Prima Donna Assoluta

"It is the Queen of Sheba! The Empress of China and Czarina of Russia! It is the Queen of Spain! It is Cleopatra! It is Aida! Double the trumpets! Quadruple the fanfare! It is all the queens and  empresses at once!" Yves Saint-Laurent A homage to the assoluta Maria Callas, one of the greatest dramatic and musical geniuses of the 20th Century.

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I’ve almost finished Arianna Huffington’s biography of Maria Callas, which I highly recommend. It’s easy to imagine Callas as an untouchable goddess, but her life was difficult and lonely.

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a photo from the 70's!!!; thank you so much. I know they're pretty rare. you have an interesting site. Lot's of luck,Celeste Lockwood

It's a great picture, indeed. Thank you for the nice words! :)

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Maria Callas with Giuseppe di Stefano, 1970s.

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"I always thought she was immortal... and she is!" ~ Tito Gobbi

Callas, La Divina →  December 2, 1923 ~ September 16, 1977

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Norma, 1954.

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Lisbon, 1958.

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Alceste, 1954.

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Un ballo in maschera, 1957.

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La Sonnambula, 1957.

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Maria Callas with her husband, Battista Meneghini.

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Anna Bolena, 1957.

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