8 Quotes & Sayings By Maria Callas

Maria Callas was an internationally acclaimed Greek-American opera singer. She was famous for her powerful voice, dramatic flair, and extraordinary intensity which she brought to roles in operas throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. Her singing was noted for its dramatic intensity, its "technique of abandonment" that left her voice exposed to the elements, and her expressive use of the voice's upper registers. With a dramatic soprano voice that possessed four-fifths of the range normally expected in classical music, she exerted a powerful influence on the operatic repertoire.

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You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there. Maria Callas
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping. Maria Callas
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. Maria Callas
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. Maria Callas
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. Maria Callas
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage. Maria Callas
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house. Maria Callas