Maria Callas Article

[james]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024 ... -icon

This is an article about Maria Callas by someone who has written a book about her. The part of the article that struck me was ..

"...
Callas knew her own value: demanding equal pay not only with the male singers, but also with the conductor Von Karajan, shocking the music world. But really, who was the audience paying to see? As she said at the time: “I am really not interested in money but it must be more than anyone else gets.”
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I can't really comment on her ability since I do not particularly enjoy Italian opera.