/tags/soprano soprano en-US Copyright Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:15:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-09-13/remembering-maria-callas-40-years-after-her-death Soprano Maria Callas—controversial, temperamental, with a voice described alternately as "dazzling" and "catastrophic"—remains an enigma whose recordings… Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:15:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-09-13/remembering-maria-callas-40-years-after-her-death Christopher Purdy /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-09-12/meeting-maria-callas-in-boston Sept. 16 is the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Born in 1923, Callas was 53 years old when she died.She had not sung a fully staged opera… Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:15:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-09-12/meeting-maria-callas-in-boston Christopher Purdy /2017-06-07/npr-news/2017-06-07/fame-is-a-boomerang The legendary diva, who died 40 years ago this year, muses on stardom and fate — both on stage and off — in a luxurious new book of pictures and words. Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:01:00 GMT /2017-06-07/npr-news/2017-06-07/fame-is-a-boomerang Tom Huizenga /show/classical-101-by-request/2015-05-22/the-johnstone-fund-for-new-music-presents-hawari The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents Olivier Messiaen’s Hawari, with Liz Pearse, soprano and Karl Larson, piano, Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm at the… Fri, 22 May 2015 12:05:20 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2015-05-22/the-johnstone-fund-for-new-music-presents-hawari Christopher Purdy