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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 A late photograph of an affectionate diva with her mentor, 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧, perhaps taken in Greece during their final stage performances together in 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚 at 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎.…

Maria Callas - 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶.

Russian soprano, Galina Vishnevskaya and Maria Callas Paris , 1969, after a performance of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Aniéguin.

𝗘𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮 (Bellini)

Maria Callas, George Pretre and Walter Legge

Maria Callas and Sir Malcolm Sargent

Maria Callas as a Violeta (La Traviata)

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗚𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗮, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘇 (𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗿) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲̂𝘁𝗿𝗲

With 22 year-old student conductor, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗻, and Maria callas (she recommended as a replacement conductor for a production of 𝗟𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲̀𝗺𝗲, thereby launching his career.)

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮.

On December 4, 1953, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 conducted at 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 for the first time, in a production of 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗶’𝘀 “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗮.” 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (1923-1977) sang the title role. Bernstein was the first American to…

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟱

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗮,” 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 - 1953

Maria Callas and Leonard Bernstein

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬)

Maria callas with Alain Delon

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟱–𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲)

Maria Callas, Medea

Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯–𝟳𝟳) as 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 in 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮 at the 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, photo 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮–𝟳𝟬). Black and white photography. London, England, 1964.

Maria Callas and Aldo Protti

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟴–𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴), 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵), 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱), 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶-𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶 (𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟬–𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟭)

𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼: 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶 Recorded in studio 1954 Conductor: Tullio Serafin Orchestra & chorus: Teatro alla Scala Nedda: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 Canio: 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗼 Tonio: 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶 Silvio: 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗶 Beppe: 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBV8j3iHO_Q

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 & 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳-𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴)