Maria by Callas

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 114 mins

Rated: PG

Release Date: 2019

Countries: France

Languages: English, French, Italian

DIRECTED BY:

Tom Volf

CAST INCLUDES:

Omar Sharif, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Fanny Ardant, Maria Callas

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Touting a 91% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, MARIA BY CALLAS offers an intimate look at the life of a brilliantly talented artist, Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words. Assembling the material for the film took director Volf four years of painstaking research, which included personal outreach to dozens of Callas's closest friends and associates, who allowed him to share their personal memorabilia in the film. When recordings of Callas's voice aren't available, Joyce DiDonato, one of contemporary opera's biggest stars, reads her words.

SYNOPSIS

Tom Volf’s MARIA BY CALLAS is the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek/American opera singer completely in her own words. Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs—nearly all of which have never been shown to the public—the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.

Maria by Callas

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 114 mins

Rated: PG

Release Date: 2019

Countries: France

Languages: English, French, Italian

DIRECTED BY

Tom Volf

CAST INCLUDES

Omar Sharif, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Fanny Ardant, Maria Callas

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"Here's the intimate, unabashedly reverential new documentary that gives legendary diva Maria Callas the encore she deserves. And in her own voice. Fasten your seatbelts."

Rolling Stone

"A documentary that revitalizes history through primary sources, to illuminating, at times enthralling effect."

New York Times

"The film resolves as a passionate tribute to a woman who commanded the world's attention, but was never afforded its decency. It's a curtain call for Callas, and a chance for the great singer to be heard again."

Indiewire