Lucia di Lammermoor is one of the masterpieces of bel canto opera and the title role, with its challenging combination of exquisite, stylised singing and intense, realistic drama, is among the most ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Maria Callas, the most admired and photographed opera singer of the 20th century, passed away from a heart attack at age 53. If you listen today to recordings by the ...

“You were wonderful,” said Maria Callas, “but you owe something to me,you know. After all, I persuaded you to sing roles like Lucia.” She was speaking to a big, square-jawed Australian woman named ...

Fugitive ghosts and a bitter feud between two families form the background to Donizetti’s mesmerising Gothic tale of madness and forced marriage, Lucia di Lammermoor. Donizetti’s adaption of Sir ...

When Maria Meneghini Callas, in a gleaming white hoopskirt gown, stepped demurely before the Metropolitan Opera’s golden curtain after the first act of Verdi’s La Traviata last week, plainclothesmen ...

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Along with the likes of Judy Garland, Maria Callas is in the pantheon of superstars whose magnetic stage personality and charisma continue to enchant audiences. And so the new Netflix biopic, “Maria” ...

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When Jackie Kennedy learned that her husband, Aristotle Onassis, was having an affair with Maria Callas, she did what she knew best – looked the other way. The claim was made by Kiki Feroudi ...

Angelina Jolie completely transforms into opera superstar Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” through the hands of the Oscar winner’s personal makeup and hair team, Adruitha Lee and Pamela ...

Angelina Jolie’s biopic “Maria,” about American-Greek opera singer Maria Callas, was released in theaters Nov. 27 and is now streaming on Netflix. One of the big questions surrounding the film is ...

In Hollywood’s ongoing cheerless attempts to contest the joy of music by cutting stellar classical musicians down to size, “Maria” joins the curt parade of “Tár” and “Maestro.” The new biopic of Maria ...