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The voice of the century — and the drama never stopped at the curtain. Maria Callas remains the stuff of opera legend, and George Jellinek — one of America’s foremost music commentators — gives her the portrait she deserves: intimate, authoritative, and affectionate.
Jellinek chronicles the transformation from determined young singer to the most celebrated — and controversial — soprano of her age: the artistry that made her unforgettable, the triumphs on the world’s great stages, the personal turmoil shadowing the fame. First published in 1960 and revised for Dover in 1986 with a new preface and epilogue, it is a backstage pass to opera’s golden age.
For opera lovers, music-history readers, and anyone captivated by legendary lives lived at full volume — an essential portrait of a prima donna in every sense: the voice, the drama, the legend intact — and an era that will not come again.
She was the voice of the century — and the drama didn’t stop when the curtain fell. Callas: Portrait of a Prima Donna by George Jellinek is an intimate portrait of Maria Callas, the legendary diva whose struggles and triumphs remain the stuff of opera legend.
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Jellinek, one of America’s foremost commentators on the music scene, chronicles Callas’s extraordinary journey: the transformation from a determined young singer into the most celebrated — and controversial — soprano of her age. He explores the artistry that made her unforgettable, the triumphs on the world’s great stages, and the personal turmoil that shadowed her fame.
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First published in 1960 and revised for its Dover paperback edition in 1986, with a new preface and epilogue, this is a biography written with both musical authority and genuine affection — a backstage pass to the golden age of opera and to the woman at its center.
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For opera lovers, music history readers, and anyone captivated by legendary lives lived at full volume, Callas is an essential portrait of a prima donna in every sense of the word.
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