He spoke of Callas as the one who got away — or the one for whom he was too late. In 1974, when he was in his early 30s, he wanted Callas to appear in an opera he was leading: Verdi’s Macbeth.

There were several stretches during Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene that got to me, mostly because the real Callas’ singing on the recording was so honest and revealing.

Jackie Kennedy at a 1965 performance by Maria Callas at the Metropolitan Opera. The former First Lady is accompanied by the opera’s then general manager, Rudolph Bing.

"Maria" introduces its namesake as a caged and molting songbird who shuffles around her mahogany apartment like a Quaalude-addicted Norma Desmond - albeit one who's a bit more loving toward the help.

Maria, the Maria Callas biopic-of-sorts starring Angelina Jolie, is directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight.

Angelina Jolie was seen filming her upcoming movie 'Maria' in Paris, in which she will portray 20th century opera singer Maria Callas. Jolie was seen standing underneath an umbrella with her son ...

Angelina Jolie’s new Netflix movie, Maria—which began streaming today—marks the third based-on-a-true-story movie from director Pablo Larraín about a famous, tragic woman. First was Jackie ...

Yet “Maria” is a bit of a slog, even for an opera lover (like me). Callas here is at the end of her life, and she is not well. She lives in Paris with her long-suffering butler (Pierfrancesco ...