Ballet
Zorba
Conductor: Elias Voudouris
Choreography - Libretto: Lorca Massine
Αrtistic supervision: Renato Zanella
PREMIERE 29 JUNE 2014
29 June 2014
Panathenaic Stadium [Kallimarmaro]
Starts at 21.00
Starts at 21.00
Sets: Sophia Pantouvaki
Costume diligence: Chryssanthi Psaropoulou
Lighting: Yannis Theodoridis
Chorus master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
Special appearance: Maria Farantouri
| Zorbas: | Stratos Papanoussis |
| John: | Danilo Zeka |
| Marina: | Maria Kousouni |
| Manolios: | Aleksandar Neskov |
| Ortance: | Stavroula Kaburakis |
With the participation of the Orchestra, the Chorus, Principal Dancers, Soloists, Coryphées and Corps de ballet of the GNO
Presale starts on Thusrday, 29 May at the Olympia Theatre Box Office (tel.: 210 3662100)
& online at www.nationalopera.gr
The Greek National Opera Ballet makes its first appearance at the Kallimarmaro Stadium, with Zorba by Mikis Theodorakis, a classical work – milestone of modern Greek culture that is renowned throughout the world. The literary hero in Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas is brought to life by the dancers of the GNO Ballet troupe at the unique Kallimarmaro Stadium through Lorca Massine’s grandiose classical choreography. This impressive spectacle is about the imperishable strength of the Greek soul, about the hero-symbol of a distinctive Greece, where the unrestrained momentum of his temperament is transformed through Mikis Theodorakis’ Dionysian music that has journeyed as a synonym of Greece to every corner of the globe. The hero that was spawned by Kazantzakis’ pen is amongst us, to once again speak to us about the power of life and to extinguish his joy and pain in dance.
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014
