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Drugged, sexually abused, swindled… Maria Callas’s tormented life revealed
Her mother blackmailed her, her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini stole from her, and shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis was violent and abandoned her for Jackie Kennedy. Soprano Maria Callas was adored by audiences worldwide but she never knew real love offstage, and her life was even more tragic than previously realised, according to research.
In writing a new biography, Lyndsy Spence was given access to Callas’s previously unpublished correspondence and other material, which casts light on the torment of her marriage, the abuse to which Onassis subjected her and her claims of sexual harassment by the director of one of the world’s foremost conservatoires.
Spence said that the letters relating to Onassis reveal the terrifying ordeal she suffered, especially when, in 1966, his physical violence threatened her life: “There is also disturbing information from the diary of one of her close friends detailing how Onassis drugged her, mostly for sexual reasons – today we would class that as date rape.”
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Maria Callas
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Maria Callas News: Angelia Jolie Portrays the Late Opera Singer in New Biopic Maria
Famed opera singer Maria Callas is the subject of a new biopic Maria, now streaming on Netflix, with Academy Award–winning actor Angelina Jolie portraying the late music icon. The movie received an eight-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this summer, not uncommon for the fest, that The Hollywood Reporter called “electric.”
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The movie reimagines the American-born Greek soprano’s final days in Paris in the 1970s, before her death of what was believed to be a heart attack at age 53. The highly influential opera singer was known for her coloratura vocal range and technique before becoming something of a recluse in her last years.
“I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie told The Hollywood Reporter in October 2022. Indeed, she did. Over the course of roughly seven months, Jolie worked with opera singers and coaches—including “La Divina,” herself, via reco
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Maria Callas
American and Greek soprano (1923–1977)
"Callas" redirects here. For other uses, see Callas (disambiguation).
Maria Callas[a]Commendatore OMRI (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos;[b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American and Greek soprano[2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina ("The Divine One").
Born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York City, to Greek immigrant parents, she was raised by an overbearing mother who had wanted a son. Maria received her musical education in Greece at age 13 and later established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigenci
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