Between art and life
Maria Callas and Marina Abramović Donizettian heroines
on stage and off
Introduction by Roberto Pesenti, President Gres Art 671
Conversation with Francesco Micheli and Fabio Cleto moderated by Francesca Acquati
Actress Matilde Facheris performs a monologue by Alberto Mattioli, soprano Eleonora Boaretto with pianist Giulio Zappa
The first collaboration between the Donizetti Opera festival and Gres Art 671
Bergamo, Gres Art 671
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 7 p.m.
An “off-schedule” event for the Donizetti Opera 2024 festival that stems from an important new collaboration of the music event, organized by the Donizetti Theater Foundation, in collaboration with Fondazione Pesenti Ets, which-in the year of Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture 2023-inaugurated gres art 671, the new cultural hub developed by Italmobiliare Group.
At gres art 671, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m., an event will be held that concretizes the interweaving of music, art, history and contemporaneity that animates the two Bergamasque institutions. Between Art and Life: Maria Callas and Marina Abramović Donizettian heroines on stage and off is the title of this meeting in which Francesco Micheli, artistic director of Donizetti Opera, will dialogue with Fabio Cleto, professor of English Literature and Cultural History at the University of Bergamo, moderator is Francesca Acquati, general manager gres art 671. The aim is to trace the ideal thread linking the past to the present and the heroines of Donizetti’s operas (in the paradigmatic interpretation of Maria Callas) to a project by Marina Abramović, a woman-symbol of contemporary art, like Callas before her, to whom she has dedicated Seven Deaths, a performance in which visual art, opera and dialectical tension coexist between the evocation of Maria Callas and the immanence of Abramović herself, women in whom life and art converge. This initiative is proposed as a new opportunity for in-depth study related to the suggestions that come from Donizetti’s operas and the fascination that the work continues to exert on today’s artists.
Bergamo actress Matilde Facheris will also perform an unpublished monologue written by Alberto Mattioli and dedicated to Maria Callas, while soprano Eleonora Boaretto, accompanied by pianist Giulio Zappa, will perform pages by Donizetti.
At the end of the talk, the audience will have access to the Marina Abramović, Between Breath and Fire exhibition in the spaces of gres art 671.
The meeting is free admission with reservations subject to availability at https://ticket.
This new opportunity for collaboration between two Bergamasque cultural entities underscores common intentions, and especially common desire to bring international artistic experiences to Bergamo, such as the Donizetti Opera festival and the multidisciplinary and inclusive programming of gres art 671.
