Maria Callas Quotes:
Ocupation: Opera singer
Life: December 2, 1923 - September 16, 1977
Birthday: December 2
Death: September 16
It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the sense of projection over a distance as in an opera house. We have this microphone and this magnifies all details of a performance, all exaggerations. In the theater, you can get away with a very large, very grand phrase. For the microphone, you have to tone it down. It's the same as making a film, your gestures will be seen in close-up, so they cannot be exaggerated as they would be in a theater.
source: "Callas : The Art and the Life". Book by John Ardoin, 1974.
topic: Opera House
