She was based upon opera divas in general (according to Hergé's perception), Hergé's Aunt Ninie (who was known for her "shrill" singing of opera), and, in the post-war comics, on Maria Callas.
Maria Callas was one of the most famous of all 20th-century opera singers, but many believe that her rapid weight loss resulting from a drastic diet contributed to the deterioration of her voice.
It was in the 1950s when the newspapers and magazines such as Paris-Match, a favourite source of material, were full of the sensational opera career and private life of Maria Callas that Hergé found his real model for Castafiore.
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