Who, really, was that little girl who grew up between New York and Greece, coerced into singing by her emotionally abusive mother, married a man who stole from her, and fell in love with a tycoon who treated her violently and dismissively? Through unpublished correspondence of Maria Callas, Lyndsy Spence sheds light on the tragic private life of the great Greek diva. In Callas's own words, we learn that Onassis drugged her, Meneghini wrote her earnings in his name, and her father pretended to be dying in a charity hospital in an attempt to extort money from her... The woman who struggled with a neuromuscular disorder, who lost her voice due to her illness and due to abuse, and who, at the end of her life, alone in Paris, asked her sister for tranquilizers, is the same person who still evokes immense emotion through her masterpieces today. The tragic story of Maria Callas, perhaps the greatest soprano in the history of opera, is reconstructed from previously unknown material by historian Lyndsy Spence. Praise “The new face of Maria Callas... is even more dramatic than what History has revealed to us so far.” Vogue Italia
Manufacturer
- Author
- Lyndsy Spence
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Papadopoulos
- Language
- Greek
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 496
- Release Date
- 11/2021
- Type
- Biography
- Attribute
- Artists
- Publication Date
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 14.5x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789604847532
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