Maria Callas Interwiew 1967-1968 Part 2

Here, Callas talks about her early days in Athens before and during the war, and the invaluable experience she gained from first stage performances in a wide range of roles while still in her teens. Callas says that she had no formal training in acting but she learned several basic rules that she always applies and which help make her performances more “real“. She also began to discuss the way a singer must observe the composer’s musical language and try to realise what he intended in performance. She expla