The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) welcomes autumn with a special tribute to the late Maestro Ennio Morricone who passed away, at age 91, in July. The tribute includes, between the 8th and the 12th of September, a series offilm projections for which the acclaimed Italian composer had written[…]
Netflix has revealed the first details and debut trailer for their forthcoming animated musical Over the Moon. And it feels like this is going to be another animated Netflix winner. Over the Moon boasts an impressive voice cast that includes Vassia Zacharopoulou as the Mother (speaking and singing voice).
The initiative of streaming performances of the Greek National Opera online and via ERT2 TV, continues with great success. In total, the first four GNO’s broadcasts (Carmen, Dimitri Platanias’ recital, Swan Lake and Die Fledermaus) were viewed by over 350,000 visitors of www.nationalopera.gr, the GNO’s channel on YouTube, the GNO’s[…]
Aiming at bringing its artistic work closer to everyone who needs it –in this time of social distancing–, the Greek National Opera announces a new series of free broadcasts of video-recorded opera, operetta, ballet and music theatre performances in collaboration with the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), and via its homepage[…]
City of Athens Organisation provides free online streams of the three operettas that where staged at Olympia Theatre the seasons 2018-19 & 2019-20: Orpheus in the Underworld (J. Offenbach), Die Lustige Witwe (F. Lehár) and La Belle Hélène (J. Offenbach). Vassia Zacharopoulou performed the part of Cupid in Offenbach’s Orpheus[…]
Vassia’ s upcoming performances and concerts have been canceled at the moment due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Specifically, concerning her participation to Greek Festival’s new opera production The Soccer Opera, it has been postponed for September 2020. The Artistic Director and all Festival employees are hard at work in order to[…]
The Greek National Opera’s Alternative Stage opens the year 2020 with Leporella,the new opera of Giorgos Kouroupos, one of the most prestigious contemporary Greek composers. The libretto, based on the great Austrian author Stefan Zweig’s novel of the same title, bears the stamp of the distinguished poetess and literary author[…]
“…”It has literally been a night in Vienna..!”…” Corinthia Events about the great New Year’s Eve concert that took place at Loutraki. By Olga Papalexandrou Παραμονές πρωτοχρονιάς με την Φιλαρμονική Λουτρακίου: Eine nacht in Vienna… κυριολεκτικά!
Loutraki’s Philharmonic Orchestra presents its annual New Year’s Eve gala on Monday 30th of December entitled as “A night in Vienna”. The concert is dedicated to Johann Strauss.
The new opera Leporella of Giorgos Kouroupos, one of the most prominent modern Greek composers, is the capstone of the composer’s involvement in music theatre, which has occupied a great deal of his compositional life. The libretto bears the stamp of the outstanding poetess and author Ioulita Iliopoulou. Cast: Irini Karaianni,[…]