Book, lyrics, score
Jason Robert Brown

Conductor
Michalis Papapetrou

Greek translation, stage director
Dimitris Dimopoulos

Set & costume designer
David Negrin

Lighting
Christos Tziogkas

Musical • Greek premiere

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Originally produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell

Originally produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago 

Performers: Lenia Safirolpoulou (mezzo-soprano, dance), Tassos Karahalios (Dance), Andrej Hovrin (piano)

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

Aris Argiris baritone

Peter Bortfeldt piano

Concert

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Music composition, production:
K.Bhta, Nikko Patrelakis

Synthesizers:
K.Bhta, Nikko Patrelakis

Sound supervisor:
Giannis Lambropoulos

Video supervisor:
Kostas Katrios

Lighting supervisor:
Dimitris Koutas

Video director, designer:
Nikko Patrelakis

Camera operators:
Kostas Katrios, Nikko Patrelakis

Computer graphics, processing:
Nikko Patrelakis, Yasmine Borodin

Concert

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Works by Mikis Theodorakis, Marc Blitzstein, Milton Babbitt, Kurt Weil

Anastasia Kotsali mezzo-soprano

Giorgos Konstantinou piano

Konstantinos Zigkeridis accordion

Concert
Mikis Theodorakis cycle

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Starts at 19.30  |   

Eclipse
Choreography, sets, costumes: Harris Gkekas
Music: Apostolis Koutsogiannis – Oros Ensemble
Lighting designer: Christos Tziogkas

Pairs (12, 17, 18, 19, 22/3):
Yannis Gantsios / Eleftheria Stamou, Giannis Mitrakis  / Alicia Townsend, Elena Kekkou / Magda Koukou-Ferra, George Hatzopoulos / Daniele Pecorari

Pairs (23, 24/3):
Manex Alberdi / Ariadni Filippaki, Elton Dimrochi / Areti Noti, Zoi Schinoplokaki / Magda Koukou-Ferra, Jaume Deulofeu-Segui / Angel Martinez-Sanchez

Lieder ohne Worte
Choreography, set: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: Dimitri Terzakis
Costumes: Yiorgos Mesimeris
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas
Collaborating architect: Mary Tsagkari

Eleana Andreoudi (12, 17, 18/3) / Natasha Siouta (23, 24/3) / Christina Makridou (19, 22/3)
Emilia Gaspari (12, 17, 18/3) / Mania Karavassili (19, 22/3) / Vanessa Kourkoulou (23, 24/3)
Evridiki Isaakidou (19, 22/3) /  Maria Kousouni  (12, 17, 18/3)  / Popi Sakellaropoulou (23, 24/3)

George Varvariotis (12, 17, 18, 19, 22/3) / Florian-Michalis Pappas (23, 24/3)
Danilo Zeka (12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24/3)
Vangelis Bikos (12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24/3)
Stratos Papanousis  (12, 17, 18, 19, 22/3) /  Igor Siadjko (23, 24/3)
Stelios Katopodis (12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24/3)

The Hill
Choreography: Gentian Doda
Music: César Aliaj
Costumes: Ardi Aslani
Lighting designer: Christos Tziogkas

Vangelis Bikos
Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Zoi Schinoplokaki, Ariadni Filippaki, Manes Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, George Hatzopoulos  

With the Principal Dancers, Soloists, Coryphées and the GNO Corps de ballet

GNO Ballet

A modern dance diptych

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Greek translation: 
Thomas Symeonidis

Music:
Zesses Seglias

Conductor
Nicolas Vassiliou

Stage director:
Savvas Stroumpos

Sets, costumes
Katerina Papageorgiou

Lighting design
Kostas Bethanis 

Theatre 

Commissioned by the GNO Alternative Stage

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

In co-production with the Zero Point theatre company

Libretto:
Alexandra K*, based on Panos H. Koutras’ film of the same title

Conductor:
Konstantinos Terzakis

Stage director:
George Koutlis

Set designer:
Eva Manidaki

Costume designer:
Ioanna Tsami

Movement coach, choreographer:
Fenia Apostolou

Lighting designer:
Nikos Vlasopoulos

Music coaches:
Frixos Mortzos, Maria Neofytidou

Opera • Commissioned by the GNO

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

48-year-old Yorgos, convicted for murder, is released from prison after 15 years. He bids farewell to his cellmate and lover, Nikos. In a cheap hotel in downtown Athens, Yorgos meets Strella, a young trans sex worker who adores Maria Callas. They embark on a passionate affair.

We witness Strella’s life; during the mornings, she works as an electrician and, at night, she appears as a singer at a famous Athens drag show club. Her makeshift, synthetic “family” consists of Mary, an elderly trans cancer patient who, years ago, got teenaged Strella off the streets and took her in; Wilma, Mary’s carer; and Alex, who looks after his underage brother, neglected by their drug addict mother. The trans community functions as a generous, though eccentric, support network for all of them.

Back at his village in the Greek countryside, Yorgos is searching for his long-lost son, Leonidas. Kouloukousis, an elderly cop, informs Yorgos that Leonidas left the village when he was 14 years old and headed for Athens, where he is rumoured to have become a “transvestite”. Worried, Yorgos questions Strella. She recounts her story: Her mother died when she was five years old; she was raised by her grandmother; when she was nine years old, her drunk father brutally killed her favourite uncle after catching him fooling around with her; he was imprisoned. Yorgos realises the shocking truth: he is Strella’s father. She admits already knowing about this: after Yorgos’ release, she deliberately sought him out and approached him out of interest; later, however, she fell in love with him.

Book:
Petros Vouniseas, based on Renos Haralambidis’ film of the same title

Stage director, movement coach, set designer:
Konstantinos Rigos

Costume, fabric & upholstery designer:
Apostolos Mitropoulos

Lighting designer:
Perikles Mathiellis

Associate architect:
Mary Tsangari

Video designer:
Vassilis Kehagias

Music coach:
Frixos Mortzos

Musical • Commissioned by the GNO Alternative Stage

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Libretto:
Yannis Filias, Kharálampos Goyós, based on the memory of the TV series Candy Candy and the writings of Slavoj Žižek

Conductor:
Kharálampos Goyós

Stage director:
Dimitris Karantzas

Set designer:
Artemis Flessa

Costume designer:
Ioanna Tsami

Lighting designer:
Alekos Anastasiou

Opera • Commissioned by the GNO Alternative Stage

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

With Greek and English subtitles

Sergius and Paulus, two men brought up in the 80s, find themselves in a forest clearing during a foxhunt, carrying their shotguns. They have separated themselves from the main hunting party. Hunting horns can occasionally be heard in the woods, just out of reach. It is clear that the men are staking a lot on the outcome of the hunt; nevertheless, they spend most of their time in idle talk. Sergius is writing a play in which Paulus expects to play the lead; the work’s title is Anthony’s Death and it relates the tale of Anthony’s, Candy’s iconic blond boyfriend’s, fatal fall from his horse, also during a foxhunt. The two men ambitiously look forward to finding the fox (gendered as female in Greek), which takes more and more fantastical forms in their imaginations; they start referring to her as “the Red One”, and imagine plentiful rewards for catching their projected booty: fox skin boots, a trip to Ukraine^* (home to the pop star Ruslana, who won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her “Wild Dances”), membership in exclusive clubs…

^* It should be noted that the libretto was written in 2005-06 and the music was completed in 2020; therefore, long before the current Ukraine crisis.

Libretto:
Thomas Moschopoulos (in collaboration with the composer)

Transcription for chamber ensemble:
Kharálampos Goyós

Stage director:
Theo Abazis

Set & costume designer:
Kenny MacLellan

Lighting designer:
Nikos Sotiropoulos

Associate director:
Eleana Tsichli

Music theatre for young audiences

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Works by Yannis Constantinidis, Petros Giannakos, Manolis Kalomiris, Dionyssios Lavrangas, Georgios Poniridis, Maurice Ravel, Emilios Riadis, Tasos Rosopoulos, Theofrastos Sakellaridis, Philippos Tsalahouris, Timotheos Xanthopoulos, Leonidas Zoras et al.

Julia Souglakou soprano, Yannis Christopoulos tenor

Sofia Tamvakopoulou piano

Concert

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Featuring Panayotis Petrakis, Aggelos Theodorakis vocalist
Texts and narration by Margarita Theodorakis

With the participation of the ensemble The Deserters (Dimitris Andreadis piano, Dimitris Papangelidis classical guitar, Stefanos Theodorakis-Papangelidis percussion)

Concert

Mikis Theodorakis cycle

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Works by Mikis Theodorakis, Reynaldo Hahn, Kurt Weill, Edgar Varèse, Iannis Xenakis

Christophoros Stamboglis bass

Giorgos Konstantinou piano

Concert
Mikis Theodorakis cycle

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Concept, stage directors:
Xenia Aidonopoulou, Georgia Tegou

Music:
Jeph Vanger

Design consultant, costume designer:
Mayou Trikerioti

Lighting designer:
Ed Saunders

Puppet Consultant:
Alison Alexander

Creative Producer:
Lia Prentaki

Featuring: Eleftheria Agapaki, Margarita Kostoglou, Alexandra Rogovska

Dance theatre for babies and parents • Greek premiere

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

A co-production of the GNO Alternative Stage

Works by Maria Deli, Mohammed Fairouz, Juliana Hall, Gideon Klein, Dimitri Terzakis, Foteini Tryferopoulou, Viktor Ullmann, Ilse Weber

Concert

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

 Stage director, concept:
Sven Holm

Composer:
Antonis Anissegos

Musical director:
Vicente Larrañaga

Stage and costume designer:
Nina von Mechow

Lighting designer:
Alex Bloom

Dramaturg, concept:
Malte Ubenauf

 Co-director
Ella Haid-Schmallenberg

Opera • Greek premiere

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Stage director, concept:
Sven Holm

Music:
Antonis Anissegos, Michael Wertmüller, Johnny La Marama (Chris Dahlgren, Kalle Kalima, Eric Schaefer)

Conductor:
Vicente Larrañaga

Set designer:
Elisa Limberg

Costume designer:
Nina von Mechow

Video designer:
Mirko Borscht

Sound designer:
Karl Schüller

Dramaturg, concept:
Malte Ubenauf

Asssisant musical director, music coach
Jacopo Salvatori

Opera • Greek premiere

Great Lawn of Stavros Niarchos Park - SNFCC 

In collaboration with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Free admission

Starting point: Visitors Experience Center 

Starts at 20.00 |   

Arranger, conductor:
Τhanassis Papathanassiou

Tassos Apostolou (Mauthausen, The Deserters), Anna Koti (Romancero gitano) vocalists

With the participation of the Vamos ensemble

Concert
Mikis Theodorakis cycle

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Starts at 20.30  |  

Works by Euripides Bekos, Christos Dovas, Theodoros Gougousoudis, Ismini Gyftaki-Beck, Xenia Konstantinidou, Giorgos Vavoulas

Conductor, piano:
Nicolas Vassiliou

Concert featuring the prize-winning works of the operatic vocal music composition competition

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

In collaboration with the Greek Composers’ Union

Starts at 20.30 |