The Axion Esti
by Odysseas Elytis, Mikis Theodorakis

The Axion Esti
by Odysseas Elytis, Mikis Theodorakis

"Nikos Kazantzakis" Open-air Theatre

Saturday 30 August 21:00
Starts at 21:00 - Admission at 20:30

Entrance with free admission cards
Booking starts on Thuersday 28 August at 12:00

* Each user/spectator may book up to two (2) tickets.
* A limited number of free admission tickets will be available at the box office of the "Nikos Kazantzakis" Open-air Theatre, for residents who do not have the possibility of issuing them online.
* The distribution of free admission tickets at the Theater box office will begin on Thursday, 28/8/2025 at 12:00.

Tickets Reservation and Purchase terms and conditions

The Axion Esti is a magnificent poetic work by Odysseas Elytis, set to music by Mikis Theodorakis. Almost six decades after its first public performance (October 19, 1964 at Rex Theatre - Marika Kotopouli Stage), the Hellenic National Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) Contemporary Music Orchestra will celebrate this anniversary with a historical live event. The Axion Esti is a landmark work of contemporary Greek culture, written as an "oratorio populaire" for a folk singer, cantor, narrator, mixed choir, popular orchestra, and symphonic orchestra.

Giorgos Aravidis | conductor of the Hellenic National Broadcasting
Corporation (ERT) Contemporary Music Orchestra
Kostas Makedonas | singer
Dionysis Sourbis | cantor
Leonidas Kakouris | narrator

Choirs of the Heraklion Municipality under the baton of Giannis Kiagiadakis & Mixed Choir of the Regional Unity of Heraklion under the baton of Lena Hadjigeorgiou

Duration: 75'
Organised by: Municipality of Heraklion - Region of Crete

Information for all events of the Candia Walls Festival here