The Baritone’s Shoes

6th Greek National Opera Online Festival for the whole family

The Bear and the Baritone on Other Planets

From 23 December 2021 to 31 July 2022 on GNO TV | nationalopera.gr/GNOTV

The festival will be streamed for free

GNO TV is a new strand of Greek National Opera’s programming, made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org] to enhance the Greek National Opera’s artistic outreach.

The Baritone’s Shoes is a musical video-performance for children and grown-ups, based on Dimitris Baslam’s book of the same title.

Mr Charitone was a Baritone, not a cook or a tailor or a butler or a furniture-maker; he was a well-preserved, courteous and always well-dressed Baritone. “Charitone Fuchs, it’s a pleasure to meet you!” he used to say, with a hint of pomposity when he introduced himself, while also taking, of course, the appropriate bow. “Lyric Baritone”, he would add. “Not melodic, lyric!” he would insist, emphasising the difference between them, if anyone asked him: “Seriously, what’s the difference, Mr Charitone?”. Then he would answer: “It’s just a matter of repertoire!”. To Mr Charitone, of course, it was just a matter of precision… A narrator, a dancer and three performers-musicians are on stage portraying all of the work’s characters. They move, communicate, and dance to eventually become Mr Charitone Fuchs, the Baritone.

From 3 January 2022 to 31 July 2022 on GNO TV (nationalopera.gr/gnotv/en)