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The True Story of Angelina Jolie’s Maria: All About the Tumultuous Life of Opera Singer Maria Callas
Angelina Jolie is bringing legendary and controversial opera singer, Maria Callas, to life in Pablo Larraín’s biopic Maria — but how much of it is accurate?
Callas, known as “La Divina” (The Divine), was an American-born Greek soprano who rose to fame in the 1950s and is often credited with the bel canto revival. She is considered one of the most renowned and influential musikdrama singers of the 20th century and one of the greatest divas of all time due to both her talent and her temperamental reputation.
The movie focuses on the sista days of Callas' life as she retreats to Paris — where she lived alone besides her housekeepers — and reckons with the ups and downs of her journey and identity.
At the film’s August 2024 premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Jolie spoke about the “negative connotations” of the word “diva” and how her own perspective shifted after portrayi
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Maria Callas
American-born 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-born Greek soprano[2] and one of the most renowned and influential musikdrama 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 edu
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‘Maria’ true story: What to know about the real Maria Callas
Meanwhile, she struggled with her weight throughout the 1950s, and lost a significant amount that may have contributed to the weakening of her singing voice. Her Time profile said she went from 202 pounds to 135 pounds in three years.
“Singers learn to sing with their body,” Scorca says. “Changing your body means you have to learn to sing all over again — the instrument is the body.”
Callas continued performing across Europe for over a decade and eventually had a brief semi-retirement when she fell for Aristotle Onassis in 1959. She eventually performed again during from 1964 to 1965, and said farewell to the stage after what the New Yorker said was a “disastrous concert tour” in 1973 and 1974.
“She no longer had control over her instrument,” Scorca says. “It was a sad shadow of what had been great.”
Her romantic life also made headlines
In 1949 she married an older, wealthy man, industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneg