The great soprano Maria Kallas(
Anna Maria Kekilia Kalogeropoulou) was born in New York December 2, 1923 and
passed away September 16, 1977.
Raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind onstage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career.
Raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind onstage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career.
The press exulted in publicizing Callas's
allegedly temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldiand
her love affair with Aristotle Onassis.
Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas
the artist in the popular press, 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.
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