The Cult of Personality
With Donald Macleod. Maria Callas possessed one of the finest singing voices the world has ever known. Of
Greek parentage and with a fiery temper, she conquered the opera houses of the world, yet she was dismissed from the New York Met.
The splendour of her recordings is in sad contrast to her tragic life. The programme includes excerpts from
Bizet's Carmen, Cherubini's Medea, Puccini's Madam Butterfly, Tosca and La Bohème, and Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.