Chilean director Pablo Larraín has carved out a niche for himself creating portraits of iconic women on the edge of a nervous breakdown at significant moments in their lives. First there was Jackie ...

Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her and the director Pablo Larraín. The Great Read Jolie plays the superstar soprano ...

Famed opera singer Maria Callas is the subject of a new biopic Maria, now streaming on Netflix, with Academy Award–winning actor Angelina Jolie portraying the late music icon. The movie received an ...

How do you capture someone as mythic as Maria Callas in a two-hour movie? That was the challenge facing screenwriter Steven Knight (“Spencer”), who reteams with director Pablo Larraín for the new ...

Larraín's third inside portrait of a 20th-century female icon feels more limited than "Jackie" or "Spencer," because it's more hemmed in by fate. The apartment, with its chandeliers hanging from high ...

On the great soprano (1923–77) on the occasion of her centennial Editor’s Note: The below is an expansion of a piece published in the current issue of National Review. Maria Callas was born on ...

With Jane Clayson We talk with the director of a new documentary about the life of Maria Callas, to this day one of the most electrifying singers in opera. Gregor Benko, music historian. He saw ...

Opera singer Maria Callas' real-life relationships are depicted in the new Netflix biopic "Maria." Callas had a longtime affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. They continued seeing each ...

The legendary – and controversial — soprano Maria Callas, who would have turned 100 on Dec. 2, continues to command attention. Of course opera fans remain enthralled, but Callas also appeals to many ...

Tom Volf's documentary 'Maria by Callas,' about the opera star Maria Callas, mixes various forms of footage and audio recording to offer an obsessive's portrait. By Todd McCarthy The diva of all divas ...

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Maria! Pablo Larrain's Maria has finally been released, and here is what happened to Maria Callas' voice, including when and why it declined. Maria Callas is one of the ...

When Maria Callas dazzles an audience into silence with her undulating soprano, one might expect the heavens to part and for an angel to beckon her home. There is an otherworldliness to the legendary ...