Maria Callas
Maria Callas
Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI, was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera 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...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth2 December 1923
CityNew York City, NY
I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful - also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice.
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't like it shouldn't come to hear me.
First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I've lost Onassis.
ART is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam rules.
he said, ''but in her face and eyes you can see what the character she is portraying is wearing, where she is, the setting, the other people who are present, and what her relationship to them is -- not to mention her emotional state.
Love is so much better when you're not married.
First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.
Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
It is like comparing champagne with cognac. No-with Coca-Cola.