Royal Opera House Launches Maria Callas Tour Featuring Angelina Jolie’s Costumes From Pablo Larraín’s New Biopic MARIA
18 January - 19 January 2025
To celebrate the UK cinema release of MARIA on 10 January, a tour honouring Maria Callas’ time in Covent Garden is coming to the Royal Opera House
Features rare behind-the-scenes access and insight into Maria Callas’ real life
The tour will also give visitors an exclusive up-close look at two costumes worn by Angelina Jolie in MARIA
18 - 19 January 2025, tickets on sale now via the RBO website.
To celebrate the UK cinema premiere of MARIA starring Angelina Jolie on 10 January 2025, the Royal Ballet and Opera will be hosting an exclusive tour honouring Maria Callas’ time in Covent Garden.
Featuring rare behind-the-scenes access, the tour will give visitors unprecedented insight into Maria Callas’ life and her onstage career at Covent Garden. The tour will also give visitors an exclusive, up-close look at two costumes worn by Angelina Jolie in MARIA, designed by the celebrated costume designer, Massimo Cantini Parrini.
From acclaimed director Pablo Larraín (Spencer, Jackie), MARIA, tells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived, and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.
Maria Callas had a storied career on the Royal Opera House stage. From making her Covent Garden debut in Norma in 1952 to performing her last ever opera to a packed London audience in Tosca in 1965, Callas’ performances at the Royal Opera House are still revered as some of the best of all time. Describing her own time at the Royal Opera House as a “love affair”, Maria Callas’ story is not complete without mentioning her iconic performances on the Main Stage.
Running for one weekend only on 18 January and 19 January 2025, tickets for this special edition tour are on sale now on the RBO website.
STUDIOCANAL release MARIA in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 10 January 2025
About the Royal Ballet and Opera
The Royal Ballet and Opera is the home of world-class opera and ballet. We are a cultural powerhouse, bringing together two world-class performing companies in one of the UK’s leading arts institutions, supported by a cast of more than 3,000 employees including technical staff, creatives, and freelancers. Based primarily at the Royal Opera House in the heart of London’s Covent Garden, with production and logistics sites in Thurrock and Aberdare, our work is enjoyed by audiences in our two theatres and globally through our streaming platform, cinema Season and company tours. Our work in schools and communities up and down the country is driven by our curriculum linked programmes, specially designed to inspire creativity, widen access to the arts and diversify the future of opera and ballet. These sit alongside industry-leading talent development projects, regional partnerships, our Young RBO scheme, and a raft of daytime events, family activities, tours, exhibitions, and concerts in our Covent Garden home. We are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2035.
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