Sierra Madre Playhouse wraps its captivating multi-week Lunar New Year celebration with Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning ...

Maria is Angelina Jolie's first starring role in three years. In honor of her Critics Choice Award nomination, read about her return to Hollywood and her thoughts on leaving L.A. one day.

Theatre Tuscaloosa is performing "Master Class" this week, based on the life of opera diva Maria Callas, starring Ava ...

Born in 1898 in a small Nile Delta village, Umm Kulthum rose from humble beginnings to become the most celebrated voice in the Arab world. Her father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but ...

Patti Smith is an inspiration to musicians and poets around the world. However, even the most inspirational music legends have inspirations of their own. For the “Gloria” hitmaker, that inspiration ...

The European Central Bank is seeking a new design for euro banknotes, with possible subjects including great cultural figures ...

From Bradley Cooper to Angelina Jolie, many A-list actors are stepping into adaptations of the classical music world. What do ...

Did she see herself in Callas? “You know, when somebody’s close to you, you don’t see the same things,” she says. “You probably all see similarities between myself and Maria Callas that ...

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In a perfect world ... Festival premiere, “Maria” earned an eight-minute standing ovation, prompting tears from its star, Jolie, who plays legendary opera singer Maria Callas in the film.

Our new ‘Gulf’ politics, &c. Sworn to defend, &c. Maria Callas was born on December 2, 1923, meaning that her centennial was about a year ago. I wrote a piece, saying essentially everything I ...