Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her and the director Pablo Larraín. The Great Read Jolie plays the superstar soprano ...

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, ...

No director working today has a greater command of the medium than the Chilean maestro Pablo Larraín, whose previous achievements in the generally unloved biopic genre — Jackie and Spencer — are now ...

“Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s cinematic portrait of opera legend Maria Callas, arrives as the third of the director’s films centered on iconic women of the 20th century. And like the other films in the ...

With her extraordinary vocal range, opera singer Maria Callas commanded the stage like few others in history. But while music offered her a sense of control, her personal life was much more chaotic ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Maria Callas, the most admired and photographed opera singer of the 20th century, passed away from a heart attack at age 53. If you listen today to recordings by the ...

Many notable things come to mind at the mention of Maria Callas, with opera at the top of the list. Endowed with a vocal range of almost three octaves, the New York-born singer redefined the ...

Listen to the best of opera’s defining diva, chosen by Patti LuPone, Renée Fleming, Marina Abramovic and many more. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends ...

What do you get the person who has everything? The answer to that seasonally persistent question, at least for those who love classical music, is, well . . . everything. And that’s easy enough, ...

The legendary – and controversial — soprano Maria Callas, who would have turned 100 on Dec. 2, continues to command attention. Of course opera fans remain enthralled, but Callas also appeals to many ...