Artistic activity in Athens, in the April 11, 1938 the show grades of Mary Trivella the hall

The Cecilia Sofia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos Marianna, known as Maria Callas, was and is the most famous and renowned Greek lyric soprano, born on December 2, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. Family Father was George Kalogeropoulos from ... Neochori Ithomis Messinia, studied pharmacy and maintained since 1916 pharmacy Meligalas. I n the age of 29, married in Athens on 18 year old then Evangelia [Litsa] Dimitriadis from Stilida, niece of the doctor-obstetrician royal family Constantine Lourou and daughter military, the Stilida.
Callas was the third child of the family and siblings were Yakinthi, [Jackie], who was born on July 4, 1917 and Vassilis who was born in 1920 and died of meningitis at age 2 years. After this death decide to leave for America. Before their departure, the Kalogeropoulos sold the property to the groom Dimitris Boutakopoulo village Sundance [Andania], Messinia. On July 13, 1923 the family effort pa left Patras with ocean liner "Constantinople" and arrived in New York on August 1, 1923, which landed on August 2, the day the country was mourning the death of 54achronou president Warren G. Harding. Maria was baptized on February 22, 1926 in the Orthodox Cathedral effort pa of the Holy Trinity effort pa of the Father Methodius Kourkouli, effort pa on East 74th Street in Manhattan and 319 contractors was the doctor who brought to life, Leonidas Lantzounis from Meligala and children's father friend and orthopedic Karouzos. In 1929 her father opened a pharmacy in the Greek district in Manhattan and changed his name to Callas. He began piano lessons in 1932 and a rare talent found the 11 years since he won the first prize as a soloist, a competition of children's voices had organized the radio station WOR and on January 28, 1937, participated in the operetta HMS Pinafore of Gilbert and Sullivan in the graduation ceremony of the eighth grade of school in New York. In the same year her parents divorced and her mother Evangelia with Maria and her sister Cynthia, [Jackie], returned to Athens, settled in Sepolia and since early 1940 Street Patission 61, where he studied music and voice at national conservatory.
Artistic activity in Athens, in the April 11, 1938 the show grades of Mary Trivella the hall "Parnassus", closed the program, performing a duet from the opera Tosca with the Zannis campaign. Athens Conservatory, where he studied from 1939 to 1943 without getting a diploma was awarded the Averofios scholarship for four years of study and written to the upper class and the registration number of the "Marianna C. Kalogeropoulou" was 1862, with serial number 19 among the 30 students of de Hidalgo. She made her first appearance on January 21, 1941, it was still a student of the Athens Conservatory, the class of soprano Elvira de Hidalgo, in Cavalleria Rusticana at a student concert and the first professional presence on the role of Beatrice in the National Opera of - then- Royal Theatre. On August effort pa 27, 1942 appeared in the role of "Tosca" opera of Giacomo Puccini and in 1943 and 1944 appeared in the performances of the master effort pa builder and Fidelio. Immediately after the liberation of Greece from the triple occupation by the Germans, Italians and Bulgarians attacked for cooperation with the occupiers and decided to emigrate again. In order to secure tickets for the return trip to America, gave a concert on August 3, 1945 and on September 14 he traveled to New York. Abroad effort pa Returning to New York, again changed its name to Callas, and tried, without success, to be hired in the Metropolitan Opera. Then he gave a series of performances in opera houses. The duration effort pa met the artistic director of the arena of Verona Giovanni Tzenatello, and found in Italy. On August 3, 1947 he made his first appearance in the arena of Verona with the "Mona Lisa" of Amilkare Ponkieli.
In the same year she performed effort pa Isolde effort pa from "Tristan und Isolde" in Venice effort pa under the guidance of Maestro Tullio Serafin. Met and married on April 21, 1949, taking yet and Italian citizenship, the audiophile Italian industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini, who coming years stood beside her as manager and covered its financial needs. In 1949 appeared in Buenos Aires and in 1950 in Mexico. On October 27, 1956 appeared in the Metropolitan Opera House as "Norma" in the homonymous work of Bellini and on August 5, 1957 appeared at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens. In 1960 she sang the "Norma" at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus and in 1962 the "Medea