. But if there is Reincarnation in some instances why not Maria Callas? Last night Jackie sang for her final song, "Ava Marie." I love that song. She sang it flawless. it was as if a small blond Angel was standing there in the spotlight. Awesome is the only word I know to describe her. The results will be tonight. Who knows what America will decide. But with this child's performance people have been privileged to see what true God given talent is.
So did we hear Jackie sing or as I in my strange crazy mind thinks could be Maria Callas? oh yes if you were someone else in a previous life, who would you have been? I still hold strong to the idea I was a gypsy. But I sure wish I could have brought the thick dark hair over into this life. I bet that Gypsy I use to be is rolling in her grave at the hair she has this time. oh well, food for thought. But for now I'm outta here. Oh yes a small Bio on Maria Callas follows.
Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice, and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind on stage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's allegedly temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldi, and her love affair with Aristotle Onassis. Her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press. However, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "The Bible of opera",[1] and her influence so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."[
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