Opera Interactively Into Schools

Educational programme for Secondary Education schools

Opera Interactively Into Schools, the exceptionally successful programme for Secondary Education schools, returns renewed for a second year, aspiring to take even more teenagers on an original tour across the enchanting world of opera. The programme’s tour to Junior High Schools all over Greece will be completed in November 2023, counting 85 schools in total, yet the singular experience it offers doesn’t end here. During the 2023/24 school year, the programme will launch the fascinating digital platform Opera Box for those students and educators who wish to be initiated into opera’s irresistibly captivating universe, in an unexpected way. The programme is co-funded by the European Union – European Social Fund (ESF) and National Resources (NSRF 2014-2020) through the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning”.  

This year, Opera Interactively Into Schools introduces Opera Box to school classrooms and takes the acquaintance and interaction of teenagers with the lyric art to new heights. Opera Box is a groundbreaking digital platform that will give users the chance for remote participation in the educational programme, along with a delightful experiential tour across the art of opera through an educational and at once entertaining setting. There, they will be able to discover for free the film version of the hilarious opera performance that was created to meet the programme’s educational goals, Kornilios Selamsis’ Offenbach’s La belle Hélène, produced by Foss Productions and directed by Kostis Theodosopoulos, as well as a series of original multimedia and interactive tools that will make the acquaintance of students and educators with opera more fun, while also enriching music teaching: innovative musicological texts on opera, experiential activities, an exciting musical video game, quizzes, video animations, and much more. Moreover, educators who will apply for the programme will have the chance, if they wish so, to attend a 90-minute educational webinar that will help them use Opera Box more easily and guide them on how to make the best use of the rich educational material contained therein, through ideas, proposals and good practices.  

Applications can be submitted exclusively via the form you will find here  

Creative Team

Planning/Implementation: GNO Learning & Participaton

Co-ordination manager: Panina Karydi

Tour manager: Konstantina Christou

Educational planning managers: Kiki Kerzeli, Michalis Moschoutis, Kallirroi Papdopoulou, Ann-Kristin Sofroniou

Educational workshop leaders: Giorgos Andriotis (music), Kalliopi Papadimopoulou (music), Zoi Arvaniti (visual arts), Isidora Papadouli (visual arts), Sissy Ignatidou (acting), Evangelos Kosmidis (acting)

Music historian: Artemis Ignatidou

Communication manager: Myrsini Vasilopoulou

Visual identity: Bend

Opera Box design and development: Tool

Video animation, video game design: Odd Bleat

Video game development: eNVy softworks

Fim production: Foss Productions

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène

Youth opera

Music score: Kornilios Selamsi

Libretto: Alexandra Κ*

Conductor: Kornilios Selamsis/Stathis Soulis/Kyriaki Kountouri

Direction: Yannis Kalavrianos

Sets, costumes, video animation: Petros Touloudis

Choreography, movement: Marianna Kavallieratou

Lighting: Nikos Vlasopoulos

Assistant to the director: Giorgos Papadakis

Assistant to the set and costume designer: Giouli Stylianidou

Soloist music training: Christos Sakellaridis, Spyros Souladakis

Musical material supervision: Andreas Valachis

Cast

Hélène Maria Tsironi / Smaragda Vangeli

Bacchis Marialena Politi /Marietta Sarri

Pâris Katerina Alexiou / Katerina Fountoukidou

Achille Katerina Botoni / Angelos Kidoniefs

Ajax Antonis Antoniadis / Antonis Kordopatis

Ménélas Nikos Ziaziaris / Dimosthenis Vlachos

Agamemnon Christos Rammopoulos / Zannis Kanterakis

Calchas Nikolas Karagiaouris / Nikos Masourakis

Instrumental ensemble

Flute Konstantinos Margaris /Vasilina Yfanti / Tonia Tombrou

Clarinet Ilias Skordilis / Odysseas Siozopoulos

Saxophone Guido de Flaviis / Thanos Tsakiltzidis

Trombone Ioannis Kokkoris /Neoklis Aravantinos

Percussion Panagiotis Koliavasilis / Artemis Ntaliape

Keyboard Tzeni Soulkouki /Eva Tsagkla-Manolaraki

Violin Zisimos Soulkoukis / Kleodoros Agoras

Viola Eleni Fourlanou / Vasilis Papapanagiotou

Violoncello Maria Skandali / Elli Ketetzian

Contrabass Konstantinos Sifakis / Alexandros Kokkinopoulos/ Ilya Algaer

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène – THE MOVIE

Music Kornilios Selamsis

Libretto Alexandra K*

Conductor Stathis Soulis

Director Yannis Kalavrianos

Sets, costumes, video animation Petros Touloudis

Choreography, movement training Marianna Kavallieratou

Lighting designer Nikos Vlasopoulos

Assistant to the director Giorgos Papadakis

Assistant to the set and costume designer Giouli Stylianidou

Chorister musical training Christos Sakellaridis, Spyros Souladakis

Cast

Hélène Maria Tsironi

Bacchis Marialena Politi

Pâris Katerina Alexiou

Achille Katerina Botoni

Ajax Antonis Antoniadis

Ménélas Nikos Ziaziaris

Agamemnon Christos Rammopoulos

Calchas Nikolas Karagiaouris

Instrumental ensemble

Flute Konstantinos Margaris

Clarinet Ilias Skordilis

Saxophone Guido de Flaviis

Trombone Ioannis Kokkoris

Percussion Panagiotis Koliavasilis

Piano Tzeni Soulkouki

Violin Zisimos Soulkoukis

Viola Eleni Fourlanou

Violoncello Maria Skandali

Contrabass Konstantinos Sifakis

Producers: Phaedra Vokali / Thodoris Markou / Orestis Plakias

Executive Producer: Stelios Kotionis

Director: Kostis Theodosopoulos

Director of Photography: Thodoris Markou

Artistic Director: Petros Touloudis

Edit: Gevi Dimitrakopoulou

Production Manager: George Zervas

Make up artists: Angelica Mouschiadou, Nikoleta Lymperopoulou

Sound engineer: Aris Pavlidis

Image Post-Production: Thodoris Markou & Foss Productions

Audio Post-Production: Foss Productions

Assistant Director: Evdokia Kalamitsi

First Cameraman: Konstantinos Kalavrezos

Second Cameraman: Alexandros Masmanidis

Cameraman: Yiannis Papanastassopoulos

Making of: Amalia Kovaiou

Gaffer VangelisKontodimos

Electrician- Plateau Theodosios Kostis

Assistant sound engineer Dimitra Xeroutsikou

Assistant Production Manager: Savvas Katirtzidis

Production Assistant: Andreas Leftheriotis

Production Secretary: Anna Loudarou

Studio: BSK Deck

Film Equipment Rental: DK

Sound Equipment Rental: Hi Fi Power Ltd

Equipment Rental Video Projections: Art of Sound

Video Projections: Thodoris Vasilopoulos

Video Projections Assistant: George Vasilopoulos

Video Projections Assistant: Chrysothemis Loukatou

Catering: A. Tsichlias & Co.

Insurance: Central Keystone, Aristomenis Tsioupelis

Legal Advisor: Sofia Tepelou

Production Accounting Department: Jenny Eforakopoulou

Payroll Manager Despina Sousamoglou

Payroll Assistant: Eleni Outsiankousi

Filming took place at Studio BSK on January 27, 28 & 29, 2023

Recording took place at Antart Studios on 12, 13 & 14 January 2023

Sound engineering and sound mixing: Nikos Kollias

Editing: Sotiris Ziliaskopoulos

OPERA BOX

Motion picture production: Foss Productions

Project development and management Tool EPE: Kostas Karachalios (Project Management), Anna Kotzambassi (Project Management)

Website development Tool EPE: Theodosia Theoharidou (Developer), Yiannis Argyriou (Front end developer), Alkis Vourekas(Content editor, Testing)

Art direction BEND IKE: Odysseas Tsolkas, Giorgos Axiotis, Victor Gogas, Marilia Kapetanaki, Marikaiti Nikolakaki

Animation studio ODD BLEAT IKE: Giannis Zoumakis (Creative Direction, Art Direction, Illustrations), Manos Gerogiannis (Creative Direction, Art Direction / Animation), Spyros Laurent (Illustration, Animation), Marianna Papachristodoulou (specifications), MD Recording Studi (Nikos Michalodimitrakis) (Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering)

Game development eNVy softworks IKE: Panagiotis Sakaridis (Programming), Konstantinos Mourelas (Technical Art, Level Design),  Vassilios Karavasilis  (Game Design, Writing)

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