With ‘Maria’ Biopic, Angelina Jolie Could Make Her Oscar Comeback
“Maria,” about the opera diva Maria Callas, plays to the star’s strengths. Its Venice Film Festival debut was timed so the actress could avoid Brad Pitt.
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6 Highlights of Maria Callas’s Opera Career at La Scala
The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.
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Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.
Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.
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Renata Scotto, Opera Diva Who Inhabited Roles, Dies at 89
Ms. Scotto, a leading Italian soprano, sang more than two dozen roles at the Metropolitan Opera and was a charismatic and demanding stage partner.