Opening of Festival

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:30pm

Apollo Theater

Welcome by Mayor George Marangos and General Music Director Peter Tiboris

«A dramatic and robust concert opening to the Festival»

MOZART: Overture to «The Impresario,» K.486

«A Mozart masterpiece performed the world over and now in glorious Syros»

MOZART: Coronation Mass in C major, K.317

Camille Ortiz-Lafont, Soprano

Miranda Makrynioti, Mezzo-soprano

Mark Jurgenson, Tenor

Nikos Karagiaouris, Bass-baritone

Featuring a 100-voice choir from the U.S. and Greece

Sun Valley Community Church Traditional Choir, Tempe, AZ, USA (Marlynn Rey, Director)

Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA, USA (Laura Kakis Serper, Director)

Camerata Singers, Pocatello, ID, USA (Scott Eric Anderson, Director)

Proclamation Chorale, Fort Worth, TX, USA (Jonathan Peacock, Director)

The Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX, USA (Gary L. Mabry, Director)

Solartissimo Vocal Ensemble of Contemporary Conservatory of Larissa, Greece (Nikos Euthymiadis, Director)

«The most difficult, dramatic, and searing of the Tchaikovsky symphonies-rarely performed. It will leave you breathless.»

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Peter Tiboris, Conductor

20€ Stalls & Balconies - 12€ Circle A & B