articles/Marina Abramovic steps into Maria Callass shoes — theartnewspaper.com

Marina Abramovic plans to start filming her “Seven Deaths” project next summer, 25 years after she first conceived the idea of playing her heroine, the opera singer Maria Callas. In the seven short videos, the artist takes on the role of Callas performing the death scenes of seven operas, including “Carmen”, “Tosca”, “Madam Butterfly” and “La Traviata”. “I [have been] obsessed with this unbelievably romantic idea of dying for love,” Abramovic tells us. “It’s my story, but it’s definitely related to Callas and my complete craziness for her. She died of a broken heart.”

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