Author : John Ardoin
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 093134090X
This detailed analysis of every record made by Maria Callas examines the development of her art from her first recordings in 1949 to the last in 1977.
Author : John Ardoin
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Reviews of all of Maria Callas' operatic recordings from 1949 to 1974 trace her artistic development and analyze her performances.
Author : John Ardoin
Publisher : New York : Scribner ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
John Ardoin analyzes every recording made by Maria Callas, the most influential of twentieth-century opera singers and one of the most prolific recording artists of all time. John Ardoin's expert recommendations in this biography through sound will guide both opera neophyte and opera fanatic to the best of Callas' many recordings, all of which have been reissued on compact disc, including the legendary live performances captured on so-called pirate recordings, and Ardoin also specifies which live versions have the best sound. With a new epilogue, analysis of newly discovered performances discussed in no other book, previously unpublished photographs, as well as an essay on Callas by playwright Terrence McNally written especially for this compact disc edition, the Callas Legacy remains, as Beverly Sills says, the only book on the soprano "completely worthy of her artistry."--Back cover.
Author : John Ardoin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 18,85 MB
Release : 1977
Category :
ISBN : 9780715616178
Author : Arianna Huffington
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 2002-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1461624290
For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than "...the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought brilliantly to life, from her transformation from a chubby, painfully shy girl into a magnificent, celebrated soprano, to her conflict with her larger-than-life image. Huffington makes this struggle, which was at the center of her life, also the center of the biography. Using a wealth of previously unpublished material and numerous first-hand interviews, Huffington documents Callas' interminable conflict with her mother, her deeply emotional relationship with her voice, the gradual unraveling of her first marriage, her passionate love affair with of Aristotle Onassis, her agony and humiliation at his leaving her, and her secret abortion.
Author : Lyndsy Spence
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0750997788
Maria Callas (1923–77) was the greatest opera diva of all time. Despite 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 legendary tantrums on and off the stage. However, little is known about the woman behind the diva. She was a girl brought up between New York and Greece, who was forced to sing by her emotionally abusive mother and who left her family behind in Greece for an international career. Feted by royalty and Hollywood stars, she fought sexism to rise to the top, but there was one thing she wanted but could not have – a happy private life. In Cast a Diva, bestselling author Lyndsy Spence draws on previously unseen documents to reveal the raw, tragic story of a true icon.
Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555531461
Penetrating, sometimes controversial insights into her genius, commenting on her choice of repertory, and speculating about the reasons behind the concert cancellations that brought her so much publicity. The book also features a discography, a complete list of Callas's performances, and 31 photographs, many previously unknown. With enthusiasm and vitality, Michael Scott has brilliantly captured Callas's life and artistic milieu in a fascinating exploration of one of.
Author : Nadia Stancioff
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,88 MB
Release : 2000-04-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780306809675
Years after her death Maria Callas remains one of the most renowned and compelling of all divas. Although much has been written about Callas the prima donna, the consummate stage magician, and the tragic lover of Aristotle Onassis, this is the first account of Maria the woman by someone who was close to her. Stancioff, a longtime friend, shares memories of the Maria who gave impromptu concerts of Beatles hits and Mexican ballads; of the Maria who starved herself to conform to the image of a celebrity but would go into rhapsodies about a plate of pasta. And to her own warm reminiscences, Stancioff adds the insights of Maria's friends, colleagues, and family. The figure that emerges is intriguing, infuriating, mystifying—and endlessly fascinating.
Author : John Ardoin
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476662630
Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fame extended to the public consciousness of many parts of the world. Even after her mysterious death in 1977, her singing and acting continue to thrill new generations of opera fans thanks to her many recordings and her fascinating life. This new biography of Callas tells her story from difficult beginnings as the daughter of Greek immigrants to New York City in 1923 to her wonderful performances at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. Callas was quite a diva and a master at creating a captivating public image. She also became notorious because of her very public affair with Aristotle Onassis, the wealthy ship-owner who left Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.
