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 Yannakopoulou. 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.

GNO Children's Chorus - Active Members 2025-2026
Marianna Adelfoulakou
Nikolas Akritidis
Melina Asteriadi
Zoe Balioukou
Evaggelos Bartsokas
Angelos Batagiannis
Dimitra Bereti
Stathis-Maximos Bikoulis
Vasileios Boutas
Vasiliki Chadio
Alkinoos Chnarakis
Margarita Dokouzi
Rafaela Dokouzi
Evangelos Drampalis
Ariadne Emirza
Iason Fragkopoulos
Polytimi Fylaktidi
Melina Georganta
Eleni Georgiadou
Marietta Gerakari
Helen Giannakopoulou
Faidra-Yvonni Giannopoulou
Freideriki-Nantin Giannopoulou
Maro Giouspasoglou-Stavropoulou
Aggelina Istaurioglou
Daphne Kampoukou
Amalia Karagkiozova
Christina Karantakou
Matina Karayiannopoulou
Nicole Karlovych
Anna Kataga
Athina Katsari
Antonia Katsiki
Myrto Kokoromyti
Ira-Georgia Konsta
Εrina Konstantopoulou
Konstantina Korompili
Xenia Kostopoulou
Maria-Eleni Koulocheri
Marianna Koursoumi
Christina Kovaiou
Ioanna-Maria Kyriaki-Bitzarou
Dafni Kyrimi
Alkinoos Kypriotis
Filippos Labrinos
Pari Ladakakou
Magdalini Lamprou
Marios Mataragkas
Ilia-Zoi Mavrokefalou
Iakovos Meletios
Petros Mililis
Ioanna-Maria Mouka
Myrsini Nasiakou
Eleni-Eirini Nasiopoulou
Sofia Natsiou
Olia Orfanioti
Sotiria Palla
Sofia Panou
Aegle Papadiamandi
Ioanna Papalexi
Elisavet Papamarkou
Eleni Papanikolaou
Anna Parthenidi
Efraimia Patsou
Panagiotis Perdikis
Lyda Perraki
Eirini Petrokokkinou
Tommaso-Filippos Plevrakis
Katerina Prigkopoulou
Theodora Rackham
Theodoros Rackham
Sofia Rantavella
Ariana Rementza
Panagiota Samiou
Eirini Samouchou
Dimitra Schiza
Vasiliki Sinanoglou
Eudokia Sklaveniti
Yvonni Sofaki
Olga Sofogianni
Artemis Sopilis-Köksal
Eirini Spinou
Pelenope Stergianou
Filothei Terzi
Amalia Tsaknia
Angelos Tsalikis
Aimilia Tsiledaki-Gkoutromichou
Lydia Tsoumou