It’s a birthday no music lover worth his salt could ever forget. Today, 2 December 2023, Maria Callas, the legendary soprano, celebrates her 100th birthday. Happy birthday, madam, and thank you for everything you have contributed to the many opera lovers who still treasure you in their hearts!   Maria Callas © Publifoto – Milan […]

The suspense has just been lifted and the evening promises to be even more thrilling. While the Opéra national de Paris has been carefully guarding the names of the artists invited to the Gala tribute to Maria Callas on 2 December 2023, the 100th anniversary of her birth, it has just unveiled the names of […]

Although her name does not yet appear officially on the Opéra national de Paris website, Pretty Yende will be on stage at the Palais Garnier for the special gala tribute to Maria Callas on 2 December 2023, the hundredth anniversary of her birth. From a stage to the other, from 30 November to 27 December […]

From 17 to 26 November 2023, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin will be hosting the Barocktage 2023, where the French presence will be in evidence everywhere. Of the three major productions on the bill, two are from the French repertoire: Charpentier’s Médée (performed by Magdalena Kožená in Peter Sellars‘ staging conducted by Simon […]

2023 is the year of Maria Callas, because on 2 December she would have been 100 years old. Tributes to the Diva assoluta have already been paid around the world (notably in Athens, where she made her debut), but Paris is rolling out the finest red carpet with a gala evening on 2 December 2023, […]

 Maria Callas was born Anna Maria Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou on 2 December 1923 in New York but it was in Athens that she began her incredible career. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth, the Greek National Opera pays tribute to her with a wonderful production of Cherubini’s Medea (directed by David […]