Tosca

One of her most famous performances was as Tosca, in Covent Garden, in 1964.

The following afternoon, Jolie and Larraín were chatting excitedly about the spectacle they had seen at the Met — its splendor and majesty; its special place in Callas’ body of work; and its beloved aria, “Vissi d’arte,” in which Tosca declares, “I lived for art, I lived for love.”

On a visit to New York in November, Jolie and Pablo Larraín, who directed her in the biographical film “Maria,” were guests at the Metropolitan Opera, taking in a performance of “Tosca,” the Puccini opera about the relentless diva of its title.

She was only 42 when she sang her last staged opera performance, a production of “Tosca” at Covent Garden in London.

Maria Callas seized fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, opera’s eternally doomed heroines.