Master Class / Play with Andrea Eckert as Maria Callas

Maria Callas’s dramatic life

Maria Callas, the most famous soprano of all time, is back on everyone’s lips – she would have been 100 in December 2023. A number of new biographies have sought to throw light on her dramatic life, and a film starring Angelina Jolie in the main role is due to be released in 2024. The American playwright Terrence McNally wrote his hit play »Master Class« in 1995. In the fictional story, Callas, after the end of her stage career, begins to teach three young singers, and through that finds herself. In flashbacks, »Master Class« also reflects on the key stages of Maria Callas’s life: her childhood marked by poverty, her dazzling performances at La Scala in Milan, and the destructive relationship with the wealthy business magnate Aristoteles Onassis. As if in passing, the play also features music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Vincenzo Bellini.