Akhmatova’s Requiem & The Anniversary Akhmatova’s Requiem & The Anniversary
Alternative Stage
Akhmatova’s Requiem & The Anniversary
SEASON 2020/21 - Haris Vrondos
November 2020
Δημιουργική Ομάδα

Musical direction
Nicolas Vassiliou

Director
Angela-Kleopatra Saroglou

Sets – Costumes
Konstantinos Zamanis

Lighting designer
Stella Kaltsou

Videο
Vassilis Kehagias

Πρωταγωνιστές Παράστασης

Ticket prices: €12, €15 
Students, children: €10

 

In line with the restrictive measures for the protection of public health against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) announced by the Greek Government, the Greek National Opera’s Stavros Niarchos Hall will operate at 30% maximum capacity, namely, with 96 seats out of a total of 322. Moreover, it is noted that according to the instructions of the Greek State, tickets will only be purchased online or by telephone, the use of mask will be obligatory when entering and exiting the building and throughout the performances, on either side of each seat (single or double) there will be at least two empty seats left, overcrowding shall be avoided, and the prescribed physical distance between viewers and between the audience and the stage / orchestra shall be maintained, while special protocols are in place for the cleaning, disinfection, air-conditioning and ventilation system of all areas of the GNO at the SNFCC.

 

 

Alternative Stage
Opera

Akhmatova’s Requiem & The Anniversary

Haris Vrondos

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage 
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center 

Starts at: 19.30  |   

Haris Vrondos is one of the most consistent voices in the Greek music theatre scene of the last decades, having composed numerous operas. Two of his one-act chamber operas (a genre he’s been exploring for years) are now presented in one single performance on the Alternative Stage.

Akhmatova’s Requiem, based on Anna Akhmatova and Haris Vlavianos’ poetry, starts off with the great Russian poetess’ life and raises questions about the relationship between art and power. As the composer notes, “Akhmatova’s Requiem includes, in the form of lyrics, incidents of extermination, cold blood murder, imprisonment and exile of poets and artists who didn’t blindly succumb to the doctrine of socialist realism in art. The same period, convicted as decadent artists, many writers, musicians and painters, mainly Jews, were killed and exiled, and saw their works being burnt or banned by the Nazi regime in Germany, Austria and Central Europe.

The Anniversary, based on a libretto by the composer and by poet Yannis Ioannidis features writer Yannis Beratis, in a play between incidents of the Civil War and its perpetuation in the field of historical memory.