The Unknown Callas: The Greek Years(Amadeus). In this award-winning biography, Petsalis-Diomidis closely examines Maria Callas's life in Athens from 1937 to 1945. These years have been largely absent from previous works about Callas, but were crucial to her professional and personal growth. The author examines her professional development, her studies, her concertizing, and her work with the Greek National Opera. He also recounts Callas's daily life, her friendships, her rivalries at the conservatory, and her personal life. Though it is a detailed historical biography, the writing and pace are novelistic. HARDCOVER. |
Contents
Roots | 23 |
Meligalas | 29 |
America America | 34 |
First Clouds on the Horizon | 41 |
Discovering a Voice | 47 |
Some Facts Reconsidered | 58 |
Sing Sing Sing Again | 66 |
A Sudden Upheaval | 74 |
Sporadic Appearances and Serious Developments | 319 |
Waiting for Recognition | 335 |
A Romantic Interlude | 349 |
Success Liberation and Civil War 1944 | 357 |
Tiefland The Promise Confirmed | 359 |
Education Sentimentale | 379 |
Cavalleria Rusticana and O Protomastoras | 388 |
Growing Pains of a Budding Prima Donna | 406 |
A Musical Apprenticeship 19371940 | 81 |
Arriving and Settling Down in Athens | 83 |
Maria Trivella and the National Conservatory | 95 |
A Crisis with Grave Consequences | 108 |
Baptism by Fire | 122 |
A Waiting Game with Further Progress | 137 |
The Athens Conservatory Elvira de Hidalgo and Bel Canto | 155 |
Working on the Voice | 165 |
A New Exciting World | 178 |
War Occupation and the National Opera 19401943 | 195 |
The National Opera and Early Prospects | 197 |
War and Boccaccio | 213 |
Studies in Music and Life | 233 |
Devouring Music | 252 |
Wartime Diet and the Weight Problem | 262 |
Thessaloniki and a Summer Adventure | 275 |
Tosca A Star Is Born | 286 |
The Consequences of Success | 303 |
Fidelm The Making of a Diva | 416 |
Liberation Romance and Three Weeks of Terror | 432 |
Problems and Departure from Greece 1945 | 451 |
Problems at the National Opera | 453 |
Easter Concerts in Thessaloniki | 466 |
Reasons and Preparations for Leaving | 477 |
Der Bettelstudent and Departure | 493 |
Epilogue Postscripts and Appendix | 509 |
Reappraisals and Conclusions | 511 |
The Final Breach with Her Mother | 530 |
Maria Callas An Assessment | 549 |
The Mirror Cracked | 558 |
Appearances and Repertoire 19381945 | 577 |
Sources Bibliography and Abbreviations | 591 |
Notes | 603 |
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