Callas Forever Courted by Hollywood for decades to make a film out of the Maria Callas legend, Franco Zeffirelli has finally directed (with Euro coin) a very personal and eccentric "what if" story ...

Spence says Callas channeled all of her pain and suffering in her music, and occasionally her joy. "I think of her [1964] recording of Carmen.

Maria Callas seized fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, opera’s eternally doomed heroines. If opera still commands audiences a century from now, perhaps it will sing of Callas, a ...

President John F. Kennedy with Callas, and Steve Smith, a brother-in-law of JFK, with Marilyn Monroe, at a reception in New York in 1962. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Cecil Stoughton ...

Maria Callas as Rosina in Rossini's Il Barbieri di Siviglia, at Milan's La Scala theater in 1956. The legendary – and controversial — soprano Maria Callas, who would have turned 100 on Dec. 2, ...

Maria by Callas weaves together performance clips, home movies, interviews and poignant diary excepts to present an intimate portrait of the singer in her own words. TERRY GROSS, HOST: ...

Soprano Maria Callas sings at the Theater de Champs Elysees in Paris, France, under the direction of Maestro Georges Pretre, June 5, 1963. (Jean-Jacques Levy/AP) This article is more than 6 years old.

Maria Callas as Rosina in Rossini's Il Barbieri di Siviglia, at Milan's La Scala theater in 1956. The legendary – and controversial — soprano Maria Callas, who would have turned 100 on Dec. 2 ...

NEW YORK — When Maria Callas appeared onstage at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday night, she looked a little pale, a little spectral. This was understandable, perhaps: She ...

That's part of the Callas phenomenon, Berger believes — creating performances of mythic quality, almost like rituals. "When I listen to Maria Callas, I can hear her life story," Blue explains.