The Unknown Callas : The Greek Years

[ Opera Biography Series No. 14] A Fascinating and very detailed account of the early career of Maria Callas It introduces the Kalogeropoulos family in Greece and the birth of a daughter in the USA in 1923.Mary Kalogeropoulou was taken to Greece in 1937 by her socially ambitious mother and encouraged to develop her remarkable singing voice. Her perseverance in this during the unspeakable conditions of life in Athens during the Nazi occupation A meticulously researched and documented account of her powers of endurance and abilities that resulted in the flowering of a talent that ultimately made Maria Callas "La Divina' of Opera houses around the world. "The heart of this biography is the young Maria Callas's life in Athens from 1937 to 1943 - a turbulent time that was crucial to her artistic and personal development. In his researches of Athenian archives and through interviews with more than two hundred of Callas's Greek colleagues and friends, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis uncovers much that is new and dispels much that is old, casting new light on the whole of her life."The heart of this biography is the young Maria Callas's life in Athens from 1937 to 1943 - a turbulent time that was crucial to her artistic and personal development. In his researches of Athenian archives and through interviews with more than two hundred of Callas's Greek colleagues and friends, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis uncovers much that is new and dispels much that is old, casting new light on the whole of her life" 672 p. illus. notes index.

Edizione: 1st.uk edition