There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on themes and personages from Greek mythology and its glittering history. That says all one needs to know about the universality of Greek mythology and history, how much these...
Greek opera diva Maria Callas had a volatile relationship with the Athens intellectual establishment, but this was never more evident than during her 1957 comeback concert in the Theater of Herod Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis.
In 1957,...
On a landmark evening for Greece, the Greek National Opera (GNO) hosted the 2025 International Opera Awards for the first time. The ceremony, streamed live through OperaVision, brought the international opera world together under one roof.
With more than 14,000...
A monumental sculpture of Maria Callas' voice in bronze and gold recently premiered in Dubai. The internationally renowned artist Nikos Floros transformed the Greek diva's voice into sculpture using an innovative technique that captured the spectrogram of Maria Callas'...
Maria Callas may have died on September 16, 1977 but her immortal voice lives on, along with her legend. It's no mystery why Greeks, Italians and Americans, all claim Callas as theirs.
She was born Sophia Cecilia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulou...
"American Apollo", an opera that opened at the Des Moines Metro Opera, tells the story of a black man, Thomas Eugene McKeller, who had a chance encounter with famed portrait artist John Singer Sergent and eventually became his muse...
Greece honored Maria Callas by opening the first museum dedicated to the opera legend in Athens a century after her birth.
The Maria Callas Museum at 44 Mitropoleos Street features recordings of her most famous opera performances as well as...
The internationally renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform in Athens, Greece, in what will be his biggest ever concert in the country.
The concert is scheduled to take place on July 18, 2023 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens,...
