Maria Callas
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Maria Callas was an American and Greek soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice, and dramati
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
Renata Tebaldi
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Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period, and especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala, San Carlo and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. Often c
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…contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's temperamental behavior, the alleged Callas–Tebaldi rivalry, and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Onassis's wife, Athina "Tina" Onassis Niarchos, divorced him when she…
Tebaldi in 1974
Tebaldi with Giuseppe Di Stefano in Rome, 1960
Renata Tebaldi, 1961
Garden in Milan dedicated to Renata Tebaldi