The unknown Callas : the Greek years / Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis ; with a foreword by the Earl of Harewood.

Author/creator Petsalēs-Diomēdēs, N., 1943-
Other author Harewood, Earl of, 1923-2011
Format Book
Publication InfoPortland, OR : Amadeus Press, 2001.
Description672 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Callas, Maria, 1923-1977--Childhood and youth.
Sopranos (Singers)--Biography.

SeriesOpera biography series ; no. 14
Opera biography series ; no. 14. ^A267014
Contents Part one. Origins and childhood (1923-1937) -- Part two. A musical apprenticeship (1937-1940) -- Part three. War, occupation and the National Opera (1940-1943) -- Part four. Success, liberation, and civil war (1944) -- Part five. Problems and departure from Greece (1945) -- Part six. Epilogue, postscripts and appendix.
Abstract The melodramatic story of the century's greatest soprano, from her birth to Greek-immigrant parents in New York to her triumphs on international stages, has often been chronicled, and the world is by now more than familiar with her fiery temperament, her tragic affairs, and her lonely death in a Parisian apartment at the age of fifty-three. In all these accounts, however, a key period in her life has gone undocumented: at the age of thirteen, she left New York with her mother and sister and traveled to Greece, where she spent her formative teenage and early professional years. 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, the author uncovers much that is new and dispels much that is old, casting new light on the whole of her life.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 595-602) and index.
LCCN 00040155
ISBN157467059X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML420.C18 P43 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold