UNBOXING CALLAS exhibition

UNBOXING CALLAS exhibition: An archival exploration of the Pyromalli collection and the ELLS archive

The exhibition will open on Sunday 26 November 2023 at 17.00. From 27/11/2023 to 10/1/2024 will operate daily 10.00-21.00.

As part of the second phase of the visual program for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, the National Opera presents the exhibition UNBOXING CALLAS: An archival exploration of the Pyromalli Collection and the archive of the Hellenic Republic, curated by Vassilis Zidianakis, which will take place on the 2nd floor of the National Library of Greece and in the Foyer of the National Opera House, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. The exhibition will open to the public on Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., while from November 27 until its end on January 10, 2024, it will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. PPC is the sponsor of the ELS program for the Callas Year. The Kallas Year program is implemented with the support of the donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org] for the strengthening of the artistic extroversion of the HEL.

Starting from the donation of Dimitris Pyromalli’s collection to the Archive of the National Opera, Vassilis Zidianakis, artistic director of ATOPOS cvc, invites us to rediscover the mythical divina, through a visual unboxing. Dimitris Pyromalli’s collection – which he recently donated to the archives of the National Opera – includes approximately 4,000 vinyl records, 6,000 CDs, hundreds of books, newspaper clippings, periodicals, thousands of photographs, autographs, autographs, stamps in the form of Calla from various countries, medals dedicated to her, but also her personal items. Dimitris Pyromallis at the age of four met Maria Callas by chance on the island of Zakynthos, an event that influenced him to such an extent that from the age of twenty, he devoted his life to collecting Maria Callas’ art.