14K views · 803 reactions | Maria Callas’s career took off in Italy and in 1950 she made her debut at Milan’s legendary opera house, La Scala. After she sang Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata in 1951, she embarked on a striking physical transformation … Find out more in this biographical animation, the second in a series of eight that appear on the official Maria Callas website, www.maria-callas.com | Maria Callas | Facebook

19–25 September 1958 Callas records Verdi Arias I with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Nicola Rescigno in No.1 Studio at Abbey Road but she does not like the acoustic so the orchestra moves to Kingsway Hall after the final session on 24 September to record the Mad Scenes album scheduled to follow immediately. Listen to the full recording: https://wnrcl.me/verdi1 👉 Discover more on: www.maria-callas.com 🇫🇷 19-25 septembre 1958 Callas, avec le Philharmonia Orchestra dirigé par Nicola Rescigno,