Callas News

At family gatherings, my father would raise the quiet toast 'absent friends' and we would remember the distant and the dead - 'those we love, those who love us and Devil take the rest'. The title of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's 1974 play has a special resonance for me and put me in the right tone of mind.

Who would have thought Tyne Daly, the American cop show actress from the Eighties, could play the legendary Greek opera singer Maria Callas? Daly may be best known as the homely one from Cagney and Lacy, but here she gets in touch with her inner diva to striking, and sometimes startling, effect.

Dianne Pilkington enjoyed a long and acclaimed West End run as Glinda in Wicked and starred as Amalia in last year's Chichester Festival revival of She Loves Me , with a stint in The 39 Steps in between.

This is exactly what the title says: the occasion for a magisterial and classy performance from Tyne Daly as the wildly popular soprano Maria Callas.

Tyne Daly opens officially in Terrence McNally 's Master Class , reprising the role of Maria Callas that she has played in Washington, DC and on Broadway last year, at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre Feb.

NYC theater gets off to a stellar start in 2012 with 'Evita' starring Ricky Martin, 'Porgy and Bess' and more But as she fine-tuned her Violetta for New York City Opera's "La Traviata," opening Sunday, someone else's voice persistently rang in her head - Maria Callas .

The life and work of opera icon Maria Callas, who was the subject of Terrence McNally's Tony-winning play Master Class , will be explored in a three-part film series, "Callas On Film," March 17 and 18, as part of Lincoln Center 's "Great Performers" series at the Walter Reade Theater.

Compared to legendary soprano Maria Callas by Opera New s and hailed as a "bountiful, focused and alluring bright soprano" by the Frankfurter Neue Presse , Elaine Alvarez joins the musical energy of the NWSA Symphony Orchestra to present her alma mater's annual symphony concert.

Stephen Wadsworth 's new production of Terrence McNally 's Master Class starring Tyne Daly as the legendary opera soprano Maria Callas at the Vaudeville Theatre following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run on Broadway.

An eccentric opera designer who left A 150,000 in her will to stage a new production of her favourite show has been honoured as it reaches the stage.

A movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames.

She is from Cuba. He is from Turkey. They met, bonded, and fell in love at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

PARIS: Donatella Versace turned the luxury dial to full throttle Monday, sending out glamorous gladiators dripping with gold and lace as the Italian designer made her comeback to the haute couture club.

Sandra Bullock 's no cookie-cutter beauty. "Welcome to my broken nose!" she told InStyle .

Tyne Daly begins performances Jan. 21 in Terrence McNally 's Master Class , reprising the role of Maria Callas that she played in Washington, DC, and on Broadway last year, at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre.

Singers Adrianne Pieczonka, left and Julie Makerov, right , share the title role in the Canadian Opera Company's production of Tosca.

Class is an extraordinary insight into the life and loves of Maria Callas, the iconic opera singer whose turbulent private life and fiery temperament were as astonishing as her formidable talents.