Angelina Jolie’s performance as Maria Callas is poised to captivate audiences with its emotional depth and authenticity. The film sheds light on the private struggles of a public figure, offering a ...
There has, since Pablo Larraín ’s study of Maria Callas premiered at Venice International Film Festival in August, been a critical cooling on the project. Does it not allow the great diva enough ...
Shedding 70lbs, she transformed into the iconic figure she’s still remembered ... A new BBC documentary however, Maria Callas: The Final Act, claims that both Onassis and weight loss are ...
A portrayal of the final days of Maria Callas, possibly the most iconic opera singer of the 20th century, Maria stars Angelina Jolie as the titular chanteuse, a role that has been considered one ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If ever a star cried out to be immortalised on screen, surely it was the glamorous and tempestuous Maria ...
Maria Callas was only 45 when she grimly assessed ... Callas is perhaps the most mythologised figure in the history of opera – sentimentalised as well as worshipped – but the arc of her ...
He followed it up with another legendary historical figure, Princess Diana ... one that is outside the typical biopic drama. Maria Callas died at the age of 53 from a heart attack, and her ...
It invokes the last days of Maria Callas, “La Divina” of opera ... she was one of the world’s most lauded women, a pivotal figure in the revitalisation of the bel canto operas of the ...