His short career as a singer exalted as one of the leading voices of the twentieth century. Maria Callas gave a twist to the Bel Canto with his musical performances capped by a superb dramatic talent. Not surprisingly, went down in music history as "La Divina".
Greek American
Kaikilía Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulou born in New York in 1923 in a family of Greek immigrants. His father then changed his complicated last name to Callas. Mary spent her childhood in the Together. But after his parents separated in 1937 went to Greece with his mother and sister.
By desire of his mother, Mary entered the National Conservatory of Athens where he began studying singing at the hands of renowned artists like Mary Trivella Elvira Hidalgo and the English. A hardness of training at the conservatory was added a strong demand by his mother who wanted Mary was a great singer at all costs.
Shy early
Mary had failed to meet even the 20 years when in 1941 he debuted in the National Lyric Theatre in Athens. His first performance was Boccaccio. From then until 1944 when the Allied forces lost control of Greece in the final months of World War II, Mary continued to present operas in Athens. The dangerous situation in which they found their country forced her and her family return to the United States.
The road to success
Mary in New York rejected several proposals and continued studying and trying to perfect her voice. Just accepted an offer to sing in Arena of Verona. For several years he was traveling and figuring prominently operas such as the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and La Fenice in Venice. But it was in his second performance in the great La Scala in 1950 when Maria Callas was exalted forever. His performance in I vespri Siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi gave rise to his nickname: "La Divina".
A race of applause and scandals
The artistic life of Maria Callas was full of representations exist but also constant scandals and problems with their representatives and persons associated with the operatic world.
But nothing could overshadow the great talent of Mary. The uniqueness of Callas was that, besides being able to cover three octaves and have a special voice, accompanied by his musical talent with an exquisite and realistic capacity for drama. Mary was not only a great opera singer, was also a great actress who gave life to their characters and put the bel canto in a privileged place in the world of the arts.
The Loves of Mary
During its first performance at the Arena of Verona, Maria Callas met that was her first husband, Giovanni Battista Meneghini. Giovanni, 30 years her senior, was a wealthy industrialist engaged in construction business. Their marriage only lasted ten years.
In 1959, Maria Callas left her husband for the love of Aristotle Onassis, a shipping magnate in the country of origin. Their idyll is not only placed in the main pages of coated paper but the art world away.
In 1966 he resigned his U.S. citizenship to obtain the annulment of his first marriage and thus be able to marry Onassis. But the Greek magnate not only never asked her to marry him, but shortly thereafter, in 1968, left her to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.
The decline
After tortuous relationship with Onassis, Maria Callas was resentful of her career and personal life. He even suicide attempts.
In 1974, in Sapporo, was the last concert of countless performances that fell short of that years ago there was the divine voice of singing.
The voice trails off
The voice trails off
Maria Callas died in 1977 at his home in Paris. Were not clear about the causes of death, officially caused by a heart attack. His body cremated, the ashes of Maria Callas were scattered across the Aegean Sea.
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