Maria Callas

Maria Callas. Born December 2, 1923, for the span of her fifty four year life, Maria was a world renowned opera singer in the twentieth century. Many people have praised her for her bel canto ( beautiful song ) to opera seria ( serious opera ) voice.She was very popular in the opera world, in fact garnering the name La Divina, or The Divine. Maria had a difficult life from the beginning. Before she was born, her older sister had said that they're parents marriage was rocky from the start and her

is said that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. Great musical performers are no exception. Miles Davis, Maria Callas, and Mozart are examples of musical genius who spent countless hours perfecting their craft whether it was in the genre of Jazz, Classical, or Opera. Callas was known for being an opera legend. Her teacher, Maria Trivella, reflected on her first impression of Callas’ voice saying. “... it swirled and flared like a flame and filled the air with melodious reverberations like a

The Baroque period refers to an era that started around 1600 and ended around 1750, and included composers like Bach, Vivaldi and Handel, who pioneered new styles like the concerto, the sonata, and the opera. Opera encouraged composers to devise ways of illustrating moods in their music; affecting the listener’s emotions became a major objective in composition during this period. Opera spread to France and England, and composers such as Rameau, Handel and Purcell began producing great works. “Joan

commanding personality. More than that, she stands for Korean culture and art worldwide. Sumi Jo was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. She graduated from Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome after 3 years of study in keyboard and vocal music. A disciple of Maria Callas and Dame Joan Sutherland, a Korean vocalist, Sumi Jo has emerged as one of the most beautiful voices in contemporary Opera. As a coloratura soprano, Sumi Jo is a true diva of the highest order. Nature has been bountiful to her by endowing her with

Sumayyah is a very interesting person. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and she was the first person in her family to be born in America. She has a large family with 8 siblings (not including herself). Her family is from South Africa, but her race is mixed with many European nationalities such as Ireland and England. Sumayyah is an English enthusiast. “I love writing for fun. I am even writing my own book.” Funny, talented, and creative are three words that best describe Sumayyah’s bubbly

JoJo Siwa! JoJo Siwa also known as Joelle Joni Siwa is a famous YouTuber, Dancer, Actor, and Singer. She originally became famous from starring in the show “Dance Moms.” She is known for appearing for two seasons on Dance Moms along with her mom Jessalynn Siwa. She is also famous for her singles or songs. JoJo Siwa was born on May 19th 2003. She was born in Omaha NE. She is 15 years old. JoJo Siwa is very popular. She is a dancer and a social media sensation who is very popular on Musical.ly

responsible? West Side Story is a story that was transitioned from a play to a movie. This play was a readaptation of the playwright by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet. In West Side Story story, there are two many characters they are Tony and Maria. Both plays show the cause and effect of the unnecessary feud between two groups of people, which in return are given death. These two star-crossed lovers come from completely opposite sides of a feud. This feud separates the two lovers, making it

Story, there are two gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. These two gangs represent the families that were feuding in Romeo and Juliet. The Sharks are the Capulets, and the Jets are the Montagues. Tony, who is portraying Romeo, is in the Jets gang. Maria, who represents Juliet, has a brother, Bernardo, in the the Shark’s gang. Immigrating from Puerto Rico, the Sharks are not liked by the other gangs. West Side Story begins with the Jets showing their dominates over everyone. The Sharks get involved;

inspired Americans to live their best life and strive for success. The musical West Side Story is a tragic romance story that follows two gangs in New York. One of the Jets members, Tony, falls in love with the leader of the Sharks younger sister, Maria. This is such a big controversy because the Jets and Sharks are rivals. The Jets hate the Sharks because they are Puerto Rican. This displays the racism and social climate in America during the 60’s, when this musical came out. Inmigrantes where thought

today’s culture; many states are fine-tuning abortion, rape, and gender-identification laws as I write this. I also saw much attention being paid to this topic in two of the novels we read this semester: Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria, and Mary Robinson’s The Natural Daughter. However, I found the relationship between female sexuality and its relation to the concepts of sensibility or rationality