In 1968, Callas told Edward Downes that during her initial performances in Cherubini's Medea in May 1953, she realized that she needed a leaner face and figure to do dramatic justice to this as well as the other roles she was undertaking.
V 1968 Callasová povedala Edwardovi Downesovi, že v začiatkoch jej stvárnenia Cherubiniho Medey v máji 1953 si uvedomila, že do dramatizácie postavy rovnako ako do iných úloh v svojom repertoári potrebuje štíhlejšiu tvár a postavu.