Maria Callas Sacred Monster

Maria Callas Sacred Monster

Copyright HolderStelios Galatopoulos
PublisherSimon & Schuster, Inc.
Published with Assistance fromFourth Estate Limited
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUK
Copyright1998
Pages / Font564 pages
Barcode9 780684 859859
ISBN0 - 684 - 85985 - 8
EAN 253500
ChaptersAcknowledgements and Credits ix Prologue Conversationsm with Callas 1 PART ONE - Beginnings 1 Roots 12 2 First Flights 22 3 America Revisited 50 PART TWO - Prima Donna 4 The Two Gentlemen Of Verona 76 5 Succes and Squabbles in Latin America 93 6 The Passionate Pilgrim Attains La Scala 112 7 Crusade To The New World 137 PART THREE - La Divina 8 The Years Of Triumph...And Visconti 172 9 The Metropolitan 201 PART FOUR - Prima Donna Assoluta 10 Rivals and Recriminations 238 11 Scandals 255 12 More Scandals: The Break with Rome And La Scala 270 13 At War With The Metropolitan 284 PART FIVE - Life Beyond Art 14 A Fated Greek Cruise And Onassis 320 15 Divorce And Return To The Stage 338 16 Decline And Retirement 361 PART SIX - Finale 17 Remembrance Of Times Past 400 18 The Making Of The Artist 425 19 Twilight Of A Sacred Monster 448 APPENDICES Discography 483 Chronology Of Performances 516 Select Bibliography 540 Picture Acknowledgements 541 Index 542
NotesOriginally published in Great Britain By Fourth Estates Limited Stelios Galatopoulos has contributed to many journals, he has written for all the major recording companies and contributed program notes for opera and concert performances. His books include Italian Opera (1971) and two previous studies on Maria Callas.
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