Trivizas’ “Magic Pillows”
Triviza's The Magic Pillows turns into an opera by George Dousis This season 2021/22 the Greek National Opera presents a new ambitious opera production for the whole family. The Magic Pillows, Eugene Trivizas’ multi-awarded book that was turned into an opera with music by George Dousis and [...]
Review for Athens Festival production of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (review in Greek) by Thanos Mantzanas Οι έντεκα μονωδοί, ανεξάρτητα από το μέγεθος των ρόλων τους, ήταν όλοι και όλες εξαίρετοι/ες, τόσο στις σολιστικές άριες τους (αν και στην περίπτωση του Μοντεβέρντι επί της ουσίας αυτές είναι πολύ περισσότερο μαδριγάλια, το [...]
Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Monteverdi in Herodes Atticus Odeon Armonia Atenea – The Friends of Music Orchestra returns to the Athens Festival with a new production of Claudio Monteverdi’s two-act opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland). Prolific and versatile, the beloved Armonia Atenea [...]
Fricadela, a new children’s opera
Fricadela, the Witch who hated Christmas! A new children's opera is staged this season at Christmas Theatre in Athens based on the Eugene Trivizas fairy-tale Fricadela, the Witch who hated Christmas. Composed by Alkis Baltas and directed by Fokas Evangelinos. The orchestra Athens Academica will perform under the [...]
My Fair Lady at the Greek National Opera
Loewe's My Fair Lady for the first time is staged in Greece at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera The “perfect musical”, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady, one of the most successful, important and popular musicals in the [...]
Excerpt of review for McNally’s Master Class at VIEWTAG.gr
Excerpt from Giota Dimitriadi's review for McNally's Master Class in Mikro Horn Theatre, Athens (review in Greek) [...] Nicolas Maraziotis with his magical voice gives a moment of utter tenderness to the show, when he sits and sings next to Maria Nafpliotou. It felt like he became the boy that [...]