Friday, April 04, 2014

Athens honors Maria Callas, news from Greece



The foundation of a museum dedicated to the worldwide famous diva Maria Callas, that will open its gates to the public in 2015, was announced by the City of Athens Cultural Organisation .
The museum will be housed in a 3-floor neo-classical building at 44, Mitropoleos street in the center of Athens.  The visit will  start  from the second floor , where visitors will be initiated to the meaning of the opera. Next, they will  enter to four "theme" rooms dedicated to her major  roles of "Norma", " Tosca" and "Violetta" (in "La Traviata") and also to her different role as a teacher at Juilliard of New York.  
At the first floor of the museum there will be a presentation of the life and the career of the great opera singer  . At the ground floor there will be the  bistro    " La Divina" and a theme shop and at  the third floor  a mediatheque and a room for temporary exhibitions, educational programs and small concerts  .
This museum is the least that Athens can do to honor the legendary Greek performer, the great diva of the opera.  

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