À Paris tous les deux,
by the Greek National Opera

Cine-opera

À Paris tous les deux,
by the Greek National Opera

Thursday 3 September 2026 | 21:00
"Vithleem" Cinema

A spectacle that invites us to discover the operatic soundtrack of Paris, the musical mark of a city adored by renowned composers, the city that became part of major operatic romances. A new cross-genre spectacle that creates a dialogue between opera and cinema; a hybrid work drawing inspiration from pastiche (an artistic genre that dates back to the 18th century and involves creating a new musical work composed of excerpts from various pieces by one or more composers). This modular silent film features live piano accompaniment and opera singers who perform arias and duets linked to the city of Paris. This cine-opera pastiche aims to ignite the audience's imagination and convey the magnificence of opera by presenting moving operatic stories on the big screen with cinematic narratives, coherent storytelling, and Greek subtitles. Five stories about love and death from La traviata, La boheme, Manon, Louise, and Il tabarro form a modular silent film intended to always be presented with live musical accompaniment. Excerpts from these operas by Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Charpentier as well as by Offenbach will be performed by sopranos Chrissa Maliamani and Anna Stylianaki, and tenor Manos Kokkonis. Accompanying them on the piano will be Marilena Souri and Christos Sakellaridis.
A coproduction of the Greek National Opera with the Theatre du Chatelet (Paris)

Vasilis Louras: Idea, script, artistic direction
Michalis Asthenidis, Vasilis Louras: Film direction
Stella Angeletou: Producer
Yiorgos Matskaris: choreography, kinesiology

Silent film cast:
Mimì: Konstantina Messini · Rodolfo: Louis Raymundie · Manon: Lio Long · Des Grieux: Luca Manin · Louise: Patra Christodoulou · Julien: George Dereskos · Violetta: Catalina Puebla Coenen · Alfredo: Gaudéric Maléjac · Musetta: Léna Allibert-My ·Giorgetta: Séléna Bijlenga-Kelmachter · Luigi: Julien Spitéri
Special guest: Fanny Ardant (cameo appearance)