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1) Diva
Author
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world....
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband while recovering from the birth of a stillborn child. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's introduced to Aristotle Onassis, the world?s richest man and...
3) Operatic
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"About to graduate from middle school, Charlie is preoccupied with a crush, Emile, and the absence of Luka, a boy in her class, who has not come to school in days. In Mr. P's music class, she hears the songs of opera singer Maria Callas and falls in love with opera. Maria's story helps Charlie navigate her own world."--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The definitive portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women. Go beyond Callas, the original diva, and meet Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances and TV interviews, the film is the first to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer completely in her own words with never-before-seen footage.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The first biography in over 15 years of Maria Callas, and the first to portray her as a feminist icon rather than a bitchy diva. Maria Callas (1923-1977) was the greatest opera diva of all time with a career that remains unmatched by any prima donna. Much of her life was overshadowed by her fiery relationship with Aristotle Onassis, who broke her heart when he left her for Jacqueline Kennedy, and her reputation was marred by legendary tantrums on...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling biographer Anne Edwards comes the irresistible true story of the lives and loves of the great opera diva, Maria Callas.
Maria Callas continues to mesmerize us decades after her death, not only because she was indisputably the greatest opera diva of the 20th century, but also because both her life and death were shrouded in a Machiavellian web of scandal, mystery and deception. Now Anne Edwards, well known for...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Beautifully recreates the magic, passion and artistry of the opera diva Maria Callas, known as "the voice of the century". Gives a loving tribute to what could have possibly happened at the end of Callas's life, whose death came at the age of 53. Callas was a temperamental diva. She captured all the fiery intensity of legend on and off the stage. Her tempestuous relationship with her former manager is what finally persuades her to re-launch her career,...
10) Maria Callas
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A biography of opera singer Maria Callas. Performance footage captures the legendary opera singer at her best.
Publisher
Arthaus Musik
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This documentary provides an account of the life of Maria Callas as a singer and a woman. Based on research in eight countries, it contains a collection of authentic materials (photos, amateur movies, etc.) being shown for the first time.
Publisher
C Major
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Italiano
Description
This film tells the story of one of the most magic moments of music. The beginning of 1964 held a great surprise for the music world: Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as prima donna. Her Tosca at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Not even the Beatles received more press coverage. All this, for an artist whose glorious career was said to be over, with the singer herself passing over to legend. It is no longer her performances, but her...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
A thorough exploration of the personal life and professional career of the controversial soprano draws on her private letters, her personal tapes, and dozens of interviews to relate her triumphs, battles, passions, and failures.
Publisher
Standing Room Only Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Long before TV's American Idol became a mega-hit, there was one radio and television series that started the talent competition craze. It was called The Original Amateur Hour. Almost 50 major stars of movies, records, stage, screen and television got their start on this series.
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