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Callas

[ kal-uhs ]

noun

  1. Maria Men·e·ghi·ni [men-i-, gee, -nee], 1923–77, U.S. soprano.


Callas

/ ˈkæləs /

noun

  1. CallasMaria19231977MGreekUSMUSIC: operatic soprano Maria, real name Maria Anna Cecilia Kalageropoulos . 1923–77, Greek operatic soprano, born in the US
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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A biopic focusing on legendary opera singer Maria Callas's final years in Paris in the 1970s.

From BBC

Angelina Jolie walked the red carpet in London on Friday as her film about opera singer Maria Callas received its UK premiere.

From BBC

On January 2, 1958, a minor official at the Rome Opera House bore the thankless task of announcing bad news to the audience: Maria Callas had left the building.

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Callas’ was an existence so full of elegance that Larraín’s images threaten to spill out from the screen, unable to contain such splendor.

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In the scene, operatic strings and the voice of legendary opera singer Maria Callas usher the audience into the darkness of Lydia's mind.

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