Maria callas cause of death
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Maria Callas
1923-1977
Maria Callas News: Angelia Jolie Portrays the Late Opera Singer in New Biopic Maria
Famed opera singer Maria Callas is the subject of a new biopic Maria, now streaming on Netflix, with Academy Award–winning actor Angelina Jolie portraying the late music icon. The movie received an eight-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this summer, not uncommon for the fest, that The Hollywood Reporter called “electric.”
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The movie reimagines the American-born Greek soprano’s final days in Paris in the 1970s, before her death of what was believed to be a heart attack at age 53. The highly influential opera singer was known for her coloratura vocal range and technique before becoming something of a recluse in her last years.
“I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie told The Hollywood Reporter in October 2022. Indeed, she did. Over the course of roughly seven months, Jolie worked with opera singers and coaches—including “La Divina,” herself, via reco
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Maria Callas
Maria Callas (December 3, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a Greeksoprano. She was one of the most famous and most controversialopera singers of the 20th century. She had a very distinctive voice of great range, power and agility enabling her to sing a wide variety of roles and was a singer-actress of great dramatic intensity. She was dubbedLa Divina (The Divine One) by her admirers. She was mainly associated with the Italianrepertoire, particularly Bellini's Norma, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi's La traviata and Puccini's Tosca.
Life and career
[change | change source]Maria was born Maria Kalogeroupoulou at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in New York City, to Greek parents, she returned to Greece in 1937, with her mother and older sister. There, she studied singing with Elvira de Hidalgo, and made her debut while still a teenager with the Athens Opera in 1941.
During a short return to America to visit her father in 1945, she auditioned at the Metropolitan Opera without success. Her first major break came with her Italian d
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Who was Maria Callas, and what made her the world’s greatest opera diva?
3 September 2024, 09:30
American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas is one of the great opera voices of all time. Discover her story, from her extraordinary vocal range and celebrity lifestyle to her untimely death.
A century on from her birth, this diva’s distinctive voice continues to enchant people the world over, with a biopic about her life starring Angelina Jolie about to land on Netflix. But despite an extraordinary career, life wasn’t always straightforward for Maria Callas.
From a complicated family life and beginning, Callas projected herself onto the world’s greatest stages, dominating the scene with her unparalleled vocal talent.
She filled auditoriums across the globe, tackled some of opera’s most challenging roles without so much as a batted eyelid, and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth II.
But Maria Callas only enjoyed a short time in her prime before her monumental soprano voice began to falter, and she left the stage behind for a quiet life in Pari
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