Master Class

Maria Callas is teaching a Master Class in front of an audience (us). She’s glamorous, commanding, larger than life–and drop-dead funny. Callas’ first “victim” is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky soprano. Sophie chooses to sing one of the most difficult arias, the sleepwalking scene from La Sonnambula–an aria that Callas made famous. Before the girl sings a note, Callas stops her. And now what has started out as a class has become a platform for Callas. She glories in her own career, dabbles in opera dish and flat-out seduces the audience.