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Callas

American  
[kal-uhs] / ˈkæl əs /

noun

  1. Maria Meneghini 1923–77, U.S. soprano.


Callas British  
/ ˈkæləs /

noun

  1. Maria, real name Maria Anna Cecilia Kalageropoulos . 1923–77, Greek operatic soprano, born in the US

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In 1958, when the star Maria Callas stopped partway through performing “Norma” in Rome and refused to finish the show, it was front-page news; the police were called in to keep the peace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Angelina Jolie missed the category for her performance as opera singer Maria Callas, just a week after she also failed to make the Bafta longlist.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Larraín read nine books about Callas, watched every documentary and interview he could find, and after all of that “I had no idea who she was,” he admits.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Callas “had a very particular relationship with her father, who was an absent figure in her life,” says Larraín.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Ten to twenty are doing it right now with her, including another teen, Elena Callas, who’s raising money for ALS, an illness her father has.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti