Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas

Angelina Jolie studied opera for seven months for ‘Maria.’ Real singers know it takes a lifetime
To the generations of opera singers that came after her, she’s still an era-defining consummate artist. “She’s an icon. There’s no other way to put it,” said bass Morris Robinson, who recently sang the role of Ramfis in “Aida” with Boston Lyric Opera.
Movie Review: Angelina Jolie is graceful and sharp as opera star Maria Callas in ‘Maria’
Angelina Jolie glides through the final days of Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria." Currently playing in select theaters and streaming on Netflix Dec. 11, “Maria," rated R, plays like an opera, grandly theatrical and evocative of a larger-than-life star.
Angelina Jolie goes full-on diva in a daring, sad turn as Maria Callas
The important thing to know going into “Maria” is that it’s the third in a trilogy of films directed by the Chilean whirlwind Pablo Larraín that seek to recover the women behind the plaster saints of 20th-century iconography.
‘Maria’: Read The Screenplay By Steven Knight That Became The Libretto For Angelina Jolie’s Opera Icon
Maria, the Maria Callas biopic-of-sorts starring Angelina Jolie, is directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight.
‘Maria' Review: Angelina Jolie Becomes ‘La Callas' in an Opera Biopic That Would Ring Hollow Without Her
Where the opera star Maria Callas differs from Princess Diana or First Lady Jackie Kennedy in Larraín's conception is that she desperately wants to be on (or return to) the public stage; her most authentic self is only complete with a loving audience.
To play Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to lean how to breathe again
In Callas’ less perfect moments singing in the film, Larraín fuses archival recordings of Callas with Jolie’s own voice. Some mix of the two runs throughout “Maria.” “Early in the process,” Jolie says, “I discovered that you can’t fake-sing opera.”
‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie triumphs in the biopic of an opera legend
The Callas of “Maria” has far more agency regarding her personal affairs. In a flashback scene (one of many in the film, mostly in B&W), she blows off a brazen proposition by U.S. President John F. Kennedy with a raised eyebrow and the chilly query, “Where’s Jackie?”
As Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to find her voice to lose it
Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s cinematic portrait of opera legend Maria Callas, arrives as the third of the director’s films centered on iconic women of the 20th century. And like the other films in the trilogy — “Jackie” (2016),
To play Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to learn how to breathe again
Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. “All of us, we really don’t realize where things land in our body over a lifetime of different experiences and where we hold it to protect ourselves,
Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas in opera legend biopic ‘Maria’
The Oscar winner took months of singing lessons to portray the iconic soprano in the film. Rick Damigella talked with Jolie and her voice coach about making the film.
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Mystery of the Callas millions resurfaces as jewels are are put up for auction,” was the headline when Sotheby’s announced the sale of 11 pieces of jewelry from the collection of Maria Callas in October 2004.
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‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie is stunning as Maria Callas in her last days
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In ‘Maria,’ Pablo Larraín and Ed Lachman Turn Cinema Into Opera
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