Considered one of the most gifted performers of her generation, Maria Callas has continued to cast a spell over audiences, both young and old, long after her untimely death in 1977. Born on December ...

c. Shakespeare with Van Doren Taiwan and America, &c. Our new ‘Gulf’ politics, &c. Maria Callas was born on December 2, 1923, meaning that her centennial was about a year ago. I wrote a piece ...