EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC - BAHRAIN - |
PROGRAMME FOR 16 SEPTEMBER 2002 |
MARIA CALLAS La Divina |
PART ONE Maria Callas - La Divina (A Film by Tony Palmer) This documentary traces the career of Maria Callas, describing the tragedy - and above all, celebrating the triumphs - of this great singer. It has been possible to draw on archive material from Athens, Rome, Milan, New York and London. Interviews with contemporaries help document her career from her early studies in Athens to the self-imposed isolation of her last Paris years - tracing her rapid rise to stardom and her subsequent decline. It is a highly unusual portrait, which provides a unique insight into one of the most striking artistic lives of the twentieth century. PART TWO La Callas ... toujours (Paris 1958) Three highlights from a gala concert recorded live at the Palais Garnier (Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris) on 19 December 1958. It was the debut performance of Maria Callas in the French capital. * Bellini: Norma - Casta Diva * Verdi: Il Trovatore - D'amor sull'ali rosee ... Miserere * Puccini: Tosca - Vissi d'arte Maria Callas at Covent Garden * Bizet: Carmen - Habanera; Séguedille - 1962 * Puccini: Tosca - Complete Second Act (with Renato Cioni and Tito Gobbi) - 1964 |
Maria Callas 2 Dec '23 - 16 Sep '77 |
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