Angelina Jolie stars as soprano Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's film "Maria," streaming on Netflix. Here's how she prepared and transformed her voice.
Pablo Larraín's latest biographical feature, 'Maria' sees Angelina Jolie soar as opera legend, Maria Callas... and the movie's climbing the Netflix chart.
Angelina Jolie is trying to win the Best Actress Oscar with Maria, but if she's going to do it, she'll have to overcome Netflix's poor track record.
Angelina Jolie really is singing opera in Maria, but it’s not only Jolie’s voice in the final product. The movie blended Jolie’s singing voice with recordings of the real Maria Callas, so the result is a hybrid of both Jolie and Callas’s voice.
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie discusses playing opera singer Maria Callas, honoring her late mom and sharing a "real love" of work with her kids.
Angelina Jolie took on one of the most challenging roles of her career in Netflix ‘s new biopic Maria, which documents the life of famed opera singer Maria Callas.
Angelina Jolie’s biopic Maria has been earning raves where the Oscar winner portrayed opera singer Maria Callas’ final years. However, an important rave review to take notice of is Halle Berry’s, who wrote in her Instagram stories strong praises for the new musical biopic:
Netflix only acquired the US rights to the movie and after a limited theatrical run, the streaming service released Maria on December 11. So if you're in the US, you can watch the biopic right now.
Angelina Jolie plays famed Opera singer Maria Callas in the Netflix movie "Maria," but is she really doing her own singing?
The 2024 Netflix movie Maria stars Angelina Jolie as opera singer Maria Callas who, in her final years, struggled with her vocal abilities changing through aging. Through playing her Golden Globe-nominated role, the Wanted actress realized a big distinction between actors and other performance professions in Hollywood:
That’s a line from Pablo Larrain ’s “ Maria ,” now streaming on Netflix, based on the final days of opera superstar Maria Callas. The film is peppered with flashbacks of arias by Verdi and Puccini when Callas was at the height of her success. And was Angelina Jolie, who portrays Callas, ready to sing them? Absolutely not.
Yes, Maria is based on the true story of Greek opera singer Maria Callas, who died of a heart attack in 1977, when she was only 53 years old. Maria imagines the last few days of Callas’s life, in which once the once-great opera singer struggles with a drug addiction, hallucinations, and her declining health.