Organization

Costume designer

Richard Hudson

Singer

Soprano

Alkinoos Kypriotis

Gherardino

Iasonas Frangopoulos

Lighting designer

Bruno Poet

Conductor

Vassilis Christopoulos

Stage director

Themelis Glynatsis

Set designer

Leslie Travers

Projection Design

Marios Gampierakis

Chrysoula Korovesi

John Fulljames

Baritone

Dionysios Sourbis

Gianni Schicchi

Sound designer

Tasos Tsigkas

Bass-baritone

Tassos Apostolou

Bluebeard

Violetta Lousta

Judith

Movement

Katerina Gevetzi

Stella Kaltsou

Vivi Sykioti

Lauretta

Contralto

Julia Souglakou

Zita

Tenor

Yannis Christopoulos

Rinuccio

Yannis Kalyvas

Gherardo

Diamanti Kritsotaki

Nella

Bass

Vangelis Maniatis

Betto di Signa

Christophoros Stamboglis

Simone

George Mattheakakis

Marco

Mezzo-soprano

Siran Tsalikian

La Ciesca

Kostis Rassidakis

Maestro Spinelloccio

Haris Andrianos

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Nikolas Douros

Pinellino

Georgios Papadimitriou

Guccio

Revival Director

Angela Kleopatra Saroglou

Associate Lighting Designer

Robert Butler

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

A kékszakállú herceg vára -  (Bluebeard's Castle)

Athens

Greece

SNFCC

Main Stage

Public

Bluebeard's Castle

Approved

Stavros Niarchos Hall

A kékszakállú herceg vára Bartók (+1 More)

The National Opera presents in a modular performance two great operatic one-acts, on March 9, 12, 19, 24, 2023, under the musical direction of Vassilis Christopoulos. On the stage of the Stavros Niarchos Hall, the dark, bloody masterpiece "O Pyrgos tou Kyanopogon" will meet the light, cheerful farce "Zanni Skikki". Bela Bartók's Cyanopogon Tower, directed by Themelis Glynatsis, is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault. Rarely condensed and emotionally intense, the opera includes just two characters, Cyanopogonus and Judith. As she wants to know about her husband's past, Judith opens the seven doors of Cyanopogon's castle one by one. Behind each she discovers a different world, the untold riches, heroism and glory of her husband, but also pain, tears, blood and cruelty. Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Scicchi, directed by John Fuljames and a revival directed by Angela-Cleopatra Saroglou, is a black comedy bordering on the grotesque. Forzano's poetic text is based on an episode from Dante's Divine Comedy. After the death of a rich man, the four-legged Gianni Scicchi helps the relatives of the deceased, but above all of course himself, to get hold of the great inheritance. Detailed information: the four-legged Gianni Scicchi helps the relatives of the deceased, but above all of course himself, to put the great inheritance in hand. Detailed information: the four-legged Gianni Scicchi helps the relatives of the deceased, but above all of course himself, to put the great inheritance in hand. Detailed information:https://www.nationalopera.gr/aithousa... 

// The Greek National Opera presents an anthology piece comprising two magnificent one-act operas: one dramatic – Bluebeard's Castle in a new staging by Themelis Glynatsis; the other comic – Gianni Schicchi directed by John Fulljames. Two works that both premiered in the same year (1918), in Budapest and New York respectively. March 9, 12, 19, 24, 2023 Stavros Niarchos Hall - SNFCC. Conductor: Vassilis Christopoulos. Info: https://www.nationalopera.gr/en/stavr... 

Price $15 | Tickets from 15€: ticketservices.gr & +302130885700 Copyright © 2016 GNO Lead Donor Stavros Niarchos

The Greek National Opera presents an anthology piece comprising two magnificent one-act operas: one dramatic – Bluebeard’s Castle in a new staging by Themelis Glynatsis; the other comic – Gianni Schicchi directed by John Fulljames. Two works that both premiered in the same year (1918), in Budapest and New York respectively. On 9, 12, 19 and 24 March 2023, Bartók’s brooding and bloody masterpiece meets Puccini’s light-hearted farce. The GNO Orchestra is to be conducted by the eminent Greek maestro Vassilis Christopoulos. This production is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to enhance the GNO’s artistic outreach.

English

Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók, Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, From (2023/2023), Directed by Themelis Glynatsis, John Fulljames,, Conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, Stavros Niarchos Hall, Athens, Greece

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