“What a lovely voice, but who cares?”

—  Maria Callas

On hearing a recording by Renata Tebaldi, as quoted in The Last Prima Donnas (1982) by Lanfranco Rasponi; also in The Book of Musical Anecdotes (1985) by Norman Lebrecht ISBN 0-02-918710-9

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American-born Greek operatic soprano 1923–1977

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