Maria Callas Sacred Monster

Acknowledgements 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