The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Sophia Lambton chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography.

Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:

Why the narrative opened with a prologue about Maria Callas’s artistry.

How exhaustive research revealed Callas’s brilliance and flaws.

How a detailed calendar of events, letters and performances tracked Callas’s evolving thoughts.

How Sophia built comprehensive files by transcribing and translating all of Callas’s interviews.

Why chapter headings include Callas’s own words.

How Sophia dismantled…

The skinny

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