Primadonna. Stage costumes from Maria Callas to Katia Ricciarelli

Price: Euro 25,00
(about USD 37,50)

Edited by M. Capella, M. Nocera, Primadonna. Stage costumes from Maria Callas to Katia Ricciarelli, Grafo, Fondazione Giacomini–Meo-Fiorot, 2004

The catalogue contains a selection of costumes and jewels which belonged to undisputed artists of the opera, the theatre and modern dance. The valuable items on display evoke fascinating personalities such as Magda Oliviero, Maria Callas, Giulietta Simionato, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Montserrat Caballé, Carla Fracci and Katia Ricciarelli. The catalogue includes a detailed biography of these primadonnas.
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Mazzucchelli Museums, 25th April – 25th July 2004. Text in Italian and English.

“The choice of materials and the way they have been displayed – costumes which dialogue ideally with images of the repertory of the great divas – allow the visitors to see the stage costume as a historical document and to lead them through the most significant roles and the greatest successes of the great opera singers, interpreters who have made a mark on the history of the theatre and of melodrama”. Massimiliano Capella

27 x 23 cm., 72 pp. colour illustrations