Name: The Magic Pillows
Start: 2022-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stavros Niarchos Hall

Organization

Singer

Dimitra Vasilakopoulou

Dorela

Franzeska Vasilopoulou

Angeliki Tamvakopoulou

Markos Levogiannis

Carleto

Marios Paschalis

Mateo

Irini Konstantopoulou

Olga Balomenou

Vocal Ensemble

Efi Papadopoulou

Anna-Anastasia Smerou

Vivi Sykioti

Dimosthenis Vlachos

Konstantinos Zampounis

Andreas Karaoulis

Stamatis Pakakis

Georgios Papadimitriou

Marinos Tarnanas

Dionyssis Tsantinis

Stage director

Natasha Triantafylli

Conductor

Nicolas Vassiliou

Set designer

Tina Tzoka

Lighting designer

Giorgos Tellos

Costume designer

Ioanna Tsami

Music

George Dousis

Movement

Dimitra Mitropoulou

Children's Chorus Mistress

Konstantina Pitsiakou

Nicolas Maraziotis

Christofer the Teacher

Nikos Kotenidis

King Glorious the Omnificient

Dionisios Melogiannidis

Sir Syrup Superlick

Vangelis Maniatis

Baron Bulimian Lustblast

George Mattheakakis

Reptilious Serpentilious

Kostis Rassidakis

Erebus

Yannis Kavouras

Ugur

Lighting Revival

Kostis Mousikos

Sophia Lachana

Greek National Opera

Others

Greek National Opera Children's Chorus

The Magic Pillows

Athens

Greece

SNFCC

Main Stage

Public

Approved

Stavros Niarchos Hall

The Magic Pillows, a hugely successful opera production for all the family, is returning to the Stavros Niarchos Hall stage for six performances, from 11 November to 1 December, before transferring to the small screen to reach children, and adults too, on their phones and tablets, their computers and television sets, premiering on GNO TV on 5 December. This well-known work by Eugene Trivizas –which met with great success both as a novel (translated into many other languages, and the winner of numerous awards) and as a theatre play– was adapted by the author himself to debut as an opera for all the family, set to music by George Dousis, and breathing life into the dreams of young and old alike. This production is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to enhance the GNO’s artistic outreach.

 

This hopeful, moving, and meaningful fairy tale by Eugene Trivizas tells the story of a band of children at an unloved school and their inspiring teacher, who together take a stand against the greedy King Glorious the Omnificent, quite determined to reclaim their lost dreams. The author had this to say about the work: “I hope everyone who sees the Magic Pillows takes to heart the words spoken by the teacher in that freezing classroom, inside that run-down school: ‘No matter what they take from you / there always still will be / something they can never touch / something yours to keep! / In times of woe and sorrow / your dreams shall ever be / a pot of gold, a hope to hold / your place of sanctuary!’”

English

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Crew

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