Maria Callas

E98503
Greek-American person human operatic soprano

Maria Callas was a renowned 20th-century Greek-American soprano celebrated for her dramatic intensity, distinctive voice, and iconic interpretations of Italian opera roles.

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Label Occurrences
Maria Callas canonical 15

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek-American person ⓘ
human ⓘ
operatic soprano ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1965 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs La Divina ⓘ
awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthName Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos ⓘ
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
citizenship Greece ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-12-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-09-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Athens Conservatoire ⓘ
Athens Conservatoire ⓘ
surface form: National Conservatoire of Athens
ethnicOrigin Greek ⓘ
father George Kalogeropoulos ⓘ
fieldOfWork opera ⓘ
genre Italian opera ⓘ
marriageEnd 1959 ⓘ
marriageStart 1949 ⓘ
mother Evangelia Dimitriadou ⓘ
name Maria Callas self-link ⓘ
notableFor distinctive timbre of voice ⓘ
dramatic intensity in performance ⓘ
interpretations of bel canto roles ⓘ
revival of bel canto repertoire ⓘ
notableRole Amina in Bellini's "La sonnambula" ⓘ
Elvira in Bellini's "I puritani" ⓘ
Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" ⓘ
Medea ⓘ
surface form: Medea in Cherubini's "Medea"

Norma in Bellini's "Norma" ⓘ
Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca" ⓘ
Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" ⓘ
partner Aristotle Onassis ⓘ
performedAt Arena di Verona ⓘ
La Scala ⓘ
Metropolitan Opera ⓘ
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ⓘ
surface form: Royal Opera House

Teatro La Fenice ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
posthumousRecognition considered one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century ⓘ
recordLabel EMI ⓘ
religion Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
residence Athens ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
spouse Giovanni Battista Meneghini ⓘ
studiedUnder Elvira de Hidalgo ⓘ
vocalType soprano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Scala → notableSingerAssociated → Maria Callas ⓘ
EMI Classics → associatedWith → Maria Callas ⓘ
Teatro Colón → notablePerformer → Maria Callas ⓘ
Maria Callas → name → Maria Callas self-link ⓘ
Philharmonia Orchestra → collaboratedWith → Maria Callas ⓘ
The Dallas Opera → inspiredBy → Maria Callas ⓘ
Apple "Think Different" campaign → portrayed → Maria Callas ⓘ
Master Class → subject → Maria Callas ⓘ
Master Class → mainCharacter → Maria Callas ⓘ
Master Class → character → Maria Callas ⓘ
Master Class → originalBroadwayLeadRole → Maria Callas ⓘ
The Lisbon Traviata → centralMotif → Maria Callas ⓘ
La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) → notableInterpreter → Maria Callas ⓘ
Ave Maria → hasNotablePerformer → Maria Callas ⓘ
Nicola Rescigno → helpedLaunchCareerOf → Maria Callas ⓘ