Ce livre retrace avec précision la carrière de la grande cantatrice, depuis son célèbre Fidelio en 1944, à son ultime concert en 1974. A l'aide de documents iconographiques, la plupart totalement inédits, Sergio Segalini retrace une carrière de légende à travers un texte qui se penche exclusivement sur les aspects purement musicaux du phénomène Callas.

Le 20e anniversaire de la mort de Maria Callas est un grand événement pour l'industrie du disque. C'est justement sous cet angle, sa carrière discographique, que l'auteur dévoile les dessous artistiques, financiers de l'oeuvre de la Callas. Filmo-discographie très complète.

Au matin du 16 septembre 1977 mourait à l'âge de cinquante-quatre ans Maria Kalogeropoulos. La Callas, elle, chante toujours. De Traviata à Norma, de Lucia à Médée, la jeune Grecque de New York au physique ingrat a trouvé des visages d'opéra à ses chimères. Libérée de ses complexes, des fers d'une mère aux exigences folles, elle est devenue la plus grande cantatrice du vingtième siècle. Sous la baguette de prestigieux...

Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her staggering weight loss her tigress-like temperament - as she was for her singing.Of Greek parentage the New York-born internationally famous Callas was the most influential soprano of the 20th century reviving a school of singing - bel canto - that had been forgotten for 75 years. Unlike most of her generation of sopranos she was a superb actress both vocally and physically: her voice encompassed many colours and she embodied each character she portrayed. After seeing or hearing her in a role it was said it was difficult to imagine another singer attempting it so fierce was herindividual stamp. Her status went beyond cult; her triumphs and failures appeared on the front page of newspapers all over the world.This profusely illustrated musical biography covers Callas's life and career. A final third of the book analyzes the tracks on the two CDs describing what made Callas unique what made Callas Callas. Listen for yourselves to La Divina ('the divine one') as the Italians dubbed her and be amazed.