One of the most important things musicians can do is listen outside the genre they make, and Linda Ronstadt is a good example ...

I'm not at all convinced by Terrence McNally's stage play Master Class, based on the legendary opera singer Maria Callas. On ...

There is 'Maria' and there is Maria Callas. Our classical music critic on how the Netflix movie compares with the Maria Callas he encountered and from whom he learned the meaning of Italian opera.

How did Maria Callas die? Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) spent her final days in Paris. Callas died at home in her Paris apartment on Sept. 16, 1977, at age 53.

In "Maria," Callas meets Onassis at a lavish party and he wastes no time professing his love for her, despite both of them being married to other people. "I'm ugly, but I'm rich.

Maria Callas (1923-1977) is often hailed as one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She’s best known for her performances in the operas Medea, Tosca and La Traviata, and when TIME put ...

Angelina Jolie portrays late singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's new film "Maria." She spent seven months taking singing, voice, and Italian classes for the role. Jolie is really singing in ...

Maria Callas (1923-1977) is often hailed as one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She’s best known for her performances in the operas Medea, Tosca and La Traviata, and when TIME put ...

And Maria Callas had Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure, known to her friends and family as Biki, the Milanese dressmaker whose cinch-waisted dresses and suits, gloves, and furs shaped the diva’s offstage ...

For Callas, Larraín wanted an actress who could create “our Maria,” he said — not simply imitate her. He called Jolie, who had reached out after seeing his earlier work.

Maria Callas was a celebrity, in addition to a singer or musician -- she appeared on the gossip pages as well as the arts pages. She was glamorous. She was involved in scandals.

In Maria by Callas, there is substantial visual material in which we see the star singing. A good deal of it is real, with sound (often not so hot) and image matching.