Maria Callas: The soprano of the century : NPR
Dec 2, 2023 · One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.
What made Maria Callas the world's 'greatest diva' - BBC
Dec 11, 2023 · This month marks the centenary of one of music's most illustrious artists: Greek-American opera soprano Maria Callas, born Maria Kalogeropoulos in Manhattan, December 1923. Callas earned...
Maria Callas - Wikipedia
Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera", [3] 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 ...
Maria Callas News - Official Website
The radiant Maria Callas on the cover of Opera Now The new October edition features interviews with contemporaries and admirers of La Divina and highlights the deluxe 135-disc Warner Classics boxset, releasing this Friday!
A century after her birth, opera great Maria Callas is honored …
Oct 26, 2023 · Soprano legend Maria Callas has been honored in Greece a century after her birth to Greek parents in New York with a new museum in Athens.
Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and ...
Jun 2, 2023 · Greece has launched its main summer theater and arts festival, dedicated this year to opera great Maria Callas who was born 100 years ago. Performances started with a novel interpretation of “Madame Butterfly” at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, an ancient stone theater built by the Romans at the foot of the Acropolis in central Athens.
Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.
Nov 29, 2023 · Opera is still asking the question that the writer Ethan Mordden recalled being posed by a friend back in 1969: “Is there life after Callas?” Should there be?
‘Maria’: First clip of Angelina Jolie as opera star Maria Callas in …
Aug 29, 2024 · Maria Callas, one of the greatest opera voices of all time, is portrayed by Angelina Jolie in an upcoming biopic which premieres today in Venice.
La Divina at 100: The extraordinary life of Maria Callas in pictures
Dec 2, 2023 · Take a look at the American-born Greek soprano's meteoric rise as the 'original diva' of opera, as the world celebrates the centenary of her birth. Maria Callas, one of opera's all time...
Maria Callas - NPR
October 25, 2021 • For World Opera Day, watch scenes that will make you fall in love with the art form — from a crazy day at Mozart's diner to a trippy trip to China with Richard Nixon. A...