Heritage alert: Maria Callas legacy is being eaten by rats

Heritage alert: Maria Callas legacy is being eaten by rats

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norman lebrecht

August 12, 2014

Shocking scenes from the Theatre Museum in Athens, which has been shut for lack of funds and is in danger of a roof collapse.

A model of the dressing room of the greatest Greek singer that ever lived has been abandoned to vermin, termites and damp.

Nobody is doing anything about it. Greece is a poor curator of its heritage.

Read here.

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Comments

  • Jonathan Ellis says:

    And they wonder why Britain is so reluctant to give the Elgin Marbles back…

  • Nice to hear her name again in the news, though.

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