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Operatic Upset

Date released

13 Jan 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1493

NoS ID

022143

Story no

9 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Madame Callas. DESCRIPTION: In Rome, the Opera Singer who didn’t. Maria Callas, who walked out after the first act of the Opera Norma, then she announced that she couldn’t sing....

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Maria by Callas (2018)

Director

Tom Volf

Subject

Music

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £19.40

A portrait of opera singer Maria Callas. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances and TV interviews, this is the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American...

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Maria Callas: Hamburg Concert 1959 (1985 Video)

Maria Callas in concert performance in Hamburg of excerpts from works that she sang at La Scala, Milan. The programme is: ‘Tu che invoco’ from Spontini’s La Vestale; ‘Nel di della vittoria’ from...

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IRN review 1977 (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference; Special; Speech

Paul Woodley’s IRN Review, Christmas 1977. Subjects include celebrity deaths (including Elvis Presley, Maria Callas, Marc Bolan, and Bing Crosby); state visits; accidents, disasters and terrorist...

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Wot, No Soprano?

Date released

9 Jan 1958

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

58/3

NoS ID

108005

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Soprano Maria Callas angers a glittering audience at the Rome opera by refusing to carry on after the first act of "Norma".

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Medea (1970)

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Producer

Marina Cicogna; Franco Rossellini

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £19.99

An adaptation of the Euripides play about the woman who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece. Maria Callas plays her only non-operatic role. Presented in both High and Standard Definition. DVD extras:...

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Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love (2003)

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 71 minutes), £19.99

Maria Callas appeared on the operatic stage for the very last time at Covent Garden in July 1965. She sang the role of Tosca. Though a huge success, it also marked the beginning of the end for this...

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Macbeth (1998 Audio)

A recording of Verdi’s Macbeth recorded live at La Scala, Milan in 1952. Maria Callas sings the role of Lady Macbeth and Enzo Mascherini is Macbeth. The Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus are conducted...

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Macbeth (1971 Television)

Director

Werner Schroeter

A reworking of Verdi’s opera and Shakespeare’s play directed by Werner Schroeter. Musical arrangement by Horst Franke and Hans Schepior.

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Sir Winston in the Sun

Date released

13 Aug 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1575A

NoS ID

023161

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sir Winston in the Sun. DESCRIPTION: The Yacht Christina, owner Aristotle Onassis, arrived at the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea with a very famous passenger on board: Sir Winston...

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