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Callas : Paris,1958

(2023)

The Maria Callas Endowment Fund wanted to celebrate the artist's centenary and commissioned Tom Volf to make the film "Callas: Paris, 1958".

Restored from original master tapes from the archives, the repertoire in this show shows Callas at her best, both in recital and as an actress.

Presented in full colour, 4K resolution and Dolby Atmos surround sound, Tom Volf's meticulous work has given audiences a modern immersion in this historic performance.

Maria Callas, the quintessential diva and face of twentieth-century opera, made her Paris debut with this iconic performance at the Opéra de Paris on 19 December 1958, for one night only.

It was a major social event, attended by the 'Tout-Paris' (including President Coty, Jean Cocteau, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot and many others). Callas appeared on the famous stage wearing her most elegant clothes and jewellery worth a million dollars. The show's repertoire showed Callas at her best, both in recital and as an actress. The visual elements were as important as the vocal dimensions in her art.

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They're talking about it...

"A documentary film about the legendary Maria Callas concert comes to the cinema".

- Radio Classique

"A never-before-seen documentary about the legendary singer's recital in Paris. To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great singer Maria Callas, a documentary "Callas - Paris 1958″ about the legendary recital she gave at the Opéra-Garnier is being shown in several Pathé cinemas on Sunday evening."

- Radio France

"Callas as we've never seen her before! Director Tom Volf presents a restored, full-colour version of Maria Callas's 1958 concert-event at the Opéra Garnier. The film is being shown in Pathé and Gaumont cinemas over two special evenings on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 December. This level of detail in all her expressions, in her breathing, in her gestures... It's really quite astonishing, it's as if she were there".

- TF1 Info