First stop at B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music in Athens.
As a tribute to the most famous Greek, the Foundation presents more than two hundred personal items of Maria Callas.
Maria Callas was a Greek-American soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini. In her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind onstage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldi and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera" and her influence so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artis and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."
(By Wikipedia)
Here are some pictures from my visit:
Next stop for coffee at Central Hotel in Athens.
Here are some pictures:
Third stop at Just Made 33 for a delicious club sandwich.
A few pictures from our lovely walk in Athens.
The Numismatic Museum in Athens is one of the most important museums of Greece
and houses one of the greatest collections of coins, ancient and
modern, in the world. The museum itself is housed in the mansion of the
archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, formally known as Iliou Melathron. (By Wikipedia)
As a tribute to the most famous Greek, the Foundation presents more than two hundred personal items of Maria Callas.
Maria Callas was a Greek-American soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini. In her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.
Born in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime poverty and with myopia that left her nearly blind onstage, she endured struggles and scandal over the course of her career. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss, which might have contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her career. The press exulted in publicizing Callas's temperamental behavior, her supposed rivalry with Renata Tebaldi and her love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Although her dramatic life and personal tragedy have often overshadowed Callas the artist in the popular press, her artistic achievements were such that Leonard Bernstein called her "the Bible of opera" and her influence so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her: "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artis and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."
(By Wikipedia)
Here are some pictures from my visit:
Next stop for coffee at Central Hotel in Athens.
Here are some pictures:
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| A rooftop terrace with amazing view of the Acropolis and the city. |
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| And then the rain and hail began. |
A few pictures from our lovely walk in Athens.
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| Numismatic Museum of Athens |
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