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maria callas

Original name: Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulos
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  birth place:         New York, USA
     birth date:           2 december 1923
            horoscope:          Sagittarius               
death place:         Paris, France
      death date:          17 september 1977
                  occupation:          
opera singer                   

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Maria Callas, 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 artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera" 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 the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists.

Maria Callas´s  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.
THE VOICE

“If you want to live in harmony with yourself, you have to work.  Work very hard.  I don’t agree with Descartes: ‘I think therefore I am.’  I work therefore I am.”    Maria Callas

THE FACE

THE FIGURE

height: 173cm
weight: 58kilos / 130lbs
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THE LIFE

I am a creature of destiny.  Destiny chose me, wanted me this way.  I am outside myself and watch my life from the outside.”

--Maria Callas


Maria Callas as Ifeginia at Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Maria Callas as Ifeginia at Teatro alla Scala, Milan

1954: year of transformation. 

Maria Callas lost 30 kilos, the duckling was transformed into a white swan
Maria Callas and Leonard Bernstein backstage in 1955, Credit: Erio Piccagliani
Maria Callas and Leonard Bernstein backstage in 1955, Credit: Erio Piccagliani
Maria Callas, Ischia, 1956,  Credit: Marzotto Archive Collection
Maria Callas, Ischia, 1956, Credit: Marzotto Archive Collection
Maria Callas at the Odeon theatre in Paris.
Maria Callas at the Odeon theatre in Paris.

1957: love of her life: Aristotle Onassis

​In 1957, while still married to husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Maria Callas was introduced to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis at a party given in her honor by Elsa Maxwell after a performance in Donizetti's Anna Bolena. The affair that followed received much publicity in the popular press, and in November 1959, Callas left her husband. 
The very public affair lasted over a decade until Aristotle Onassis left her for Jacquelin Kennedy and later married her, but he later resumed to meet her again in Paris when his marriage with Jacqueline Kennedy was in trouble. 
Maria Callas signing autographs with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotele Onassis during the XVIII Venice International Film Festival. Venice, 1957. Picture: akg/ Archivio Mario De Biasi distribuito da Mondadori Portfolio
Maria Callas signing autographs with Aristotele Onassis. Venice, 1957.
Maria Callas at a party in Monte Carlo, dancing with Aristotle Onassis. Picture: Getty
Maria Callas at a party in Monte Carlo, dancing with Aristotle Onassis.
Maria Callas at a press conference in Rome, 1958, Credit: AKG images/ Ullstein Bild
Maria Callas at a press conference in Rome, 1958
Maria Callas with Aristotle Onassis, 1962
Maria Callas with Aristotle Onassis, 1962
Maria Callas taking the applause at London's Royal Festival Hall. Picture: Getty
Maria Callas taking the applause at London's Royal Festival Hall. Picture: Getty

1977: Death

Maria Callas spent her last years living largely in isolation in Paris and died of a heart attach on 16 September 1977.
Maria Callas´s last residence in Paris
Maria Callas´s last residence in Paris: Avenue Georges-Mandel, 36
portait of Maria Callas, Credit: Tully Potter Collection
portait of Maria Callas, Credit: Tully Potter Collection
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THE STYLE

maria callas the style on stage jewels swarovski crystaline necklace designed by lila de nobili for her 1955 milanese performance of la Traviatta
THE TASTE

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maria callas related with Luchino visconti in milano 1955 after a performance of la traviata
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