"No one in America knew — or cared — more about Maria Callas," Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Martin Bernheimer once said of Ardoin, "but his close association with that historic diva did ...
“Maria,” despite being occasionally slow ... In an early scene, Callas sings “Casta Diva” for her housemaid, and Larraín cuts back and forth from the two of them in the kitchen to ...
Almost 50 years on from her death, however, the public perception of Maria Callas all too often skews in one direction: the tortured female star. From demanding diva to heartbroken lover who gave ...
After a lifetime of pleasing others, Maria has decided to take back her voice. Amid rumors of a potential comeback, she goes to rehearsals where she tries to channel La Callas, the diva who ruled ...
As Bono once commented about Luciano Pavarotti, “the opera follows him off stage”. Legendary soprano Maria Callas would have ...
Makes you feel two-feet tall. Maria Callas: the Final Act (BBC Two), a beginner’s guide to the diva’s decline, was told with the help of a couple of such hard-to-please grinches. Grinch-in ...
There’s a story that soprano Maria Callas ... is whether she’s a convincing Callas or just the brilliant exemplar of any doomed, weeping diva. Answer: exemplar, although a good enough one ...
a box-set celebrating the great diva's life and music has been produced, adding to a great legacy of works by the great soprano both on and off-stage. The 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas ...