Drama Queen; Callas Forever Tells a Fictional Story About the World's Most Famous Opera Singer.

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In Callas Forever, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli - who also directed Callas in some of her most famous stage roles - imagines the possibility of a filmed performance in the last year of Callas' life, at age 53. As the film tells it, she had become an embittered recluse in her Paris apartment by 1977, mourning the loss of her magnificent vocal gifts and the death of her great love, shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, who had betrayed her years before when he married the world's most famous woman. A former producer and promoter (Jeremy Irons, looking ridiculous in a ponytail) ultimately convinces the melancholy Callas to reconnect with the outside world by appearing as the titular lead in a filmed version of Carmen. No matter that her voice is shot - she'll simply lip-synch to her recording of the role made 22 years ago.

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Drama Queen; Callas Forever Tells a Fictional Story About the World's Most Famous Opera Singer.

When it came to throwing a temper tantrum, no could come near über-diva Maria Callas, both literally and figuratively. From all accounts, she live...

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