A NEW “ETHOS” IN OPERA…
I was always a fan of thematic Concerts since music from diverse composers and works interconect into a single complete whole.
Such a Concert or rather a mise en espace presentation with co...
A VALKYRIE IN ATHENS
It is particularly encouraging that the Greek National Opera decided to venture seriously into the Wagner repertoire. Not that this is the first time, we had the opportunity to sample Rheingold and Tristan but ...
VIVALDI’S FARNACE IN ATHENS
We rarely have the opportunity in Greece of performances of baroque music, especially of baroque operas , since the only Opera in Greece, the G.N.O seems to have an aversion for it. Therefore the Concert Perfor...
JUDITH TRIUMPHS OVER THE “WINDS” OF WAR…
“Juditha Triumphans Holofernes Barbariae” is the only surviving Vivaldi Oratorio. Moyses Deus Pharaonis, L' adorazione dei tre Magi, La vittoria navale predetta dal S Pontefice Pio V Ghisilieri, are the missing...
Orlando Furioso in Athens
Performances of baroque music, let alone Vivaldi operas , are an extremely rare occurrence in Greece. This is why a concert performance of one of Vivaldi's great operatic masterpieces “Orlando Furi...
AMINA’S LEAP OF FAITH…
Bellini's “Sonnambula” can be considered as his most , dramatically and musically balanced work. It has been absent from the Greek operatic scene for more than a decade, therefore it's resti...
A WITCH AT THE HERODUS ATTICUS THEATER
It was about time for the Athenian audience to enjoy a baroque opera, since the Greek National Opera considers anathema anything before 1800, subsisting on a constant Verdian diet with sprinkles of Modern opera...
THE RETURN OF LUCIA.
The collaboration between the Greek National opera and Covent Garden seems to be a happy one. After a production of “Simone Boccanegra” directed by Elijah Moshinsky, we saw the return of the much discussed “Luc...
WHERE IS HELEN OF SPARTA?
Well, she was last seen at the Mihalis Kakoyiannis Cultural Center.
This was the Offenbach year with celebrations of the Master's music all over the world. In Greece the Greek National Opera chose to ignore th...
ROSSINI’S “TANCREDI” AT THE GREEK NATIONAL TELEVISION
Greece is unfortunately only acquainted with Rossini's more popular works, the Greek National Opera totally disregards the Opere Serie which contain Rossini's most exquisite pages, as is the case with “Tancredi...