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The Unknown Callas: The Greek Years. (Books).

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Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis

Amadeus Press, 672 pages, $39.95

Just when one thinks there is nothing more left to be said or written about Maria Callas, yet another book comes out with fresh and fascinating material. This one documents and discusses in amazing detail Callas's life from birth through the "Greek Years" (1938-45). There are no startling revelations or salacious gossip here; Petsalis-Diomidis concentrates solely on the development of Callas as an artist and musician. He offers a new thorough, realistic view of Callas, the outcome of years of research in the unpublished sources in the Hellenic Library and Historical Archives Society, the Greek National Opera, the National Theater of Greece, the ...

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