Lyric Quartets

Mon. 23 March 2026 20:30

The Benaki Museum - Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery

Scarcely did the great Italian opera composers, Giuseppe Verdi and Giaccomo Puccini take a "break" from their operetta compositions to create works not involving human voice. Even in such cases, their infallible sensor and their plethoric operetta universe was transmitted unchanged to the scores of their musical instruments, full of lyricism, emotions and, of course, "vocal" scale melodicity.

Event Programme

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
String Quartet in D major
Three Minuetti
Crisantemi, Elegy for String Quartet

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
String Quartet in E minor

The Benaki Museum - Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery

To attend the concert, audience must purchase a ticket for the entrance to the Museum.

At 19:30, one hour prior to the concert, a free guided tour will be offered to auditors by Konstantinos Papachristos, Curator of the Museum.