Royal Opera House launches Maria Callas tour featuring Angelina Jolie's costumes from new biopic MARIAÂ
Words: Selma Day
To celebrate the UK cinema premiere of MARIA starring Angelina Jolie, the Royal Ballet and Opera will be hosting an exclusive tour honouring Maria Callasâ time in Covent Garden.
Featuring rare behind-the-scenes access, the tour will give visitors unprecedented insight into Maria Callasâ life and her onstage career at Covent Garden. The tour will also give visitors an exclusive, up-close look at two costumes worn by Angelina Jolie in MARIA, designed by the celebrated costume designer, Massimo Cantini Parrini.
From acclaimed director Pablo LarraĂn (Spencer, Jackie), MARIA tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the worldâs greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970sâ Paris.
Maria Callas had a storied career on the Royal Opera House stage. From making her Covent Garden debut in Norma in 1952 to performing her last ever opera to a packed London audience in Tosca in 1965, Callasâ performances at the Royal Opera House are still revered as some of the best of all time.
Describing her own time at the Royal Opera House as a âlove affairâ, Maria Callasâ story is not complete without mentioning her iconic performances on the main stage.
Running for one weekend only on January 18 and 19, tickets for this special edition tour are on sale now on the RBO website.Â
