Callas Point IS a site-specific exhibition presented by the Greek National Opera at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, celebrating the enduring legacy of Maria Callas and her historic connection to the legendary 1961 production of Medea.

At the heart of the exhibition was the work of visual artist  Pantelis Makkas, who conceived and created a series of immersive video installations that transformed the exhibition space into a living archive of memory, image, and performance. Through a poetic combination of moving image, archival material, sound, and contemporary visual language, Makkas reinterpreted the artistic presence of Maria Callas, creating an emotional dialogue between past and present.

The installations invited visitors to experience fragments of Callas' legacy through cinematic narratives projected within the unique landscape of Epidaurus. Rather than presenting history as documentation, Makkas approached it as a living artistic experience, blending historical references with contemporary visual storytelling and creating moments of reflection, intimacy, and collective memory.

Curated by Dionysis Fotopoulos, the exhibition brought together scenography, archival material, and multimedia art, with Pantelis Makkas' video works serving as a central narrative element that connected the audience to the spirit of Callas and the timeless power of Greek tragedy.

Set against the extraordinary backdrop of Epidaurus, Callas Point offered visitors a unique encounter with one of the most iconic figures in opera history, reimagined through the language of contemporary visual art.

​Visual artist Pantelis Makkas notes: ‘On the way up to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the landscape transforms into a scene of memory and transition. Before the audience encounters Medea onstage, they embark on a five-stop journey through the forest—a video installation that serves as a ritualistic preparation, an initiation into her face, silence, and the traces left behind. The projected images are fragments: snapshots from Maria Callas’ performance in the historic 1961 production. They are not treated as archival reproductions but as vibrant materials that have been broken apart, reconstructed, and reimagined within nature’s setting. The face, the gaze, the gesture—everything dissolves and merges with light, leaves, and shadows. Callas does not appear as a figure of the past but as an energy that lingers on.’