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The sound of Maria Callas, artist and woman. Maria Callas was one of the most influential and renowned opera singers of the 20th century. Callas 100 recounts the diva's unparalleled career and epoch-making moments through exclusive images and previously unpublished documents, such as her debut at La Scala in 1950, her 1958 Norma at the Rome Opera, her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1956, and her Lucia di Lammermoor at the Dallas Civic Opera in 1959. Intimate conversations with friends and collaborators, anecdotes and photographs from personal archives introduce the unprecedented journey into the life of the artist beyond the curtain, from her stay in Ischia with her friend Giovanna Lomazzi to her trip to Africa with the writer Dacia Maraini, from her lessons at the Julliard School in New York to the private lessons she gave to the Soprano Sylvia Sass in Paris. Text in English and Italian. SELLING POINTS: . Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images . Features stunning black and white photography and previously unseen documents 180 b/w illustrations

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Author:   Giampaolo Guida
Publisher:   Scripta Maneant
Imprint:   Scripta Maneant
Dimensions:   Width: 24.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 29.50cm
Weight:   1.974kg
ISBN:  

9791280717221

Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 March 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Editor’s Note Overture Giampaolo Guida An Incarnate Voice Carlo Fontana Remembering Maria Callas Act one Gina Guandalini The Voice and the Repertoire Giovanna Lomazzi Everything Can Be Achieved, Everything Can Be Lost Giampaolo Guida A Miracle Comes Piero Mioli The Voice Intermezzo Sergio Ragni Armida, or the Transformations Gina Guandalini An Unknown Performance Marco Guardo “I Romani a cento a cento”. The Unfinished Norma of Callas Act Two Nadia Stancioff Maria, the Woman Raina Kabaivanska I Became a Singer ‘Because of ’ Maria Callas Sylvia Sass A Day with Maria Callas Eugene Kohn Master Class Dacia Maraini A Frightened Child Finale Alejandro Abrante Don’t Say it Was a Dream Plácido Domingo Memory Fabio Ceppelli The Inner Light Choral

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