Casta Diva is Niall Morris's new hit show, honouring the legacy of the great opera diva Maria Callas. It stars the sensational Irish soprano Mairead Buicke as Maria Callas, fresh from her English ...

British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd embraces the world of 19th-century Italian opera in this week's Feature Album on ABC Classic, Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet. "The album explores ...

As a general rule, geniuses are misunderstood, even vilified. This phenomenon was certainly true of soprano Maria Callas, whose supernova of a career—barely a decade on the international level—is now ...

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Before I saw “Maria By Callas,” I knew only that Maria Callas was once the definition of diva, in both the positive and negative senses of the word: a stunning operatic singer unmatched by any other ...

“Muzak” is probably the first word that comes to mind when people think about piano transcriptions of opera, but such formidable pianists as Liszt, Chopin, and Busoni have lent distinction to this ...

Cork Opera House will host its first show since March 2020 on Saturday night with a pilot event with the Irish National Opera. Casta Diva: An Evening with Majella Cullagh and Guests will feature Cork ...