The Myth of Maria Callas told in an unprecedented exhibition project by five protagonists of the contemporary art scene:
Giorgio Armani, Alvin Curran, Latifa Echakhch, Mario Martone and Francesco Vezzoli
The Teatro alla Scala presents, from Friday 17 November 2023 to Monday 16 September 2024, the new exhibition ‘Fantasmagoria Callas’, curated by Francesco Stocchi with installation by Margherita Palli and dedicated to the soprano Maria Callas (New York, 2 December 1923 – Paris, 16 September 1977) at the Museo Teatrale alla Scala, as part of the CALLAS 100 programme
The title of the exhibition refers to the theatrical form of ‘phantasmagoria’, which traditionally deploys stage illusions to recreate phantasmal effects and supernatural visions, in order to restore the impression of the many traces, influences and testimonies that Maria Callas has inspired over the course of time.
The installation by artist Latifa Echakhch explores the aspect of Maria Callas’ stage presence. Beyond a screen of red and white pearls, the phantasmal silhouette of the soprano is revealed to the visitor, rendered as a vision of beauty and fragility beyond a curtain evoking the elements of tears and blood.
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