Chilean director Pablo Larraín concludes his thematic trilogy of 20th century biopics of famous women – after ‘Jackie’ and ...
As Bono once commented about Luciano Pavarotti, “the opera follows him off stage”. Legendary soprano Maria Callas would have ...
He kicked off this trilogy with the 2016 Natalie Portman-led film “Jackie,” which followed the former first lady, Jackie ...
Amid rumors of a potential comeback, she goes to rehearsals where she tries to channel La Callas, the diva who ruled opera stages worldwide and brought audiences to their feet. Through the black ...
BBC Two’s film about opera’s most famous diva has it all: terrific archive, a luscious soundtrack and fresh insight to her ...
Famous, isolated and vaguely tragic; that’s how Pablo Larrain likes his heroines. During sabbaticals from Latin fare the ...
but the startling emotional intimacy he brought to stories about Jacqueline Kennedy ("Jackie") and Princess Diana ("Spencer") is lacking in "Maria," his portrait of opera's supreme diva ...
In Pablo Larraín’s Maria, Angelina Jolie transforms into the late opera diva Maria Callas—not just physically, with her chic French wardrobe, luxurious stage looks, and curly wigs ...
On Saturday at 1 p.m., hear the Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Jacques Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" on Classical ...
From demanding diva to heartbroken lover who gave it all ... At 18, she made her operatic debut and performed 56 times at the Greek National Opera before returning to New York in 1945.