Maria Callas

Maria Callas whose birth name was Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulus was an American-born Greek singer and actress. Maria was born on the 2nd of December 1923 in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... City, New York to George Callas and Elmina Evangelia. Her father set up a pharmacy business and changed their family name to Callas from Kalogeropoulos. When she was a child, Maria studied the piano. Her parents were separated when she fourteen-years-old. Then her mother migrated back to Athens with Maria and her sister. Maria received her musical education from Athens.

She started appearing in some roles in Greek National Opera. Maria gave her professional debut in 1941 with a small role in “Boccaccio.” She later returned to the United States. And she met her father in 1945. She then got a job in the Metropolitan Opera as a singer behind the stage. She later turned as an actress who acted in many plays like “Toscas,” “II Trovatore,” and many more. In 2017 a documentary film on Maria Callas was released. The film was “Maria Callas: In her own words.” The film is directed by Tom Volf Tom Volf is a movie director, producer, and an ama >> Read More... . She died on the 16th of September 1977 in Paris, France.