Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Pasta was an Italian opera singer. A soprano, she has been compared to the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas.
Portrait held at Villa Roccabruna, by an unknown artist
As Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn), 1830, by Karl Bryullov
Giuditta Pasta as Amina, May 1831 premiere
Pasta in 1821 by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Callas in 1958
The apartment house in Athens where Callas lived from 1937 to 1945
Callas with her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini in 1957
The Villa in Sirmione where Callas lived with Giovanni Battista Meneghini between 1950 and 1959