| The Association Syracuse
Friends for Lyric (A.S.A.L. onlus) and the
Association Maria Callas presided by
Bruno Tosi with the support of the
Regional Tourism Council, the Regional Province of Syracuse
and the Town Council of Syracuse, present the exhibition
“Maria Callas, a woman, a voice, a myth_
offstage with the Divina”, an event in
memory of the baritone Carmelo Mollica from Syracuse.
From June 17th to July 16th 2006, in Syracuse, in
three magnificent halls of the Government Palace, people
will have the opportunity to admire antiques, stage
dresses, sumptuous evening dresses, jewels and original
documents that belonged to the Divina. The collection
will be placed inside a stagey scenography reproducing
a backstage, aiming to retrace, together with the big
artist, the stagey backgrounds, up to her appearing
on the stage.
The first hall is staged with five
scenes where there are the stage dresses, the jewels
and shoes worn by Maria Callas in five of the operas
that made her famous. There will be the dress she wore
in “La Traviata” at the Metropolitan of
New York in 1956 and the one she wore in “Tosca”
by Zeffirelli in London, Paris and New York; then the
dress she wore in 1956 at the Scala in Milan in “Il
Barbiere di Siviglia” and the one she used in
1954 for the theatrical season opening, performing “La
Vestale”, conducted by Luchino Visconti; the last
scene is dedicated to the dress she wore for her last
concert in Sapporo, Japan, in November 11th 1974. The
hall is enriched by antiques offered by Claudio Fayer.
The other two halls represent, through
pictures, the woman Callas between public and private
life; on exhibition there are her dresses, letters and
her own recipes.
The exhibition opening will be on Saturday,
June 17th at 7.00 p.m. at the Government
Palace in Syracuse; the President of the Cultural Association
Maria Callas, Bruno Tosi, will be present.
The exhibition will end on July 16th 2006. It is open
every day in the morning from 9.00 to 1.00 and in the
afternoon from 4.00 to 8.00. The idea and arrangement
are by the architect Lucia Mollica and the coordination
and artistic direction by Mo. Rosario Cicero. The press
conference will be on Saturday, June
17th at 11.00 a.m. at the Government Palace
(32 Roma rd., Ortigia).
Moreover other eight events concerning
Maria Callas will take place.
The first one will be on Thursday,
June 22nd at 8.30 p.m. and it is a
dancing performance “On the Wings of a Myth”,
choreographies by Dina Cultrera (director of the dancing
school Tersicore) and Grazia Mollica (closing performance
of Lucia Di Martino and choreographies by Grazia Mollica;
special guest: Steve Lachance.
Saturday, June 24th,
7.30 p.m.: concert “Maria Callas”, with
the Japanese soprano Tomie Kano and the pianist Rosario
Cicero; music of Rossini, Bellini, Verdi.
Sunday, June 25th,
7.30 p.m.: Band of Syracuse, conducted by M°. Michele
Pupillo; in programme opera symphonies.
Saturday, July 1st,
7.30 p.m.: concert “New voices for Callas”,
with the M°. Filippo Piccolo.
July 2nd, 7.30 p.m.: concert of Sonus
Trio; C.Aglieco (flute), R.Salerno (guitar), S.Sampieri
(piano).
Monday, July 3rd:
concert of Aretusa Duo; Fulvio Bazzano (clarinet) and
Sabina Schiavone (piano).
July 4th, 8.30 p.m.: the Feminine
Consulta of Syracuse presents the troupe Metamorfosi
and the performance “Medea tribute to Maria Callas”.
Wednesday, July 5th,
8.30 p.m.: lyric concert “Arias and Love Duets”
attended by Prof. Giovanna Collica.
To complete the series of events, on Sunday,
July 16th, 7.30 p.m., the First Prize
“Carmelo Mollica” will be handed.
The events will take place at the Government
Palace (32 Roma rd., Ortigia)
A.S.A.L. onlus, furthermore, with the
support of the Regional Council for Cultural Heritage
and Activities and Melilli City Council for the exhibition
celebrating Maria Callas, contributes to the programme
of the Lyric Summer 2006; two international events with
the Production and staging of the European Lyric
Theatre by maestro Silvano Frontalini.
Sunday, August 6th,
8.30 p.m. at Palalive of Fontane Bianche:” La
Traviata” of Giuseppe Verdi; admission 8 €
Monday, August 7th,
8.30 p.m. at Cave della Pirrera of Melilli:” Madama
Butterfly”of Giacomo Puccini; admission 6 €.
For information and subscriptions to the Association
Syracuse Friends for Lyric:
A.S.A.L. 347.8454455 (M° Rosario Cicero)
Email: asal.onlus@tiscali.it
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