Maria Callas – outstanding unpublished photos from Lebrecht photographer Brian Seed to celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of Maria Callas, the great opera diva, on 2nd December 1923.

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Maria Callas and Ferrucio Tagliavini during a playback session of a recording they were making of Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor, the second time they had recorded this opera together. EMI were recording the opera in 1959 at the Kingsway Hall, London.

Soprano Maria Callas during a rehearsal of the Donizetti opera Lucie di Lammermoor, Kingsway Hall, London, 1959.

Soprano Maria Callas listening and singing back to recording she had just made of Donizetti’s opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.