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After all these years of solitude, La Cieca has finally found another opera fan with a Maria Callas tattoo!
More photos after the jump.
The gentleman’s name is Rob Gallagher, and he send along these photos of his tattoo, inspired by the “Stereo Lucia” portrait of the Greek diva.
Rob tells us his choice of image for this permanent tribute to La Divina narrowed down to the above portrait and “… the ‘claw hand’ wearing glasses at the music stand. I didn’t think the big 60s hair would work so well as a tattoo but I love the intensity of her expression.”
Parterriani with Callas-themed or otherwise operatic body art are encouraged to submit photos to [email protected].
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.