NEW YORK (AP) - And a star was born.
On Tuesday — which would have been her 85th birthday — a plaque honoring opera legend Maria Callas was being unveiled at the Manhattan hospital where she came into the world.
Callas was born to Greek parents in 1923 at what was then Flower Hospital. The hospital merged with other institutions over the years and is now the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center.
Callas' mother took her back to Greece. There, she trained and performed before her professional life took her all over the world, including Italy and the U.S. She died in Paris in 1977.
An organizer for the event says the hospital plaque comes from Italy, and is made from the same marble that Michelangelo used for sculpture. |