No matter how much Wallace tried to throw her off balance, as he always does,  she was cool as a cucumber. And smart as a whip.

11:47 "I think I'm not very difficult, I think that when you say no to somebody who wants you to say yes, then you become difficult" how wise is that

SHE SPEAKS WITH POWER AND AUTHORITY

She’s so diplomatic. I would have leaved mid interview.

We all agree that Mike Wallace got off on being rude as hell.

"I do not cry with tragedies. I cope with them"   ...... BRAVO !!!!!!👏👏👏👏

this is someone, who has to be a role model when it comes to class...so well-spoken, intelligent and aristocratic

" your private life has not been as successful"
Maria: " no, not true"

8:45 stupid interviewer ......wonderful Callas❤

When she states that in later age the acrobatics aren't there but the interpretation deepens, I agree. Her later commercial recording of Lucia is a hauntingly beautiful and truthful portrayal.

I was fortunate to have seen Callas on the last tour at the Lyric Opera in Chicago.  It was an incredible experience.  The voice, as she states, was not what it had been but her skillful use of it was just as great as it had been so the presentation of character through the voice was still extraordinary.  What was also beyond expectation was how she used her body position, hand and head movements, and facial expressiveness to create the different characters she was singing.  She became those characters without costume or makeup or staging.  One could only imagine what experiencing her in a fully staged opera in her prime.

Wallace shows no grace, no kindness, no real journalistic prowess :… he was a provocateur and a not very skillful one — Maria, on the other hand, exhibited restraint, graciousness and a kind of intellectual grit that was admirable

Here Maria Callas confesses that she put men first, and that men couldn’t cope with her stardom ✨✨✨

The light on her face when she said “He didn’t go.” 🤭

These questions are so insulting and rude, she had to put up with so much crap from male journalists and interviewers 😤

A real man does not have to command

Mike Wallace as a thug and so is his son

Callas should have run the Met. Bing should have listened to her demands because I bet they were all reasonable. Nobody cared about him. He was easily replaceable but she was one of a kind. Denying New Yorkers that talent that is one in a century should have been a crime and he should have been the one fired.

My difference beside ancient greeks is I don't cry on tragedies untill they happen. And if they happen I don't cry on tragedies. I cope with them✨

Callas came out of this interview with class and grace.