María Callas

Born: 1923-12-02

Maria Callas, born Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulos, was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations.


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Medea

as Medea
Released: 1970-01-28

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds...

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Maria by Callas

as Herself (archive footage)
Released: 2017-12-13

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and...

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Notre Dame de la Croisette

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-23

A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it...

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Julie Andrews Forever

as Self (Archive Footage)
Released: 2019-12-25

Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar...

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Callas Assoluta

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-12-20

This revealing documentary from director Philippe Kohly examines the storied life of renowned...

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Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-04

Maria Callas’ legendary live performances from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1962...

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Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

as Self - Interviewee
Released: 1966-04-24

BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.

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Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2016-11-15

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of...

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Our World

as Self
Released: 1967-06-25

Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink.

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The Isle of Medea

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2016-08-31

On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never...

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Passion Callas

as Self
Released: 1997-01-01

1997 documentary with then-new interviews with people who worked with la Callas, as well as...

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Maria Callas sings Tosca, Act II

as Floria Tosca (sopran)
Released: 2020-12-02

At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria...

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Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-08-13

With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the...

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The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century

as uncredited
Released: 1998-03-25

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you...

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Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

Some of the scenes cut from the final editing of Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, fortunately found...

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A Night at the Opera

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-09-29

A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.

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Callas: Paris, 1958

as Herself (archive footage)
Released: 2023-11-11

A night to remember. Maria Callas, the quintessential diva and the face of the opera in the 20th...

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Maria Callas: In Concert - Hamburg (1959 & 1962)

as Self
Released: 1962-03-16

The 1959 concert finds Callas just 1 year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is...

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Maria Callas: Toujours - Paris 1958

as Self
Released: 2015-10-05

The career of Maria Callas was just a bit too early and too brief to receive full and satisfying...

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Callas: A Documentary

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1978-09-16

Narrated by cinema legend Franco Zeffirelli, this intimate made-for-television documentary...

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Η Ελληνίδα Μαρια Κάλλας

as (archive footage)
Released: 2007-09-19

The documentary "The Greek Maria Callas", directed by Tassos Psarras, broadcast by ERT1 on...

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Maria Callas: Life & Art

as Self
Released: 1987-12-27

Legendary opera singer Maria Callas had an extraordinary career, colored as much by supreme...

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Maria Callas: Tosca 1964

as uncredited
Released: 2020-01-01

The documentary shows Maria Callas playing “Tosca”, at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1964....

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The Callas Conversations

as Herself
Released: 1968-01-01

1968 interview with Lord Harewood.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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