Maria Callas

  • I like her singing because she's got a nice voice. I feel sadness, I think she lost someone very important. Ylenzo

    I love her singing because it's very nice and moving. I feel sadness and joy, too. Egon

    I like her. She helps me to relax. I feel sadness, her voice is the most beautiful I've ever heard. Grégoire

    I like her singing very much because it's quiet and very sweet. I feel tranquility and sadness, too.  Agathe



    Maria Callas (December 3, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a Greek soprano.

    She was one of the most famous and most controversial opera singers of the 20th century. She had a very distinctive voice of great range, power and agility enabling her to sing a wide variety of roles and was a singer-actress of great dramatic intensity. She was dubbed La Divina (The Divine One) by her admirers. She was mainly associated with the Italian repertoire, particularly Bellini's Norma, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi's La traviata and Puccini's Tosca. 

    Born 
    Maria Kalogeropoulou in New York City, to Greek parents, she returned to Greece in 1937, with her mother and older sister. There, she studied singing and made her debut while still a teenager with the Athens Opera in 1939.

    In 1949, she married industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini who became her manager. In 1958, she met Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis which led to her divorce from Meneghini, and slowly began to withdraw from the stage.

    Her final appearance was in Tosca in London in 1965. She made a last world concert tour in 1973–74 with her often partner tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano, but by then her voice was almost gone.


    Callas died of a heart attack in Paris, France, at the age of 53. 




    I think her voice is pretty good. This opera music is for sad times. Jim Pappas

  • Callas in French

    Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix

    My Heart Opens Itself to Your Voice

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

    Love Is a Rebellious Bird