Opera

JUDITH TRIUMPHS OVER THE “WINDS” OF WAR…

13 October 2021

325

“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

Alexis Spanides

20 January 2020

Opera

828

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…

Alexis Spanides

17 November 2019

Opera

947

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

Alexis Spanides

7 August 2019

Opera

762

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.

Alexis Spanides

10 March 2019

Opera

1650

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?

Alexis Spanides

7 January 2019

Opera

1316

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

Alexis Spanides

3 October 2018

Opera

1209

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...

AN UNSOLVED CASE, “MAKROPULOS” AT THE G.N.O

Alexis Spanides

2 July 2018

Opera

1777

Janacek's “Makropulos Affair gets a new airing at the Greek National Opera. It was about time for the Greek Νational Opera to renew its repertoire from the never ending Aida's, Rigoletto's and co. The new prod...

NICOLA PISANIELLO SINGS “TANCREDI” IN ATHENS

Alexis Spanides

17 May 2018

Interviews, Opera

2703

MAESTRO YOU ARE IN ATHENS IN ORDER TO SING AT A NEW PRODUCTION OF ROSSINI'S “TANCREDI” WHICH WILL BE TELEVISED INTERNATIONALY BY THE GREEK TELEVISION, ERT... Yes , it is a very important debut for me, it is ...

A BLACK AND WHITE RIGOLETTO

Alexis Spanides

15 July 2017

Opera

2383

For it's first installment of the participation of the Greek National Opera at the Athens Megaron (it will be followed in the new year with Verdi's “Macbeth”), yet another Verdi opera was opted for, the revival...