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The unknown Callas Anna Bolena?

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Since September 16th 1977, rumors immediately began swirling of the unknown Callas this, or the forgotten Callas that.  Some have been more intriguing to a collector such as myself than others. Who after all, does not want to believe Mrs. Corelli had in fact recorded the 1956 La Scala Fedora involving Miss Callas and her husband? Over the years a considerable amount of video footage, some ‘unknown’, of Miss Callas has become widely available thanks largely to the global reach of YouTube. Through my connections, I have been given to understand the final 3 minutes of the confrontation scene of Miss Callas as Anna Bolena exists in grainy footage with no sound. If this tantalising video does exist, it will revolutionise the way we understand Miss Callas as the great tragedienne on stage. COMMANDOpera is currently in negotiations to purchase the rights to exclusively bring this historic film to the reach of the public domain .

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3 Comments

  1. angelo
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    It would be amazing if such footage exists! The best of luck for obtaining this bit of film and sharing it with the rest of the world.

  2. Olivier Bergeron
    Posted August 9, 2010 at 12:32 am | Permalink

    Hello!
    I was wondering if the Bolena footage really DOES exist, and when it would be delivered to the Callas lovers. Also, from which performance is it? If its the premiere, you could just match the sound with the footage!

    Thanks

    Olivier Bergeron

  3. CrewMantle
    Posted August 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm | Permalink

    Unfortunately, the footage turned out to be something of a hoax. COMMANDOpera knows of no other footage in existance.

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