Callas
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- proper noun
- /ˈkæləs/
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Maria Callas
- Maria Callas is often regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of all time.
- Maria Callas
- Callas reinvented opera
- diva Maria Callas
Examples
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I listen over and over again to a single cut on a CD, Maria Callas singing Ombra leggiera.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Sketches of Famous Singers sidebar notes that Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland are especially well-known for these techniques.
Academic text (2003) -
Then again, he was listening to Maria Callas at the time.
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Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend.
Academic text (2003) -
My colleagues might disagree, but I believe, for instance, that Maria Callas died of a broken heart.
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It would be as if Maria Callas were making a comeback.
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And this is Maria Callas, who was the woman that restored melodrama to opera.
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Suddenly, an aria by Maria Callas fills the room, startling Joe with its volume.
Fiction book (1993) -
Evan - While Maria Callas was known as "La Divina," Joan Sutherland was "La Stupenda."
Blog text (5) -
In fact, the only film that Maria Callas ever made was the Pasolini, Medea, Diana Rig, Isabelle Uper, Fiona Shaw.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Callas is the stage form of a Greek family name used by the famous singer Maria Callas. A helpful way to remember it is to think of call ('to sing out' or 'to shout'), which fits her powerful voice and explains why the name now brings to mind a great opera singer.