Maria Callas Cecil Beaton photo unknown date color added 2008
by David Lee Guss
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Maria Callas Cecil Beaton photo unknown date color added 2008
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David Lee Guss
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"Maria Callas, ( December 2, 1923 - September 16, 1977), was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her 'the Bible of opera'; and her influence was 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.'"
Callas lived in Greece, under Nazi rule, during WW2.
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October 10th, 2016
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