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Maria by Callas

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Classical Music Channel

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Documentary film that tells the life story of legendary Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, completely in her own words. Tom Volf’s account, which took four years of painstaking research to assemble, includes performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs.

Maria by Callas reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman, who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time. Show less

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