“Callas has always been a fascinating character,” Marc A. Sorca, CEO and president of advocacy group Opera America, tells TODAY. “You could write an opera about her — about someone who made an indelible impression in her 20s and 30s, and by the time she was 40 was finished as a singer. It’s a truly operatic story.”

People are buzzing about Angelina Jolie’s role as Maria Callas in the new Netflix biopic, Maria. In fact, Angelina has already earned a Golden Globe nom for it. The movie follows the life of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas as she moves to Paris after years in the public eye.

What is the true story of Maria Callas? About her career, her husbands, Aristotle Onassis relationship and death. How did she die?