Google Doodle marks famed soprano Maria Callas 90th birth anniversaryDecember 2, 2013 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 90th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas has been celebrated with a Google Doodle, Digital Spy reported. The American-Greek soprano was born in New York City on December 2, 1923 and died on September 16, 1977 at the age of 53. One of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Divina - the divine one - for her singing ability. Callas performed a range of operatic works, from pieces by Wagner in her early years to those by Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini, Verdi and Puccini. Recent birthday Google Doodles around the world have included those marking the anniversaries of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky, Selma Lagerlöf, Helena Zmatlíková and Juan Carlos Castagnino. The search giant also launched a playable Google Doodle game on November 23 to mark the 50th anniversary of BBC science fiction drama Doctor Who. Related links: Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |