Children's Chorus

The Children’s Chorus of the Greek National Opera was founded in September 2012. It has an exclusively educational character and its goals, among others, are the study of choral singing, the cultivation of the wider musical education of its members and the development of the feeling of partnership and cooperation. Its priority is also the experiential music education, which is achieved through the participation of the children in performances, concerts and various artistic activities of the organisation.

Till today, the GNO Children’s Chorus has participated to great acclaim in such productions of the Greek National Opera as La bohème, Tosca, Werther, Otello, Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, Wozzeck, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Nutcracker, Suor Angelica, Carmencitas, The Murderess, Halima, Leporella, The Magic Pillows, Falstaff, Juditha triumphans, Gianni Schicchi, Le Voyage dans la Lune, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, as well as in the works The Era of Melissanthi, Magnus Eroticus and Sweet Movie by Manos Hadjidakis and 2nd Symphony by Mikis Theodorakis, in such venues as Olympia Theatre, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Alexandra Trianti Hall (Athens Concert Hall), Stavros Niarchos Hall and Alternative Hall of the GNO (SNFCC), etc. In addition, the Chorus has participated in productions that were presented online such as When Will, When Will Summer Come, No! You Won't Get Up Our Noses!, A Shepherdess I Loved... and has given numerous concerts, performing a very extensive repertoire, at the Presidential Mansion, the Acropolis Museum, the Pnyx, the Archaeological site of Brauron (Vravrona), the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, etc.

The Children’s Chorus’ first mistress was soprano Mata Katsouli. Since autumn 2017, the ensemble has been directed by Konstantina Pitsiakou. The Chorus comprises about one hundred children aged 6 to 15 years old from all Attica. The participation is free of admission, while the members are selected through an audition, which takes place after a relevant announcement by the Greek National Opera.

Konstantina Pitsiakou - Chorus Mistress

A graduate of the Music Department of the University of Cardiff (Wales), she studied with a scholarship methodology of teaching, chorus conducting, classical singing and piano at the International Pedagogical Institute Zoltán Kodály (Franz Liszt Academy, Kecskemét, Hungary). Moreover, in Athens she studied singing (diploma) with Christina Giannakopoulou. She has sung with the Patras Contemporary Music Ensemble and the String Quartet of the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, while she has given concerts of Early music with the ensembles Ex Silentio and Os Orphicum. She has collaborated with the Choruses of the GNO and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, as well as with the Patras Municipal Conservatory Chamber Chorus. She is a member of the Equábili vocal ensemble. She has taught at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, as well as at the Drama Schools of the National Theatre of Greece and the Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre. Since September 2017 she is the mistress of the GNO Children’s Chorus with numerous productions at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens Concert Hall.

Members 2023-2024

Panayota Agrafioti
Nikolaos Akritidis
Anmar-Casim-Ibrahim-Mohamed Al Ganimi
Antigoni Apostolopoulou
Irini Argyri
Maria Armata-Tomara
Vassiliki Archodaki
Ioli-Paraskevi Vavva
Dimitra Vassilakopoulou
Francesca Vassilopoulou
Natalia-Chryssoula Vassou
Melina Georganta
Eleni-Evaggelia Georgiadou
Phaedra-Yvonni Yannopoulou
Frederiki-Nandin Yannopoulou
Maro Giouspasoglou-Stavropoulou
Argyri-Eleni-Zeaki Glynia
Ioanna-Varvara-Seleni Glynia
Maria-Irini Damati
Evita Dimopoulou
Andrianos Emmanouilidis
Zoe-Georgia Moraitou-Emmanouil
Dimitra Zabakola
Niovi Zizi
Isavella Zioura
Stavroula Zioura
Nikolaos Zografinakis
Isidora Theodorou
Dafni Theoloyidou
Angeliki-Maria Istavrioglou
Stamatina Karayannopoulou
Christina Karadakou
Ioulietta-Victoria Karapiperidi
Aleksandros Kassis
Athina Katsari
Antonia Katsiki
Katerina Katsiki
Myrto Kokoromiti
Sotirios Kosmas
Maria-Anna Koursoumi
Alkinoos Kypriotis
Christina Kyriaki
Daphne Kyrimi
Christina Koveou
Maria-Phaedra Konstantatou
Ekaterini Konstantopoulou
Irini Konstantopoulou
Charalambos Kostopoulos
Evdoxia-Angelliki Kostopoulou
Maria Kostopoulou
Danae Kostourou-Chryssocheraki
Lydia Kostourou-Chryssocheraki
Elli-Maria Lambeti
Katerina Lambraki
Magdalini Lambrou
Sophia Lachana
Markos Levoyannis
Panayotis Liberis
Venetia Malachia-Theodoropoulou
Antonia-Iliana Mastronikola
Marios Mataragas
Ilia-Zoe Mavrokefalou
Petros Mililis
Konstantinos Moskof
Maria Moulakaki
Angelos Batayiannis
Dimitra Beretti
Efrosini Blatsioti
Tsekoura Myrtia
Myrsini Nasiakou
Sophia Natsiou
Meliti Ntavanellou
Olga Orfanioti
Sotiria Palla
Zoe Panagiotopoulou
Sophia Panou
Danae Papadaki
Egli-Alexandra Papadiamanti
Ioanna Papalexi
Elissavet Papamarkou
Despina Papastamou
Maria Paraschou
Anna Parthenidi
Marios-Grigoris Paschalis
Panayotis Perdikis
Lida Perraki
Theofanis Pieridis
Tommaso-Filippos Plevrakis
Panayota-Sotiria Pournara
Ekaterini Prigkopoulou
Theodora Rackham
Sophia Randavella
Gloria Renzi
Panayota Samiou
Irini Samouchou
Perseas Shariat-Panachi
Evaggelia Siarava
Antonis Sinanoglou
Vassiliki Sinanoglou
Marios-Theodoros Skondras
Yvonni Sophaki
Sophia Livanou
Olga Sofoyanni
Simoni-Athanassia Sofou
Artemis Sopili-Koksal
Angeliki Tamvakopoulou
Filothei Terzi
Matilda Terzopoulou
Kalliopi Tzanidaki
Yasemi Tzemopoulou
Stavros-Taksiarchis Tzempelikos-Volonakis
Nikiforos Tzovanakis
Ioulia Triantafyllopoulou
Konstantina Tsagouri
Angelos Tsalikis
Emilia Tsiledaki-Gkoutromichou
Odysseas Tsiounis
Fotini-Argyro Tsioufi
Maria Tsoukala
Ekaterini Tsourakaki
Emilia Farougia
Iasonas Fragopoulos
Emmelia Frangou
Polytimi Fylaktidi
Angelina Chanioti
Dimitra-Theodora Chatzopoulou
Nikolaos Chryssikopoulos