La Divina , American-born Greek soprano and the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. My bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic gifts set me apart and above.I sang classical opera seria, bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and Verdi and Puccini; and, in my early career, Wagner and Beethoven.
They called me La Divina because of my musical and dramatic talents ,l was born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, received my musical education in Greece and established my career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left me nearly blind onstage, I endured struggles and scandal from day one of my career.
I turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to my vocal decline and the premature end of my career. The press exulted in publicizing my temperamental behavior, my rivalry with Renata Tebaldi andmy love affair with Aristotle Onassis. My dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the soprano in the popular press, my artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called me "the Bible of opera"[2] and Opera News wrote of me "I am the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."[3]
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