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PRESENTATION

Opera

Giacomo Puccini

Tosca

Conductor: Lukas Karytinos 
Stage directions-sets-costumes: Nikos S. Petropoulos

 

PREMIERE 26 JANUARY 2018
26, 28, 31 January 2018
4, 6, 9 February 2018

 
TRIBUTE TO STEFANOS LAZARIDIS / ITALIAN OPERA CYCLE

Greek National Opera - Stavros Niarchos Hall
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Starts at 20.00

Revival director: Ion Kessoulis
Chorus master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
Childrens chorus mistress: Konstantina Pitsiakou

Floria Tosca: Cellia Costea
Mario Cavaradossi: Pavel Černoch (26, 28, 31/1 & 4/2) – Dimitris Paksoglou (6, 9/2)
Baron Scarpia: Dimitris Tiliakos
Sacristan: Vangelis Maniatis
Cesare Angelotti: Tassos Apostolou
Sciarrone: Dionysos Tsantinis
Spoletta: Christos Kechris
Gaoler: Christos Amvrazis

With the Greek National Opera Orchestra, Chorus, Children's Chorus

Ticket prices: 15, 20, 30, 40, 45, 60 
Students, reduced: 12 
Limited visibility seats: 10


 
   
The production directed by Nikos Petropoulos in 2007 following an invitation from the GNOs then artistic director, Stefanos Lazaridis, is back. 
Set in World War II Rome, the performance emphasizes violence and sadism, allowing the works extremes of emotion to be expressed with even greater intensity. In Act II, the blackmailing of Tosca by the lustful officer Scarpa and the scene in which she murders him are almost thriller-like. 
The productions black and white styling, and the impressive lighting give the show the feel of a feature film, and make particular reference to Italian neorealist works.
Commenting on the production, Stefanos Lazaridis said, “the shift in the historical context doesnt affect the operas main theme, which remains the emotions and desires of the three main characters. However, it does seek to bring to mind images very familiar to us all, from conditions which the older among us have experienced firsthand and the younger among us have read about from tales or seen in documentaries and films. Conditions right on the edge … which form the basis for the conflicts that Puccinis opera addresses”.
Nikos Petropoulos version of Tosca returns to Athens as part of a tribute to the great Greek director and set designer, Stefanos Lazaridis, whose term as the Greek National Operas artistic director was a turning point in improving the quality of the organizations operatic offerings.
Dimitris Tiliakos debuts in the role of Scarpia, while the title role with be performed by Cellia Costea.
 

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