The most popular French opera of all time, a symbol of love and freedom, is back at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in a Greek National Opera production, directed by the distinguished artistic director of the Göteborg Opera Stephen Langridge. Langridge’s Carmen, first presented at the Odeon in 2016, is a modern, sharp, take on the opera, relevant to our times, set in contemporary Europe, a continent of closed borders and poverty. Aided by Giorgos Souglidis’ impressive costumes and sets, Giuseppe di Iorio’s otherworldly lighting, and Thomas Bergman’s atmospheric projections, Langridge creates a contemporary yet also timeless universe for Carmen’s iconic story.
Conduction: Loukas Karytinos
Direction: Stephen Langridge
Set and costume design: Giorgos Souglidis
Video projection design: Silbersalz Film GmbH - Thomas Bergman
Lighting design: Giuseppe di Iorio
Movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Chorus master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
Children’s chorus mistress: Konstantina Pitsiakou
Chorus conductor: Aganthangelos Georgakatos
Children's chorus conductor: Konstantina Pitsiakou
Cast: Anita Rachvelishvili (27, 29, 31/7) - Kate Aldrich (28/7) (Carmen), Pavel Černoch (27, 29, 31/7) - Dimitris Paksoglou (28/7) (Don José), Dionyssis Sourbis (27, 29, 31/7) - Dimitris Tiliakos (28/7) (Escamillo), Maria Mitsopoulou (27, 29, 31/7) - Myrsini Margariti (28/7) (Micaëla), Tasos Apostolou (27, 29, 31/7) - Petros Magoulas (28/7) (Zuniga), Yannis Selitsaniotis (27, 28, 31/7) - Nikos Kotenidis (29/7) (Moralès), Chrissa Maliamani (27, 29, 31/7) - Danae Kontora (28/7) (Frasquita), Artemis Bogri (27, 29, 31/7) - TBA (28/7) (Mercédès), Harris Andrianos (27, 29, 31/7) - Nikos Kotenidis (28/7) (Dancaïre), Nikos Stefanou (27, 29, 31/7) - Christos Kechris (28/7) (Remendado)
Featuring the Greek National Opera Orchestra, the GNO Children's Chorus, Chorus and Ballet, as part of its educational mission.
