Maria Callas
Biography
Considered one of the most gifted performers of her generation, Maria Callas has continued to cast a spell over audiences, both young and old, long after her untimely death in 1977.
Brought up in America, Maria returned to her native Greece in 1937. Two years later, aged 15, she appeared as Santuzza in the Athens Conservatorium production of Caballeria Rusticana.
By the age of 23, Maria had appeared in Tosca, Fidelio, La Gioconda, Die Walkure and Turandot. So began the career that became a legend and her infamous love affair with Aristotle Onassis before he married Jacqueline Kennedy.
Music
23 complete recordings of twenty different operas and eleven recital discs make up the legacy of Maria Callas’s recordings for EMI, from the first Lucia di Lammermoor of February 1953 to the second Tosca of December 1964 - an average of two complete operas and one recital per year during the glory years.
To these treasures must be added a number of ‘live’ recordings of various operatic performances and concerts not originally recorded by EMI but which the company has now acquired for distribution.
Since, Maria's death a box-set celebrating the great diva's life and music has been produced adding to a great legacy of works by the great soprano both on and off-stage.
Discography
Maria has an extensive number of recordings. See the full EMI catalogue here
