That’s a line from Pablo Larrain ’s “ Maria ,” now streaming on Netflix, based on the final days of opera superstar Maria Callas. The film is peppered with flashbacks of arias by Verdi and Puccini when Callas was at the height of her success. And was Angelina Jolie, who portrays Callas, ready to sing them? Absolutely not.

Angelina Jolie has opened up about a brutal moment in her life that pushed her to 'find her voice' by portraying opera legend Maria Callas

Certainly, that’s one takeaway from Pablo Larraín's new Maria Callas biopic, Maria.Maria stars Angelina Jolie as the famed Greek American opera singer who rose to fame in a flash and burned out just as spectacularly.

What is the true story of Maria Callas? About her career, her husbands, Aristotle Onassis relationship and death. How did she die?

Netflix's "Maria," starring Angelina Jolie, imagines opera singer Maria Callas' last days. The true story of her life was of abuse, drugs, and health issues.

Yes, Maria is based on the true story of Greek opera singer Maria Callas, who died of a heart attack in 1977, when she was only 53 years old. Maria imagines the last few days of Callas’s life, in which once the once-great opera singer struggles with a drug addiction, hallucinations, and her declining health.

Angelina Jolie thanked the extra cast and crew of the Maria film set for their patience as she performed some quite daunting opera scenes. Jolie takes on the role of Maria Callas in the movie. Netflix's Maria is a biographical film where the recordings of Callas's voice are blended in with Jolie's own vocals.