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Artistic curator of Community and Creation Days: Eva Karterou in collaboration with the GNO Learning & Participation team
The Learning & Participation Department of the Greek National Opera will announce open calls for participation in all educational programmes and workshops for the 2026/27 season.
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Performances for schools: 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 May 2027 • Starts at: 10.30
Performances for the whole family: 15, 16, 22, 23 May 2027 • Starts at: 10.30 & 12.30
Performances for schools: 26, 27, 28 May & 1, 2, 3, 4 June 2027 •
Performances for the whole family: 29, 30 May, 5 June 2027 • Starts at: 10.00 & 11.30
Artistic curator: Zaharias Karounis
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10
Tickets on sale from: 31/7
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30
FIRST CYCLE • The Age of Revolutions | 19, 20, 21, 22 November 2026
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis | In collaboration with the Thessaloniki Concert Hall
SECOND CYCLE • Active Pasts | 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 November 2026
Artistic curator: Markellos Chryssicos
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10
Tickets on sale from: 31/7
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30, 27/11 (20.00 & 21.30), (Sunday 22/11 19.30 & 29/11 18.30)
Μουσική: Giuseppe Verdi
Original libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Musical adaptation: Lina Zachari
Text: Dimitris Dimopoulos, Alexandros Melissinos
Lyrics translation: Dimitris Dimopoulos
Cast: Manos Kokkonis, Yannis Selitsanitis, Marilena Striftombola| Shadow puppeteer: Alexandros Melissinos | Frixos Mortzos piano
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 31/7
Shadow puppet opera • Revival
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Morning performances at 12.00 / 13, 20, 26, 27 December 2026 & 2, 3, 9 January 2027
Afternoon performances at 18.00 / 19, 20, 24, 31 December & 7 January 2027
Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni
Adaptation: Sofia Paschou, in collaboration with the team
Director: Sofia Paschou
Musical text adaptation, musical dramaturgy consultant: Kharálampos Goyós
Sets, costumes: Claire Bracewell |
Lighting design: Sofia Alexiadou
Voice-over scoring: Christos Sakellaridis
Cast: Daphne David, Vassilis Kavayas (27, 30/12, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9/1) Christos Kechris (12, 13, 15, 17, 22, 23, 26,/12), Chrissa Maliamani, Marios Sarantidis, Marinos Tarnanas, Kostas Filippoglou, Apostolis Psichramis| Christos Sakellaridis piano
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 31/7
Opera • Revival
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Ώρα έναρξης: 20.30 (Κυρ.: 19.30)
Single performance ticket: €10 • Full-day ticket: €20 | Tickets on sale from: 31/8
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Designed by: Ioannis Angelakis
Creative team of mentors:
Ioannis Angelakis musical composition
Pavlos Antoniadis musical performance, musical technology
Themelis Glynatsis direction
Niki Psyhogiou set & costume design
Christina Thanasoula lighting design
Nicolas Vassiliou musical direction
Chrissa Maliamani soprano
Christos Kechris tenor
Featuring eight musicians from the Ergon Ensemble
With the participation of the emerging artists:
Composers: Dimitris Androniadis, Giorgos Vavoulas, Kyriaki Gkoudina, Michalis Zoumboulakis, Kostis Paleoyiannis, Dimitris Paplikas
Directors: Noemi Vasileiadou, Ermioni Garramone, Emmanuel Konstantinidis, Barbara Daliani, Grigorios Sfakianakis, Eugenia Demelio
Set & costume designers: Maria Alexandrou, Dimitra Gika, Elpida Daliani, Nektaria Iliaki, Asimina Lantavou, Paris Paraskevopoulos
Lighting designers: Katerina Voutsa, Iphigenia Yanniou, Panagiotis Baraklis, Kostis Mousikos
Artistic curator: Nancy Nerantzi
The detailed programme will be announced in November.
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Artistic curator: Ioannis Angelakis
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10
Tickets on sale from: 31/7
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30, Sunday: 19.30 (25/10), 18.00, 20.00 (1/11), Saturday 18.30, 20.30 (7/11), 18.00 (10/11)
Artistic curator: Petros Touloudis
The detailed programme will be announced in November.
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Artistic curator: Vaios Machmountes
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
The detailed programme will be announced in October.
Music: Ioannis Angelakis
Choreography: Alexandros Vardaxoglou
Dramaturgy consultant: Kharálampos Goyós
Sets, costumes: Artemis Flessa
Lighting and video design: Giorgos Agiannitis |
Female figure: Irini Bilini-Moraiti, Male figure: Christos Kechris
Musicians from the Ergon Ensemble: Kostas Tzekos bass clarinet, Guido de Flaviis baritone saxophone, Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou trombone, Faidon Miliadis violin
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students €10 | Tickets on sale from: 1/11
Music theatre • New production • A GNO Alternative Stage commission
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Music, video design: Konstantinos Baras
Libretto, direction: Fanis Sakellariou
Set: Olga Ntenta
Costumes: Brooke Englhardt
Movement: Maro Petli
Lighting design: George Agiannitis
Alexandra Achillea voice, George Krimperis trombone, George Kokkinaris double bass
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 1/11
Music theatre • New production • A GNO Alternative Stage commission
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Music, musical direction: Nikos Galenianos
Lighting and projections design: Sofia Alexiadou, in collaboration with the Creative Lighting Control Department of the Rose Bruford College
Sound design: Brian Coon
|Costume coordination: Genevieve Athanasopoulou
Artistic associate: Georgios Mizithras(MIZI)
Ioanna Vrakatseli, Niki Lada, Artemis Bogri voices, Petros Miliadis (aka Invoker) metal singer
Female chorus ensemble CHÓRES
Music coach: Eirini Patsea
Charis Pazaroulas double bass, Katerina Konstantourou classical harmonium
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 1/11
Admission is suggested for ages 12 and older
Music theatre • New production • A GNO Alternative Stage commission
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Direction: Vassilis Noulas
Sets, costumes, lighting design: Kostas Tzimoulis
Dramaturgy consultant: Hypatia Vourloumis
Translation: Pelagia Marketou
Cast: Chraja, Lito Messini, Despina Sanida-Krezia, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Georgios Iatrou
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 1/11
Music theatre • New production • A GNO Alternative Stage commission
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Music: Iason Maroulis
Dramaturgy, direction: Themelis Glynatsis
Sets, costumes: Niki Psyhogiou
Lighting design: Stevi Koutsothanasi
Projections design: Marios Gampierakis, Chrysoula Korovesi
àktapha ensemble: Dafni Mengou bass clarinet, Iason Maroulis trumpet, George Kokkinaris double bass, Orestis Tsekouras guitar, Yiannis Psarakis percussion
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 1/11
Music theatre • New production • A GNO Alternative Stage commission
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Music, dramaturgy: Giorgos Koumendakis
Poetry: Constantine P. Cavafy
Direction: Giorgos Koumendakis, Petros Touloudis
Singer: Zaharias Karounis
Choreography: Patricia Apergi, Ilias Hatzigeorgiou, Eva Georgitsopoulou
Visual installation: Petros Touloudis
Costumes: Daglara
Lighting design: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Angelina Tkatcheva santoor
Oros Ensemble: Apostolis Koutsogiannis recorder, Antonis Tsachtanis clarinet, Konstantinos Zigeridis accordion, Eirini Krikoni violin
Osmosis Saxophone Quartet: Pantelis Lykoudis soprano saxophone, Antonis Fotiadis alto saxophone, Theofilos Sotiriadis tenor saxophone, Yannis Myralis baritone saxophone
John Papatzanis percussion, glass harmonica, shruti box, voice, percussion coaching
Oswald Amiralis percussion
Performers: Angelos Antoniou, Yannis Gantsios, Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Stefano Pietragalla, Daniele Pecorari, Yorgos Hatzopoulos, Cecilia Hatziemmanouil, Despina Chrysostomou
Ticket prices: €15, €20 • Students, children: €10 | Tickets on sale from: 31/7
Music theatre – Dance • New production
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30 (Sun.: 19.30)
Metamorphosis
A performance by the GNO Professional Dance School
Artistic curator: Yorghos Matskaris
Head of Studies at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School
Rehearsal coordinators: Alkistis Lala, Zeta Theodorelou
Lighting design & supervision: Dimitris Koutas
Technical supervision: Sofia Theodoraki
Costume coordination (costumes from the GNO costume department): Sofia Patsinakidou
Sound manager: Giorgos Rekoutis
WITH LOVE AND ALL THAT – ACT II
Choreography: Cyril Baldy
Musical composition ‘Gleiter’: Matthias Muche
Costume & lighting designer: Cyril Baldy
Assistants to the choreographer: Anne Jung, Eleni Kladou, Olia Tornaritou
Performers: Alexandros-Anastasios Karalis, Anastasios Kilibas, Nikoleta Kloni, Konstantinos Kreouzis, Areti-Maria Kostoglou, Isidora Lantzi, Alexandra-Evangelia Manteli, Loukia Miliaki, Georgia-Spyridoula Beligianni, Stefanos-Efthymios Botsas, Klio Skiada, Aggelos Tsani, Nicolas Harca, Maria-Elpida Vasilopoulou, Michaila Karataraki, Maria Konstantellou, Paraskevi-Maria Mavriki, Lambros Bidakos, Chrystallena Panagiotou, Argyro Solomonidi, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Georgia Strati, Maria Giannouli, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Maria Lambrinou, Sofia Nikolaou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Alexandra Spanou, Georgios Tsiggos, Patra Christodoulou
GRAN BOLERO (excerpt)
Concept, choreography: Jesús Rubio Gamo
Music: José Pablo Polo, after Maurice Ravel
Costume designer: Sofia Patsinakidou
Lighting designer: David Picazo
Assistants to the choreographer: Alberto Alonso, Clara Pampyn
Performers: Konstantinos Kreouzis, Isidora Lantzi, Klio Skiada, Aggelos Tsani, Nicolas Harca, Lambros Bidakos, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Alexandra Spanou, Georgios Tsiggos, Patra Christodoulou, Orest Godouni
Covers: Stefanos-Efthymios Botsas, Maria Giannouli
For more information, please visit: www.kalamatadancefestival.gr
Kalamata Central Square - Admission free
Starts at: 21.00
Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
Poetry: Constantine P. Cavafys
Singer: Zaharias Karounis
Choreography: Patricia Apergi, Ilias Hatzigeorgiou, Eva Georgitsopoulou
Audiovisual installation: Petros Touloudis
Costumes: Daglara
Lighting design: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Percussion coach: John Papatzanis
Santoor: Angelina Tkatcheva
Oros Ensemble: Konstantinos Zigeridis (accordion), Eirini Krikoni (violin), Apostolis Koutsogiannis (recorder), Antonis Fotiadis (alto saxophone)
Osmosis Saxophone Quartet: Pantelis Lykoudis (soprano saxophone), Antonis Fotiadis (alto saxophone), Theofilos Sotiriadis (tenor saxophone), Yannis Myralis (baritone saxophone)
Featuring dancers from the GNO Ballet: Angelos Antoniou, Yannis Gantsios, Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Stefano Pietragalla, Daniele Pecorari, Yorgos Hatzopoulos, Cecilia Hatziemmanouil-Magiorkinou, Despina Chrysostomou
Admission Free
Kalamata Dance Megaron – Main Hall
Starts at: 22.00
Participation fee: €10
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 12.00
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30
Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 21.00
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
info@nationalopera.gr