Excellent quality video footage of Maria Callas & Franco Corelli on the night of the “Rome Walkout“

💖 Help us bring Corelli’s art to new generations of opera-lovers by supporting the Franco Corelli Info Center: #corelli100 #francocorelli #mariacallas #ilsupremo #bellini #norma The Rome Walkout - January 2, 1958, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma The highly anticipated performance of Bellini’s Norma is called off after Act I Scene 1 due to Maria Callas’s indisposition. Cast: Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Miriam Pirazzini, Giulio Neri, Piero de Palma, conductor: Gabriele Santini This was to be a legendary evening, broadcast on radio, as well as great social event, but after Norma’s first scene Callas was unable to go on, and because despite her express wish the management didn’t secure a substitute for the role, the performance was called off at the first intermission, sending home the president Gronchi and the distinguished audience made up in large part of politicians and celebrities. Here you can see Fra