Fundación Clarós is set to present “Las Caras de Callas,” a benefit concert in honor of Maria Callas as part of her centenary celebration. The event, slated for Nov. 29, 2023, will take place at the Iglesia del Monasterio de Pedrables in Barcelona. It will feature music by Rossini, Puccini, Bizet, Délibes, Chopin, Bellini, and Saint-Saëns. Audiences will hear soprano {…}
Teatro Nuovo is joining the Maria Callas Centenary Celebration with “CALLAS: PAST AND FUTURE.” The day-long event, scheduled for Dec. 2 at El Museo del Barrio in New York will feature numerous events spotlighting the famed opera icon. “Teatro Nuovo, like all performers and fans of Bel Canto, owes everything to Callas,” said company director Will Crutchfield in an official {…}
Bergen County Players is set to present the Tony Award-winning play “Master Class.” The play will be shown on Oct. 28 under the direction of Alan Demovsky at the Little Firehouse Theatre in New Jersey. “Master Class” by Terrence McNally is based on a series of Juilliard School master classes taught by the great opera singer Maria Callas, one of {…}
Soprano Maribel Ortega is set to pay tribute to Maria Callas on Oct. 22, 2023 with a concert at the Auditorio del espacio cultural Cèntric at El Prat de Llobregat in Barcelona. Ortega will sing arias that Callas made famous and will join forces with soprano Isabella Gaudí, who will also perform arias from Callas’ vast repertoire. They will be {…}
(Credit: Pablo Larraín) As production begins on the new biopic “Maria” based on the life of Maria Callas, the first images have been released featuring Angelina Jolie. In a statement, Pablo Larraín said, “I am incredibly excited to start production on ‘Maria,’ which I hope will bring Maria Callas’ remarkable life and work to audiences all around the world, thanks {…}
The Maria Callas biopic, “Maria” has added new cast members. Variety is reporting that Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Kodi Smit-McPhee have been added to the cast in unspecified roles. Additionally, Italian star Valeria Golino is set to play the legendary opera singer’s older sister Yakinthi – known as Jackie. The film, which is set to be directed by Pablo Larraín, {…}
The acclaimed play about Maria Callas, “Master Class” by Terrence McNally, returns to Cape Town Opera after Pieter Toerien’s recent sold-out seasons. The play will take place at the Toyota US Woordfees in Stellenbosch and is scheduled from October 7-10, 2023, at the Adam Small Auditorium. Directed by Magdalene Minnaar and with musical direction by José Dias, the production stars {…}
Welcome back for this week’s edition of the CD and DVD releases on offer in the opera world. This week is particularly crowded with releases of Maria Callas by Warner Classics to celebrate her centennial. There are also a number of debut albums as well as the second album to one of the biggest rising tenors of his generation. Audiences {…}
The new film “Maria” is set to start filming this month in Hungary. According to the Budapest Reporter, the film will begin to shoot in Budapest in October and will wrap in December. Budapest will stand in for Paris where Maria Callas died in 1977. The film is set to star Angelina Jolie in the role of Maria Callas and Turkish {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) Teatro Real opened its 2023-24 season with Cherubini’s masterpiece “Medea.” The opera had a great success and was very popular in Europe during the XIX century, where it was usually performed in German or Italian and with a newly written recitative instead of the original French dialogues between arias and scenes. “Medea” was rarely performed during {…}
Callas 100 is set to present a concert at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall on Dec. 3, 2023 The concert will celebrate Maria Callas’ 100th anniversary and will feature such opera stars as Matthew Polenzani, Olga Peretyatko, Fiorenza Cedolins, and Andrea Edina Ulbrich. The New York City Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Oleg Caetani. The evening {…}