Huffington offers slightly unique perspective to the w I must admit that although I am a huge fan of Ms. Huffington had previously written biographies!! I am not much of one for self-help and the type of non-fiction she has written in recent years (I have not read any, so no comment) - but I discovered this gem in a wonderful used bookstore and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Huffington's popular aggregate news site (The Huffington Post) - I had not realized that Ms. I must admit that although I am a huge fan of Ms.
But Maria Callas stays with you, like all great characters, long after you’ve finished the book.more And so devastated that it’s as though you have lost a friend. Reading about her last years is so depressing that when she dies, you almost feel relieved that her despair is over. It’s difficult not to feel sorry for someone who had such a hard life, someone who despite being one of the most celebrated artists of all time, was also one of the most lonely and misunderstood. She puts them in context and treats her with understanding. Unlike other biographers, however, she doesn’t chastise her for them. He gave access to her letters and granted interviews to the author.Īrianna Huffington is sympathetic to Maria -as am I-, but doesn’t shy away from her flaws. Leonidas Lantzounis, who welcomed her parents to New York when they arrived from Greece in 1923 and helped deliver Maria a few months later.
But the great revelation was her correspondence with her godfather, Dr.
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Instead, the focus is on Maria’s psychology, using as sources interviews with a vast array of people who knew her well, such as John Ardoin (to whom she gave a series of interviews after Onassis left her for Jacqueline Kennedy, and who wrote a series of books about her artistry), Franco Zeffirelli, Tito Gobbi, Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco), Lord Harewood, Nadia Stancioff, Constantine and Anastasia Gratsos (one of Onassis’ oldest associates and his wife, respectively), Vasso Devetzi, and even Maria’s mother, Evangelia. But then she barely gives any information about her training with de Hidalgo or her relationship with her. For example, we’re told in the introduction that when she died, Maria only had two framed photographs at home: one of her beloved teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo, and the other of the legendary Spanish singer María Malibrán. In fact, some parts are not given the attention they deserve. Unlike other biographers, she doesn’t give a laundry list of events and leaves it at that.
She’s an elusive subject for a book because her magic cannot be captured in words, but Arianna Huffington succeeds in painting a vivid portrait of her. For example, we’re told in the introduction that when she died, Maria only h I’ve always thought Maria Callas was as larger-than-life, and her life as tragic, as any of the characters she played.
I’ve always thought Maria Callas was as larger-than-life, and her life as tragic, as any of the characters she played. Using a wealth of previously unpublished material and numerous first-hand interviews, Huffington documents Callas' interminable conflict with her mother, her deeply emotional relationship with her voice, the gradual unraveling of her first marriage, her passionate love affair with of Aristotle Onassis, her agony and humiliation at his leaving her, and her secret abortion.more Huffington makes this struggle, which was at the center of her life, also the center of the biography. For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than ".the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought brilliantly to life, from her transformation from a chubby, painfully shy girl into a magnificent, celebrated soprano, to her conf For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than ".the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought brilliantly to life, from her transformation from a chubby, painfully shy girl into a magnificent, celebrated soprano, to her conflict with her larger-than-life image.
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