PANAGHIS PAGOULATOS

He studied physics at the University of Athens and continued with postgraduate studies in acoustics and epistemology in Paris, where he also studied theatre at the Sorbonne University. Since 1988 he has been working as an assistant director and director in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Israel, etc. Since 2001 he has been collaborating with the Greek National Opera, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Opera of Thessaloniki, National Theatre of Greece, Athens Chamber Opera, etc. In Greece, he has directed the productions Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), The Telephone (Menotti), Le Mariage aux lanternes (Offenbach, Greek premiere), L’Olimpiade (Paisiello, world premiere), Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Monteverdi) and Le toréador (Adam, Greek premiere). For the GNO he has directed such works as Alcina, Der Schauspieldirektor, La serva padrona, three one-act works (Experimental Stage), Tosca in collaboration with Nikos S. Petropoulos, Aida (Odeon of Herodes Atticus) and La Voix humaine (Alternative Stage). From 2011 to 2017 he worked as an artistic coordinator at the Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra of Nice in France. Since 2017 he is Director of Artistic Programming and Casting at the GNO.