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MEDEA by Nikos Kypourgos Operetta

THURSDAY 27 & FRIDAY 28 JUNE 20.00, SNH

Satirical cartoonist Bost's Medea, written in verse and based on Euripides' play, has been revived in the form of an operetta by composer Nikos Kypourgos, following a commission by the Greek National Opera for its Operetta Restart cycle. Director Yannis Skourletis (bijoux de kant) describes the show as «one big laugh that will envelop us all.» Bost was able to create a completely personal and distinctive satirical style as a cartoonist, a writer, a playwright, and a painter. His unorthodox use of the Greek language and his deliberately misspelled texts aimed to deconstruct the formal katharevousa and to establish the vernacular demotic. Bost's Medea is a parody of the classical tragedy of Euripides, in which Medea wants to kill her children, not to take revenge on Jason who is unfaithful to her, but because the children are lazy, dissolute, and thickheaded.

Featuring:

Text: Nikos Kypourgos - Lena Kitsopoulou, Musical Direction: Ilias Voudouris, Direction: Yannis Skourletis / bijoux de kant, Set Design - Costumes: Konstantinos Skourletis / bijoux de kant, GNO Chorus Master: Agathangelos Georgakatos, GNO Children's Chorus Mistress: Konstantina Pitsiakou, Medea: Julia Souglakou Jason: Haris Adrianos, Monk: Dimitris Paksoglou, Nun: Marissia Papalexiou

With the Orchestra, Chorus, Children's Chorus and soloists of the Greek National Opera

• Suitable for audiences aged 16+.
• Online preregistrations will open for the public on Thursday 20/06 at 12.00.
• The check-in process and waiting list open 1 hour and 45 minutes before the start of the event (18.15).
• Your booking is valid provided you check in at least 45 minutes (19.15) before the event starts. Please make sure that you arrive on time, otherwise your seats will be allocated to other visitors.
• Free entrance