Callas in Concert
Moema Parrott
Ed Williams
Tabitha McGrath
“Amazing… Strangely Captivating”
New York Times
Callas in Concert is a triumphant event that brings the beloved opera legend Maria Callas back to the stage via hologram, singing to the accompaniment of a full live orchestra. As this unprecedented performance unfolds, you will surrender all notions of what is real and get lost in the magic of the iconic La Divina.
From the moment the curtain rises, you are enthralled in Callas’ world. Her most iconic performances of Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, Puccini and more feature original recordings digitally remastered and re-created on stage through breathtaking state-of-the-art digital and laser technology. Yet this is far from a replay of her past glories. You will delight as Ms. Callas playfully engages the conductor and you will stare awe-stricken as she reacts to you, the live audience.
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On this fantastical evening you will experience the legendary emotional force that is Maria Callas. From one moment to the next you will feel her passionate heat, cool detachment, heartrending vulnerability, fierce confidence, and breathtaking grace. You will bear witness as she inhabits her operatic characters, and evokes the drama that inspired her sobriquet, La Divina. This is a celebration not to be missed.
“For to encounter this ferociously dramatic soprano – even in diaphanous form – was to get a sense of why audiences worldwide revered her sometimes volcanic, sometimes vulnerable, always hyper-charismatic art.”
“For La Divina’s die-hard fans, “Callas in Concert” is a must-see (…) …the performance generated genuine emotion — pinch-me moments — and swept up the audience in its magic.”
“The event – in many ways a quintessential 21st century existential experience – was an example of virtual reality in its most sophisticated, artful form (…) Any sensation of disbelief quickly ceded to an enthralling connection forged by the meticulously synchronized mix of voice, gesture, live music, lighting and a few perfectly enacted diva-esque antics.”
“From one moment to the next, fans will feel her passionate heat, cool detachment, heartrending vulnerability, fierce confidence, and breath-taking grace. Audiences will bear witness as she inhabits her operatic characters, and evokes the drama that inspired her name, La Divina.”
“One undoubtedly real thing about Callas in Concert was the voice — that penetrating source of truth that poured deep meaning into every single word.”
“This really does give a new slant to the phrase “immortal stars” of the opera stage.”
“It made the most sense of any of the musical holograms produced so far.”
”Thanks to technology, the dream could not have been more intoxicating as dazzle she did in some of her best-known repertoire, including the “Habanera” aria and the Card Scene from Bizet’s “Carmen,” and the Letter and Sleepwalking scenes from Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
When a 1960’s era Callas walked onstage, draped in a creamy white gown, the audience gasped, as if the Great One indeed had materialized before our eyes.
There was Callas with that magnificent stage presence you cannot get a true sense of by simply listening to a recording, and that big acrobatic miracle of a voice that pushed bounds of human possibility.