Vassia Zacharopoulou

Pimpinone – Greek National Opera / Kallithea

Pimpinone

Opera By Georg Philipp Telemann

21 April 2015

SIVITANIDIOS SCHOOL, KALLITHEA
Performances begin at 12.00
Admission is free

Translation: Dimitris Dimopoulos
Director: Ion Kessoulis
Sets: George Kolios
Costumes: Avgi Delega
Choreography: Dimitra Vlachou
Conductor, piano: Dominiki Chalari

Vespetta: Vassia Zacharopoulou
Pimpinone: Zafiris Koutelieris

Georg Philipp Telemann’s baroque comic opera Pimpinone, set the framework to a series of similar works in the composer’s era and is presented in the form of “Pocket Opera”. Pimpinone tells the story of Vespetta, a spiteful tempered and manipulative maid who succeeds in dominating her rich bachelor employer, the old Pimpinone, once she marries him. The opera is presented in a light-stage production based on theatre-based improvisation and in direct audience address.

Sivitanidios School [Thessalonikis str. 151 Kallithea, against Kallithea Metro Station]