Maria Callas symbolizes the IDEAL of opera. "You must serve music" she said. "You must take this voice and break it up into a thousand pieces, so she will serve you. This "voice" ranged from the spectacular acrobatics of the most agile coloratura to the most dramatic of sopranos, with light or lyric in between. Callas was truly the heir to a lost tradition, the essence of Bel Canto. Through her impeccable musicianship, immense register, and unique use of "three voices", coupled with a will to become the best of all singers, she forged a career without precedent in the Twentieth Century.


The Colors of Callas Book

"The truly devoted will feast on ‘The Colors of Callas’. The authors have skillfully woven a fine tapestry of events. The chroniclers of this explicit memoir are not to be denied far-reaching approval for their civil, heart-rending handling of her life. The dispassionate, and even those insensible to sadness, are certain to dampen a tissue or two." Julie Charles, screenwriter, journalist. Montreal Star and Hellenic Times 		New Book...

The Colors of Callas


Taylor Pero, best selling Hollywood biographer, and researcher, Patrick Byrne, have put together a compelling and, more importantly, entertaining picture of the life of Maria Callas. They trace her meteoric movement across a dazzling sky filled with fascinating celebrities and luminaries, The heavenly body called Callas outshone them all. Maria burned brightly in the operatic heavens far too briefly, then her glittering fire splintered and died. The light from that star can still be seen today.

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Tosca
a Tosca for History, the History of a voice
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Callas/Medea/La Scala 61
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Tebaldi/Boheme/Parma 62
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Boston
Callas Solo Boston 74
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"The Callas world tour of 1973/74... if anything justified the enterprise, it was this concert in Boston. Callas decided on this occassion to go it alone. Some would argue that she took the biggest risk of her career and the evidence on this unexpected and mesmerising CD is that it paid off magnificiently.
...throughtout, she sings as if her life depended on it...
The items are familiar from other recitals but never sung better than here...an absolute must for the serious Callas collector. (The) piano accompaniment is exemplary, coaxing an artistic endeavor on the great diva's part which is both breath-taking and heart-breaking."
John Pettit, Classic Express


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Last of the Red Hot Divas

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The Last Of The Red Hot Divas
MARIA CALLAS in Montreal,
her final concert in North America, May 13, 1974

1. Quale, o prode, al tuo coraggio - duet Vespri Siciliani, G. Verdi
2. Vainement, ma bien-aimee - G. di Stefano Le Roi d'Ys, E. Lalo
3. Air des lettres - Callas Werther, J. Massenet
4. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) - Callas Carmen, G. Bizet
5. La fleur to m'avais jetee - G. di Stefano Carmen. G. Bizet
6. C'est toi? C'est moi! - duet Carmen, G. Bizet
7. Suicicdio! - Callas La Gioconda, A. Ponchielli
8. Sicilian folk song - Abbalatti - G. di Stefano
9. Sicilian folk song - Uje, Uje - G. di Stefano
10. Neapolitan song - L'ultima canzone - G. di Stefano
11. Voi lo sapete - Callas Cavalleria Rusticana, P. Mascagni
12. Tu qui, Santuzza? - duet Cavalleria Rusticana, P. Mascagni

With GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO   Piano, ROBERT SUTHERLAND

" 'Maria, Maria!...' the thunder-like hand clapping and the clamorous cries, the Callas entrance was sensational, her floor length dress hugged her slender body, her dark hair pulled back with a cascade of thick curls. The critics would look for imperfections, but Maria Callas, with her incomparable determination put her message across. Maria was truly magnetic. Her voice, her hands, displayed her extroardinary powers. Has she the right to genius? Why not? Giuseppe di Stefano gave us an enchanting evening, as well, as did their gifted accompanist, Robert Southerland. At the concerts' end, a thrilled audience began an applause that continued for more than twenty minutes."

Julie Charles, Hellenic Times, May 1974

OMBRA Records Copyright 2002   Historical Recording
Total Playing Time: 64:59


RARE Callas Books FOR SALE
from Ombra Records
Callas by Ardoin/Fitzgerald
CALLAS, by Ardoin/Fitzgerald
(signed by author)		 The Art Behind The Legend
The Art Behind the Legend
by Henry Wisneski
Maria-Meneghini-Callas, by Friedrich Herzfeld
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The Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo (the definitive encyclopedia of the stage) places only one star in the opera firmament: MARIA CALLAS.

"Who among us will forget this living image of the Greeks of ancient tradgedies, who
enslaves the public-from the orchestra up to the top of the balcony?"
Le Monde



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