Prince Ivan & the Firebird on Screen

The children’s opera Prince Ivan & the Firebird by Th. Abazis is returning on selected screens and cultural centres across Greece as part of a scheme by the Greek National Opera. The main goal of this scheme to extend the operatic world to areas and cities across the country and promote the art of Opera, Operetta as well as Ballet. Below you can find more information about the Th. Abazis opera as well as a list with screenings that commence on the 29th September 2018.

  • Municipal Cinema “Apollon”, Aigio
  • CineStar Veria, Veria
  • Cultural Conference Center “Small Amphitheatre”, Heraklion, Crete
  • Cultural Centre, Ioannina
  • Cine Orfeas, Kos Island
  • Trikoupeio Cultural Center, Mesologgi
  • Preveza Cultural Center “Oasis Cinema”, Preveza
  • Municipality Theater “Asteria”, Serres
  • Apollon Theatre, Siros Island 
  • Cultural Centre “The Mill of Matsopoulos”, Trikala
  • Malliaropoulio Theatre, Tripoli
  • Cultural Centre, Florina
  • Homerion Cultural Centre, Chios Island

Composer-director: Thodoris Abazis
Conductor: Michalis Papapetrou 
Libretto: Sofianna Theofanous
Sets-costumes: Kenny MacLellan
Movement: Stavroula Siamou
Lighting: Nikos Sotiropoulos

Tsar: Dimitris Nalbantis
Wolf: Panagiotis Athanasopoulos
Koschei: Vasilis Dimakopoulos
Ivan: Giannis Kalyvas
Vasiliy: Giannis Filias
Firebird-Yelena: Vasia Zacharopoulou
Dimitri: Nicolas Maraziotis
Nina: Lito Messini
Milia: Maria Katrivesi

Peasants: Christina Asimakopoulou, Vasilis Dimakopoulos, Angeliki-Zoi Karagkouni, Maria Katrivesi, Michalis Katsoulis, Miranda Makrynioti, Lito Messini

Trees: Christina Asimakopoulou, Vasilis Asimakopoulos, Angeliki-Zoi Karagkouni, Maria Katrivesi, Michalis Katsoulis, Miranda Makrynioti, Lito Messini, Dimitris Nalbantis

Thieves: Christina Asimakopoulou, Angeliki-Zoi Karagkouni, Maria Katrivesi, Michalis Katsoulis, Nicolas Maraziotis, Miranda Makrynioti, Dimitris Nalbantis, Giannis Filias

With the participation of a 6-member music ensemble