A Review of Taylor Pero's The Colors of Callas from Derek Lim of "The Inkpot"
The life of Maria
Callas has been reported by so many in biographies
and accounts, all purporting to tell the true story and bring us closer
to the great diva, that one is bound to come across repetitions and
variations of stories as told in different accounts. This new book by Taylor
Pero and
Patrick C. Byrne takes a different tack.
The Colors of Callas attempts to bring us even closer to her life
than before, with varying success. The sleeve blurb hits the nail in the
head in claiming that the authors have put together a compelling and more
importantly, entertaining picture' of her life.
What we have here is something much more like a drama about Callas,
rather than a report. The authors have obviously taken pains to paint the
situations and circumstances that Callas might have found herself in...the book
does feature many anecdotal delights, some of which I have only come
across here, and many of them do prove entertaining.
All in all, this book will be of prime interest to fans of Callas who
have perused the number of biographies written about her (and there are
many) and are in search of something different.
Derek Lim
The Inkpot