Maria Meneghini Callas worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Maria Meneghini Callas as American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977).
Maria Meneghini Callas was born at New York City in 1923. Her recorded nationality is Greece. She trained at Athens Conservatoire and George Washington Educational Campus.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
She worked as opera singer and actor.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as opera.
She performed with Panhellenic Musician Union.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
The honours record reads: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
That the work came out of Greece shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Maria Meneghini Callas died in 1977, aged 54. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — 2007
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
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