 
The great exhibition at Alsterhaus
in Hamburg “Maria Callas, the Myth goes
on” has finished with an unexpected triumph
and an exceptional number of visitors: more than 1,300,000
people.
The most luxury German shopping centre
has dedicated five windows overlooking the lakeside
in the busy “promenade”, displaying the
costumes of “Tosca” from the Operà
of Paris, “Traviata and Barbiere of Siviglia”
from the Scala of Milan and the dress she wore for her
last concert in Tokyo in 1974; moreover a series of
reviews from German newspapers dating from 1959 in Hamburg
referring to the successful “Recital” at
the Musikhalle, famous concert hall.
In the background of each window, the
blow-ups of the theatres and auditoriums where the Divina
performed.
Here below the dedication from the
General Director of Alsterhaus of Hamburg to the Association
Callas and its President Bruno Tosi.
With the collaboration of
Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, where, on
September 19th, there will be a dinner party based
on the singer’s favourite recipes, “Maria
Callas-the Myth goes on” is an itinerant exhibition,
already successful in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Rome
and Mexico City. This is a significant return for
the primadonna to Hamburg, a town strictly connected
to her. “The Divina has always chosen Hamburg
as starting point of her triumphal concerts all over
the world: let’s think about the unforgettable
recitals at the Musikhalle in 1959 and 1962 or in
1973 her first concert with Giuseppe Di Stefano- Mr.Tosi
says-. The exhibition, on four floors, shows, in an
innovative style, hundreds of antiques belonged to
the greatest singer of this century, among which stage
dresses, evening and concert dresses, jewels, theatre
booklets, articles, interviews, criticisms, documents,
autographed correspondence and photographs”.
Script by Massimiliano Goattin
from “ Affari Italiani”
Here
below some photographs of the exhibition
(click
on the images to enlarge) |
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