Maria Callas: The Voice, The Story (4 CDs) FROM THE PUBLISHER
Even before her death in 1977, Maria Callas was the subject of controversy and never-ending fascination. Drawn from interviews with Callas, her life is told from her first public appearance to her years as a glamorous international diva. Commentaries and reminiscences by her contemporaries and with Callas herself are interspersed with excerpts from her most memorable live performances, presenting a remarkably frank and heartbreaking portrait of an extraordinary woman. 4 cassettes.
FROM THE CRITICS
The New York Times
...[T]his audio biography is often involving: a much-expanded version of the 1988 radio documentary prepared by John Ardoin, the music critic of The Dallas Morning News, who was a close friend of Callas's. Mr. Ardoin's text, narrated by the mellow-voiced Michael Wager, weaves together some 50 musical excerpts....HighBridge's audio biography tells a remarkable tale, and a new wave of EMI CD's add many flourishes. -- ( Feb. 1, 1998 )
Opera News
Is there anything left to say about Maria Callas? Perhaps not, but there's alot to hear, which makes this audio biography stand out from all the Callas products. Anyone remotely interested in Callas simply must have this, because it promotes a much deeper understanding of the singer [brought to you by HighBridge Audio]. -- ( Dec. 18, 1997 )
Lou Santacroce
...HighBridge Audio gives us the work we've all been waiting for: Callas: The Voice The Story. Now we can hear Callas in her own words, recalling the experiences that shaped her voice and her life. Here, too, are the recollections of friends, acquaintances and even a few enemies....And then, there's the voice itself in many live and rarely heard recordings....Michael Wager keeps it all together with his narration of John Ardoin's finely-wrought script, and the result is altogether the finest biography of Callas I've run across, and the only one worth owning. I recommend it without reservation .-- ( Sunday Brunch, WIBX Radio, Dec. 7, 1997 )
The Arizona Daily Star
...Demanding, controversial, contradictory, here is Mary Ann Kalageropoulou [Maria Callas] as only an audiotape could present her. Buy it or borrow it, but don't miss it [brought to you by HighBridge Audio]. -- ( Nov. 15, 1997 )
The Roanoke Times
Opera fans will delight in this [HighBridge Audio] production about the personal life and stage performances of Maria Callas. Her persona and her distinctive voiceor "instrument" as they say throughout the tapesfascinated the public on both sides of the Atlantic for several decades preceding her death in 1977. This audio portrait is a revised and expanded version of an original radio production made for public radio in 1998. It contains clips from interviews with Callas, her family and acquaintances, tied together with informative commentary and generous passages of her performances. Thus, her spoken voice tells her life story, and her instrumental voice presents her talent which, as these tapes amply prove, was extraordinary. Also extraordinary, is the quality of sound from past decades that is reproduced. -- ( Apr. 5, 1998 )Read all 6 "From The Critics" >
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