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MEGARON – THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL

EVENTS APRIL 2016

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Friday, April 1 (at 8:30 p.m.)

An American Fan

CONCERTS BY THE ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA - Works by A. Ginastera, G. Gershwin, S. Revueltas, L. Bernstein Alexandros Sarakenidis piano CONDUCTOR Miltos Logiadis At 7:45 p.m. there will be a free introductory talk for ticket-holders Ticket prices: € 5.00 (students, concessions) – 10.00 – 15.00 – 25.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 11 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Afternoon Performances Saturday, April 2, 9, 16 & 23 (at 3 p.m.) Matinees Sunday, April 3, 10, 17 & 24 (at 11:30 a.m.)

“Around the World in Eighty Days” Musical performance

A thrilling theatrical adventure for travellers of all ages… The exciting play Around the World in 80 Days, directed by Tatiana Lygari, continues. This magical journey will last until 24 April. - Every day performances for schools Ticket prices: € 12.00 (General admission) Ticket sales have begun New Exhibition Hall

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Saturday, April 2 (at 7:55 p.m.)

MET HD LIVE – Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly

OPERA - MET HD LIVE Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera - New York Supported by the Antenna Group; In collaboration with the Athens Concert Hall & the Thessaloniki Concert Hall A PRODUCTION of the Antenna Group In Italian with Greek subtitles PRODUCTION Anthony Minghella DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER Carolyn Choa SET DESIGNER Michael Levine COSTUME DESIGNER Han Feng LIGHTING DESIGNER Peter Mumford PUPPETRY Blind Summit Theatre CIO-CIO-SAN Kristine Opolais SUZUKI Maria Zifchak PINKERTON Roberto Alagna SHARPLESS Dwayne Croft CONDUCTOR Karel Mark Chichon Ticket prices: General admission: € 25.00, Students: € 20.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 11 Alexandra Trianti Hall

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Saturday, April 2 (at 8:30 p.m.)

Youth Ensembles Concert

THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC SOCIETY THE THESSALONIKI FRIENDS OF MUSIC SOCIETY Camerata Junior, The Friends of Music Youth Orchestra & The Youth Choir of the Thessaloniki Friends of Music are celebrating the 25 years anniversary of the Thessaloniki Friends of Music Society Works by J. Sibelius, Ed. Grieg, K. Jenkins and W. Ostyn, as well as songs from all over the world. The two youth ensembles will also perform Vivaldi’s Gloria, with the kind participation of soprano Sofia Kyanidou and mezzo-soprano Margarita Syngeniotou. CHORUS MASTER Sotiris Alevizos CONDUCTOR Dimitris Semsis Ticket prices: € 10.00 (students & young people aged 25 and under) - € 15.00 (general admission) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 11 Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Sunday, April 3

“Sound-scaping” Children’s music and picture workshop

MEGARON FOR CHILDREN – MUSIC AND PICTURE WORKSHOP At 11 a.m. & at 1 p.m. Musical pictures from Vivaldi, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and other famous composers of classical music will inspire the imagination of children to create their own pictures, using not only a variety of handicraft materials but also materials from everyday objects transforming them into their own artworks. Thematic session: Water (rivers and sea) The workshops are coordinated by Sofia Topouzi and Markos Blatsios “Allegro”

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Sunday & Monday, April 3 & 4 (at 8:30 p.m.)

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester - David Afkham F.P. Zimmermann, violin

GREAT ORCHESTRAS – GREAT CONDUCTORS

DAVID AFKHAM leads the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER on its Easter Tour 2016. The German shooting star has served three years as Assistant Conductor of the GMJO from 2009 until 2012, like his famous colleagues Franz Welser-Möst and Manfred Honeck before him. This is his third tour with the GMJO, and he is joined by one of the great violin virtuosos of our time, FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN who has already been on tour with the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER in 1996 and 2012. The extensive Easter Tour 2016 of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER, dedicated to the memory of PIERRE BOULEZ, comprises 10 concerts and leads it to Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava as well as Athens, Madrid, and Lisbon. 3 April Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No 1 Sz. 36 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 5 op. 67 4 April György Ligeti: Lontano for full orchestra Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz. 112

Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta Sz. 106 SOLOIST Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester CONDUCTOR David Afkham Ticket prices: € 16.00 – 30.00 – 43.00 – 60.00 Special prices: € 8.50 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 11.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 11 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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“PIANORAMA” From classical to jazz: a tribute to the sound of the piano with six concerts covering four centuries of piano creations, from Scarlatti to the 21st century and jazz improvisation. Friday, April 8 6 p.m.

Konstantinos Destounis, piano recital

- Works by Theodore Antoniou, John Psathas, Sergei Prokofiev, Franz Liszt Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall 8:30 p.m.

Karolos Zouganelis, piano recital

- Works by D. Scarlatti, S. Rachmaninov, S. Rachmaninov / A. Volodos, G. Bizet / A. Volodos, I. Albéniz / L.Godowsky, G. Bizet / V. Horowitz, F. Liszt, W.A..Mozart / A. Volodos, F. Liszt / V. Horowitz

Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall 10:30 p.m.

“On… keyboard” Giorgos Kontrafouris, Dimitris Kalantzis

An evening stroll through the streets of jazz and improvisation, with Giorgos Kontrafouris performing on the Hammond organ and Dimitris Kalantzis on the piano Guest: Spiros Panagiotopoulos drums Banqueting Hall --------------- Saturday, April 9 6 p.m.

Panayotis Trohopoulos, piano recital

- Works by A. Scriabin, S. Rachmaninov, F. Liszt, A. Alabiev / F. Liszt, F. Liszt / F. Busoni Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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8:30 p.m.

Dimitris Vassilakis, piano recital

- Works by Bach / Brahms, D. Scarlatti, G. Ligeti, F. Chopin / L. Godowsky, I. Albéniz

Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall 10:30 p.m.

“Reunion” Yannis Papadopoulos, Dimitris Verdinoglou - Feat. Dimitris Kalantzis

A powerful ending to “Pianorama”, an evening with surprise guest appearances and an amazing jam session! Banqueting Hall Ticket prices: General admission € 10.00 (for each individual concert) Special price: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs, families having many children, 65+) Special deals: Tickets for three concerts on the same day: € 25.00 € 12.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs, families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 18

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Friday, April 8 (at 8:30 p.m.)

We, and the World VI

CONCERTS BY THE ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA In collaboration with the French Embassy in Athens & the French Institute of Greece - Works by M. Ohana, S. Papanas, A. Dvořák Antonis Sousamoglou violin CONDUCTOR Uroš Lajovic At 7:45 p.m. there will be a free introductory talk for ticket-holders Ticket prices: € 5.00 (students, concessions) – 10.00 – 15.00 – 25.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 18 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Sunday, April 10 (at 6 p.m.)

The Bolshoi Ballet Live from Moscow: Don Quixote

DANCE AT MEGARON - THE BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE FROM MOSCOW Live broadcast In collaboration with the Pathé Live New production MUSIC Leon Minkus CHOREOGRAPHY Alexei Fadeyechev (after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky) LIBRETTO Marius Petipa (after Miguel de Cervantes) The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet Cervantes’ eccentric hero Don Quixote leaves on journey full of adventures with his loyal squire Sancho Panza in search of his perfect woman. On the way he meets Kitri, the dazzling daughter of an innkeeper who he thinks might be his ideal love… The Bolshoi's panache and excellence are combined in Fadeyechev’s critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance with Leon Minkus’ famous score. Featuring brand new sets and costumes to accompany this colourful and technically challenging production, Don Quixote is quintessential Bolshoi, abounding with life and not to be missed! Ticket prices: General admission: € 15.00 - Students, Children: € 8.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 21 Nikos Skalkotas Hall

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Wednesday, April 13 (at 8:30 p.m.)

Liederabend Fani Antonelou, Gerasimos Hoidas

LIED: VOICE AND PIANO A unique Lied evening with period instruments: in each of the programme’s four parts, the harpsichord, the fortepiano (Neupert/Dulcken 1795 & Stodart 1820) and the piano (Pleyel ca 1870) introduce us to the authentic sound of each period, from Purcell to Wagner. - Works by H. Purcell, J. Eccles, W.A. Mozart, J. Haydn, J.F. Reichardt, C.F. Zelter, F. Schubert, L.van Beethoven, R. Wagner, J. Brahms Fani Antonelou soprano Gerasimos Hoidas harpsichord, fortepiano, piano Ticket prices: € 12.00 – 20.00 Special prices: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 23 Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Friday & Sunday, April 15 & 17 (at 6 & at 8:30 p.m.)

Amadeus

MOZART FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Mozart’s Sonatas for piano and violin are superb samples of his genius and can only be described as chamber music masterpieces, all of them – from the very first to the very last – demanding great technical skill. Two brilliant representatives of the new generation of artists will be performing all 16 Sonatas from Wolfgang Amadeus’ golden period of maturity in a series of four concerts. W.A. Mozart: 16 Sonatas for violin and piano Noé Inui violin Vassilis Varvaresos piano Ticket prices: General admission € 10.00 (for each individual concert) Special price: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs, families having many children, 65+) Special deals: Tickets for two concerts on the same day: € 15.00 € 8.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs, families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 24 Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Saturday, April 16 (at 7:55 p.m.)

MET HD LIVE – Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux

OPERA - MET HD LIVE Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera - New York Supported by the Antenna Group; In collaboration with the Athens Concert Hall & the Thessaloniki Concert Hall A PRODUCTION of the Antenna Group In Italian with Greek subtitles - New Production PRODUCTION - SET DESIGNER Sir David McVicar COSTUME DESIGNER Moritz Junge LIGHTING DESIGNER Paule Constable CHOREOGRAPHER Leah Hausman ELISABETTA Sondra Radvanovsky SARA Elīna Garanča ROBERTO DEVEREUX Matthew Polenzani DUKE OF NOTTINGHAM Mariusz Kwiecien CONDUCTOR Maurizio Benini Ticket prices: General admission: € 25.00, Students: € 20.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 24 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Saturday, April 16 (at 9 p.m.)

Ermis Theodorakis, piano recital

IANNIS XENAKIS: MUSIC | ARCHITECTURE One-day conference and recital Co-production: The Athens Concert Hall Organization Department of Music Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Iannis Xenakis: The Complete Piano Works - Six chansons, Herma, Evryali, Mists, “à r.” (Hommage à Ravel) Ermis Theodorakis piano Ticket prices: € 10.00 – 15.00 Special prices: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 7.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 24 For information on the conference events, see below: MEGARON PLUS Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Tuesday, April 19 (8:30 p.m.)

“Greek Easter”

The Resurrection through Greek music, customs, mores and traditions Orthodox Ecclesiastical Byzantine Choir Traditional Choir and Orchestra of the National Conservatory of Athens Traditional Music Ensemble CHORUS MASTER Michalis Makris PARTICIPANTS:

The Musical Groups of the 24th Primary School of Chalkida & the Secondary School of Krinides in Kavala Lyceum Club of Greek Women-Paiania (Dance instructor: Yannis Kontoyiannis) Presentation: Nikolas Vafeiadis Ticket prices: € 9.00 – 15.00 – 22.00 – 30.00 Special prices: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 29 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Saturday, April 23 (at 8:30 p.m.)

Ex Silentio: “Memory”

“ADAGIO” – MUSIC FOR EASTER Works by composers who lived and created in foreign lands up until the 16th century. Together, the different languages and different themes form a diverse programme of medieval and renaissance music from the East and West. Fani Antonelou, Theodora Baka voice Flora Papadopoulou Medieval & Renaissance harp Thymios Atzakas oud Elektra Miliadou vielle & viola da gamba Nikos Varelas percussion instruments Dimitris Kountouras recorder, transverse flute & conducting Ticket prices: € 12.00 – 20.00 Special prices: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 28 Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Sunday, April 24 (8:30 p.m.)

Mikis Theodorakis: Rhapsody - Mauthausen

“ADAGIO” – MUSIC FOR EASTER - Mikis Theodorakis: “Kassiani”, “The Ballad of Mauthausen”, “Rhapsody for baritone & string orchestra” (transcription for string orchestra by Dimitris Maramis) Tassos Apostolou bass Armonia Atenea-The Friends of Music Orchestra CONDUCTOR George Petrou Ticket prices: € 11.00 – 20.00 – 28.00 – 40.00 Special prices: € 6.50 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.50 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 28 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Monday, April 25 (at 8:30 p.m.)

The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

“ADAGIO” – MUSIC FOR EASTER - Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob.XX/1C (piano version) Nikos Laaris piano Yannis Behrakis photographic material – narration In the spirit of the season, Haydn’s devout work will be presented in its piano version by pianist Nikos Laaris, and will be coupled with the refugee drama through the compelling photographs of Yannis Behrakis. The Reuters’ photographer narrates his personal experiences and presents the stories of refugees, as they have been recorded by Doctors Without Borders. The concert proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders in support of their actions for the refugee crisis. Ticket prices: € 12.00 – 20.00 Special prices: € 5.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 28 Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Tuesday & Wednesday, April 26 & 27 (at 9 p.m.)

Human Requiem

“ADAGIO” – MUSIC FOR EASTER With the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office and the German Embassy in Athens - Human Requiem As part of its series Broadening the Scope of Choral Music, Berlin Radio Choir is presenting Brahms’s A German Requiem in a new light: under the title human requiem, Jochen Sandig and his team of the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests are developing a “physicalization” of the work, integrating text, music, bodies and space. The chorus will be “staged”, with singers and audience set in motion, eliminating the separation of concert platform and auditorium – indeed abolishing the traditional concert experience. CONCEPT - DIRECTION Jochen Sandig DRAMATURGY Ilka Seifert, Sasha Waltz CHOREOGRAPHER Claudia De Serpa Soares SETS Brand Hwang LIGHTING DESIGNER Jörg Bittner Marlis Petersen soprano Konrad Jarnot baritone Angela Gassenhuber, Philip Mayers piano Rundfunkchor Berlin CONDUCTOR Gijs Leenaars Ticket prices: General admission: € 20.00 - Special price: € 10.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs, families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 28 Alexandra Trianti Hall

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Wednesday, April 27 (8:30 p.m.)

Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem

“ADAGIO” – MUSIC FOR EASTER Co-production: The Athens Concert Hall Organization The Athens State Orchestra With the generous support of the German Embassy in Athens In collaboration with the City of Athens Cultural, Sport & Youth Organization Ursula Targler-Sell soprano Manuela Bress mezzo-soprano Mario Zeffiri tenor Petros Magoulas bass With the participation of the ERT Choir, the Choir of the Athens Municipality and the Choir of the National Technical University of Athens Athens State Orchestra CONDUCTOR Marcus Bosch At 7:45 p.m. there will be a free introductory talk for ticket-holders Ticket prices: € 11.00 – 20.00 – 28.00 – 40.00 Special prices: € 6.50 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 8.50 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 28 Christos Lambrakis Hall

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MEGARON PLUS EVENTS

Wednesday, April 6 (at 7 p.m.)

“Literature: The fragile power of the spirit”

MEGARON PLUS Cycle: “The great French novelists today” In collaboration with the French Embassy in Athens, the French Institute of Greece and the Kastaniotis Editions Speaker: Andreï Makine (Prix Goncourt 1995, Médicis [ex aequo with V. Alexakis], Prix Goncourt de lycéens, for the work “Le Testament français” [“Dreams of My Russian Summers”]). Coordinator: Marie-Christine Vandoorne, Cultural Attaché in the French Embassy in Athens In French with simultaneous translation into Greek Free admission with admission ticket Distribution of admission tickets begins at 5:30 p.m. Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Monday, April 11 (at 6 p.m.)

“Nineteen short lessons on a Big World” A course of lessons

MEGARON PLUS In collaboration with the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Speaker: Maria D. Efthymiou, Associate Professor Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The successful course of lessons is continuing and will be completed in May. Free admission with admission ticket Distribution of admission tickets begins at 4:30 p.m. Banqueting Hall

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Wednesday, April 13 (at 7 p.m.)

“Lord Byron and the bail-outs: what the British poet really did for the Greek Revolution of 1821”

MEGARON PLUS In collaboration with the British Embassy in Athens, the British Council, the King’s College London and the Patakis Publications Speaker: Professor Roderick Beaton, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature; Director, Centre of Hellenic Studies Coordinator: Haris Vlavianos, writer, Professor at the Athens College In Greek and in English with simultaneous translation Free admission with admission ticket Distribution of admission tickets begins at 5:30 p.m. Nikos Skalkotas Hall

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Saturday, April 16

Iannis Xenakis: Music | Architecture Conference

MEGARON PLUS In collaboration with the Department of Music Studies - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & the School of Architecture - National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) With the support of the Le Corbusier Foundation, the French Institute of Greece and the Hellenic Institute of Architecture 4 p.m. “Iannis Xenakis: The Music of Architecture” Chairman: Konstantina Demiri, Professor, School of Architecture - NTUA Speakers: Panayotis Tournikiotis, Professor of Theory of Architecture, School of Architecture - NTUA Elissavet Kiourtsoglou, Architect (University of Thessaly), PhD Candidate, Université Paris 8 Sharon Kanach, musician, Vice-president of the Centre Iannis Xenakis, Université de Rouen* * (Lecture in English) 6:30 p.m. “Iannis Xenakis: The Architecture of Music” Chairman: Markos Tsetsos, Professor, Department of Music Studies - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Speakers: Makis Solomos, Professor of Musicology, Université Paris 8 Antonios Antonopoulos, Dr. Musicologist, Composer, Music Theorist Anastasia Georgaki, Associate Professor in Music Technology, Department of Music Studies - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Presentation – Coordinator: Helen Konstantinidou, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture - NTUA The conference will end with a recital by the pianist Ermis Theodorakis (see above). Free admission Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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Thursday, April 21 (at 7 p.m.)

“Our position in the Universe: discovering the Laniakea Supercluster”

MEGARON PLUS In collaboration with the CNRS, the French Embassy in Athens and the French Institute of Greece Speaker: Astrophysicist Hélène Courtois, Professor in Lyon University; Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France Coordinator: Kanaris Tsiganos, Professor at the University of Athens; President of the National Observatory of Athens In French with simultaneous translation into Greek Free admission with admission ticket Distribution of admission tickets begins at 5:30 p.m. Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall

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THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC SOCIETY To find out more about the events in the Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri” see:

www.megaron.gr & www.mmb.org.gr

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EVENTS OF THE GREEK NATIONAL OPERA

Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, April 15, 16, 17 & 20 (at 8 p.m.)

Giorgos Koumendakis: The murderess

GREEK NATIONAL OPERA - Giorgos Koumendakis: The murderess Opera in two acts Libretto by Yannis Svolos, based on the eponymous novel by Alexandros Papadiamantis DIRECTOR Alexandros Efklidis SETS Petros Touloudis COSTUMES Petros Touloudis - Ioanna Tsami LIGHTING Vinicio Chelli Frangoyannou (The murderess): Irini Tsirakidou – Julia Souglakou Marousso: Elena Kelesidi – Georgia Eliopoulos Ioassaf: Tassos Apostolou Delcharo: Marilena Striftobola – Zoe Kappou Amersa: Ines Zikou – Eleni Davou Konstantis: Vangelis Maniatis – Nikolaos Karagkiaouris Polyphonic Ensemble: Irini Derebei, Maria Melachrinou, Martha Mavroidi, Ioanna Forti With the Orchestra, the Chorus, the Children’s Chorus* and the Soloists of the GNO CHORUS MASTER Agathangelos Georgakatos CHILDREN’S CHORUS MISTRESS Mata Katsouli CONDUCTOR Vassilis Christopoulos * The Children’s Chorus is participating as part of its educational mission. Ticket prices: € 10.00 (students, children) – 15.00 – 30.00 – 40.00 – 55.00 Advanced ticket sales begin on March 15 Alexandra Trianti Hall

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PRODUCTIONS AT THE CONCERT HALL BY OTHER AGENCIES Sunday, April 10 (at 8:30 p.m.)

Stamatis Spanoudakis: “Iliopotismeni”

Music and songs from Stamatis Spanoudakis’ new album, Iliopotismeni (Bathed in the Sun), along with others compositions by the creator. Katerina Nitsopoulou (“Anemos”) song Alexandros Papadiamantis violin Giorgos Kontovas keyboards Kostas Hatzopoulos guitars Nikos Hatzopoulos double-bass Panos Katsikiottis percussion instruments “Tamalo” String Orchestra “Melodoi” Mixed Choir CHORUS MASTER Giorgos Ziakas CONDUCTOR Stamatis Spanoudakis Event organized by “Melodiko Karavi”

Ticket prices: € 15.00 – 25.00 – 35.00 – 50.00 Special prices: € 8.00 (students, young people, unemployed, individuals with special needs) € 10.00 (Families having many children, 65+) Advanced ticket sales begin on March 10 Christos Lambrakis Hall