The outstanding opera singer Maria Callas became a legend during her lifetime, and after her death, for millions of admirers she turned into a myth worthy of worship. Claude Dufresne, who personally knew the singer, in his book leads the reader not only along her stellar route - from a young Greek girl from a modest apartment in Brooklyn to the first opera diva on the world stage - but also asks the question: what was the artist like in life when she reached the top? fame? And others, more important: how did it happen that a singer, sacrificing her personal life for the sake of art, suddenly, having fallen in love with the rich shipowner Onassis, descended from Olympus, desired earthly happiness, and found tragedy? The author cites the memories of many prominent people who knew Maria Callas, and supplements her biography with rare photographs.