Greek National Opera

The Greek National Opera has a new harpsichord thanks to a generous donation by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and on Friday, February 15, there will be a special introductory performance for which admission will be free with priority coupons. Conductor and harpsichordist Markellos Chryssicos will present a unique recital featuring standard repertory and new works.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Athens's southern coast, which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the Stavros Niarchos Park, had to deal with a lot of opposition before it was built.

The Greek National Opera has teamed up with Nacho Duato, artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet, to present the acclaimed Spanish choreographer's ballet "Herrumbre" (Rust) at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. For Duato, the starting point for this ballet was a photograph of prisoners at the notorious US detention camp of Guantanamo in Cuba, which moved him to comm

The Greek National Opera's Alternative Stage and the Medium Project musical theater company present a new chamber opera, "Hedda Gabler," by composer and pianist Giorgos Dousis, based on a libretto by Eri Kyrgia and Henrik Ibsen's drama about a woman who takes her life into her own hands. The title role is shared by Julia Rutigliano and Irena Athanasiou.

The Greek National Opera (GNO) has received a 20-million-euro grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which will be distributed over a period of four years to help the country's only opera company implement an ambitious plan for boosting its international profile.

The Greek National Opera presents a revival by Rory Fazan of a Royal Opera House production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," which was first staged in London on November 12, 1991. Directed by the legendary Elijah Moshinsky, that production was inspired by the art and architecture of Renaissance. For the revival, Fazan works with set designer Michael Yeargan and costume designer Peter J.

Fifty-two years after its first production of one of the most famous operas in the French repertory, the Greek National Opera returns to Jules Massenet's "Manon," in a new reading by Thomas Moschopoulos, who addresses the theme of ambivalence and takes inspiration from the present, as well as from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Kathimerini was granted access to the home of Manos Hadjidakis, one of 20th century's most prominent Greek composers, to watch rehearsals for the Manos Hadjidakis Cycle, a series of performances by the Greek National Opera at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

In his first production as ballet director of the New Greek National Opera, Constantinos Rigos takes a fresh approach to Tchaikovsky's all-time classic "Swan Lake" in a brand-new version in which the pioneering choreographer moves the action to a post-apocalyptic world where the characters are environmental refugees.

In his first production as ballet director of the New Greek National Opera, Constantinos Rigos takes a fresh approach to Tchaikovsky's all-time classic "Swan Lake" in a brand-new version in which the pioneering choreographer moves the action to a post-apocalyptic world where the characters are environmental refugees.