Angelina Jolie studied opera for seven months for ‘Maria.’ Real singers know it takes a lifetime
To the generations of opera singers that came after her, she’s still an era-defining consummate artist. “She’s an icon. There’s no other way to put it,” said bass Morris Robinson, who recently sang the role of Ramfis in “Aida” with Boston Lyric Opera.
‘Maria': Read The Screenplay By Steven Knight That Became The Libretto For Angelina Jolie's Opera Icon
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season films continues with Maria, the Maria Callas snapshot-biopic starring Angelina Jolie. Pablo Larraín directed the screenplay penned by Steven Knight.
Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas in opera legend biopic ‘Maria’
The Oscar winner took months of singing lessons to portray the iconic soprano in the film. Rick Damigella talked with Jolie and her voice coach about making the film.
Angelina Jolie goes full-on diva in a daring, sad turn as Maria Callas
Now comes Maria Callas’s turn — the first of Larraín’s divas to actually be a diva — and Angelina Jolie’s as well. The performance is, like the earlier two, brilliant and daring and sad; the movie itself is surprisingly inert.
To play Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to learn how to breathe again
Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. “All of us, we really don’t realize where things land in our body over a lifetime of different experiences and where we hold it to protect ourselves,
‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie is stunning as Maria Callas in her last days
Jolie, whose combination of artistry and larger-than-life stardom makes her the only actress who could play this part right now, is luminous.
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