A voice but also a look.
From Greek American girl to diva of divas, there is a very long and hard work on opera singing but Maria Callas also knew that even the purest voice is not enough to achieve her ambition for global stardom.
At the cost of great efforts, the ugly duckling is going to turn into a swan with looks almost as important as her vocal gifts.
She will mesmerise the public on stages all over the world. Fur, jewellery, clothing, diet, and finally a make-over to create her look, then she simply becomes “Callas” (frankly, who needs a first name when the star is unique and incomparable?)
With her heavily lined jet black Cleopatra style makeup Callas had created her visual signature, then all she had to do was to open her red painted mouth and her beautiful voice did the rest.