Music, art and life of the Divina

Music, art and life of Maria Callas in 7 music events which celebrate the great soprano after the success of the opening concert in the year of the centenary, Callas and Maria. Three sopranos in concert, and while in the rooms of Palazzo Callas Exhibitions the extraordinary pictures by Cristina de Middel recall the most tragic heroines performed by Callas. Homage to Maria Callas proposes a music journey in three of the four homelands of Maria Callas, the USA, Italy and France, strarting from her home in Sirmione and goingh through Naples and the meeting with Enrico Caruso. A celebration of women voices in a jazz key will close the festival at the end of September.

Tuesday 22nd August 2023 9:00 pm, Villa Callas, via Catullo
At Maria’s Home
Concert and conversation with Michele Nocera
Sara Intagliata, soprano and Luigi Signori, piano
(Free entry, booking required)

Tuesday 29th August 2023 9:00 pm, Villa Cortine Palace Hotel
The Divine Voice
Opera recital with singer and piano by Scuola Civica di Musica di Sirmione
(Free entry, booking required)

Thursday 31st August 2023 9:00 pm, Spiaggia delle Muse
Not only Callas
Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso: two stars entered the myth
Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso are united by a common path, from the USA to Naples and vice versa, and by a cruel destiny which led them to an early death.
Francesco Tuppo, tenor, Alberto Martinelli, violin, Gabriele Miglioli, cello, Elena Trovato, harp and Luigi Signori, piano and voice

Tuesday 5th September 2023 9:00 pm, Spiaggia delle Muse
Three Homelands of Maria. The USA
Songs by Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Liza Minnelli and others 
Alberto Martinelli, violin, Gabriele Miglioli, cello, Elena Trovato, harp and Luigi Signori, piano and voice

Tuesday 12th September 2023 9:00 pm, Villa Cortine Palace Hotel
Three Homelands of Maria. Italy
Songs by Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Mia Martini, Iva Zanicchi and others
Alberto Martinelli, violin, Gabriele Miglioli, cello, Elena Trovato, harp and Luigi Signori, piano and voice
(Free entry, booking required)

Friday 15th September 2023 9:00 pm, Spiaggia delle Muse
Three Homelands of Maria. France
Songs by Edith Piaf, Mireille Mathieu, Dalida, Juliette Greco and others
Sarah Tisba, soprano, Alberto Martinelli, violin, Gabriele Miglioli, cello, Elena Trovato, harp and Luigi Signori, piano and voice

Friday 22nd September 2023 9:00 pm, Spiaggia delle Muse
Dear Callas
Women voice. Jazz concert
Il racconto di un’epoca attraverso le voci femminili che l’hanno segnata. The story of an era through the female voices that marked it.
Cristina Zavalloni, voice and Manuel Magrini, piano

The flyer of all the concerts of Homage to Maria Callas
Callas and Maria. Three sopranos in concert, the pictures from Friday 23^rd June at Grottoes of Catullus