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MUSIC
Lena Platonos
ORCHESTRATION
Lena Platonos - Stergios Tsirliagos
LIBRETTO
Giorgos Voloudakis
DIRECTOR
Katerina Petsatodi
ANIMATION
Eirini Vianelli
SET DESIGNER
Evangelia Therianou
COSTUMES
Alexia Theodoraki
SOUND DESIGN - PROGRAMMING - MIX
Stergios Tsirliagos
VIDEO MAPPING
Michalis Kloukinas
ΕMPEROR
Nikos Kotenidis
COURTIER, DEATH
Giorgos Roupas
NIGHTINGALE
Marilena Striftompola
FISHERMAN, COURTIER, ΤΕCHNICIAN,
Yannis Filias
NIGHTINGALE'S FRIEND, TECHNICIAN
Niki Chaziraki
VIOLONIST
Dimitris Nalbandis
NARRATOR
Maria Skoula
Ticket prices
Evenings & Weekends: 12€, 15€
Students: 10€
Starts at
Morning performances (17 & 24/2): 11.00 |
Afternoon performances (1 & 8/12): 18.30 |
Evening performances (20, 21, 22/2): 20.30 |
The musical fairy tale of the great Lena Platonos The emperor’s nightingale, a work that “has never been presented live, due to its technical difficulties and operatic structure”, as she herself has mentioned, will be presented by the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera as its main opera production for children and youth, for 30 performances. It is an impressive production combining opera with animation. A collaboration with the Animasyros festival!
Following the great success of Thodoris Ampazis’ opera Prince Ivan and the Firebird, the children’s opera of Lena Platonos, whose songs of Lilipoupoli have raised generations of children, sets the bar of expectations even higher.
Lena Platonos wrote The emperor’s nightingale, a “musical fairy tale with operatic elements”, as she has described it, in 1989, based on Hans Kristian Andersen’s fairy tale of the same name, to respond to the wish of counter-tenor Aris Christofellis. The libretto was written by the poet-biologist Giorgos Voloudakis. The work’s recording featured top performers, such as Aris Christofellis, Savina Yannatou, Spyros Sakkas, Fragiskos Voutsinas etc. Platonos characterized the work’s music as neo-impressionistic.
Andersen’s fairy tale morphs into a parable about the relationship between art and technology, which nowadays is more topical than ever. The work’s modern-day message, the co-existence of analog and electronic music, the irresistible melodic lines of Platonos and the skilled vocal writing make The emperor’s nightingale an ideal opportunity to acquaint children with the magical world of the lyric art.
STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION
CULTURAL CENTER
364 Syggrou Avenue, Kallithea
Box Office:
+30 213 0885700
Box Office email:
boxoffice@nationalopera.gr
Daily 09.00-21.00
info@nationalopera.gr