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La Divina La Dolce Vita Dolce Gabbana

"Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not.
It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't
like it shouldn't come to hear me."



Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου
"La Divina"
02.12.1923 - 16.09.1977


...from a review of the Dolce and Gabanna show from Style.com by Nicole Phelps:

"In 1954, Maria Callas recorded a memorable version of Bellini's Norma at the Cinema Metropol, the theater where today Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana stage their fashion shows. With the legendary soprano for inspiration, their collection was unapologetically operatic."


It's all a bit cheeky-but I like it!

(all D& G images from Style.com)






"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist,
dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is
always there."


Callas as Violetta




Callas in Puritani





Callas in La Traviata




Callas as Norma







in her first La Traviata







LA DIVINA

"Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not.
It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't
like it shouldn't come to hear me."







Maria with her dog




in Tosca at the Met






LA DIVINA





in La Traviata at La Scala






Callas performances and flowing baroque patterns for the D&G finale










last word:


"I don't need the money, dear. I work for art."