Q dropped her real first name? Maybe it wasn't an accident? Coincidence ?
Maria Callas was born in New York City in 1923. She made her professional debut with the Royal Opera of Athens in Boccaccio, and soon won her first major role with Tosca. Eventually garnering international acclaim, Callas made her Italian opera debut at the Verona Arena in 1947, later followed by her 1954 American debut in Norma. During the 1960s, the quality and frequency of her performances waned. On September 16, 1977, Callas died in Paris of a heart attack.
Serbian artist Marina Abramovic was known for her performances, during which she did not hesitate to hurt her own body, sometimes to the brink of death. This time, however, she will have to survive since she plans to shoot next summer, in Greece, a film entitled Seven Dead, following seven sequences of ten minutes each in which she will become Maria Callas interpreting the death of seven operatic heroines , including Carmen, Tosca, Butterfly, Medea and Violetta. The different "sketches" will be shot by different directors, including some prestigious names like Roman Polanski and Alejandro González Iñárritu. Also asked, Lars von Trier has declined because it can not be released at the desired dates. A documentary evoking the life and death of Callas should accompany the work in question. Marina Abramovic says she's crazy about the soprano; let us hope that this madness will carry her to the same artistic heights as the object of her adoration.