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# 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 b ....
uk officials in france are preparing to fly home a british teenager who was found after being missing for six years. alex batty, now 17, disappeared after travelling to spain with his mother and grandfather. the boy was discovered on wednesday near the city of toulouse. in the past hour, manchester police gave a short update to the media. i think ithinki i think i speak on behalf of the whole of the greater manchester police when we say we are relieved and overjoyed to say we received the news from the french authorities they believe alex batty has been found safe and well. it has been six years since his disappearance. this is a huge moment for alex, his family and the community in oldham. alex went missing whilst on holiday in 2017 when he was just 11 years old. on wednesday, a member of the public reported a potential cycling in toulouse area of france. the young man identified as alan alex was taken to a french police station. the young man and alex s, the spoke on ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. international condemnation of israel after at least 45 people are killed at a refugee camp in rafah. the israeli prime minister says the strike was a tragic incident . welcome back. right now france is the test for europe s political centre. can it hold against the forces of nationalism and populism? in truth it is not shaping up very well for president macron. the polls suggest the candidate that tops marine le pen s list has a polling average of 33%, twice that of mr macron s lead candidate. so it should come as no surprise that the theme of president macron s state visit to germany this week is more europe and a bolder defence of the union. the president says there is a form of fascination for authoritarianism growing in the two major eu countries. and today in dresden, saxony, where the afd is polling over 30% the president appealed directly to young voters. translation: this| trend is not a trend. i ....
More than a dozen Colorado restaurants and chefs were named semifinalist for the 2024 James Beard awards, the James Beard Foundation announced in a news release Wednesday. ....