# maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. # ..anima viva. # you must serve music- because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. ..of perpetual anxiety and torture. when music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. she enjoyed the bright lights of fame and endured its dark side. her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. when a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. they can t just applaud the legend if you don t give them something. and after all, what is the legend? the public made me. maria callas was born in new york in december 1923 and christened cecilia sofia anna maria kalogeropoulos. her parents, george and evangelia, left greece for america shortly before her birth, where they abbreviated the family name to callas. in 1937, after the marriage broke down, evangelia moved back to
what does the first folio mean to you? well, i mean, it contains so many of the plays. ..that are the reason why shakespeare is the cornerstone of our cultural life in the way that he is. he simply wouldn t exist. ..as part of the kind of national conversation in the way that he does without the first folio. those. we would have lost so many of those plays. you know, i m sitting here at the end of my first day of rehearsals for macbeth, a play that s been in performance now for over 400 years. but it wouldn t exist. we wouldn t have a copy of it. and even those that we did have, that we do have other sources for, the folio was the kind of.the prestige edition. and the reason that those plays are still performed around the world, the reason that shakespeare is the cultural colossus that he is, is because that book was published. great glamis. ..worthy cawdor. greater than both, by the all hail hereafter. let s take just macbeth. what would it have meant if macbeth, we d never
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Leaving the white house. Stand by for our exclusive report. Plus, we are awaiting a final vote in the House Of Representatives on the Debt Limit Deal. This hour ill be getting reaction from a key Progressive Democrat who says she is voting no. Also tonight, attacks on russian territory appear to be escalating. Kremlin officials calling the situation near the Ukrainian Border alarming. One day after Drone Strikes shook the russian capital city of moscow. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers on assignment. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the Situation Room. And lets get straight to cnns new exclusive reporting on this Special Counsels criminalvection of former president donald trump. Katelyn polantz and paula reid have been working their sources. They are joining us now with the latest. Kaitlan, i want to go to you first. What are you learning about this critical key new piece of evidence . Well, alex, this is an audiotape that the Just
Good friday morning, everybody. I am erica hill with rahel solomon. Poppy harlow is off today. Nice to be friday. Isnt it . We are here for that. Five things to know for this friday. June 2nd, the Debt Ceiling Bill on its way to President Bidens desk and once signed the threat of a u. S. Default is off the table until after the 2024 election. Also, new questions this morning about that partial Building Collapse in davenport, iowa. Just days before the wall came Crashing Down an Engineering Firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. You can see the gap in the new pictures. Three people are still missing. The former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. The Denver Nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. An Eighth Grader crowned the new National Spelling bee champ. We will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morning which starts right