Callas

"La Divina"..."Voce di Angelo"..."Tigress"... the newspapers called her. Maria Callas was the most glamorous, most talked about, most flamboyantly idolized and most spectacularly assailed operatic figure of our time. Loved or hated in person, praised or scorned in art, no singer inspired so much discussion, nor exercised comparable power at the box office. This intimate portrait by George Jellinek, one of America's foremost commentators of the music scene, chronicles the incredible career and life of the controversial diva - the "ugly duckling" who triumphed over a bitter childhood to become…