Maria Callas would have been 100 years old on December 2. For the past few months, this centenary has already been celebrated around the world in keeping with the imprint left by Divina. In New York, where she was born and where she began her apprenticeship, in Athens, where her genius blossomed and which has just inaugurated a temporary exhibition and a permanent museum, in Paris, where her earthly passage ended in the solitude of the Parisian apartment on Avenue Georges-Mandel, forty-six years ago. And of course, everywhere on these stages around the world that welcomed his genius of interpretation, his sovereign but terribly human technique, and that timbre recognizable among thousands.
Beyond the event, Maria Callas seems to still be with us. Biographical works, fictions and documentaries, sound recordings and images of the countless recordings of his fascinating stage performances feed us with an art that never ceases to resonate. Even in well-known voices...
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