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PRESENTATION

Alternative Stage
Children's performances

The emperor's nightingale

Lena Platonos
  • 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Feb 2019

Starts at
Morning performances (17 & 24/2): 11.00 |
Afternoon performances (1 & 8/12): 18.30 |
Evening performances (20, 21, 22/2): 20.30|

Featured

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!

Synopsis

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.

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

MPEROR
Nikos Kotenidis

COURTIER, DEATH
Giorgos Roupas

NIGHTINGALE
Marilena Striftompola

FISHERMAN, COURTIER, CHNICIAN,
Yannis Filias

NIGHTINGALE'S FRIEND, TECHNICIAN
Niki Chaziraki

VIOLONIST
Dimitris Nalbandis

NARRATOR
Maria Skoula

Ticket prices
Evenings & Weekends: 12€, 15€
Students: 10€

INFO
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Children under 6 years old are not allowed (4 years old for children's performances).


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