This audio book may be available as a digital - download.

Original radio production written by John Ardoin and produced by Stephen Paley - Revised, expanded by and narrated by Michael Wager - An original radio production - 4 CASSETTES - 4.5 hours

Publisher, HighBridge (1997)

Sorceress. Doomed Lover. High priestess.

The roles in which Maria Callas triumphed on the world's opera stages also shaped her extraordinary life. No singer of this century so embodied the expressive power of the voice. Few artists have had to pay such a hard, lonely price for a brilliant career. When we remember Callas, we see the prima donna, we hear the voice that thrills. But there is also the story of Maria the woman, driven and vulnerable, who equally fascinated the public.

This audio portrait, based on a program made for public radio in 1988, has been extensively revised and expanded to include new musical excerpts from Callas' most memorable live performances, including rare archival material. There are interviews with Maria Callas herself, her family and friends, together with reminiscences and commentaries by Rudolf Bing, Montserrat Caballe, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, and Franco Zeffirelli. The result---an intimate, unforgettable portrait of an astonishing woman.