Opera

A BAT LANDS IN ATHENS

Johann Strauss's “Die Fledermaus” is undoubtedly one of the most popular operettas which usually is performed during Christmas , if only to raise the spirits of the audience. In this respect the new production ...

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA IN CRETE

A new production of Mascagni’s popular opera “Cavalleria Rusticana” was presented at Heraklion Cultural center “Andreas and Maria Kalokerinou” in coproduction with Italy’s Mascagni“ Foundation” in Livorno. The...

GLUCK AT THE MUSEUM

It is unlikely for someone to think that an opera performance could actually be performed at a Museum, yet on 27th of October we had the pleasure of a performance of Gluck’s most popular opera “Orfeo ed Euridic...

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...

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...