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I don't really care for the sound of Calliope. It sounds like a good horse's name to me, not a person's name. But as for it being strange or off-putting to non-name-nerds, as long as you use Callie as a nickname, I wouldn't worry about it. If I ever had another daughter, I'd love to name her Caledonia, and call her Callie, so I can't really call you out on Calliope.
I think Calliope Evangeline/Evangelynn is too much of a mouthful and little pretentious. I'd try to find a simple one syllable name to go with Calliope.
As for mispronunciations, just about any name can be mispronounced. My name is Janice. Common enough name, pretty simple, right? But telemarketers call me all the time and ask for Jan-ees, not Jan-is.
Do they think we're in France? You can't always be worrying about ignorant people.