Dimitris Paksoglou

Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) is more than a 19th-century classic about masked characters caught in a farce; the operetta is a mirror to our modern world, where people hide behind extravagant personas instead of digital screens, director Yannis Skourletis told Kathimerini.

The unique dance act “OUR Final Countdown” was presented for the first time by PPC, featuring Nikos Galis, during halftime of the Greek Men’s National Basketball Team’s game against the Dominican Republic at the 2024 Olympic Basket

The 2024 Aristonautes Festival, a celebration of culture, theatre, dance and music, will take place in the seaside town of Xylokastro in Corinthia from June 20-23.

The Athens Concert Hall will be staging a festive opera gala with three Greek stars of the genre - soprano Vassiliki Karayanni, mezzo-soprano Irene Karayanni and tenor Dimitris Paksoglou - accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra conducted by Anastasios Symeonidis.

The Greek National Opera is set to launch the 2018-19 season with "Jenufa," a grim drama by Czech composer Leos Janacek about a woman who kills her stepdaughter's newborn baby in order to protect her reputation.

Giannis Houvardas gives the Greek National Opera's production of Leos Janacek's "The Makropulos Affair" a sci-fi thriller twist. This is the tale of Elina, who was destined to live for eternity under different names because her father, an alchemist, tested a youth elixir on her in the 16th century. Finally, as Emilia Marty in Prague in 1922, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.

Acclaimed Greek director Nikos S. Petropoulos has always regarded Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" as a highly cinematic opera that could be seen as the precursor to the moving picture. In his production for the Greek National Opera, the setting is Rome in World War II, focusing on the element of violence and sadism.

Soprano Maria Mitsopoulou and tenor Dimitris Paksoglou will perform popular opera duets in the courtyard of the Sotiros Church at the Capodistrian Orphanage on Aegina on Wednesday, August 23. They will be accompanied by Nasos Grozias on piano.

Hundreds of free tickets made available to unemployed playgoers by the Greek National Opera for the dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" were snapped up in just a few hours, organizers said over the weekend.

The Greek National Opera's summer series gets under way on May 31 with Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." This is the first time in five years that the GNO's first summer production will be performed at the Herodes Atticus Theater, known locally as the Irodio, on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis.