STAVROS NIARCHOS HALL - Greek National Opera

Thursday, 30 July 2026 13:59

Booking for the GNO Alternative Stage productions from October to December 2026 opens on 31 July 2026

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Two new international albums from Giorgos Koumendakis

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Thursday, 16 July 2026 15:59

One additional performance of La traviata on 31/7 due to a complete ticket sellout

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DIMITRA KOTIDOU

Greek soprano, she was born in Athens. She studied singing at the Kodály Conservatory under Christina Yannakopoulou (diploma with honours and first prize). She holds diplomas in harmony, counterpoint, fugue and piano, and has studied at the University of Piraeus and at Harvard University. She has appeared in the most prestigious opera houses and festivals internationally, such as the Greek National Opera, Hanover State Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Bern Theatre, Komische Oper Berlin, Aalto Theatre (Essen), Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Eutin Festival and Athens Epidaurus Festival. She has performed leading roles, including Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Gilda (Rigoletto), Norina (Don Pasquale) and Queen of Shemakha (The Golden Cockerel). She has collaborated with distinguished conductors and stage directors, such as Antonino Fogliani, Lukas Karytinos, Marc Piollet, Christopher Moulds, Franco Zeffirelli, Renata Scotto, Graham Vick, Barrie Kosky and has studied with Montserrat Caballé. Last September, she performed to great acclaim the role of Violetta with the GNO in China.

DIMITRA SVIGKOU

Greek choreographer, she is a graduate of the Music High School of Pallini. She studied dance at Niki Kontaxaki – Nikoletta Bakali Higher Professional Dance School as well as flamenco in Madrid and Andalusia under Cristóbal Reyes, Alfonso Losa, Juana Amaya, Joaquín Grilo, among others. Since 2006 she has run her own state-recognised dance school, Artistico, in Porto Rafti, and since 2011 she has been teaching flamenco at the Professional Dance School of the Greek National Opera. As a dancer she has performed in productions of the Greek National Opera, including the operas Carmen and Il trovatore. She also took part in the underwater dance performance Drops of Breath, where she first encountered the concept of inclusion in dance. Since then, she has collaborated with numerous institutions across Europe, teaching and choreographing inclusive performances, seminars and educational programmes for people with and without disabilities as well as in Erasmus+ programmes.

Metamorphosis | Kalamata

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Χώρος Παράστασης Περιοδεία
Event Place (ΕΝ) Tour
Δημιουργός A performance by the GNO Professional Dance School
Ημερομηνία Παράστασης [κείμενο] July 2026
Δημιουργική Ομάδα
Metamorphosis
A performance by the GNO Professional Dance School

Artistic curator: Yorghos Matskaris
Head of Studies at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School
Rehearsal coordinators: Alkistis Lala, Zeta Theodorelou
Lighting design & supervision: Dimitris Koutas
Technical supervision: Sofia Theodoraki
Costume coordination (costumes from the GNO costume department): Sofia Patsinakidou
Sound manager: Giorgos Rekoutis

WITH LOVE AND ALL THAT – ACT II
Choreography: Cyril Baldy
Musical composition ‘Gleiter’: Matthias Muche
Costume & lighting designer: Cyril Baldy
Assistants to the choreographer: Anne Jung, Eleni Kladou, Olia Tornaritou

Performers: Alexandros-Anastasios Karalis, Anastasios Kilibas, Nikoleta Kloni, Konstantinos Kreouzis, Areti-Maria Kostoglou, Isidora Lantzi, Alexandra-Evangelia Manteli, Loukia Miliaki, Georgia-Spyridoula Beligianni, Stefanos-Efthymios Botsas, Klio Skiada, Aggelos Tsani, Nicolas Harca, Maria-Elpida Vasilopoulou, Michaila Karataraki, Maria Konstantellou, Paraskevi-Maria Mavriki, Lambros Bidakos, Chrystallena Panagiotou, Argyro Solomonidi, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Georgia Strati, Maria Giannouli, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Maria Lambrinou, Sofia Nikolaou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Alexandra Spanou, Georgios Tsiggos, Patra Christodoulou

GRAN BOLERO (excerpt)
Concept, choreography: Jesús Rubio Gamo
Music: José Pablo Polo, after Maurice Ravel
Costume designer: Sofia Patsinakidou
Lighting designer: David Picazo
Assistants to the choreographer: Alberto Alonso, Clara Pampyn

Performers: Konstantinos Kreouzis, Isidora Lantzi, Klio Skiada, Aggelos Tsani, Nicolas Harca, Lambros Bidakos, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Alexandra Spanou, Georgios Tsiggos, Patra Christodoulou, Orest Godouni

Covers: Stefanos-Efthymios Botsas, Maria Giannouli

For more information, please visit: www.kalamatadancefestival.gr
ΤΙμές - Ημε Παράστασης
Kalamata Central Square - Admission free

Starts at: 21.00
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Είδος Παράστασης (Μόνο για παλαιές παραστάσεις) Όπερα
Event Type (Only for archive EN) Opera

Published in ΤΗΕ GREEK NATIONAL OPERA TOURS GREECE

To Have Been So Close So Many Times | Kalamata

Additional Info

Χώρος Παράστασης Περιοδεία
Event Place (ΕΝ) Tour
Δημιουργός Giorgos Koumendakis
Ημερομηνία Παράστασης [κείμενο] July 2026
Δημιουργική Ομάδα
Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
Poetry: Constantine P. Cavafys
Singer: Zaharias Karounis
Choreography: Patricia Apergi, Ilias Hatzigeorgiou, Eva Georgitsopoulou
Audiovisual installation: Petros Touloudis
Costumes: Daglara
Lighting design: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Percussion coach: John Papatzanis
Santoor: Angelina Tkatcheva

Oros Ensemble: Konstantinos Zigeridis (accordion), Eirini Krikoni (violin), Apostolis Koutsogiannis (recorder), Antonis Fotiadis (alto saxophone)

Osmosis Saxophone Quartet: Pantelis Lykoudis (soprano saxophone), Antonis Fotiadis (alto saxophone), Theofilos Sotiriadis (tenor saxophone), Yannis Myralis (baritone saxophone)

Featuring dancers from the GNO Ballet: Angelos Antoniou, Yannis Gantsios, Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Stefano Pietragalla, Daniele Pecorari, Yorgos Hatzopoulos, Cecilia Hatziemmanouil-Magiorkinou, Despina Chrysostomou

Admission Free
ΤΙμές - Ημε Παράστασης
Kalamata Dance Megaron – Main Hall

Starts at: 22.00
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