Treasures known and unknown III
In a high-octane concert, the internationally-celebrated Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang takes on Britten’s Concerto, an epic work in every respect, while the conductor Stefanos Tsialis faces up to Beethoven’s magnificent Seventh Symphony, which Wagner famously described as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’. The evening will also give us the chance to enjoy a fine symphonic work by the great Romantic composer, Robert Schumann.
Pre-concert talk, free for ticket holders
Treasures known and unknown II
Sibelius’ magnificent Fifth Symphony along with Macbeth, a less well-known work by Richard Strauss, guarantee an evening of pleasure for lovers of a larger-than-life, glorious symphonic sound and epic musical journeys. Similarly, lovers of the classically pellucid and austere will have an opportunity to enjoy another example of Mozart’s unparalleled perfection and sensitivity.
Pre-concert talk, free for ticket holders
We and the world IV
The program for the first concert of the New Year is dominated by Schubert’s “Great” Symphony, a work as vast in terms of ideas and emotions as it is in length; there can be little doubt that it comprises a pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. Before that, Titos Gouvelis performs the première of the explosive Second Concerto from the distinguished Greek composer, Iossif Valette.
We and the world I
This year’s thematic cycle “We and the world” spotlights important works by Greek composers alongside masterpieces of the international repertoire. In this concert, we move from the joyous atmosphere of a saint’s day celebration to a portentous viewing of the paintings in an exhibition. The distinguished violinist Linus Roth performs Prokofiev’s lyrical but acutely grotesque First Concerto under the baton of the well-known conductor, Karolos Trikolidis.
10 years on from the death of Odysseas Dimitriadis
Under the baton of its artistic director, Stefanos Tsialis, the Athens State Orchestra honours the memory of the great maestro—and its honorary conductor—Odysseas Dimitriadis with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s stirring evergreen, the Pathétique symphony. For this, the opening concert of the new season, the Orchestra joins forces with a rising star of the international music scene, the cellist Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, in Lalo’s fiendishly demanding concerto
"Prima Donna"-a symphonic visual concert
The first part of this very special show comprises of cinema, photography, opera as well as live performance. Wainwright presents a "visualized" version of his first opera Prima Donna, six years after its world premiere at the Manchester International Festival, with the help of two great artists: the visual artist - filmmaker Francesco Vezzoli and the renowned photographer Cindy Sherman.
Three lyric singers will perform excerpts from Prima Donna, along with screenings of a film containing images of the legendary Maria Callas. Francesco Vezzoli created this film specifically for this project, whereas the video projection reaches its peak when Cindy Sherman appears.
The opera Prima Donna is inspired by a series of interviews given by the unsurpassed opera diva Maria Callas, speaking for her role as a prima donna, the strength and the loneliness she hide.
During the second part of the concert, Rufus Wainwright will perform his own famous songs as well as a selection of his favorite songs.
Film director: FRANCESCO VEZZOLI
Special guest: CINDY SHERMAN
Libretto: Rufus Wainwright & Bernadette Colomine
Artistic Direction: Clo’e Floirat
With the participation of:
THE ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA
conductor: Giorgos Petrou
Interpretation:
Regine Saint Laurent: Cellia Costea, soprano
Marie: Vassiliki Karayanni, soprano
Andre Letourneur: Antonio Figueroa tenor
Musical prepration: Dimitris Giakas
Technical Direction: Reinhard Bichsel
Lights: Emma Weil
Sound: Chris Sorem
Film production: Petite Maison Production [Tessa Louise-Salome & Solveig Rawas]
Translation: Dimitris Kosmidis
*Solists' dresses are a kind offer of Loukia.
Second part
With the participation of:
Nena Venetsanou, Michalis Hadjopoulos (guitar) and Dimitris Gouzios (cello)
The Film Music Of Alexandre Desplat
The Charm of the Voice I
Extracts from treasured operas and operettas by Carl Maria von Weber, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Nikos Hatziapostolou, Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Johann Strauss (son).
The Charm of the Voice II
Extracts from treasured operas and operettas by Carl Maria von Weber, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Nikos Hatziapostolou, Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Johann Strauss (son).
