Product Details

• Actors: Luchino Visconti, Covent Garden Opera
• Directors: Leyla Gencer
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: EMI Classics
• DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000DZ95PI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #97,424 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A rare glimpse of a truly enigmatic artist. Maria Callas is the greatest opera singer the world has ever known, and this fascinating DVD provides new insights into both Callas the performer and Maria the woman. Includes rare interview footage of Callas's teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo, her long-time recording producer Michel Glotz, and film and stage producer Luchino Visconti. The most revealing material comes from interviews with Callas herself.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CALLAS FOR THE INITIATED, March 17, 2006

By	Operaman! "dsoda" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This marks about the sixth or seventh video covering the late diva's life and art. Unlike the others, this one should not be considered "biographical", but rather supplemental. You will already need to be familiar with biographical details to really appreciate this one. Produced in France (where the soprano was domiciled and later died), it includes interviews with colleagues (some well-know, others not), French and Italian television interviews of the diva, newsreel footage and still photos, many of them familiar but quite a few being seen for the first time. It's a fascinating study on this enigmatic artist, and as you can see, probably not the last.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beauty of Bel Canto, December 18, 2006

By	BornToSleep "Fifteen under one roof!" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This is delightful.A great documentary about the Queen of theaters.I like it very much.It's back in the 40's-50's when Madame Callas was in her glorious years of entertainment.There're also interviews with some celebrities like Luciano Berengo and Maria Oliva De Poli.
Callas was a lady with great Charisma.She steals your heart away and forever the giant of opera music.This documentary makes you feel sad at times,but let you know her better.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie, January 5, 2009

By	U. Yildiz "Davis" (Davis, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very interesting and high-quality movie about Callas. There are a lot of rare pictures (This is the first time I saw them, from Fidelio 44, school representations etc). Some of the Callas interviews have been around for a while, that's they are not much rare. However, most of the interviews with Callas's friends and colleagues are very interesting and rare. For example, there are interviews with the photographer, souffleur, harpist etc of Scala. In addition, the interviews with famous people of opera world such as the great Leyla Gencer and maestro Georges Pretre. There are also some scenes that includes streets and documents from the 50's of Italy.