Maria Callas A Tribute Author:Pierre-Jean Remy Maria Callas died on September 1977, yet for many she still lives. Her voice is preserved on record, her memory cherished in the hearts of those who came to a new appreciation of opera through her consummate art. — In this lavishly illustrated book, Pierre-Jean Remy tells us the story of the Greek girl born in New York, from her early... more » days as a child prodigy--pushed by an ambitious mother--to her conquest of La Scala; through her undoubted triumphs, her long absence from the stage, and her battles with a Press detrmined to seize on any gossip, to her final master-classes at the Julliard School of Music and her unfulfilled plans for a come-back. Her life makes fascinating reading: the enigmatic figure of one of the greatest singers the world has ever seen, charismatic yet mysterious, holds the centre of the stage and her audience waits with bated breath for the magic of her "vissi d'arte."« less