"Maria Callas sang 'Carmen' for everyone [at the same event as Marilyn Monroe], for Kennedy, so they knew each other quite well, and there are letters between Jackie and Maria Callas because ...

Maria has a conversation with Marilyn about the challenges of a life in the spotlight. Callas not only attended the concert, but she sang two arias from Carmen at it. She certainly attended the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If ever a star cried out to be immortalised on screen, surely it was the glamorous and tempestuous Maria ...

One of the greatest opera stars in history, Maria Callas lived a life of high drama and high fashion, and her jewellery ...

In 1977, Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant), the most famous diva in the world, lives confined in her Paris apartment. Her producer friend Larry Kelly (Jeremy Irons) offers her to sing "Carmen" in a ...

Biographer Lyndsy Spence, author of Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas, says: “Maria Callas lived her life trying to meet the demands of the public, who were often unforgiving in their ...

Considered one of the most gifted performers of her generation, Maria Callas has continued to cast a spell over audiences, both young and old, long after her untimely death in 1977. Born on December ...

"There is no life away from the stage," Maria says. "The stage is in my mind." Fleeting musical sequences catch Callas at the height of her power, exaltation and fame, while others — like a rain ...