She was sometimes called "Cyclone Callas" because of her temperament. Even before I ever heard any of her recordings I had heard this. I've always been a bit fascinated by people with passionate personalities and super-amazing talent, as if the two forces are impossible to separate.
Arianna Huffington wrote a solid, fascinating biography on Maria Callas in the early 1980s, parts of which can be read here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=k7rhGRvxyWwC&pg=PA93&dq=maria+callas+personality&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EzbLU9SiBc-TyAS_44DQBw&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=maria%20callas%20personality&f=false
And of equal interest, if not more since it comes straight from the source herself, is this article from a 1950s issue of Life magazine:
Life article
http://books.google.com/books?id=W0gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118&dq=maria+callas+temperamental+life&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uTvLU_7XLM22yAS21YGIBw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=maria%20callas%20temperamental%20life&f=false
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