Her pet aria, " L'air des Bijoux" or "Jewel Song", was composed by Charles Gounod and comes from the opera Faust. She is a regular fixture at the Milanese opera house La Scala. Like Castafiore, Callas and Ackté were prima donna sopranos and often mentioned in tabloids of the era.īianca Castafiore as seen in The Castafiore Emerald.īianca Castafiore was born and raised in Milan, Italy. When creating Bianca Castafiore, he drew most of his inspiration from the Greek opera singer Maria Callas and Finnish opera singer Aino Ackté. What's more, it makes me laugh." This stemmed from how his aunt liked to practice singing opera, and as a child, Hergé would be made to sit with his family and listen to her practices. While Hergé was a big fan of classical art, he did not like opera, and strongly detested it: "Opera bores me, to my great shame.
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