Maria Callas
1. June – 17. September 2006
Österreichisches Theatermuseum, Vienna www.theatermuseum.at

fig.: Maria Callas in La Traviata, Royal Operahouse in Covent Garden, 1958
Foto: Houston Rogers © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Art to be a Star

Maria Callas will be portrayed in this exhibition through her most important roles like i.e. La Traviata, Tosca, Medea, Norma and her personification of Medea in Pasolini's film.

Callas played Norma around 90 times. Maria Callas described her personality analog to the role. Norma seems to be strong, sometimes brutal - but she is a lamb which cries like a lion.

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