Blogpost for the Maria
Callas Sub-Collection of the Robert Baxter Collection: https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog /2018/11/maria-callas-materials-come-stanford/.
Makariou and Galabov present an eclectic programme that reflects
Callas' versatile voice including among others arias and duets from Norma, Tosca, La Traviata and Andrea Chenier.
Operatic works as a middle school tale, and though its primary purpose may not be to win converts to opera, it might inspire teenagers to investigate the form -- or, at least, Maria
Callas.
Her reminiscences are illustrated by performances of arias from Maria
Callas' greatest roles - arias from Tosca, Madama Butterfly and La Traviata, which mirror the tragedy and drama of her life.
Undoubtedly a legend,
Callas left behind a lasting legacy in opera, becoming one of the field's most influential performers.
When Maria
Callas sang Tosca at Covent Garden in 1964, she could not have known how crucial it would prove to her career and her life.
"To produce this series of print ads forQNB, M&C Saatchi approached us tosecure the rights to use images of AlbertEinstein, Martin Luther King Jnr, andMaria
Callas," said Greg Aslangul, generalmanager of arabianEye, which exclusivelyrepresents Corbis in the region.
As the play is constructed, the master classes
Callas gave for Juilliard students in the early '70s (she died in 1977) are essentially the dramatic setup for two flagellating monologues in which the soprano rages about the injustices of her lifetime: the loss of her voice, which ended her career in 1965, and the loss of her longtime lover, the Greek shipping tycoon, Aristotle Onassis, who crassly threw her over for Jackie Kennedy.
Two musical biographical pictures, Olivier Dahan's La Vie En Rose (2007) and Franco Zeffirelli's
Callas Forever (2002) address in various ways the seemingly decisive, yet ever elusive, problem of authenticity.