Maria Callas

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek-American person
human
operatic soprano
activeYearsEnd 1965
activeYearsStart 1940
alsoKnownAs La Divina NERFINISHED
awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED
birthName Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos NERFINISHED
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Greece NERFINISHED
United States of America
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfDeath France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1923-12-02
dateOfDeath 1977-09-16
educatedAt Athens Conservatoire NERFINISHED
National Conservatoire of Athens NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin Greek
father George Kalogeropoulos NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork opera
genre Italian opera
marriageEnd 1959
marriageStart 1949
mother Evangelia Dimitriadou NERFINISHED
name Maria Callas NERFINISHED
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" NERFINISHED
Medea in Cherubini's "Medea" NERFINISHED
Norma in Bellini's "Norma" NERFINISHED
Tosca in Puccini's "Tosca" NERFINISHED
Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" NERFINISHED
partner Aristotle Onassis NERFINISHED
performedAt Arena di Verona NERFINISHED
La Scala NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED
Royal Opera House NERFINISHED
Teatro La Fenice NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Paris
posthumousRecognition considered one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century
recordLabel EMI NERFINISHED
religion Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
residence Athens NERFINISHED
Milan NERFINISHED
Paris
spouse Giovanni Battista Meneghini NERFINISHED
studiedUnder Elvira de Hidalgo NERFINISHED
vocalType soprano

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