Master Class presented by Charleston Opera Theater

Name: Master Class presented by Charleston Opera Theater
Start: 2024-05-25T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-25T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Cannon Street Arts Center

Schedule

Sat May 25 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cannon Street Arts Center | Charleston, SC

Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—"victims" as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis. But the dazzling theatricality comes from Callas's emotional explosions, her cutting wit, and the soaring music as each student sings an aria that exposes the Divina's vulnerabilities … and her genius.
Recipient of the 1996 Tony Award® for Best Play.
Featuring Saundra DeAthos as Maria Callas
Presented in association with the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.