{"id":50998,"date":"2022-07-22T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/?p=50998"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:45:40","slug":"la-voce-delle-mani-maria-callas-and-the-italians-luglio-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitsirmione.com\/en\/la-voce-delle-mani-maria-callas-and-the-italians-luglio-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"La voce delle mani. Maria Callas and the Italians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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La voce delle mani
\n<\/b>Maria Callas and the Italians<\/strong>
\nPhotographs by Cristina de Middel and Richard Kalvar<\/strong>
\nLa Divina Emozione. Atto Secondo
\nPalazzo Callas Exhibitions,
\n23 luglio \u2013 6 novembre 2022
\nReopening from Thursday 8 December 2022 to Sunday 8 January 2023<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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The hands that speak are those of Maria Callas<\/strong>, an extraordinary interpreter who brought the strength of a magnificent voice and the depth of unforgettable interpretations to the stage.<\/p>\n

It is the hands of the Italians<\/strong> that add richness and depth of meaning to every conversation and make it understandable even to those unfamiliar with our language.<\/p>\n

On the first floor, Cristina de Middel<\/strong> celebrates the outstanding talent of Maria Callas<\/strong> with a unique exhibition, specially created for the occasion.<\/p>\n

In a certain sense, the story of Maria Callas is the confirmation of a certain archetypical view of women who, it is said, believe in true love and who sacrifice their careers for the sake of it. She let herself die when life, they say, was no longer worth living. The larger audience remembers her because it is easier to recognize oneself in her suffering than to acknowledge her outstanding talent. This was even more the case in the times of Maria Callas, and especially so concerning a woman\u2019s talent.<\/p>\n

When Maria Callas started raising to the status of \u201cDiva<\/strong>\u201d, with a voice that would stand out and create the legend she became, it was Luchino Visconti<\/strong>, the movie and stage director, who shaped her as an actress. In her words: “Visconti made me discover how you have to act on stage. He taught me, that the less you move on stage without a real reason for it, the more would be reflected my true personality<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

In Maria Callas\u2019 minimalistic performances, the gestures are perceived as a delicate ritual<\/strong> in which her hands, in cadence with the music, express themselves as powerfully as does her voice.<\/p>\n

On the second floor, Richard Kalvar<\/strong> presents his exhibition which focuses on Italian people\u2019s use of a sort of secondary gestural language<\/strong>. He started this series when he first visited Italy in early August 1978 to photograph the funeral of Pope Paul VI and the election of his successor.<\/p>\n

As his taxi pulled into the Piazza di Spagna<\/strong> in Rome, he understood immediately that he had arrived in a photographer\u2019s paradise which he describes as follows: \u201cI saw that I was now in the land of perpetual human interaction, expressed not only with the voice but with the mouth, the cheeks, the eyes, the eyebrows, the forehead, the hands (the hands!<\/strong>) – in fact the whole body.
\nThe interior visually exteriorized! What more could a photographer wish for? So, when I came back repeatedly and enthusiastically to photograph life in Italy, I wound up with many pictures in which gestures were essential. I wasn’t trying to catalog them; I just couldn\u2019t avoid them<\/em>! \u201c<\/p>\n

With “La voce delle mani” continues the Sirmione Callas 21 -23<\/a> project that will accompany us towards the centenary of the birth of Maria Callas in 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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La voce delle mani
\n<\/b>Maria Callas and the Italians<\/strong>
\nPhotographs by Cristina de Middel and Richard Kalvar<\/strong>
\nLa Divina Emozione. Atto Secondo
\nPalazzo Callas Exhibitions,
\n23 luglio \u2013 6 novembre 2022
\nReopening from Thursday 8 December 2022 to Sunday 8 January 2023<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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Opening hours from Thursday 8 December 2022 to Sunday 8 January 2023<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>
\nFriday 15: 00-18:00<\/span><\/span>
\nSaturday, Sunday and Public holidays: 10:30 – 12:30 \/ 15:00 – 18:00<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Opening hours from 23 July to 30 September<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>
\nEvery day 10: 30-12:30\/16:30-19:00<\/span><\/span>
\nFriday and Saturday 10:30-12:30\/16:30-22:00<\/span><\/span>
\nClosed on Mondays, except holidays<\/span><\/span>
\nOpening hours from 1st October to 6th November<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nEvery day 10:30-12:30\/15:00-18:00<\/span><\/span>
\nClosed on Mondays, except holidays<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Free admission
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Info, Ufficio Cultura e Turismo: cultura@sirmionebs.it – 030 9909 184<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sirmione Callas 21 \u2013 23<\/strong><\/a>, the complete calendar of the 2022 edition<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nSirmione Callas 21-23 is sponsored by<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Eln\u00f2s Shopping \u2013 Intred \u2013 Marmi Ghirardi \u2013 Bossoni Volvo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

La voce delle mani Maria Callas and the Italians<\/b><\/a>, the poster
\nA Sirmione La voce delle mani<\/a>, Francesca Roman article on Giornale di Brescia and Teletutto (in Italian only)<\/strong>
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Galleries: Mani che parlano<\/strong><\/a>, the exhibition’staging
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