New York City
Stunning theatricality, emotional fireworks, flashing wit, and sublime music combine in the fiery cauldron that is Maria Callas, the sensational opera diva who is the subject for Terrence McNally’s Master Class. Working brilliantly with a series of student “victims,” Callas slips into memories of an astonishing life, from the triumphs of La Scala to her doomed love for Ari Onassis, exposing en route her humor, her humanity, and her mesmerizing genius.