A monologue by Federica Nardacci.
With Marco Gambino, directed by Sophie Aldred.
Incidental music by Claudio Di Meo.
On 16 September 1977 Maria Callas died in her Paris apartment aged 54. A heart attack was widely believed to be the cause of her death.
In Federica Nardacci’s monologue Ferruccio Mezzadri, Callas’s trusted butler, who lived and worked by her side for more than 20 years until her death, as if in a delirious dream, through memories and flashbacks brings forth some of the most significant moments in the artist’s life.
The story originates from an interview that Federica had with Ferruccio and which provided her the inspiration for this monologue.
The Butler’s personal and emotional account and judgments are purely the results of the writer’s imagination and feelings.
