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Dramatic dresses: the Saltburn effect hits London fashion week

Erdem and Simone Rocha shows saw outfits that could have come from Elspeth Catton’s wardrobe

The Guardian - UK

‘I am not scary!’ A thrilling audience with super-charged soprano Angela Gheorghiu

She calls herself ‘the world’s most glamorous opera star’, and knew, from kindergarten, that her destiny was to be on stage. Can the Romanian diva possibly live up to her reputation? You bet …

The Guardian - UK

A long-dead soprano has taken to the stage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Are holograms the future?

I was recently among a curious Melbourne audience who turned out to see a hologram of the long-dead soprano Maria Callas singing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

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Maria Callas’s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing

The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back – but in fact took her further away

The Guardian - AU

The week in classical: The Barber of Seville; Apartment House – review

Ian McMillan’s Rossini in ‘proper Yorkshire’ flummoxes and charms, while Huddersfield clings on at the cliff edge of experiment

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins cross-examination continues; Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains; and first LGBTQ+ couple legally weds in south Asia

Higgins says she wore white pencil dress at Liberal party function after the alleged rape because she was ‘trying to reclaim it’

The Guardian - AU

Enduring greatness: five essential Maria Callas recordings on her centenary

Born 100 years ago this week, the great soprano left an extensive recording legacy. From Puccini’s doomed Tosca to Wagner’s demonic Kundry, we pick the five roles that saw her hailed as the greatest voice of the age

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‘They’ll see she was extraordinary’: Callas centenary inspires new generation to find the real Maria

Films, shows and a new museum seek to capture the charisma of the great soprano

The Guardian - UK

London's 23 wildest nights out EVER

Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

Evening Standard

The week in classical: Jephtha; 7 Deaths of Maria Callas; Perfection, of a Kind: Britten vs Auden – review

Handel’s majestic final oratorio holds its own in Oliver Mears’s searching new production; Marina Abramović channels Maria Callas; and a well-told tale of when Britten met Auden

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović 7 Deaths of Maria Callas at ENO review: funerary offering and personal exorcism

The artist has been obsessed with the singer since girlhood, this is her homage

Evening Standard

Marina Abramović: 'Take care? No, have guts! Be warrior! Take risk! Fail!'

The world’s foremost performance artist is no stranger to an enraptured audience, but after cheating death it’s taking on new meaning for Marina Abramović, whose UK opera premiere raises the bar in a long, salient career. Richard Godwin meets her backstage

Evening Standard

A century after her birth, opera great Maria Callas is honored with a new museum in Greece

Soprano legend Maria Callas has been honored in Greece a century after her birth to Greek parents in New York with a new museum in Athens

The Independent UK

Your week in chic: from Manolo to Max Mara, here's the coats, cashmere and pop-ups to know now

From Manolo Blahnik's meta pop-up to the Madeleine Thompson cashmere collaboration you need — Laura Antonia Jordan has your weekly fashion cheat sheet

Evening Standard

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Who is Maria Callas? First look at Angelina Jolie as the opera singer in new biopic

After Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, Pablo Larraín turns his attention to an opera legend

Evening Standard

Angelina Jolie in first-look photos as singer Maria Callas for upcoming biopic

Maria is being directed by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, known for 2016 biopic Jackie

France 24

Haute couture, autumn-winter 2023/2024: When fashion meets cinema

For his next film, "Finalement" ("Finally"), French director Claude Lelouch places his characters at the heart of a fashion show. The collection in question belongs to Parisian couturier Stéphane Rolland, who reveals his haute couture 2023/2024 winter offering on the grand staircase of the Paris Opera. The event pays homage…

The Guardian - UK

30 autumn arts highlights, chosen by Observer critics

From Scorsese and Madonna to a Philip Guston retrospective, a Maria Callas tribute and Armando Iannucci’s play on Tory chaos, our writers pick the best things to see this autumn

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The Guardian - UK

Renata Scotto obituary

Dramatically intense soprano with a scintillating if hard-edged tone who relished the role of a diva both on and off stage

The Guardian - UK

Diva review – high-octane glamour at one remove

From Mae West’s white satin to Tina Turner’s showstopping flame dress and Elton John’s Louis XIV look, the definition of diva is taken to the limit in a show where tragedy lurks among the glitter

Evening Standard

DIVA at the V&A: this is one hell of a party - but how much star power can you really fit on two floors?

The outfits of Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, and Rihanna are highlights, even if the onslaught of glitz can become overwhelming

The Independent UK

Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and century since her birth

Greece has launched its main summer theater and arts festival, dedicated this year to opera great Maria Callas who was born 100 years ago

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V&A to celebrate ‘power of the diva’ in new exhibition, from Cher to Marilyn Monroe

Featuring costumes worn by Maria Callas, Cher, Elton John, Marilyn Monroe and more, the V&A’s latest fashion exhibition will capture the ‘creativity, ambition, and resilience’ of these showstopping divas

The Guardian - UK

V&A’s Diva show uses costumes and artefacts to celebrate female creativity

Dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas – and Elton John’s 50th birthday costume – feature in London exhibition

The Guardian - UK

I will always love you: why Whitney Houston’s legacy lives on 10 years after her death

With a new biopic, a branded makeup range and her place at the V&A next summer, the late US singer is being discovered by a whole new generation of fans

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