AS SHE PREPARES TO CELEBRATE HER 60TH BIRTHDAY

ON THE INSPIRATION THAT LED HER TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO 16 ICONIC SOPRANO MARIA CALLAS

‘She was one of the greatest sopranos of all time, but such a vulnerable and sensitive woman behind the diva facade’

She has been voted the most beautiful woman in the world, has modelled for top fashion houses and became a Bond girl at the age of 51 in 2015’s Spectre.

Now, after starring in more than 60 movies during a 30-year acting career – with a role in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice coming up next – Monica Bellucci is once again captivating international audiences as she portrays legendary opera singer Maria Callas.

The Italian actress, who turns 60 in September, plays the Greek-American soprano in Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs, a documentary that chronicles the stage show of the same name. Between 2019 and 2023, Monica performed it in three languages and in ten countries, in cities from Rome and Athens to London and Los Angeles.