Maria Callas photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1957
Callas (2024)
Callas is a film directed by Niki Caro with Noomi Rapace.
Synopsis: A biopic about the operatic star, Maria Callas.
Noomi Rapace Star As Maria Callas announced at the Cannes Film Festival, Noomi Rapace is currently training her vocal cords in preparation for a starring role as Maria Callas.
The biopic is centered on the passionate relationship the singer had with Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis lasting almost two decades. Caro will direct “Callas” from a screenplay she adapted from Alfonso Signorini’s biography “Too Proud, Too Fragile.”
Callas was a profoundly influential American opera singer of Greek heritage. She died in 1977 at the age of 53.
“This movie is about an extraordinary woman whose deepest desire is to lead an ordinary life with the man of her choice,” said Guido De Angelis. “Callas was la Divina, a goddess, who just wanted to be a normal woman; she found out she couldn’t. It sounds like an ancient myth.”
Rapace’s credits include “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Prometheus,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and “The Drop.”
Caro directed “McFarland USA,” “North Country” and “Whale Rider.”
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Maria Callas sings Puccini: Tosca - 'Vissi d'Arte' at Covent Garden 1964
Maria Callas' final appearance on the operatic stage was in Tosca at Covent Garden's 1965 Royal Gala. For many opera lovers, Maria Callas and Tosca's Vissi d'Arte are inseparable. "I lived for art; I lived for love" became La Divina's cri de coeur, her swansong, the perfect expression of her own triumphs and tragedies. This unrivaled recording is from that legendary Zeffirelli production in 1964 and is one of just many jewels in the Maria Callas Live edition.
Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva!
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi aiutai.
Sempre con fè sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fè sincera
diedi fiori agl'altar.
Nell'ora del dolore
perché, perché, Signore,
perché me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto, e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel,
che ne ridean più belli.
Nell'ora del dolor
perché, perché, Signor,
ah, perché me ne rimuneri così?
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Samurai-ish movies and shows you might enjoy
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“Noomi, Noomi! I made you a present!”
“You did?” Naomi looks over to see her sister’s work - a glue-and-macaroni piece on red card stock, arranged in a clumsy rendition of a cat. Naomi is nine, and has already graduated from raw pasta to oil pastels and markers; still, she accepts the gift with a smile. “Thank you, Hana! Should I put it on the fridge?”
“Yeah!” Hana is five, and smiles with uneven teeth; they’re quite small in her mouth, and Naomi thinks they make her look rather like a Jack-o-lantern. “Right by yours, please!”
“Alright!” Naomi goes to the fridge - her art, a drawing of the zoo they all visited just last week, is pinned to the fridge with the green magnet. Naomi picks a pink and yellow flower - Hana’s favorite - and pins the art to the fridge.
“They look good together, Hana!” They don’t, but none is old enough to know better than to say that. Hana laughs in delight.
“We’re artists!”
“We are!” Naomi smiles. Maybe she’ll teach Hana to use markers at some point.
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