The European Central Bank is redesigning euro banknotes to feature figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Maria Callas, and Ludwig ...

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“And, unlike Diana, she was an artist, so I could hear her music. She was with us all the time; her voice filled our days. It’s funny, you think you’ve done a movie about Maria ...

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

Angelina Jolie, as Callas, combined live singing with lip-syncing to original recordings – both were mostly unconvincing despite seven months of vocal training (that’s 5 minutes in opera terms).

As arts reporter I am interested in and cover a wide range of areas - film, visual art, theatre and music, among others - to ...

In 'Maria', Pablo Larraín completes his trilogy of tragically glamorous women in his biopic about the famed opera singer ...

Jewellery played an important role in Callas’s turbulent life: not only did her pieces mark certain career milestones, they were in many ways talismans of the love she craved. Below, discover more of ...