Yesterday, Athens opened the first museum dedicated to the soprano, and Angelina Jolie is making a biographical film.
Maria. Angelina Jolie characterized as the famous Greek soprano.
To the various celebrations in the world for the centenary of María Callas, which will be celebrated on December 2, the most notable events were the inauguration, yesterday, of the first museum in the world entirely dedicated to her life, in Athens, and the filming of her first biopic in Hollywood, played by Angelina Jolie (there are numerous and very good documentaries about the most important soprano of the second half of the last century, but until now no dramatic film that had her as the protagonist.)
From many of the opera costumes she wore to personal memories such as photographs and the matchboxes she treasured from different trips, the María Callas Museum in Athens opened its doors yesterday. Its interior brings together more than 1,300 pieces that belonged to the legendary singer, as well as books with notes and objects from her childhood, such as a school album. “The great diva, María Callas, returns home,” celebrated the mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, during the opening of the museum. The pieces come from an auction that took place in Paris 24 years ago. At that auction, the Greek capital acquired several of Callas’s objects, which now make up this museum, along with loans and donations from other Greek institutions and private collectors.
María Anna Cecilia Sofía Kalogeropulos, better known as María Callas, was actually born in New York in 1923, but her parents were Greek and, after their divorce, the soprano lived in Athens from 1937 to 1945. She took singing classes at the National Conservatory and made his debut at the Royal Opera of Athens in 1941. His ashes were also scattered in the Aegean Sea. Sick and depressed, confined to her apartment in Paris, the artist died at the age of 53, in 1977. She came to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires only once: it was between May and June 1949, when she sang (those were such different times! ) three different operas in just two months, and of the magnitude of “Aida”, “Turandot” and “Norma”. However, at that time her career was not yet at its peak, she received some reviews that she felt offended by (one of them also criticized her body weight, since her visit was before she underwent a strict regimen. ), and swore never to set foot in the Teatro Colón again. She did return to Argentina in 1970, accompanying her friend Pier Paolo Pasolini, who presented “Medea” at the Mar del Plata Festival, a film in which she starred.
Meanwhile, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín (the same one from “El conde” and the biopic about Lady Di) is advancing with the filming of “María”, based on the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the singer’s life, recreated during his last days in Paris in the seventies. Played by Angelina Jolie, the script tells of some of her famous romantic ties, such as the one that united her with Aristotle Onassis. The costumes use original fur coats worn by Callas, but new skins were not used after consulting animal rights groups.
Source: Ambito
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