Frank van Aken

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.

The Greek National Opera formally inaugurates its new home at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) with Richard Strauss's "Elektra," directed by Yiannis Kokkos and conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos, with Sabine Hogrefe in the title role, Agnes Baltsa as Clytemnestra, Gun-Brit Barkmin as Chrysothemis, Frank van Aken as Aegisthus and Dimitris Tiliakos as Orestis.