Maria Callas
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Maria Callas Museum to Open in the Heart of Athens
In the summer of 2023, the Maria Callas museum will open its doors in the heart of Athens, honoring the 100 years since the Greek soprano legend was born.
The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, has already committed to the...
Greek news
Angelina Jolie to Play Maria Callas in New Biopic
Angelina Jolie will play the legendary Greek-American soprano Maria Callas in the biopic Maria. The film will be directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight, who recently worked together on the film Spencer.
Maria tells the tumultuous, beautiful,...
Greek News
Maria Callas: The Diva Lives on
Maria Callas may have died on this day 45 years ago but her immortal voice lives on, along with her legend. It's no mystery why Greeks, Italians and Americans, all claim Callas as theirs.
She was born Sophia Cecilia Anna...
Ancient Greece
The Greatest Operas Based on Greek Mythology
There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on themes and personages from Greek mythology and its glittering history. That says all one needs to know about the universality of Greek mythology and history, how much these...
Culture
Rare Maria Callas Video Speaking Greek in Athens Comeback
Greek-American opera diva Maria Callas had a volatile relationship with the Athens intellectual establishment, but this was never more evident than during her 1957 comeback concert in the Theater of Herod Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis.
In 1957,...
Celebrities
Life Aboard Onassis’ Legendary Yacht ‘Christina O’
The captain of Aristotle Onassis' legendary yacht Christina recently broke his long self-imposed silence, speaking about the celebrities the Greek tycoon once entertained onboard.
In an extensive interview with Greek daily Espresso, eighty-year-old Giorgos Zacharias spoke about Onassis' kindness to...
Greece
Manolis Chiotis: Star of Greek Music was Bouzouki Virtuoso
Manolis Chiotis is considered to be one of the greatest bouzouki players of all time. The musician, composer, and singer revolutionized Greek music with his four-course bouzouki and made music from Greece popular across the world, even in the...
Culture
Shocking Details of Maria Callas’ Life Revealed
A new book on Maria Callas reveals shocking details about the tragic private life of the greatest opera soprano of the 20th century
Celebrities
Tina Livanos: The Greek Beauty Who Married Both Onassis and Niarchos
Tina Livanos was known across the world for her marriages to two of Greece's most powerful figures, Onassis and Niarchos.
Society
Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O and Lee Radziwill: A Complicated Relationship
The relationship between Lee Radziwill, her sister Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis is complicated and reveals one of the reasons of the siblings' rivalry