Maria Callas

Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs (2025)

An invaluable imprint of the world tour of the play Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs, starring Monica Bellucci as the great opera diva. Through the chronicle of the tour, which lasted from November 2019 to January 2023, we observe and compare two differen ...

Maria (2024)

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life. ...

Callas: Paris, 1958 (2023)

A night to remember. Maria Callas, the quintessential diva and the face of the opera in the 20th century, made her Paris debut with this legendary performance at the sumptuous Paris Opéra on December 19th, 1958, for one night only. ...

Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)

A Night at the Opera (2020)

A documentary view of the galas of Paris's Palais Garnier in the 1950s and '60s. ...

Julie Andrews Forever (2019)

Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the magic of musicals from the 1960s. And yet, behind the squeaky-clean image hides a much more tortuous career ...

Maria by Callas (2017)

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international ...

Maria Callas: Tosca 1964 (2017)

The documentary shows Maria Callas playing "Tosca", at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1964. The event gained proportion due to the expectation of her return to the stage. ...

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to inspire today's cinema. Coming from one of the greatest families of the Italian aristocracy, he could have be ...

The Isle of Medea (2016)

On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen before from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film MEDEA, this film celebrates the genius and sensibility of two icons of the XX century. ...

Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn… (2015)

Pappano's Classical Voices (2015)

Sir Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types - soprano, tenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone and bass. ...

Io sono nata viaggiando (2013)

A journey back through Dacia Maraini's and her trips around the world with her close friends cinema director Pier Paolo Pasolini and opera singer Maria Callas. An in-depth story of this fascinating woman's life. Maraini's memories come alive through person ...

Hollywood Invasion (2011)

Italy, Europe and America during the 'Dolce Vita' years narrated with unseen and rare footage from NBC Archives in New York. ...

Callas Assoluta (2007)

This revealing documentary from director Philippe Kohly examines the storied life of renowned soprano Maria Callas, from her troubled childhood in New York City to her scandal-laden but triumphant international career in opera. Featuring archival interview ...

Η Ελληνίδα Μαρια Κάλλας (2007)

The documentary "The Greek Maria Callas", directed by Tassos Psarras, broadcast by ERT1 on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 13:20, focuses on the Greek period of Callas and the visits to Greece from 1957 until her death . ...

Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)

With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire development of the Olympics over the centuries, until arriving at the modern Olympics. ...

Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato) (2004)

Some of the scenes cut from the final editing of Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, fortunately found by L'Officina - a historic Roman film club born in the 1970s - on the initiative of Cinemazero in Pordenone have been preserved and digitized at the Cineteca d ...

The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century (1998)

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have always treasured on record, watching footage of performances from another era. All of singers featured here have something in common (with one exception, Suth ...

Passion Callas (1997)

1997 documentary with then-new interviews with people who worked with la Callas, as well as archive footage of interviews with associates. Film clips, photos and recordings illustrate her performance powers. ...

Maria Callas: Life & Art (1987)

Legendary opera singer Maria Callas had an extraordinary career, colored as much by supreme success as it was by terrible heartache. Yet despite her tumultuous private life, Callas's powerful soprano voice rarely faltered. Narrated by Rosalie Crutchley, th ...

Callas: A Documentary (1978)

Narrated by cinema legend Franco Zeffirelli, this intimate made-for-television documentary traces the life and times of the mercurial Maria Callas, one of the most renowned and respected operatic divas of the mid-20th century. Rare authentic footage, candi ...

Medea (1969)

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman. ...

The Callas Conversations (1968)

1968 interview with Lord Harewood. ...

Our World (1967)

Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink. ...

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti (1966)

BBC television program exploring Visconti's mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction. ...

Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II (1964)

At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna. Her "Tosca" at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Maria Callas wants to show everyone once again that ...

Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 (1962)

Maria Callas' legendary live performances from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1962 and 1964 celebrate her triumphant return to the Covent Garden stage. Repertoire from these performances include Verdi: Tu che le vanità (Don Carlo), Bizet: Haba ...

Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 and 1962 (1962)

The 1959 concert finds Callas just 1 year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is not what it was in 1952 you can still hear the Vocal Miracle. The repertoire interchanges between heavy dramatic soprano (Lady Macbeth, Elisabetta), to soprano ...

Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958) (1958)

The career of Maria Callas was just a bit too early and too brief to receive full and satisfying video documentation like that now being accorded to such singers as Renée Fleming and Luciano Pavarotti. This black-and-white televised recital (Callas's Pari ...