Marina Abramović, Still from 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Talk

7 Deaths of Maria Callas: a preview with Marina Abramović

A performance and talk in collaboration with ENO

Thursday 26 October 2023 7 - 8.30pm

The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens or digital livestream

£25/£15 in person or £10/£8 online

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Marina Abramović

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Join artist Marina Abramović, sopranos Nadine Benjamin and Sarah Tynan, and ENO Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon for a discussion of their creative collaboration for the UK premiere of Abramović’s multi-media opera production, 7 Deaths of Maria Callas.

Maria Callas, one of the most iconic opera singers of the 20th century, has long fascinated performance artist Marina Abramović Hon RA. Abramović's opera project, 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, pays homage to Callas by re-enacting her on-stage deaths in seven classic operas, through film and live performance. It features arias from Bellini, Bizet, Donizetti, Puccini and Verdi.

At this exclusive preview, sopranos Nadine Benjamin and Sarah Tynan will perform arias from 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Marina Abramović and Annilese Miskimmon will then join Benjamin and Tynan to discuss the creative process behind bringing the opera to the London stage for the first time. The event will be chaired by Axel Rüger, Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts.

The exhibition Marina Abramović is at the Royal Academy of Arts from 23 September 2023 – 1 January 2024.

ENO’s production of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas will be at the London Coliseum from 3 – 11 November 2023.

This event can be enjoyed in person in the Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, or via a digital livestream.

It will be accompanied by speech to text transcription courtesy of Stagetext, delivered by MyClearText

This event is organised in partnership with ENO.

£25/£15 in person or £10/£8 online

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