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Conductor: Nicolas Vassiliou
Director: Natasha Triantafylli
Dramaturgy, adaptation: Elena Triantafyllopoulou
Set, costumes: Tina Tzoka
Movement: Dimitra Mitropoulou
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas
Varonas: Dimitris Sigalos
Mr Latroudis: Vangelis Maniatis
Mrs Latroudi: Julia Souglakou
Αnna: Chrissa Maliamani
Adrianos: Nicolas Maraziotis
Rita: Marisia Papalexiou
Dimosthenis: Antonis Kyriakakis
Ticket prices: €15, €20
Students, children: €10
Operetta • New production
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30) |
Alternative Stage Founding Donor
Alternative Stage sponsor: PPC (Public Power Company)
The legendary operetta I Want to See the Pope! by Theophrastos Sakellaridis, creator of The Godson – the most popular Greek operetta of all time –, is coming to challenge Athenian audiences a century later, in a new, ambitious production.
The work I Want to See the Pope! (1920) delves deeply into the contemporary urban issues explored by Sakellaridis, who also penned the libretto, while undermining the foundations of bourgeois life and strongly questioning the institution of family.
During her honeymoon trip in Italy, Anna, a newlywed bride, expresses the desire to see the Pope up close. When her husband doesn’t meet her wish, their marriage comes on the verge of falling apart. Upon their return to Athens, those close to them blatantly intervene in the couple’s shaken relationship, revealing in a comic-tragic light all the malaises and hypocrisy of the bourgeois class.
Following the genre’s standards, the composer exhibits a special musico-theatrical resourcefulness in the portrayal of his characters, who sabotage the constants of family life. The libretto of the operetta is a domestic adaptation of Maurice Hennequin’s farce Les joies du foyer (1894). Through a flowing theatrical language, Sakellaridis brings to life Hennequin’s densely-woven farce, achieving an ideal musico-theatrical dramaturgy, and enriching the plot with fifteen musical numbers.
Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and National Resources.
STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION
CULTURAL CENTER
364 Syggrou Avenue, Kallithea
Box Office:
+30 213 0885700
Box Office email:
boxoffice@nationalopera.gr
Daily 09.00-21.00
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