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world-renowned opera singer Maria Callas
Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer, lives out her final days in 1970s Paris as she grapples with her identity and her life. Angelina Jolie and director Pablo Larraín discuss how they connected to the film’s heartbreaking true story. The third and final film in Pablo Larraín’s so-called «Lady in High Heels» trilogy of female-led biopics, following Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021).
I’m in the mood for adulation
Maria Callas: Book me a table at a café where the waiters know who I am. Featured in Close-Up: Why Do We Need the Venice Film Festival? (2024).
If it weren’t for Angelina Jolie!
Otello Act 4: «Ave Maria» (Desdemona)Performed by Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ConservatoireConductor: Nicola RescignoWritten by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo BoitoA Warner Classics Release, (p) 1964 Parlophone Records LimitedRemastered 2014 Parlophone Records LimitedCourtesy Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, a Warner Music Group company. To be fair, she was excellent in the acting. I just wasn’t sold on the singing parts.
She was a wonderful soul whose talent had great appreciation and agony in equal measure
The film, however, was an excellent closing chapter to a much less dignified life of Maria Callas. It presents the last 7 days of her life and uses flashbacks to review her journey. In doing so, it becomes so consumed that you can no longer tell the difference between her illusions and real memories.
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