Callas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
But Peluso appeared onstage sporting the regal poise of an operatic diva — a cross between La Lupe and Maria Callas — and then belted out “Corleone,” a sweeping orchestral bolero.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
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
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
To one side was a man named Callas with a snore like a miniature foghorn itself; on the other was Dr. Philobosian, who wept in his sleep.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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