As a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood is drawn to stories that are dark, troubling and morally ambiguous. I’m thinking specifically of “Tightrope,” “Unforgiven,” “Mystic River” and “Million Dollar Baby.” ...

Suzannah McDonald pulls off chronic overwhelm with grace, and Danielle King, as Judy, finally takes bait with eloquent ...

She had a telling Callas anecdote to hand. Working with La Divina, de Sabata had called out, as is the conductor’s wont, “Watch me!” Callas’s reply was: “No. Watch me!” This wasn’t just the bolshie ...

Did she see herself in Callas? “You know, when somebody’s close to you, you don’t see the same things,” she says. “You probably all see similarities between myself and Maria Callas that ...

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Maria Callas was born on December 2 ... I have linguistic bones to pick (as I would). The “La” in “La traviata” is wrong out of Jolie’s mouth. This should have been corrected.

Patricia De Maria, a hardworking salesperson and native Staten Islander, died on January 17 at the age of 72. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s. Patricia was born in 1952, the daughter of ...

Maria Callas made her professional debut in 1941 and within 10 years was performing at all the great opera houses, her most famous works being Puccini’s Tosca, Bellini’s Norma and Verdi’s La Traviata.

A portrayal of the final days of Maria Callas, possibly the most iconic opera singer of the 20th century, Maria stars Angelina Jolie as the titular chanteuse, a role that has been considered one ...

By Meryl Cates The ballerina Maria Tallchief was having dinner with her husband, the choreographer George Balanchine, at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan when the impresario Sol Hurok approached ...

With the Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie in cinemas, Matthew Sweet talks to its director Pablo Larrain about bringing Maria Callas alive through Angelina Jolie's voice. Show more With ...