Maria by Callas

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About the Work

Tom Volf, a filmmaker, developed a passion for Maria Callas years after the legendary soprano retired from performing. Since then, Volf has traveled extensively, interviewing Callas’s closest friends and colleagues and uncovering lost archives related to her life and work. These efforts have revealed a wealth of previously unknown photographs, many of which originally came from Callas’s own albums. With the support of many of her loved ones, including her best friend Nadia Stancioff and her favorite conductor Georges Prêtre, who agreed to collaborate on a book about her for the first time in forty years, Volf has produced Maria by Callas. This book is the result of countless hours of research, offering a new perspective on the life and work of this legendary diva through a personal album that Callas herself might have presented, invoking her own voice. This material is at the center of the Maria by Callas project, which includes a film, an exhibition, and a collection of original live recordings.

About the Author

Tom Volf is a multi-talented artist with experience in directing, photography, and corporate communication. He has directed programs and interviews with artists like Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, and Sting for Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Volf has also produced films for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris and directed image and advertising for various fashion campaigns.

Nadia Stancioff became acquainted with Maria Callas in 1969 while working as a publicist for the Pier Paolo Pasolini film Medea, and the two became close friends during the latter years of Callas’s life. Stancioff authored the book Maria Callas Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of the Private Callas (1987).

Georges Prêtre was an internationally acclaimed conductor of operas and orchestras who passed away in January 2017. One of his most significant accomplishments was conducting the premiere of Francis Poulenc’s opera La voix humaine at the Opéra-Comique in 1959. Prêtre was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards throughout his illustrious career, including Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, and Grand Officer of the French Légion d’Honneur.

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Number of pages: 260
Number of illustrations: 230
Language: English
Released in: November 2016
Size: W 11.02 x L 13.90 x H 1.89 in
Weight: 3.615 kg
Further features: Hardcover in a Luxury Slipcase
ISBN: 9781614285502

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