Thereminist Armen RaMETAL a tribute to Maria Callas. New Museum NYC 7 9 09 from silent ra Watch Video
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Description: special guest Edgar Oliver/Video Laure Leber/nnWorld-famous thereminist Armen Ra debuts METAL, a multimedia cycle of five arias selected from the repertoire of Maria Callas. Special guests narrate the content of the arias while the theremin voices the melodies, set against a backdrop of metallic black-and-white footage of Callas, projected in extreme slow motion so that every micro-expression in her face becomes apparent, simultaneously revealing a woman of great pride and profound vulnerability
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