Athens Festival 2006
Herodes Atticus Odeon
The ancient Roman theatre at the foot of the Acropolis that has hosted the Athens Festival for fifty one years.
June
THURSDAY 1
FRIDAY 2
MANOS HADJIDAKIS
MUSIC AND SONGS FROM THE CINEMA
Concert of music and songs Manos Hatzidakis wrote for the cinema.
Orchestration: Nikos Kypourgos
Conductor: Loukas Karytinos.
Sung by Eleftheria Arvanitakis and Vasilikos.
SATURDAY 3
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Featuring the Wiener Singverein choir
Soloists: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Katharine Goeldner (mezzo-soprano)
Kim Begley (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Conductor: George Prêtre
TUESDAY 6
EPOCHE THEATRE 20.06
Iphigenia in Tauris, Goethe
Directed by: Vassilis Papavassiliou
WEDNESDAY 7
ORCHESTRA OF COLOURS
J.S. Bach Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in C minor
Francis Poulenc Concerto for two pianos and orchestra
Soloists: Giorgos–Emmanouil Lazaridis, Huseyin Sermet
Giorgos Sisilianos Mellichomeidi, poems by Sappho for soprano and instrumental ensemble
George Kouroupos The Little Sailor (a poem by Odysseus Elytis) scored for soprano, baritone and orchestra
Conductor: Miltos Logiadis
The Athens Festival is staging this concert to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Odysseus Elytis, the Nobel prize-winning poet.
FRIDAY 9
SATURDAY 10
PEKING OPERA SCHOOL
Director: Μadame Sun Yumin
Two unique performances in which the students and teachers of the Peking Opera display every aspect of their singular art, from classical interpretations with costumes and masks to acrobatics, gymnastics and martial arts. Audiences will have the opportunity to see the master teaching pupils on stage as though they were alone and unobserved.
TUESDAY 13
WEDNESDAY 14
THURSDAY 15
GREEK NATIONAL OPERA
Otello, Giuseppe Verdi
Directed by: Spyros Evangelatos
Set design: Giorgos Patsas
Conductor: Loukas Karytinos
Desdemona: Dimitra Theodosiou
Othello: Vaggelis Chatzisimos
SATURDAY 17
SOUTH-WEST GERMAN PHILHARMONΙC ORCHESTRA
Carl Maria von Weber “Sharpshooter”, overture
Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61
Soloist: Viktoria Mullova
Robert Schumann Symphony no. 1 in B flat major, op. 38
Conductor: Vasilis Christopoulos
TUESDAY 20
WEDNESDAY 21
SYLVIE GUILLEM - RUSSELL MALIPHANT Push (2005)
Solo/Shift/Two/Push
Choreography: Russell Maliphant
Performed by: Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant
Lighting: Michael Hulls
Music: Andy Cowton
Costumes: Sasha Kier
The superstar of the classical ballet meets the important English choreographer, Russell Maliphant, on stage.
SATURDAY 24
SUNDAY 25
A DEDICATION TO SOPHIA VEMBO
Material selected by Lina Nikolakopoulou
With the participation of the Orchestra of Colours
Conductor: Miltos Logiadis
MONDAY 26
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Bedřich Smetana “The Bartered Bride ”, overture
Sergey Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf ” op. 67
Narrator: Lakis Lazopoulos
Hector Berlioz “Harold in Italy” op. 16
Soloist: Christian Frohn, viola
Conductor: Daniel Harding
THURSDAY 29
FRIDAY 30
Coriolanus, William Shakespeare
Translated & directed by: Michael Cacoyannis
Set design: Apostolos Vepas
Costumes: Giannis Metzikof
Music: Costas Cacoyannis
July
MONDAY 3
TUESDAY 4
PHILIP GLASS
La belle et la bête [Beauty and the Beast]
Opera for musical ensemble and film,
accompanied by a screening of Jean Cocteau’s film by the same name
Music & libretto: Philip Glass
An exceptionally interesting work by Philip Glass in a performance which combines his music with a screening of Cocteau’s classic La belle et la bête (1946).
SUNDAY 9
MONDAY 10
CENTRE DRAMATIQUE NATIONAL DE NORMANDIE / COMEDIE DE CAEN
Barbarians, Maxim Gorky
Adaptation & direction: Εric Lacascade
World premier
A Centre Dramatique National de Normandie - Comédie de Caen, Festival d’ Avignon, Théâtre National de la Colline co-production.
Dramaturgy: Vladimir Petkov
Set design: Philippe Marioge
Lighting: Philippe Berthomé
Set construction: Centre Dramatique National de Normadie studio
After four Chechov productions, Eric Lacascade, artistic director since 1997 of the Centre Dramatique National de Normandie, a theatre that has linked its name with theatrical research, turns his attentions to Gorky.
TUESDAY 11
WEDNESDAY 12
BLUES BROTHERS & SOLOMON BURKE
The king of soul performing with the Blues Brothers, the newly-reunited group that sent the blues skyrocketing during the Eighties.
THURSDAY 13
DIANA KRALL
The famous Canadian jazz singer appearing in Greece for the first time.
SUNDAY 16
SPYROS A. EVANGELATOS AMPHITHEATRE
The Wasps, Aristophanes
Directed by: Spyros Α. Evangelatos
WEDNESDAY 19
CYPRUS THEATRE ORGANIZATION
Ecclesiasousae, Aristophanes
Directed by: Giorgos Mouaimis
FRIDAY 21
ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA
The Athens Festival and the Athens State Orchestra take part in the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Schumann with a performance of the oratorio:
“Paradise and the Peri” op. 50, conducted by Byron Fidetzis.
SATURDAY 22
Β. Β. ΚΙΝG
The living legend of the blues in Greece for a one-off concert.
MONDAY 24
BERLIN COMIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Sergey Rachmaninov Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Soloist: Maria Zisi
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54
Conductor: Konstantinos Karydis
WEDNESDAY 26
THURSDAY 27
LIZA MΙNNELLI
Two unique evenings in the company of one of America’s brightest stars.
In collaboration with the Halandri American-Greek Arts Center and ACS Athens.
MONDAY 31
NEOS KOSMOS THEATRE
Othello, William Shakespeare
Directed by: Vaggelis Theodoropoulos
Set design – Costumes: Aggelos Mentis
Choreography: Aggeliki Stelatou
Lighting design: Sakis Birbilis
Music: Thodoris Abazis, Stavros Gasparatos |
