Maria Callas: The Voice Of Perfect Imperfection
I've been a fan of Maria Callas since I was exposed to her work as a young high school student in a music class, at a time not long after her death. Recently though I've been doing some more reading about her career and her personal life. I am fascinated by her. This month NPR has an article and a radio segment on their website. The site also features a short video of Maria Callas singing "Vissi D'arte" from Tosca. There are several good clips of her on the NPR site: http://snipurl.com/ujnma
Maria Callas was also gorgeous, the epitome of beauty and grace. I can think of perhaps only one other woman more beautiful than Maria Callas (not including my mother, of course. Moms always get top billing). Callas was elegant and classy yet very real and very human (and therefore imperfect, perfectly imperfect perhaps). I love this quote by Callas. "I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged."
