hermoupolis syros - Festival of the Aegean

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presented by MidAmerica Productions of New York
and the Municipality of Syros-Hermoupolis
Named
Best Festival
of Greater Greece
in 2011
JULY 9th
to 22nd
2012
HERMOUPOLIS
SYROS
Peter Tiboris
General &
Artistic Director
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ
ΔΗΜΟΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ - ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ
ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΔΕΚΑΒΑΛΛΑΣ
Δ Η Μ Α Ρ ΧΟ Σ Σ Υ Ρ Ο Υ - Ε Ρ Μ Ο Υ Π ΟΛ Η Σ
Μετά την Τιμητική Διάκριση σε Πολιτιστικό Οργανισμό που δραστηριοποιείται στην Περιφέρεια για το έτος 2011 με την οποία βραβεύτηκε το Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Αιγαίου από την
Ένωση Ελλήνων θεατρικών και μουσικών κριτικών, θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να το απολαύσουμε για 8η συνεχή χρονιά στο νησί μας.
Ο Πήτερ Τιμπόρις, ένας αξιόλογος μαέστρος διεθνούς φήμης, από το 2000 έχει προσφέρει τα μέγιστα στην πολιτιστική πρόοδο της Ερμούπολης και του νησιού μας γενικότερα. Κάθε χρόνο το πρόγραμμα του είναι και μία έκπληξη για το φιλότεχνο κοινό, που
κατακλύζει από όλο τον κόσμο το Θέατρο Απόλλων. Ένα ολόκληρο επιτελείο από καλλιτέχνες, μουσικούς, χορευτές, χορωδούς και τεχνικούς βρίσκεται σε απόλυτο συντονισμό για
την υλοποίηση και την ανάδειξη των παραστάσεων εξαιρετικής ποιότητας που συμβάλλουν στην προβολή του νησιού μας, διεθνώς.
Επιθυμώ να εκφράσω τα θερμά μου συγχαρητήρια προς τον αγαπητό φίλο και Συριανό Πήτερ Τιμπόρις για το σπουδαίο Φεστιβάλ. Είναι ιδιαίτερη τιμή για τη Σύρο να φιλοξενεί
κορυφαίους μουσικούς και καλλιτέχνες παγκόσμιας εμβέλειας, ενώ αξίζει επίσης να σημειωθεί η οργανωτική προσπάθεια του κ. Τιμπόρις στον οποίο με απόφαση του Δημοτικού
Συμβουλίου, θα απονεμηθεί αυτή τη χρονιά, το μετάλλιο της πόλης μας.
Παράλληλα θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω θερμά τη διοίκηση και το προσωπικό του Οργανισμού Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού Σύρου που συνέβαλαν ουσιαστικά στην συνδιοργάνωση του Φεστιβάλ με την εταιρεία MidAmerica Productions που διευθύνει ο κ. Τιμπόρις,
όλους τους χορηγούς καθώς και τα τοπικά και διεθνή ΜΜΕ που συντελούν στην προβολή
των δρώμενων του νησιού μας. Τέλος ευχαριστώ θερμά όλους τους Συριανούς και επισκέπτες, που με την παρουσία τους συμβάλλουν στη διατήρηση και ανάδειξη του πνευματικού και πολιτισμικού μας επιπέδου και επιβραβεύουν με την παρουσία τους την φιλότιμη
προσπάθεια όλων των συντελεστών που εμπλουτίζουν την πολιτισμική κληρονομιά του
τόπου μας
Γιάννης Δεκαβάλλας
Δήμαρχος Σύρου - Ερμούπολης
Μέγαρο Δημαρχείου
Πλατεία Μιαούλη, 841 00 ΣΥΡΟΣ
Τηλ. 2281 3 61002
Fax: 2281 0 88232
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the Annual International Festival of the Aegean and the Apollo Theater,
“La Piccola Scala.”
It is now eight years since the first performance in July 2005 of Rossini’s Il barbiere
di Siviglia (to that time the first opera at Apollo in 105 years), and the growth and
development of the Festival has been, by any measure, extraordinary. Thousands of
artists from here and abroad have appeared in the elegant setting of the Apollo Theater,
the sacred place of St. Nicholas Church, and the historic Miaoulis Square.
My dream for this Festival has been broad in scope, not only to include opera,
symphony, chamber, recital, and choral music, but also to grow to include the areas of
theater, ballet, folk music, jazz and music & opera education. Over these years, Syros in
general and Hermoupolis in particular have become the centerpieces of this Festival.
The keystone of this year’s Festival is the presentation of Strauss’ Salome conducted
by Wiktor Bockman of St. Gallen, Switzerland, directed by Dirk Schattner of Hamburg,
and starring Eilana Lappalainen in the role of Salome. We also have major works of
Beethoven, Schubert, Ravel, Rutter, Euripides’ Herakles, the Greek National Opera
Ballet, Christos Papageorgiou, the Greek Opera Studio, 19 visiting choirs (from the USA,
Canada, France, and Greece), an international cast of world-class soloists, and the first
appearance of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet,
Tirana, Albania. Most especially on July 15 my dear friend and colleague, composer and
conductor John Rutter of Great Britain, makes his Greek debut. How many visiting artists
during the two-week period? More than 450!
On the piano in the foyer of the Apollo Theater there is a special baton exhibition
from my private collection. There you can see the batons of Arturo Toscanini (1950-54
NBC Orchestra), Leonard Bernstein (1980-85 NY Philharmonic), Giuseppe Sinoppoli
(Philharmonia of London, early 1980s) and Frederic Chopin (1840's Paris, La Madeleine).
Next year’s Festival will be a celebration of Verdi, Wagner, and Britten, all of whom will
reach major birth anniversaries. The Festival will open on July 9 with Verdi’s Requiem.
My sincerest wish is that you will participate in our events and enjoy the combination
of art and setting in the middle of the Cyclades.
Warmest thanks,
Peter Tiboris
General Director
Monday, July 9, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 9 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Presentation by Mayor Yannis Dekavallas to Peter Tiboris and the people of Syros, of the
Festival of the Year Award in Greater Greece for July 2011 Festival of the Aegean, given by
the National Music and Theater Critics Association of Athens. The award was first given to
Mayor Dekavallas on December 12, 2011, at Megaron Musikis in Athens.
Mr Tiboris will also be awarded with the honorary city medallion of Syros - Hermoupolis.
OPENING CONCERT
THE EPIC AND HISTORIC GENIUS OF BEETHOVEN
Η επική και ιστορική ιδιοφυΐα του Μπετόβεν
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Symphony Orchestra of The National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
I.Allegro
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Dimitris Sgouros, Piano
Intermission
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Presto
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
IV. Presto; Allegro molto assai (Alla marcia);
Andante maestoso; Allegro energico, sempre ben
marcato.
Erica Muller, Soprano
Maria Ratkova, Mezzo-soprano
Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Tenor
Dimitri Kavrakos, Bass
Participating Choruses
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U.S.A.: Towne Singers, La Cañada, CA (Beth Richey, Choral Director); Indian River Charter High
School Choir, Vero Beach, FL (Gary Miller, Choral Director, Ray Adams, Artistic Director); Johnson
County Chorus, Overland Park, KS (Anita Cyrier, Choral Director); Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio,
TX (Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director)
Canada: Canadian University College Choral Union, Lacombe, Alberta (Wendolin Pazitka Munroe,
Choral Director)
Greece: The Choir of The Department of Musicology of The University of Athens (Nikos Maliaras,
Choral Director); Choir of Emporiki Bank, Athens (Stavros Beris, Choral Director)
120 minutes with one intermission
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, July 10, 12, 14, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΤΡΙΤΗ, ΠΕΜΠΤΗ, ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ, 10, 12, 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
The December 9, 1905, world premiere in Dresden which was composed and conducted
by Richard Strauss changed the course of music in the 20th Century
SALOME
An opera by Richard Strauss in one act
Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania
Wiktor Bockman, Guest Conductor
Dirk Schattner, Stage Director
Jens Hübner, Lighting Design
Salome: ........................................ Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano
Herodes: ...................................... Peter Svensson, Tenor
Herodias: ..................................... Graciela Araya, Mezzo-soprano
Jochanaan: .................................. Anooshah Golesorkhi, Baritone
Narraboth: . ................................. Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Tenor
Ein Page der Herodias: ............. Maria Ratkova, Mezzo-soprano
Juden 1: ........................................ Riad Ymeri, Tenor
Juden 2: ....................................... Gilmond Miftari, Tenor
Juden 3: ....................................... Klodjan Kacani, Tenor
Juden 4: ....................................... Julian Gjojdeshi, Tenor
Juden 5: ....................................... Edvin Kastrati, Bass
Nazarener 1: ................................ Dimitri Kavrakos, Bass
Nazarener 2: ............................... Théo Gavaliatsis, Tenor
Soldaten 1: . ................................. Nikolaos Karagiaouris, Bass
Soldaten 2: .................................. Augusto García-Vázquez, Bass
Ein Cappadocier: . ...................... Thanos Foskolos, Baritone
Ein Sklave: ................................... Chen Laks, Soprano
Supernumeraries: Percy Raines, Ioannis Toumpas, Panagiotis Katsaras, Stratis Efstratiou,
Yiannis Metasoumis, Konstantinos Zervos, George Fylachtos, Giannis Priovolos,
Page Lucky, Erica Muller, Kimberley Rose Pefhany, Veroniki Vakondiou
Choreography by Eilana Lappalainen
100 minutes with no intermission
No late seating | Οι πόρτες κλείνουν μετά την έναρξη της συναυλίας
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RICHARD STRAUSS: SALOME
Born June 11, 1864, in Munich, Germany
Died September 8, 1949, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Background: Salome by Richard Strauss is based on an 1892 play of the same name by
the Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde. Wilde wrote Salome in French because he knew that
the play’s celebration of sin and depravity would cause an uproar in the English-speaking
world. He was right. When Wilde’s partner translated the opera into English, it was
banned from the English stage. The German translation of the play became the libretto
for Richard Strauss’ opera Salome. The opera was first produced in Dresden on December
9, 1905. Although widely criticized for its adult themes and imagery, the public embraced
the work, which was performed at 50 opera houses within two years of the premiere. The
opera, which is in one act, takes place in Judea in 30 A.D.
Synopsis: It is evening and a bright moon lights the terrace of King Herod’s palace. Narraboth, the captain of the guard, gazes ardently at the Princess Salome who is dining in
the banquet hall with her stepfather, King Herod, and his court. A page cautions Narraboth that evil will come of his attraction to Salome. The voice of the prophet Jochanaan
can be heard coming from deep down in a cistern, where he has been imprisoned by the
king. Jochanaan (John the Baptist) foresees the advent of the Messiah, and the soldiers
up on the terrace argue, disputing His saintliness. Disgusted by her stepfather’s lecherous advances, Salome steps onto the terrace and asks the soldiers to bring the prisoner
to her. After the soldiers refuse, Salome enlists Narraboth to do her bidding.
Jochanaan is brought to Salome, who is attracted to everything about him. Jochanaan
tells Salome to repent, but she wants to touch his flesh, his hair, and kiss his lips. As the
intensity of Salome’s desire grows, Narraboth becomes fearful over the situation he has
caused and stabs himself to death. Jochanaan screams that Salome is the “daughter of
adultery,” curses Salome, and returns to the cistern.
Herod and his guests come out onto the terrace. Herod is looking for Salome. Herodias,
Herod’s wife and Salome’s mother, accuses her husband of becoming obsessed with her
daughter. Herod ignores his wife and offers Salome food and drink. Salome rejects him.
Once again, Jochanaan’s warnings rise from the cistern. When Herodias asks Herod to
get rid of Jochanaan, he refuses, saying the prophet is a holy man. These words mark the
beginning of a heated argument among the five Jews about good and evil. The Nazarenes
then talk about the miracles already performed by Christ, saying the Messiah has arrived.
Jochanaan curses Herodias, while Herodias screams for him to be quiet.
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Unexpectedly, Herod asks Salome to dance, and to persuade her, says that if she does
she can have anything she wants including half of his kingdom. Salome makes sure that
Herod will keep his promise and agrees. Over the objections of her mother, Salome begins the “Dance of the Seven Veils,” slowly shedding each of the seven veils she is wearing one at a time at Herod’s feet. She falls to the ground before Herod. When Herod asks
Salome what she wants, she answers that she wants Jochanaan’s head on a silver platter.
Herod tries to offer her other gifts – jewels, white peacocks, veils – but Salome is adamant. Herod agrees to her request.
Later Salome looks down into the cistern, waiting for the sound of the execution. There
is no noise. Then the Executioner’s arm rises from the cistern holding the head of Jochanaan. Salome grabs the decapitated head, singing ardently to it and passionately kissing it. Herod orders the soldiers to kill Salome and they crush her beneath their shields.
—NOTE by DALE ZEIDMAN
Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 11 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Voices from Heaven and
the Lyric Elegance of Schubert
Ουράνιες φωνές και η λυρική κομψότητα του Σούμπερτ
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater
1. Stabat mater dolorosa (Chorus)
2. Cujus animam gementem (Soprano)
3. O quam tristis et afflicta (Chorus)
4. Quae moerebat et dolebat (Mezzo-soprano)
5. Quis est homo qui non fleret? (Chorus)
6. Vidit suum dulcem natum (Soprano)
7. Eja mater, fons amoris (Mezzo-soprano)
8. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (Chorus)
9. Sancta Mater, istud agas (Soprano & Mezzo-soprano)
10. Fac ut portem Christe mortem (Mezzo-soprano)
11. Inflammatus et accensus (Chorus)
12. Quando corpus morietur (Chorus)
13. Amen (Chorus)
Eleni Panagiotopoulou, Soprano
Fotini Athanasaki, Mezzo-soprano
Jérôme Boutillier, keyboard
Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Francis Bardot, Conductor
Intermission
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in D-flat major, D. 485
1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto. Allegro molto, Trio
4. Allegro vivace
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Quintet & Principals from the Symphony Orchestra of The National Theatre
of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania
110 minutes with intermission
Giovanna Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Born January 3, 1710, at Jesi, Italy
Died March 16, 1736, in Pozzuoli, Italy
W
hen produced in Paris in 1752, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s opera La serva
padrona led to “a quarrel of buffoons,” pitting supporters of French music, such
as Jean Philippe Rameau, against Italian opera supports, led by Jean-Jacques
Rousseau. We know that the latter’s opinion prevailed since the French Revolution
destroyed choral music by closing the 500 children’s choirs and the only conservatories
at the time. Also, the Italians are the ones who brought music back to France.
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is the work of a young man about to die of tuberculosis, at
26. The pain impregnated in the score is triple: that of a mother whose son is dying,
that of the Christ on the cross, and that of the composer who knows he is doomed. In
fact, Pergolesi in some way takes the place of Christ before the eyes of Christ’s Mother,
according to John’s Gospel: “Woman, here is your son; son, here is your mother.” It is
here that the Virgin Mary witnesses the suffering of young John the Baptist.
The work remains woeful, and the assumed tempi should not, by their vivacity, transform
this tragic score into some opera buffa. It is as well deeply religious and animated by an
authentic faith, where sorrow and hope alternate.
—Note by Francis Bardot
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 in D-flat major, D. 485
Born January 31, 1797, in Vienna, Austria
Died November 19, 1828, in Vienna, Austria
F
ranz Schubert’s musical inclinations became evident at an early age, and he began
his musical studies with his father when he was five years old. At age 11, he entered
the Imperial Konvikt, a school that trained students with good voices to sing choral
works. During his five years at the Imperial Konvikt, Schubert began taking lessons in
composition from composer Antonio Salieri, who recognized his pupil’s talents.
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The year 1816, when Schubert was 19, was an especially productive one. In that year
alone, Schubert composed hundreds of works, among which was the Symphony No. 5
in D-flat major. Unlike the scoring in his earlier four symphonies, Schubert eliminated
the clarinets, trumpets, a second flute, and drums. The effect was that of a chamber
symphony into which Schubert infused his special gift for melody. The work, which is
light and airy, was written in the classical style of which Schubert was a master.
—NOTE by DALE ZEIDMAN
Friday, July 13, 2012, 6 p.m.
ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 13 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
St. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
SACRED MUSIC IN
A SACRED PLACE
SUNSET CONCERT
S t. N i c h o l a s G r e e k O r t h o d o x C h u r c h
A Cappella Sacred Choral Music at Sunset
Απογευματινή Συναυλία με θρησκευτική χορωδιακή μουσική
Corfu Island Children’s Choir & Corfu Youth Choir, Corfu, Greece
Christina Kalliaridou, Choral Director
Stefanos Katsaros, accompanist
Evita Maniatopoulou, accompanist
Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director
Francis Bardot, Choral Director
Jérôme Boutillier, keyboard
Ambitus Choir, Athens, Greece
Katerina Vasilikou, Choral Director
Michalis Hanos, accompanist
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Special thanks to the Metropolitan of Syros
Dorotheos B and to Father Benedictus
100 minutes, no intermission
Corfu Island Children’s Choir & Corfu Youth Choir, Greece
Corfu Children’s Choir
Trad. Corfiot chant/Trans. E. Makris Apolytikion for St. Spyridon
Leo Delibes (1836-1891) Gloria and Agnus Dei from Missa brevis
Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1932) Ave Maria
John Rutter (b. 1945) The Lord bless you and keep you
Corfu Youth Choir
Napoleon Labelet (1864- 1932) Axion esti
John Rutter Look at the world
Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX
Gary Mabry, Choral Director
Drew Collins (b. 1974)
Javier Busto (b. 1949)
Gary L. Mabry (b. 1951)
arr. Joan Szymko (b. 1957)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
arr. M. Susan Brown
Ernani Aguiar (b. 1950)
Legends of St. Nicholas
Hymn for St. Nicholas—Intonent hodie
Conductus for St. Nicholas—Gaudens in
domino
O frondens virga
based on a chant by Hildegard von Bingen
Popule meus
The Greatest of These
with reference to I Corinthians 13
Amazing Grace
Lift Thine Eyes
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Salmo 150
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Joseph-Guy Ropartz (1864-1955)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Ave Maria
Sub Tuum Praesidium
Ave Mundi Gloria
Kyrie from Messe de Sainte Anne
Ave Verum
Ambitus Choir, Athens, Greece
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Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
N. Maragos
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
John Rutter
John Rutter
Vere languores nostros
Enite ton Kyrion
Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Seigneur, je vous en prie from Quattre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
The Lord bless you and keep you
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace
Friday, July 13, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 13 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and
the Sweeping Power of Symphony No. 7
Το Τριπλό Κονσέρτο του Μπετόβεν
και ο δυναμισμός της Συμφωνίας Αρ. 7
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56
1. Allegro
2. Largo
3. Rondo alla polacca
New Zealand Chamber Soloists
Lara Hall, Violin
James Tennant, Cello
Katherine Austin, Piano
Intermission
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Allegretto
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Allegro con brio
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Saturday, July 14, 2012, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Μανώλης Καλομοίρης (1883 - 1962)
One Hour Family Rush Concert:
Getting to Know the New Zealand Chamber Soloists
from Down Under
Μια ώρα μουσικής με το Τρίο από την Νέα Ζηλανδία
ΜOZART
Trio in B-flat major, K.502
1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Allegretto
KalomiriS
Violin Sonata
(Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his death)
Psathas
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Three Island Songs
New Zealand Chamber Soloists
Lara Hall, Violin
James Tennant, Cello
Katherine Austin, Piano
Sunday, July 15, 2012, 10 p.m.
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 15 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
A Concert for Syros
in Miaoulis Square
UNDER THE STARS IN PLATEIA MIAOULI
Κάτω από τα αστέρια στην πλατεία Μιαούλη
Nikola Zoraqi: Festival Overture
Thoma Gaqi: Albanian Dance (with tambour)
Zhani Ciko, Conductor
John Rutter: Magnificat
1. Magnificat
2. Of a Rose
3. Quia fecit
4. Et misericordia
5. Fecit potentiam
6. Esurientes
7. Gloria Patri
John Rutter, Conductor
Liliana del Conde, Soprano
Ravel Bolero
Maria Kousouni-Fika, Principal Dancer, Greek National Opera Ballet
Renato Zanella, Festival Dance Director and Choreographer
Beethoven: “Choral Finale” from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Erica Muller, Soprano
Maria Ratkova, Mezzo-soprano
Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Tenor
Dimitri Kavrakos, Bass
Master of Ceremonies Giorgos Roussos
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Chorus of 320 from the USA, Canada, France, Greece
Participating Choruses
U.S.A.: Towne Singers, La Cañada, CA (Beth Richey, Choral Director); Indian River
Charter High School Choir, Vero Beach, FL (Gary Miller, Choral Director; Ray Adams,
Artistic Director); Johnson County Chorus, Overland Park, KS (Anita Cyrier, Choral
Director); Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX (Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director)
Canada: Canadian University College Choral Union, Lacombe, Alberta (Wendolin
Pazitka Munroe, Choral Director)
France: Choeur d’enfants d’ile-de-France, Paris (Francis Bardot, Choral Director)
Greece: Ambitus Choir, Athens (Katerina Vasilikou, Choral Director);The Choir of
The Department of Musicology of The University of Athens (Nikos Maliaras, Choral
Director); Choir of Emporiki Bank, Athens (Stavros Beris, Choral Director); The
“Manolis Kalomoiris” Children’s Choir, Athens (Nikos Maliaras, Choral Director);
Mixed Choir of Employees of the Bank of Greece, Athens (Kostas Evangelatos, Choral
Director); Scientists’ Choir of Philothei, Athens (Thomas Louziotis, Choral Director);
Corfu Island Children’s Choir and Corfu Youth Choir (Christina Kalliaridou, Choral
Director); Choir of Filarmoniki Conservatory of Patras (Marina Reskalova, Choir
Director); Polyphonic Choir of Patras (Stavros Solomos, Choral Director); University
of Patras Choir (Lina Geronikou, Choral Director); Rhodes Municipal Choir (Michalis
Kalentzis, Choral Director)
Sound by Nikos Kontizas
Stella Kaltsou, Lighting Designer
John Rutter: Magnificat
Born September 24,1945, in London
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he Magnificat, the canticle of the Virgin Mary, is found in the opening chapter of St.
Luke’s Gospel, at the point where Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, having just learned
she is to be the mother of Christ. Traditionally, the words have been ascribed to Mary,
though their strong resemblance to the Old Testament Song of Hannah and to various
psalms makes it more likely that Luke himself interpolated them to express an appropriate
sense of rejoicing and trust in God. Liturgically, the Magnificat belongs to the Office of
Vespers (and its Anglican counterpart, Evensong), as well as to feasts of the Virgin Mary,
and there are innumerable concise musical settings intended for use in church. Extended
concert settings, however, are quite rare—Bach’s being the most notable (and even his
was designed for use in the Lutheran liturgy). In the general layout of its movements and
in its scale and dimensions, Bach’s Magnificat provided the obvious precedent for John
Rutter’s setting. There is even a parallel to Bach’s Christmas interpolations in the use of a
vernacular text on the Virgin Mary, “Of a Rose, a lovely Rose,” which likens Mary and her
child to a flower springing from the stem of Jesse. Like Bach, Rutter uses Gregorian themes
associated with the text at various points in the work. But there all comparisons end, since
the style and content of Rutter’s Magnificat are not even remotely neo-Bachian, resting
rather within an eclectic amalgam of more recent traditions that characterize much of the
English composer’s choral writing. This work was given its world premiere in May 1990 by
the composer in a concert presented by MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall.
—Note by Louise Luegner
MONday, July 16, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 16 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Stylistic Variations
on a Song by Mikis Theodorakis
Στυλιστικές παραλλαγές πάνω σε ένα τραγούδι του Μ. Θεοδωράκη
Christos Papageorgiou, Pianist
From the loudspeakers
1. Intro - Electronic Variation Part 1, "Memories from the Future."
Piano
2. Theme (original and variations)
3. Couperin - the infinite embellishments
4. Atonal
5. Sonata Scarlatti
6. Sandouri (traditional folk instrument)
7. Haydn - of the discrete surprises
8. Lutoslawski
9. Mozart 1
10. Mozart 2
11. Mozart 3
12. Epigram-Crumb
13. Rachmaninoff
14. Beethoven Sonata/slow movement
15. Gospel
16. Liszt
17. Schubert - Impromptu
18. from Schumann to Brahms
19. Stravinsky
20. Chopin
21. Ginastera
22. Debussy
23. Bartók
24. Hatzidakis told me…
25. An American - Musical Ballad for Jenia
26. A strange Rock & Roll in 3/8
27. Jazz
28. Keith Jarrett
29. Abstraction
30. Prelude Overture by Handel
31. A Bach Fuga for four voices and for all times
Piano & loudspeakers
32. "Exodus-towards the unknown" Electronic Variation, Part 2
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A
beloved Greek melody "Denial" or "At the secret shore," with music by Mikis Theodorakis and lyrics by Nobel Prize-winning poet George Seferis, forms the core of
“Variations for piano on a song by Mikis Theodorakis."
This work provides a kaleidoscopic synopsis of the history of music. Its intention is to
prove that as much as a song or a melody is absorbed or transformed through time and
technique, it remains at the core of music of any style or epoch. I selected this theme because of its timeless simplicity — it is so simple that anyone could have written it, no matter in which epoch or style he belonged.
"Variations for piano on a song by Mikis Theodorakis" is a 32-part set of variations each
referring to the style of a certain composer or epoch starting with Couperin and traveling
through the history of music (Mozart, Webern, Debussy, Chopin, etc.) up to our present
day and including pop sounds and computer music — a variation that comes out of loudspeakers at the beginning and end of the piece, symbolically representing the future.
These variations attempt a musical trip through the path of piano music. They expand
from cembalo playing to the sounds of Keith Jarrett while covering most of the prominent music styles and composers in between. For the sake of this musical argument, the
composers have been resurrected exactly as they were in their own time, and while keeping their distinct personalities unaltered, they interact with each other at the same time
and in the same space, rotating playing at the piano, trying to make us see the essence
and the common thread of their musical thought.
My ambition was to gather all these styles in one piece. Although such a piece should be
written by only one person, it should also maintain an objective view of all these various
personalities. Therefore, I was very happy when Mr. Theodorakis mentioned that someone "not aware of the primal intention and the styles involved can naturally perceive this
piece as a work of only one composer…"
This set of variations appears randomly, sometimes coinciding with the timeline of music
history and sometimes not. The three basic time zones co-exist and alternate continuously:
A) The Past – the others (all previously established styles and historic personalities)
B) The Present – myself (my own personal comments in these Variations)
C) The Future – the new "others," symbolically represented by the work (electronic variations 1 and 2) of two composers (Prof. T. Lotis and A. Mniestris) who created a six-minute
simulation of a piano evolution as it could possibly happen in the future with algorithms
and other electronic means.
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—Note by CHRISTOS PAPAGEORGIOU
TUESDAY, July 17, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΤΡΙΤΗ 17 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
e u r i p i d e s ’
HERAKLES
h ρα κ λ η σ
μ α ι ν ο μ ε ν ο σ
Aquila Theatre Company of New York
Peter Meineck, Artistic Director
EURIPIDES: HERAKLES
Ηρακλής Μαινόμενος
Translated & Adapted by Peter Meineck
CAST
Anphitryon/Messenger
Theseus/Ensemble
Herakles/Lycus
Child of Herakles
Madness
Megara/Iris
Richard Willis
Brian Delate
Brent Werzner
Sofia Meineck
Desiree Sanchez
Elizabeth Wakehouse
And members of the U.S. veteran community
ARTISTIC STAFF
Director
Cinematographer
Production Design
Lighting Designer
Company Manager
Desiree Sanchez
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin
Peter Meineck & Desiree Sanchez
Peter Meineck
Lindsay Beecher
Performed in English with Greek Surtitles | Στα Αγγλικά με Ελληνικούς Υπέρτιτλους
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EURIPIDES: HERAKLES
A staged workshop performance of Herakles was presented at Bovard Auditorium,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 2012.
Herakles was first performed in Athens around 416 BCE during the Peloponnesian War
against Sparta and its allies. Euripides takes the familiar myth of Herakles and creates
a gripping tragedy about the return of a warrior who, instead of saving his own family,
turns on them. Euripides created this play for a society traumatized by years of conflict;
it shows the effects of war on a family left at home. Herakles presents questions about
how a man bloodied by combat might be reincorporated back into peacetime society.
Though extreme in its content, Herakles articulates the strain of war, the effects of
combat trauma, and the psychology of a man driven to violence.
When we came to develop Herakles, we wanted to include the voices of the veteran.
Therefore we decided to develop a new way to approach the chorus through film. In
Herakles the chorus are Theban veterans: men who had served their country but were
too weak to take on the new tyrant, Lycus, and protect Herakles’ family. The ancient
chorus was one of the most compelling aspects of an Athenian play in the fifth century
BCE, using song, dance, gestures, and movement to propel the narrative action of the
play. In keeping with this idea, we decided recruit our chorus from a community of real
American veterans – men and women who served in World War II, Vietnam, Iraq, and
Afghanistan.
We created a series of questions based the choral songs from Herakles, then flew around
the country interviewing people and filming their responses. These were edited into
the choral films that we screen as part of Herakles. It is a bold idea for a Greek chorus,
but one we hope has truth, emotion, and depth, and reflects this ancient play against
modern.
We have also been working with masks, created by David Knezz. The masks are not
exactly reconstructions, but are inspired by ancient prototypes. We believe that the mask
acts as a means of projecting the different emotional states each spectator places on
it. Therefore, watching an actor in a mask could be far more compelling than watching a
naturalistic performance.
Aquila Theatre was founded in London in 1990 and has been based in New York City
since 1999. The company brings international artists to America to perform innovative
productions of classical drama all over the country in the belief that theatre creates
shared emotionality, thought and dialogue.
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Synopsis: The play opens at the house of Herakles in the Ancient Thebes. Herakles has
been away for well over a year, undergoing his service to the ruler of Argos, Eurytheus.
His final labor was to go down into the underworld and recover the guard dog from
the gates of Hades. Nobody has heard from Herakles since, and now his Thebean wife
Megara believes he is dead. While Herakles is still away, Thebes has been crippled by
civil war, and the ruling family, of which Megara belongs, has been overthrown and
executed by Lycus, whose own family once ruled Thebes. Lycus has condemned Herakles’
family to death believing that if he does not, the sons of Herakles will grow to exact
revenge. Herakles is the son of Zeus, but he also has a mortal father Amphitryon who is
desperately trying to buy time believing that his son will return.
Thursday, Friday, Sunday, July 19, 20, 22, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΠΕΜΠΤΗ, ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ, ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ, 19, 20, 22 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
Greek National Opera Ballet
Εθνικη Λυρικη Σκηνη
Renato Zanella, Festival Dance Director and Choreographer
Everybody’s Waltzing!
Όλοι χορεύουν Βάλς!
Empty Place
Don Quixote pas de deux
Music by Laurie Anderson/Brian Eno/John Hassel
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Choreography by Renato Zanella
Principal Couple: Alexandar Neskov and
Stavroula Kaburakis
Couples: Zoi Schinoplokaki and Agapios
Agapiadis; Christina Makridou and Blendi
Latifi; Komi Kloukina and Yannis Benetos;
Popi Sakellaropoulou and Vangelis Bikos
Girl in Water: Anna Fragou
Choreography after Marius Petipa
Stavroula Kaburakis and Anton Koruti
Blue Danube pas de deux
Music by Johann Strauss II
Evrydiki Issaakidou and Danilo Zeka
Romeo & Juliet pas de deux
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Maria Kousouni-Fika and Vangelis Bikos
Everybody’s Waltzing
Music by Johann Strauss and Gustav Mahler
Principal Couples:
Maria Kousouni-Fika and Danilo Zeka
Evrydiki Issaakidou and Alexendar Neskov
Emilia Gaspari and Anton Koruti
Danilo Zeka, Alexandar Neskov,
and Anton Koruti
Agapios Agapiadis, Fotis Diamantopoulos,
Hector Bolano, Blendi Latifi, Vangelis
Bikos, Yannis Benetos, Elton Dimrochi,
Stavroula Kaburakis, Dimitra Laoudi,
Christina Makridou, Komi Kloukina, Popi
Sakellaropoulou, Anna Fragou,
Zoi Schinoplokaki
The Company
Renato Zanella, Ballet Director
Ιο Calochristos, Assistant to Mr. Zanella
Erida Melogiannidi, Company Pianist
THE Dancers
Principal Dancers: Aimilia Gaspari, Vicky Isaakidou, Maria Koussouni, Alexandar Neskov,
Danilo Zeka
Soloists: Stavroula Kamburakis, Anton Koruti, Dimitra Laoudi
Coryphee: Agapios Agapiadis, Hector Bolano, Fotis Diammandopoulos, Elton Dimrotchi,
Bledi Latifi
Corps De Ballet: Yiannis Benetos, Vangelis Bikos, Anna Frangou, Komi Kloukina, Christina
Makridou, Popi Sakellaropoulou, Zoi Schoinoplokaki
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SATURDAY, July 21, 2012, 9 p.m.
ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 21 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012
MADAMA BUTTERFLY PUCCINI LA BOHEME
WEST SIDE STORY BERNSTEIN CANDIDE
STRAUSS DER ROSENKAVALIER
DONIZETTI L’ELISIR D’AMORE
MOZART ZAUBERFLÖTE VERDIAIDA
THIRD ANNUAL
GREEK OPERA STUDIO GALA
Θερινή Ακαδημία Όπερας
Eilana Lappalainen, Founder and Artistic Director
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ARTistic Faculty
2012 Participants
Svetlana Afonia
Graciella Araya
Abbie Furmansky
Anooshah Golesorki
Eugenia Kollia
Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Manolis Papasifakis
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco
Alessandra Salmieri
Dirk Schattner
Angeliki Sigourou
Daniel Sutton
Peter Svensson
Maria Vassilopoulou
Peter Tiboris
Carlos Vazquez
Renato Zanella
Soprano
Liliana Del Conde
Chen Laks
Athina Liaska
Erica Müller
Page Lucky
Eleni Panagiotopoulou
Kimberley Rose Pefhany
Veroniki Vakondiou
Ingrid Vetlesen
Mezzo-soprano
Fotini Athanassaki
Pia Cruz
Tenor
Yiannis Filias
Theodore Gavaliatsis
Baritone
Nikolaos Karagiaouris
Bass
Augusto Garcia
Performances
Childrens Performance
Festival Kick-off
Lieder Abend | July 16th
GOS SPONSORS
University of the Aegean
Secure Agent Software
EL Artists
Blue Star Ferries
MidAmerica Productions
Friends of the Festival
Syros Pianists: Veroniki Vakondiou, Stella Yialoglou
GOS Syros Chorus: Evi Mpairaktari, Thanos Foskolos, Maria Fragkogianni,
George Fylachtos, Zetta Giakoumi, Maria Kakavi, Eleytheria Karamolegkou,
Panagiotis Katsaras, Konstantina Kasina, Zoi Koutkalaki, Mikaela Leivadara,
Georgia Matsouka, Giannis Priovolos, Agni Roussou, Konstantinos Zervos
Peter Tiboris
Founder, General and Artistic Director, Conductor,
Festival of the Aegean
G
reek-American music director, conductor, and producer,
has enjoyed a worldwide career for more than forty
years of which the past thirty have been in New York City as
founder and artistic director of MidAmerica Productions, with
concerts in Carnegie Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall; and founder of the Manhattan Philharmonic, Elysium
Recordings, and the Festival of the Aegean in Syros, Greece. Since 1983 in New York City, he
has presented more than 1000 concerts worldwide, including 500 in historic Carnegie Hall,
and conducted many of them. He is also Music Director of the Pan-European Philharmonia, in
Warsaw, Poland, and Principal Guest Conductor of Collegium Symphonium Veneto in Padua,
Italy. He made his European conducting debut on July 1, 1983, in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, with
the Moscow Philharmonia as part of the Dubrovnik Festival; and his New York conducting
debut on January 7, 1984, with the American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center. He has
conducted in 20 countries, among them Mexico; Russia, in St. Petersburg and Moscow at
Column Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, and Shostakovich Hall; Great Britain, in London at the Barbican
and Royal Festival Hall; Austria, at Vienna’s Konzerthaus; Poland, in 11 different cities including
Warsaw; Czech Republic, in Prague’s Rudolfinium and Smetana Hall with Virtuosi di Praga and
the North Czech Philharmonic; Italy, at Teatro di Roma, Teatro Filarmonica di Verona, Regio di
Parma, and 20 other locations; Portugal; Turkey; and Egypt, at Cairo’s National Opera House.
Among the distinguished orchestras he has conducted are the Royal Philharmonic, London
Philharmonia, Oxford’s Philomusica, Niedersächsische Orchester Hannover, the Prague and
Brno philharmonics, National Opera Orchestra of Cairo, American Symphony Orchestra,
Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Société Philharmonique de Montréal, Israel
Symphony Orchestra Rishon Le-Zion, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Orchestra di
Siciliana di Palermo.
He has conducted nearly every major choral work as well as countless symphonic works,
selected operas, and ballet. On his Carnegie Hall series, he has showcased over 600 guest
conductors and thousands of visiting ensembles who have come from throughout the
world. As a conductor on the Carnegie Hall series, he has presented hundreds of works with
numerous and significant world and American premieres, including works by Rossini, Mozart,
Beethoven/Mahler, Taneyev, Cherubini, and Theodorakis. The concerts have been hailed by The
New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, and The New Yorker.
He is also responsible for the founding and development of Elysium Recordings, which is
distributed worldwide by Qualiton Imports International. The catalog has nearly 30 releases
of which he can be heard on 10 of the recordings. Most recordings in the Elysium catalog are
premiere and first-time commercial releases.
Peter Tiboris studied music and received his bachelor and masters Degree from the
University of Wisconsin and his doctorate from the University of Illinois in 1980, but he
credits his move to New York City 30 years ago as the most important event in his musical and
professional life.
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Eilana Lappalainen
Soprano, title role, Salome; Associate Artistic Director,
Festival of the Aegean; Founder and Artistic Director,
GOS
F
innish-Canadian soprano, Eilana Lappalainen, has
performed title roles to critical claim in the world’s premier
opera venues including Teatro alla Scala, Opera di Roma,
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de
Montréal, Bellas Artes, Teatro Verdi Trieste, New Israeli Opera,
Lithuanian National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Polish
National Opera, Opera North, Staatstheater Essen, Prague State Opera, Gran Teatre del
Liceu Barcelona, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Cincinnati Opera,
Michigan Opera, Minnesota Opera, Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera, Portland Opera, Virginia
Opera, Opera Hamilton, Opera Ottawa, Marin Opera, Arizona Opera, and Opera San Jose, and
in cities such as Wiesbaden, Dessau, Halle, Mannheim, Bremen, Würtzburg, Bielefeld, Liceu,
and Winterthur. Her extensive repertoire has grown to include leading roles in works such
as Salome, Der Rosenkavalier, Arabella, Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Fidelio, Peter
Grimes, Wozzeck, Der Freischütz, Jenůfa, Giovanna D’Arco, Un ballo in maschera, I masnadieri,
Il trovatore, Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, Medea, Andrea Chénier, Madama Butterfly, Suor
Angelica, Il tabarro, La fanciulla del West, Turandot, and Tosca. At Carnegie Hall, she has sung
the Verdi’s and Mozart’s Requiems, Zanetto, and a recital in Weill Recital Hall. Others concert
performances have taken place in Germany, Mexico, Finland, Israel, Greece, and the UK. Her
recording of Zanetto was released by Elysium Recordings in 2008, and a CD of Mahler songs
will be released by Elysium Recordings later in 2012.
Renato Zanella
Festival Dance Director/Choreographer, GNO,
GOS Faculty
A
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native of Verona, Italy, Renato Zanella began ballet
training in Verona, and in 1981 went to study with Rosella
Hightower in Cannes. His made his professional debut in
Basel, Switzerland, working with Heinz Spoerli. In 1985,
he joined the Stuttgart Ballet and was appointed house
choreographer in 1993 by Marcia Haydée. From 1995 to
2005, he was Ballet Director of the Vienna State Opera; in
2001, he added the title of Artistic Director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet School. Since
2005, he has worked as a freelance choreographer. He has choreographed ballets for the
Stuttgart Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Introdans, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Swedish
Ballet, Istanbul State Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, Ballet du Rhin, Vereinigte Bühnen
Krefeld/ Mönchengladbach, Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, Croatian National Theatre, Badische
Staatstheater, Municipal Ballett of Lima, National Ballet of Portugal, Ballett Berlin, Balletto
dell’Opera di Rome, and San Francisco Ballet. He created solo works for Marcia Haydée, Carla
Fracci, Anastasia Volotchkova, Simona Noja, Shoko Nakamura, Polina Semionava, Dorothée
Gilbert, Vladimir Malakhov, Manuel Legris, Roberto Bolle, Giuseppe Picone, Alessio Carbone,
Alessandro Molin, and Egon Madsen. In 1995 Danza & Danza magazine named him the «Best
Italian Choreographer Abroad.» In 2001 he was honored with the Austrian Special Distinction
for Arts and Science.
Wiktor Bockman
Conductor, Salome
W
iktor Bockman studied the violin and conducting from
1981 to 1986 at the music academy in Krakow, Poland.
After completing his work at the academy, he went to Zurich
for work with Nathan Milstein and Munich for studies with
Jacob Gilman. He concertized in Europe (Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, France, Poland, and Russia) and developed a
strong interest in conducting. Since 2000, he has conducted
opera and symphonic works in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland,
Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela, and South Korea. His love of Italian
opera led him to Milan, Italy, to work with such well-known interpreters of opera as Claudio
Abbado, Nello Santi, Renato Bruson, Carlos Montane, and Ion Busea. In 1995, he added
the role of producer to his resume and has directed opera tours of such works as RimskyKorsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s La traviata, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia,
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Donizetti’s La favorita to several European countries.
Dirk Schattner
Stage Director, Salome, GOS Faculty
D
irk Schattner was an assistant to directors Johannes
Felsenstein, Gabriele Rech, Dame Gwyneth Jones,
Jonathan Eaton, and Michael Schulz for productions of
Wagner’s Ring cycle and Der Fliegende Holländer, Verdi’s
Giovanna D’Arco, Weill’s Die Bürgschaft, Strauss’ Salome, and
several operas by Puccini and Mozart. In recent years he has
directed numerous music theater productions in Germany,
the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Hungary. His new musical play, The Little Matchmaker,
was presented in Vienna’s Ronacher in November 2011. For Akzent Theatre Vienna and
Stage Theatre Kehrwieder Hamburg, he directed the German premiere of the musical drama
Wenn Rosenblätter Fallen, which was given its world premiere in Amsterdam in 2010. From
2003 to 2007 Schattner directed more than 20 operas, musicals, and plays for Deutsches
Nationaltheater Weimar, including a dramatic version of Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin, a film
version of Franz Schmidt’s Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln, Offenbach’s Pariser Leben, and Heiner
Müller’s Bildbeschreibung with music by Richard Wagner.
John Rutter
Composer and Conductor, Magnificat
J
ohn Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first
musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He
went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he
wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first
recording while still a student. His compositional career has
embraced both large- and small-scale choral works, orchestral
and instrumental pieces, a piano concerto, two children’s
operas, music for television, and specialist writing for such groups as the Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble and the King’s Singers. His larger choral works, Gloria (1974), Requiem (1985),
Magnificat (1990), Psalmfest (1993), and Mass of the Children (2003) have been performed
many times in Britain, North America, and a growing number of other countries. He co-edited
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four volumes in the Carols for Choirs series with Sir David Willcocks, and, more recently,
has edited the first two volumes in the new Oxford Choral Classics series, Opera Choruses
(1995) and European Sacred Music (1996). From 1975 to 1979 he was director of music at
Clare College, whose choir he directed in a number of broadcasts and recordings. After giving
up the Clare post to allow more time for composition, he formed the Cambridge Singers as
a professional chamber choir primarily dedicated to recording, and he now divides his time
between composition and conducting. He has guest-conducted or lectured at many concert
halls, universities, churches, music festivals, and conferences in Europe, Africa, North and
Central America, Australia, and Asia. In 1980 he was made an honorary fellow of Westminster
Choir College, Princeton, and in 1988 a fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. In 1996 the
Archbishop of Canterbury conferred a Lambeth Doctorate of Music upon him in recognition
of his contribution to church music. He was honored in the 2007 Queen’s New Year Honors
List, being awarded a CBE for services to music. On April 29, 2011, the anthem, This Is the
Day, commissioned by Westminster Abbey, was performed at the Royal Wedding of Catherine
Middleton and HRH Prince William. Mr. Rutter’s music is published by Oxford University Press,
Hinshaw Music Inc., and Collegium Music Publications. Maestro Rutter has made more than a
100 appearences in Carnegie Hall and on the MidAmerica Productions Series.
Dimitris Sgouros
Pianist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5
D
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imitris Sgouros was born in Athens, Greece, in 1969,
began his musical studies at age 7 at the Athens
Conservatory of Music, and gave his first piano recital in the
Public Theatre of Piraeus in 1977, performing two of his own
compositions. He continued his studies at the University of
Maryland, and then at the Royal Music Academy in London,
graduating with honors. Sgouros began his orchestral career at
the age of 11, performing a Mozart concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Cannes. In 1982
at the age of 12, he made his Carnegie Hall debut performing with the National Symphony
Orchestra of Washington, D.C., under the direction of Mstislav Rostropovich. Also that year,
he made his Berlin Philharmonic debut under the baton of Herbert von Karajan. Dimitris
Sgouros has performed in major concert halls throughout the world including Carnegie
Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Royal Festival Hall (London), Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Salle Pleyel
de Paris, Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Great Hall of Moscow
Conservatory. Festival appearances have taken place throughout the world. He has recorded
more than a dozen albums which are sold in many countries.
Combining education and art, he has given lectures at the University of Athens; Toho
Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo; Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey; the Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, Texas; and the New Conservatory in Thessaloniki, Greece. He
has been honored with the International Leonardo Da Vinci Award and Melvin Jones Award
along with many other Greek and International prizes. In 1988 a Festival was founded in his
name in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Since then, Sgouros Festivals have been organized in cities as far
apart as Hamburg and Singapore.
Recent highlights include his debut with the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra in the Ukraine, at
Ivan Fischer’s Beethoven Marathon Festival in Budapest, and his appointment to the Chopin
2010 celebrations committee. In 2011 he returned to the Newport Music Festival in Rhode
Island and he was selected to appear on a double CD set entitled Essential Liszt in homage to
the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth. Later this year, he will inaugurate the Mannheim
Philharmonic’s 2012-13 season.
Ray Adams (Artistic
Director, Indian River
Charter High School
Choir, Vero Beach,
FL), in 2002 became
the founding Artistic
Director for the Indian
River Charter High
School, Schumann School for the Visual and
Performing Arts (VAPA). For this festival he
is filling in for Gary Miller who is the Director
of Choral Activities. Together at the school
they share the directorship of the Choral
Union, a community-based chorus comprised
of alumni and other adults interested in
supporting choral music. Adams earned a
Bachelor of Sacred Music from Wittenberg
University, and a Master of Arts, Master
of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Music from the
University of Iowa. He served as Director of
Music/Organist at the Community Church
of Vero Beach from 1983-2002. While there
he became the founding Director for the
Academy of the Performing Arts and the Vero
Beach Choral Society. VAPA specializes in
dance, drama, music, and the visual Arts.
Graciela Araya (Mezzosoprano, Herodias,
Salome; GOS Faculty),
a native of Chile, made
her debut at age 19 as
Maria in West Side Story
and at 20 performed
Henriquetta di Francia in
I Puritani at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago.
She studied singing with Marta Duran and
Tomas Demolitsas and music pedagogy at the
University of Santiago with Ivonne Herbos.
In 1984 she was awarded a scholarship to
study and perform at the Deutsche Oper
Berlin where she created the role of the
Gedankenstimme in Siegfried Matthus’
Cornet. She spent two years in Aachen
and three in Düsseldorf before becoming
a member of the Vienna State Opera for 12
years. Since 1995 Ms Araya has worked as a
guest artist, appearing with opera companies
in Amsterdam, Brussels (La Monaie),
Antwerp, Venice, Rome, Genoa, Torino,
Paris (La Bastille), New York (Metropolitan
Opera), London (Covent Garden), Seattle, Los
Angeles, Tokyo, Vienna, and Monte Carlo.
Fotini Athanasaki
(GOS Mezzo-soprano,
Soloist Stabat Mater)
has performed as
soloist in Charpentier’s
“Messe de Minuit pour
Noel,” Rossini’s “Petite
Messe Sollenelle,”
Verdi’s Requiem, and Mozart’s Requiem
with Ambitus Choir. As a chorister, she has
performed in productions of Blacher’s Die
Flut; Verdi’s Il trovatore, La traviata, and
Nabucco; Gounod’s Faust; Mascagni’s
Cavalleria rusticana; and Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci with Greek National Opera in such
venues as Odeion Herodus Atticus, Athens
Concert Hall, and Athens Polyphonia. Other
works she has performed include Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 9, Mahler’s Symphony No.
3, Dvořák’s Te Deum, Bob Chilcott’s “A
Little Jazz Mass,” and three works by Mikis
Theodorakis, “Axion Esti,” “Zorba,” and
“Kapodistrias.”
Francis Bardot (Guest
Conductor, Stabat
Mater; Choral Director,
Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile
de France, Paris) was
born in 1946. He began
singing at the age of 8.
By 18, he was a tenor
soloist who had performed in over 200
concerts in France and around the world. At
age 24, he became a teacher at the Institut
Supérieur de Pédagogie of the Institut
Catholique de Paris and started his first
children’s choir school. He then devoted his
time to choir and orchestra conducting and
founded, among others, a choir called “Petits
Chanteurs du Monde.” He also conducted
the children’s choirs of the Opéra de Paris
for 23 years developing a vocal technique
specifically for children. For several years,
he has been the Director of Cultural Affairs
for the city of Levallois and has headed the
Conservatoire Maurice Ravel in Levallois
(2000 students). He conducts the Chœur
d’Enfants d’Ile de France, the Jeune Chœur
d’Ile de France, the Ensemble Vocal d’Ile
de France, and the Chœur Polyphonique
Maurice-Ravel.
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Vangelis Bikos (Dancer,
GNO) was born in
Thessaloniki. From 200407 he studied at the
Royal Ballet School of
Birmingham, England,
from which he graduated
with a professional
dancer’s diploma. During 2006-07 he danced
with the Royal Ballet of Birmingham in
various productions, such as The Nutcracker,
Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, La
Bayadère, Cinderella and the Firebird. Since
2008 he has been a member of the GNO
Company.
Ιο Calochristos
(Assistant Ballet Director,
Soloist, GNO) studied at
Grigoriadou Professional
Dance School in Athens,
under Gech Mihov,
from which she received
her teacher’s diploma.
She started her career dancing with Vienna
Festival Ballet (1987-89) and Munich Ballet
Theater (1989-90). Since 1990 she has been
a member of GNO, first in the corps de ballet,
then as coryphée, and since 1997 as a soloist.
She has danced in many productions such
as Paquita, Bayadera, Four Last Songs (Van
Danzig), Les Sylphides,The Birds, Sleeping
Beauty, Don Quixote, Pinocchio, Snow
Queen, Giselle, Swan Lake, and Romeo and
Juliet. Since 2007 she has been a member
of juries for various dance competitions
in Greece and Cyprus and also she has
organized various productions. In September
2011 she became Assistant to the Ballet
Director of GNO.
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Zhani Ciko (Artistic
Director, Conductor,
Symphony Orchestra of
the National Theatre of
Opera and Ballet, Tirana,
Albania) graduated in
violin from the State
Conservatory of Tirana,
Albania, in 1967, and began working as
a soloist and concertmaster of the OBT
Orchestra. At the same time, he became a
professor of violin at the Academy of Arts
in Tirana. From 1970-73, he was Artistic
Director of the OBT Orchestra and professor
of violin at Tirana’s Academy of Arts. He
has been artistic director of the orchestra
since 1988. In addition to his work with the
orchestra, he has led master classes in Italy,
France, and Hungary and is a member of
several international juries in Albania and
abroad. In the late 80s, he helped develop
the Young Virtuosos of Tirana, which, under
his direction, won competitions in Albania,
Austria, Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Slovenia,
Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Hungary, and
Belgium. The orchestra also appears on three
CDs. As conductor of the orchestra, Maestro
Ciko has worked with soloists in Albania,
Italy, and Austria, and choral ensembles in
Austria, Spain, and France.
Brian Delate (Actor,
Theseus, Herakles,
Aquila) will appear with
Al Pacino in the soon-tobe released documentary
Wild Salome, starring
and directed by Mr.
Pacino. Currently, he
combines his experience as a decorated
non-commissioned officer of the Vietnam
War with theater experience, performing his
original one-man show Memorial Day (when
remembering makes you want to forget… and
being forgotten makes you want to die…),
soon to be presented at the Public Theater
in New York. He also wrote and directed the
independent feature, Soldier’s Heart, which
won “Best Narrative Feature Award” at The
G.I. Film Festival. His other films are Nice
Guy Johnny, The Brave One, Buffalo Soldiers,
The Truman Show, and The Shawshank
Redemption, among others. Brian is a lifetime
member of The Actors Studio, where he also
serves on the Board of Directors.
Liliana Del Conde (GOS
Soprano, Soloist Rutter
Magnificat) grew up in
México City, performing
on national radio and
television programs
with a children’s vocal
ensemble. She studied
classical voice with Howard Vandenburg at
Dortmund Music School in Germany. There,
she was a member of Schola Piccola vocal
quintet, singing madrigals, baroque, and
sacred music. After three years of teaching
and performing in Portugal, she returned
to Mexico in 2001, where she is currently a
teacher of vocal technique at the Cultural
Center in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She is
the founder of the Patapan vocal quartet as
well as Quartet Amici. Ms. Del Conde has
concertized live and on radio and television
programs in Germany, Portugal, France,
Russia, and Mexico. She has released three
solo CDs as well as a recording with the
Philharmonic Orchestra of Puebla.
Constantine Th.
Evangelatos (Choral
Director, Mixed Choir
of Employees of the
Bank of Greece, Athens)
is a native of Athens,
Greece. A composer
and choirmaster, he
has served as the Artistic Director of several
conservatories and music schools, a professor
of composition, a choirmaster of several choral
ensembles, and the founder and conductor
of the orchestra Chorus Instrumentalis. He
is a member of the Pan-Hellenic Association
of Choral and Instrumental Ensembles’
Conductors, the Greek Composers Union,
the Hellenic Choirs Association, and the
International Federation of Choral Music. His
compositions for piano, choir, chamber music,
and orchestra have been performed in Greece
and abroad by Greek and foreign instrumental
and choral ensembles. He has also written and
translated several books about music.
Thanos Foskolos (Bass,
Ein Cappadocier, Salome;
GOS Syros Chorus) was
born in Aachen, Germany,
in 1979. At the age of
five, his family returned
to Trikala, Greece, after
which he was raised and
educated in Hermoupolis, Syros. He studied
civil engineering in Manchester, U.K., at Salford
University; and completed his master’s degree
in structural engineering at the University
of Manchester’s Insitution of Science and
Technology. Although he works full time as a
civil engineer in Hermoupolis, he joined the
Theatrical and Cultural Club of Syros in 2003
and has performed acting roles in “The Lady
Vanishes” by Ethel White, “Lifelong Comedy”
by Arkas, “Red Lights” by Alekos Galanos, and
“Santa Claus-Red Riding Hood” by Maria Kitra.
Since 2006, he has been a member of the St.
Nicholas Church Choir and the Syros Musical
Club.
Abbie Furmansky
(Vocal Teacher, GOS)
came to prominence in
Europe where she was
an ensemble member
at the Deutsche Oper
Berlin. Since then, she
has appeared throughout
Europe and the U.S. with opera companies
including New York City Opera, Canadian
Opera Company, Washington National Opera,
Los Angeles Opera, the opera companies of
Munich and Frankfurt, and at the BadenBaden Festival. Recent concert performances
have taken her to the Philharmonie in Berlin,
Lucerne Festival, and to Potsdam, Singapore,
and Novi Sad, Serbia. An international voice
teacher, Ms. Furmansky maintains a private
vocal studio and is a faculty member of the
IVAI summer program in Tel Aviv. She also
teaches vocal technique in workshops to the
singers of the Berlin Staatsoper Oper Studio.
Emilia Gaspari (Dancer,
GNO) was born in
Athens, Greece. She
started dancing at the
age of 6. She studied
at the English National
Ballet School (London)
with a scholarship from
Peter Schaufuss. Later she studied at the
Greek State School of Art and Dance, from
where she received her Teachers’ Diploma
Certificate. Since 1992 she has been a
member of GNO, and in 2001 she became a
principal. Her repertoire includes Goddess
Isida in Aida, Kitri in Don Quixote, Lilac
Fairy and Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet
in Romeo and Juliet, Myrta in Giselle, Rose
in the Snow Queen, Wife of Zapata in Canto
General, and Vou Tsing Xoa in Nixon in China.
Théo Gavaliatsis (GOS
Tenor, Nazarener 2,
Salome) was born in
Athens in 1988. He began
taking voice lessons in
2006 at the National
Conservatory of Greece
with the Greek baritone
Vassilis Dimas-Tsirigotis, and after five years
of training as a baritone, he transitioned into
the tenor repertoire in 2011. His studies so far
encompass a wide variety of music including
Baroque, German, Italian, and French opera,
Lieder, 20th-century works, and Italian
songs. He will be completing his studies in
the summer of 2013.
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Lina Geronikou (Choral
Director, University of
Patras Choir), a native of
Patras, has studied piano,
advanced theoretical
music, baroque chamber
music, and singing. She
has attended numerous
seminars in these areas in Greece and abroad,
including a “Lied, Oratorio, Opera” seminar
with Rudolf Knoll, professor in Mozarteum in
Salzburg; a Zoltan Kodály seminar in Hungary;
and a master class in Baroque singing with
Romina Basso. Ms. Geronikou has a music
degree in harmony, counterpoint, and the
fugue; a diploma in singing; and a degree
in physics from Patras University. She has
participated in numerous concerts as a choral
and solo singer. Ms. Geronikou teaches
advanced theoretical music, singing, and
junior music courses in local conservatories.
Since 2010 she has been the artistic director
of Patras University Choir.
Anooshah Golesorkhi
(Baritone, Jochanaan,
Salome; GOS Faculty)
is a regular guest of
leading opera companies
throughout Europe and
North America, including
the Metropolitan Opera
whose roster he joined for the title role
Nabucco. Also at the Met, he has performed
Scarpia in Tosca, the title role of Rigoletto,
The Count of Westmoreland in Sly, Iago in
Otello, Monforte in I vespri Siciliani, and Alfio
in Cavalleria rusticana. During the 2011-12
season, he performed Simone Boccanegra
in Los Angeles, Agamemnon in Iphigenie in
Aulis in Leipzig, the Count in The Marriage of
Figaro in Taiwan, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci
in Dusseldorf, and Iago in Otello in Norway.
He also appeared as Scarpia in Tosca in
Copenhagen, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana and
Tonio in Pagliacci in Italy (Pisa and Lucca), and
the Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass in Norway.
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Jens Hübner (Lighting)
studied stage and
costume design in
Dresden. He worked as
designer and technical
supervisor for more
than 40 theater, film,
and TV productions
in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria,
and Greece, among others. He has worked
for Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Stage
Musical Theatre Berlin, Stadttheater St.
Gallen, Metropoltheater Berlin, Studiobühne
Bayreuth, Sächsische Landesbühnen
and Bayreuther Festspiele, Caspari Film
Productions Düsseldorf, and Studio Berlin
Babelsberg. He created designs for Der
Wildschütz, The Fairy Queen, Carmen, Hello
Dolly, My Fair Lady, and On The Town. Jens
Hübner is founder and director of Jens
Hübner Stage Design. His international clients
include Siemens and Deutsche Bank for whom
he develops and creates designs for film and
theater events.
Keith Ikaia-Purdy
(Tenor, Narraboth,
Salome; Soloist
Beethoven’s 9th, GOS
Faculty), from Hawaii,
has performed leading
roles at opera houses
throughout the world,
including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent
Garden, La Scala, Teatro Colon, Deutsche
Opera Berlin, Linden Opera Berlin, Bavarian
State Opera, and the Royal Operas of Sweden,
Denmark, and Norway. In 16 seasons with the
Vienna State Opera, he has performed more
than 270 times. He has been featured in live
telecasts, including La bohème with Deutsche
Opera Berlin, Der Rosenkavalier in Vienna,
and Mefistofele from the Ravenna Festival.
Symphonic appearances include concerts with
the Israel Philharmonic (Beethoven’s Missa
Solemnis), the Concertgebouw Orchestra
(Verdi’s Requiem), and the Vienna Symphony
(Das Lied von der Erde). His recording of
the Berlioz Requiem with the Dresdner
Staatskapelle under Sir Colin Davis received
the 2007 ECHO Classics Award in Germany
for Best Performance of the Year.
Evrydiki Issaakidou
(Dancer, GNO) was born
in Athens. She graduated
with honors from the
Professional Ballet
School, “N. Kontaxaki.”
She also received
diplomas in classical
dance and as a teacher of the Vaganova
School. Ms. Issaakidou has performed with
several contemporary dance companies in
Athens and China. In 1996, she joined the
ballet company of the Greek National Opera
under the direction of Lynn Seymour, Renato
Zanella, and Irek Mukhamedov. She became
a Principal dancer in 2008. Her repertoire
includes principal roles in Don Quixote, Swan
Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen, Giselle,
Eugene Onegin, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet,
Corsair, La fille mal gardé, and many others.
Stavroula Kaburakis
in New York and studied
at the School of American
Ballet. She continued her
studies at the School of
Performing Arts (FAME),
Royal Academy of Dance
in London, Adelphi University, and New York
University on scholarship. She was awarded
the National Arts Prize for her expertise in
Martha Graham’s technique. She has appeared
with the New York City Ballet, Dance National
Institute, Adelphi Dance Theater, and Eglevsky
Ballet. She taught at the National State School
of Dance in Athens, and since 1996, she has
been a member of the GNO Company, dancing
principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker,
Eugene Onegin, Four Last Songs, Genzano
Flower Festival, Pavanne, Romeo and Juliet,
and many others.
Christina Kalliaridou
(Choral Director, Corfu Island Children’s Choir and
Corfu Youth Choir) studied musicology and music
education at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki
graduating in 1990; piano
at the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki, receiving a diploma in 1987; and bassoon at
the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, receiving a diploma in 1995. She also studied at the
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst
in Vienna from 1990-93. Since 1996 she has
worked as a music teacher at the primary level.
She has also worked as an orchestra bassoonist in Thessaloniki and Athens. Ms. Kalliaridou
has made her home in Corfu since 2006. The
following year she founded the Potamos Children’s Choir, followed by Corfu Children’s Choir
in 2010. At the same time she became the conductor of the Corfu (Men’s) Choir.
Stella Kaltsou (Lighting
Designer) was born in
Thessaloniki and studied
stage and lighting design
in the theater department
of the School of Fine Arts
of the Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki. She has
worked as a lighting designer for the National
Theatre of North Greece, theatre Epi Kolono
and in a great number of theatrical, musical,
and dance performances at the Athens Concert Hall, Onassis Cultural Centre, Badminton
Theatre, Cacoyannis Foundation, and Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Since 2011, she has also collaborated with George Tellos and Lighting Art.
Nikolaos Karagiaouris,
(GOS Baritone, Soldaten
1, Salome) is a native
of Patras, Greece. From
2000-07, he studied
theater and voice at the
National Conservatory in
Athens, and from 19992005, he taught architecture and drawing
in Piraeus. Between 2004 and 2010, he won
several prizes and scholarships, including
third place in an operetta competition in
Athens, third prize in a competition in
Thessaloniki, second prize in a contest held
by the National Symphony Orchestra of
Salonica, and a scholarship from “Karras
Athena” of the Greek Union to participate
in a program in Bayreuth, Germany, next
month. His roles include Zeus in Offenbach’s
Orfeo aux enfers, the priest in Mozart’s Die
Zauberflöte, the monk in Verdi’s Don Carlos,
Frank in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Escamillo in
Bizet’s Carmen, Germont in Verdi’s La traviata,
and Conte Robinson in Humperdinck’s Hansel
und Gretel.
Dimitri Kavrakos (Bass,
Nazarener 1, Salome;
Soloist Beethoven’s
9th) appears regularly
on the stages of
the Metropolitan
Opera, Lyric Opera of
Chicago, Royal Opera
Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, La Scala
in Milan, Teatro Comunale in Florence,
Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, and in Bologna,
Bordeaux, Marseilles, Genova, and Cologne.
As a concert artist, he has performed with
the symphony orchestras of Chicago,
Cleveland, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Montreal, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and
Paris, under the batons of Daniel Barenboim,
James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Edo de Waart,
Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Giuseppe
Patane, Helmut Rilling, Sir Georg Solti, and
Riccardo Muti. Noteworthy engagements
include leading roles in Luisa Miller, Nabucco,
Simon Boccanegra, Ernani, Aida, Il trovatore,
La Juive, and Lucia di Lammermoor at the
Met; Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, and La vestale
at La Scala; I Puritani, Norma, Don Carlo,
and Turandot with Grand Opera of Paris;
and Anna Bolena, Le nozze di Figaro, Boris
Godunov, and La donna del Lago at Covent
Garden.
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Anton Koruti (Dancer,
GNO) was born in
Albania. He graduated
from the Gordan Misyia
Academy in Tirana. He
attended classes at the
Dutch National Opera
(Amsterdam) and at Maurice Bejart’s studio.
He has been a soloist at the GNO since 1997
and has danced in productions of Giselle,
Zorba the Greek, Sleeping Beauty, Snow
Queen, Corsaire, Swan Lake, La Bayadère,
The Nutcracker, and Canto General. He has
also performed in many operas and operettas
at GNO, including The Rise and Fall of
Mahogany. He has danced many principal
roles at the Megaron and Herodus Atticus
Theater.
Maria Kousouni-Fika
in Athens. She trained
at the Grigoriadou
professional dance
school where she studied
the Vaganova System.
From 1999-2004 she was a member of the
Vienna State Opera Ballet, and in 2004 John
Neumeier invited her to join the Hamburg
Ballet. In 2006, she returned to Greece and
became a Principal Dancer of the Greek
National Ballet. Her large repertoire includes
leading roles such as Juliet in Cranko’s Romeo
and Juliet, Phrygia in Spartacus, Zanella’s
Bolero, Nijinska in Nijnsky, and Audrey in
John Neumeier’s As You Like It and Requiem.
She has also performed in works by Natalya
Makarova, Lorca Massine, Irek Mukhamedov,
and George Balanchine, among others. Past
performances at the Festival of the Aegean
include William Forsythe’s Slingerland
and the title role of Medea with music by
Theodorakis, created for her by Renato
Zanella.
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Chen Laks (GOS
Soprano, Ein Sklave,
Salome) born in 1983,
studied piano and voice
at the Arts Center in
Jesarel Valley, Israel.
She received her B.A.
in performing arts in
2010 at the Rubin Academy of Music and
Dance in Jerusalem. She has performed
in various choirs and vocal ensembles
and has been a soloist with Be’er-Sheva
Symphoniette Orchestra and Ensemble 21st
Century in Jerusalem. She has performed
in Le nozze di Figaro in northern Israel, Die
Fledermaus at the Academy of Music and
Dance in Jerusalem, and Gluck’s Orfeo ed
Euridice at the Academy of Music and Dance
in Jerusalem. In 2011, she appeared in the
Crescendo Summer Festival in Hungary,
was a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony
Orchestra performing Liù in Turandot and
Musetta in La bohème, and performed the
First Lady in Die Zauberflöte in a production
by Mozart Co-opera in London.
Thomas Louziotis
(Choral Director,
Scientists’ Choir of
Philothei, Athens) was
born in Athens, Greece,
in 1952. He studied
economics and music at
the Athens University.
He is President of the Choir Friends of
Modern Music and conductor of the
Scientists’ Choir of Philothei and the Choir of
the Artistic Society of Nea Makri. He studied
choral conducting in Greece and abroad, and
arranged Greek and international songs for
mixed choir and children’s choir, as well as
religious hymns for male and mixed choir. He
has also composed religious music for mixed
choir. He is member of the Board of Directors
of the Hellenic Choirs Association and holds
the position as its Executive Secretary,
responsible for public and international
relations.
Gary L. Mabry (Choral
Director, Yellow Rose
Singers, San Antonio,
TX) joined the University
of Texas-San Antonio
faculty in 1991. He
conducts both the
Women’s Choir and the
UTSA Jazz Choir, both of which he founded.
Also a member of the voice faculty, he has
served as president of the South Texas
and Montana chapters of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing. He is
an active member of the American Choral
Directors Association and the Texas Choral
Directors Association, having served as the
latter’s Repertoire and Standards Chair for
Women’s Choirs and as a TCDA conducting
mentor for the Student Conductors
Symposium. Currently, he serves Music
Director of Travis Park United Methodist
Church. He earned a doctor of musical arts
degree from the University of Colorado,
Boulder. He also holds a master’s degree from
Hardin-Simmons University and a bachelor’s
degree from Abilene Christian University.
Nikos Maliaras (Choral
Director, The Choir of the
Department of Musicology of the University of
Athens) was born in Athens. He studied literature
and piano in Athens and
musicology and music education in Munich, were he earned his master’s
degree and doctorate. He serves as Associate
Professor of Musicology at the Athens University, where he gives lectures on music history,
musical instruments, and music analysis, and
guides related seminars. Since September 2011
he has been the chair of the department. His
artistic activity is focused on teaching and conducting children’s, youth, and student choirs,
and orchestral groups. He is the permanent conductor of the Students Choir of the Department
of Musicology and of the Manolis Kalomiris
Children’s Choir, which has a permanent collaboration with the Greek National Opera, the
Athens Festival, and the Athens Concert Hall.
He is chairman of the Athens Youth Symphony
Orchestra, Secretary of the Manolis Kalomiris
Society, and a member of the Friends of The
Greek Music Library Association
Peter Meineck (Artistic
Director, Aquila) studied at
University College London
(BA, Ancient World Studies) and the University of
Nottingham (PhD, Classics) and founded Aquila
in 1991. He has worked
extensively in London and New York theater and
directed and/or produced over 50 professional
productions of Classical drama in New York,
London, Holland, Germany, Greece, Scotland,
Canada, Bermuda, and the United States in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the ancient Stadium at Delphi, Lincoln Center, and the White
House. He has published several volumes of
translations of Greek plays as well as scholarly
articles on Greek drama and Shakespeare. He
is a regular performing arts contributor to the
humanities Journal Arion. In 2010 he was the recipient of the American Philological Association
Award for Outreach and has received significant
grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities for devising and directing groundbreaking public programs. He was also the recipient
of the “Golden Dozen” teaching award from the
College of Arts and Science at New York University in 2009. Currently, he is Clinical Associate
Professor of Classics and Ancient Studies at
New York University. Previous teaching posts
were at Princeton and USC and as a fellow at
the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. He is
currently completing a new book on the visual
dimension of Greek drama, entitled Opsis.
Erica Muller (GOS Soprano, Soloist Beethoven’s
9th) received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from the University of
Illinois, and her doctoral
degree from Indiana University in 2008. She is the
recipient of several scholarships and awards
since 2002, including Indiana University Music
Merit Award; Semi-Finalist, Elardo Competition;
Semi-Finalist, Bel Canto Competition; Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions;
Finalist, Opera North Auditions; Dean’s Music
Merit Award, Indiana University; Graduate
Scholarship, University of Illinois; Saint Louis
University Madrid Summer of Spanish Song
Scholarship; Indiana University Scuola Italia
Scholarship; and as a Finalist, National Teachers of Singing Competition. Since 2009, her
performances have included Donna Anna in
Don Giovanni with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar,
Marguerite in Faust with Brussels Light Opera
Company, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with
the Intermezzo Foundation, and Marguerite
with Regina Opera Company.
Wendolin Pazitka Munroe (Choral Director, Canadian University College
Choral Union, Alberta)
is chair of the Music
Department at Canadian
University College. She
holds a master of music
degree in choral conducting with distinction
from Indiana University School of Music in
Bloomington. She also holds a doctorate of music education degree in choral/vocal methodology from the same institution. Besides directing
the Choral Union, she directs the CUC Chamber
Singers, the Hand bell Choir, and teaches voice,
music education, and conducting.
Alexandar Neskov
in Novi Sad, Serbia, where
he was trained at the
State Ballet Academy
from the age of 8. At the
age of 16, he joined the
Serbian National Ballet Company as as an apprentice, where he
remained until 1990. From 1991-96, he was a
principal dancer with the Hungarian National
Ballet and guest artist at the Budapest Opera.
In 1998, he joined the Ballet of Greek National
Opera, where he dances in all of the company’s
productions. In 2003, the Greek Ministry of
Culture gave him an award as best male dancer.
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New Zealand Chamber
Soloists (Lara Hall,
violin; James Tennant,
cello; Katherine Austin,
piano) was founded
in 2006, with the goal
of bringing together
New Zealand’s leading
soloists and contemporary composers. They
perform full range of classical repertoire and
represent the new music of New Zealand
locally and internationally. The NZCS trio
works within the music program at the
University of Waikato. Since its formation,
the ensemble has maintained an active
performance schedule around New Zealand,
including concerts for Chamber Music New
Zealand, and engagements with the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Opus
Chamber Orchestra. In 2009 and 2010 they
toured in the USA, UK, France, and Colombia.
Also in 2010, the New Zealand music label,
Atoll, released their first CD, Elegy, which
held the number one position on the classical
music chart of radio station RNZ Concert for
a record six weeks – an unusual feat for a
first CD. The triple concerto, Convergence,
written for them by Michael F Williams,
has been described as a landmark in New
Zealand music. The NZCS will perform it in
2014 at Konzerthaus in Vienna. They would
like to acknowledge and are grateful for the
generous funding and support that enables
such extensive participation in this art form.
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Eleni Panagiotopoulou
(GOS Soprano, Soloist
Stabat Mater) is a
native of Athens. She
studied the piano, music
theory, and harmony
at the Greek National
Conservatory. She also
read philosophy and music at University
of Reading in the UK, and completed her
master’s degree in musical performance
at the same university. Her teachers in
England included Annette Thompson of the
Guildhall College of Music and Drama, Robin
Bowman, Henry Herford, Richard Jackson,
Brian McKay, Gregory Rose, Neil Jenkins, and
Jonathan Hinden. In England she recently
performed songs of Liszt and Mahler in
several lieder recitals and sacred works by
Beethoven and Elgar. Her performances in
Athens include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
at the Arsakeion School with the Athenian
Symphony Youth Orchestra, the role of
Leonora in Verdi’s Il trovatore, and premier
performances of portions of Theodoros
Haridis’ opera Odyssey.
Christos Papageorgiou
(Pianist, Composer) is
a pianist, conductor,
composer, lecturer,
teacher, and producer,
who is widely known in
his native Greece. Among
his awards is First Prize
at the Fifth International Competition for
Composition in Italy for his Electric Guitar
Concerto. He was the recipient of the «Young
Artist of the Year» award for 1998 given
by the Greek National Society of Critics
for music and drama. As a solo pianist and
composer, he has performed widely in Europe
and Japan. Christos Papageorgiou graduated
in piano and composition from the Athens
State Conservatory and the Royal Academy
of Music in London, and received his master’s
degree in music from the University of
London. Since 2002 he has broadcast weekly
from National Radio 3, playing and analyzing
every style of music in order to make it
accessible to the broad public. He teaches at
the Ionian University in Corfu.
Manolis Papasifakis
(Pianist, GOS Faculty)
was born in Athens,
Greece, but his musical
training began in the
U.S. near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where
his family had relocated
and remained through his early school years.
Back in Greece, he studied at the Athens
Conservatory, then returned to the U.S. to
study at the Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music, from which he received his bachelor
of music degree in piano performance. Over
the next 10 years, he served on the piano
faculty at the Brooklyn School of Music and
as assistant conductor for the Henry Street
Settlement Opera Studio and the Lubo Opera
of New Jersey. Currently based in Greece, he
works as a teacher, accompanist, and coach,
and is affiliated with Greece’s leading musical
institutions and concert venues, including
the Athens Megaron, Athens Conservatory,
the Athenaeum, and the Greek National
Opera. He has performed widely throughout
the country as a solo pianist and as recital
partner to singers and instrumentalists, and
as a vocal coach and accompanist.
Maria Ratkova, (Mezzosoprano, Ein Page der
Herodias, Salome; Soloist
Beethoven’s 9th) was
born in St. Petersburg,
Russia. She attended the
Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts in Singapore
and the National Academy of Music RimskyKorsakov in St. Petersburg from which
she graduated in 2005. While a student in
Russia, she sang leading roles, including Olga
in Eugene Onegin, Duenna in Prokofiev’s Il
Fidanzamento nel monastero, Dorabella in
Così fan tutti, and Jocasta in Stravinsky’s
Oedipus Rex. She made her Italian debut
at the Mediterranean Easter Music Festival
performing the Pergolesi Stabat Mater,
followed by Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater in Rome
with the Rome Sinfonietta Orchestra, and
Rossini’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah with
the Rome Symphony Orchestra. Since 2008
she has concertized in Venezuela, Ecuador,
Columbia, and Mexico..
Marina Reskalova
(Choral Director, Choir of
Filarmoniki Conservatory
of Patras), born in
Russia, studied piano
and choral conducting
at the art school of
Irbit. She continued
her musical studies at the College of Asbest
from which she received a diploma in choir
conducting, ensemble, and teaching. She also
received a diploma from Gnesins Russian
Academy in Moscow. Ms. Rechkalova has
won competitions in conducting for choirs.
Her diverse career has included work with
church, children’s and student choirs; as
a teacher of music; and as a professor of
theory and musical ensembles. She founded
and directs the Vocal Ensemble of the
Philharmonic Society Conservatory of Patras.
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco
(Pianist, Conductor, GOS
Faculty) began his career
as a conductor with Da
Corneto Opera Chicago,
where he conducted
Mignon and La favorita.
He was invited to
conduct Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Izmir
State Opera and the Shaker Mountain
Festival, New York. He also conducted
Rigoletto, Norma, Faust, Così fan tutte, and
Don Giovanni. At the Teatro Lirico Andaluz,
he conducted the zarzuela Katiuska, and at
the Stuttgart State Opera, El Barberillo de
Lavapiés in a production by Calixto Bieto.
Also as a guest conductor, he appeared
with the Compañia Nacional de Ópera de
Bellas Artes and the Orquesta Filarmonica de
Sonora in Mexico.
Desiree Sanchez
(Director and Production
Designer, Herakles,
Aquila) has been on
Aquila’s creative team for
the past six years. She
directed this season’s
Herakles, Macbeth,
and The Importance of Being Earnest; last
season’s Six Characters in Search of an
Author; created movement for Aquila’s A Very
Naughty Greek Play (Aristophanes’ Wasps),
Catch-22, Julius Caesar, The Iliad: Book One,
and The Comedy of Errors; performed in The
Iliad: Book One at the Festival of the Aegean
in Syros, Greece; and was lead teaching artist
for Aquila’s Shakespeare Leaders program
in Harlem. Prior to joining Aquila, she was
a principal dancer for the Metropolitan
Opera Ballet for 23 years. She has taught at
Long Island University as visiting associate
professor of dance, Elliot Feld’s Ballet Tech,
and has a Certificate of Movement Therapy
from The New School. She is currently
directing The Taming of the Shrew and
Cyrano.
Angeliki Sigourou
(Movement, GOS
Faculty), a native of
Athens, graduated from
the University of Athens
and received training
from the drama school
of “Archi” in Athens
and the school of dance of Aliki Goussa.
As a choreographer, she has directed and
choreographed works for Akropoditi, a
nonprofit company located in Syros; created
“Ekklisiazouses” by Aristophanes for the
Apollon Theater, also in Syros; and recently
created “Nourmania-First Letter,” based on
one of her poems with musc composed by
Nikos Panagiotakis for the Goethe Institute
in Athens. She also works as a teacher, poet,
and translator.
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Stavros Solomos (Choral Director, Polyphonic
Choir of Patras, Greece),
a native of Patras born
in 1952, studied music
theory and piano at the
Hellenic and Achaiko
Conservatoire. In 1984
he studied conducting at the Zoltan Kodály
workshops in Kecksemet, Hungary, with Peter
Erdei; and attended workshops with Antonio
Kontogeorgiou and Istvan Parkai. In 29 years,
he has conducted more than 1000 concerts
in Bulgaria, England, Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain,
Hungary, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Wales,
Austria, Sweden, Japan, U.S.A., Bosnia,
Serbia, and France. With his choirs, he has
participated in 32 national and international
competitions including the 1993 International
Competition in Takarazuka, Japan, and the
first Choir Olympics in Linz, Austria in 2000.
Daniel Sutton (Pianist,
GOS Faculty) has written more than 30 symphonic, chamber, solo,
and vocal works. Also, a
pianist, he performs his
own piano works as well
as works of the standard
repertoire. He has won prizes in the Joanna
Hodges International Piano Competition in
Palm Springs and the Magues Piano Competition in Cincinnati. He made his debut at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1996 and has
performed extensively as a soloist, chamber
musician, vocal accompanist, and soloist with
various orchestras. He attended The Juilliard
School as a scholarship student of Josef
Raieff. During his years at Juilliard he made
his debut as a composer with performances
of his chamber works Homage to Machaut,
The Magic Theatre, and Golden Pears of the
Earth. In 1995 he received his doctorate from
the Manhattan School of Music.
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Peter Svensson (Heldentenor, Herodes, Salome; GOS Faculty) is a
native of Vienna, Austria.
He began his career as
a soprano soloist in the
Vienna Boys Choir and
graduated cum laude
from the Vienna Music Academy, studying
with James King and Réne Kollo. He was
hired to sing at the Vienna State Opera in
1989 by Claudio Abbado. Since then, he has
performed all over the world, from La Scala
in Milan to Paris, Buenos Aires, Athens, Dresden, Osaka, Seoul, Madrid, Tokyo, Taipei, and
Mexico City, to name a few cities. In 2011,
after a three-year break, he returned to the
stage to sing the title role of Siegfried, appeared in Lohengrin in Paraguay, and debuted
in Peter Grimes in Las Palmas. A prizewinner
at the Richard Tauber Competition in London
1991, he received a stipend from the Richard
Wagner Society in 1992, and a nomination for
his interpretation of Pedro in Tiefland for the
prestigious Czech National Culture Award,
Thalie. Future projects include performances
until 2015 at the Metropolitan Opera, La
Scala Milan, Vienna State Opera, and Teatro
Colon-Buenos Aires.
Katerina Vassilikou
(Choral Director, Ambitus Choir, Athens) a native of Athens, is a graduate of the Athens Early
Childhood Education
Faculty of the University of Athens. She has
studied piano and classical singing, attended
choir conducting and piano seminars, took
courses in the Carl Orff system and studied music and dance education. From 1991
to 2010 she taught piano in the Kentrikon
Conservatory of Athens. Since 1992 she has
taught music and conducting the Youth Choir
of Lycée Léonin Nea Smyrn, and since 2007,
she has led the Children’s Youth Choir of the
Municipality of Agia Paraskevi. She has conducted the award-winning Ambitus Choir of
Lycée Léonin Nea Smyrni since its founding
in 2002.
Carlos Vazquez (Pianist, Conductor, GOS
Faculty), between 1999
and 2005, studied piano
in his native Mexico at
Puebla’s Conservatory of
Music, and took lessons
in opera repertoire from
Enrique Jaso, Tito Capobianco, and Danielle
Orlando. He began his career at the National
Conservatory of Music. Since then, he has
served as an accompanist for opera, oratorio, master classes, and solo performances
in Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Monterrey, Torreón,
Piedras Negras, Zacatecas, Durango, San Luís
Potosí, and Guanajuato, México. He has been
pianist in master classes for such artists as
Susan Graham, Renee Fleming, and Catherine
Malfitano. In 2004, he began a long association with the National Opera Company of
Mexico. His current and future plans include
a conducting workshop with Ivan Anguélov in
Berlin, an operatic concert in Bremen, and an
operatic concert in Freiburg, all in Germany.
Elizabeth Wakehouse
(Actor, Megara/Iris,
Herakles, Aquila), has
credits including Get
Your War On, 101 Plays
about Vladimir Putin
(Rude Mechanicals);
Philomel Project, American Arcana, Orange (Refraction Arts Project);
Vaudeville Vanya, Mineola Twins, Lacuna (St.
Idiot Collective); Medea Stories, Playing for
Time, Equus, Love’s Fire, One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest (Mary Moody Northern Theatre); and Wickets (3 Legged Dog).
Brent Werzner (Actor,
Herakles/Lycus, Herakles,
Aquila) has performed
Poseidon in The Trojan
Women, Lysander/Flute/
Cobweb/Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
R.P. McMurphy in One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Dinky Dau in
Tracers, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, The
Prosecutor in The Medea Stories, Earl Tod/Jeremiah/Tommy Jackson in The Kentucky Cycle,
Antonio in Twelfth Night (The State Theatre),
Big Harpe in Americamisfit (Salvage Vanguard
Theatre), Josh in Static (Salvage Vanguard Theatre), and Ensemble/Self in Mika at The United
Nations. His voiceover credits include Jubeii
Kakeii in Get Backers 1-7 and Nam in Birth. On
TV, he has appeared in Friday Night Lights.
Richard Willis (Actor,
Anphitryon/Messenger,
Herakles, Aquila) trained
at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts. In Canada, he performed as Ragnor in The Master Builder
(Peter Hall Productions,
Royal Alexander Theatre), among other roles.
Among his U.K. credits are Arnold in Torch
Song Trilogy (Albery Theatre, London), Jean in
Miss Julie, (BAC, London) Hedda Gabler (Leicester Haymarket), A Woman of No Importance (Leicester Haymarket), Into the Woods
(Leicester Haymarket), and George in Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (New Vic). In the
U.S. he has performed many roles with Aquila
Theatre, including Jack in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Bottom in Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Prospero in The Tempest, Claudius in
Hamlet, Brutus in Julius Caesar, and Catch
22. TV appearances include Dr. Who, Flesh
& Blood, Rebecca, Diary of a Nobody (BBC),
Soldier & Me (Granada), Doombolt Chase
(HTV), The Feathered Serpent (Thames TV),
Law & Order (NBC), and Flashpoint (CBS).
Stella Yialoglou (Pianist,
GOS Syros Chorus)
born in Hermoupolis,
Syros, received a piano
diploma and a degree
in music theory in
1999, and a diploma in
music harmony in 2010.
Between 1996 and 2011, she has participated
in Gkyzi Music School and Attikon Music
School’s concerts, performed in a theatrical
plays at the Apollo Theater, and given
solo piano concerts at the Apollo Theater,
Hermes Music Hall, and Parnassos Music
Hall in Athens. She has served as a piano
teacher at Gkyzi Music School in Athens
and the Attikon Music School, as a music
teacher at the Recreational Center of Ano
Syros municipality, and, most recently as a
music teacher at the Recreational Center for
children with special needs.
Danilo Zeka (Dancer,
GNO), a native of
Tirana, Albania, began
studying at the National
Dance Academy of
Tirana, from which he
received his diploma
in 1995. Between 1995
and 1997, he was a member of the National
Ballet of Tirana. He continued his studies
at National Theatre of Geneva, Switzerland,
and in 2001 he joined the Greek National
Ballet as a soloist. In 2008 he became a
principal dancer. His roles have included
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, the Lover in
Canto Generale, Kai in Snow Queen, Lensky
in Eugene Onegin, and Albrecht in Giselle.
He has also danced in Bolero choreographed
by Renato Zanella and Medea with music by
Theodorakis at the Festival of the Aegean in
2010. In 2002 he received the Best Dancer
award from the Ministry of Culture.
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Symphony Orchestra
of the National Theatre
of Opera and Ballet,
Tirana, Albania
Zhani Ciko, General Director
Symphony Orchestra of the National
Theater of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania
was founded in 1950 along with the State
Philharmonic. The orchestra became a part of
the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1953.
From 1992 on, the orchestra made a series of
tours in China, Italy, France, Turkey, Greece,
Macedonia, and Kosovo. In addition to works
by Albanian composers such as Zadeja, Zoraqi,
Daija, Harapi, Ibrahimi, Dizdari, Peçi, and Laro,
the orchestra has performed many works by
the world’s greatest symphony, opera, and
ballet composers. The Orchestra, on tour to
Syros, consists of 50 Albanian musicians.
VIOLIN
Gezim Bulçari, Concertmaster
Anduena Sula
Hilda Çekani
Mimoza Kolpeja
Fatos Bardulla
Rina Lazri
Edlira Shkurti
Edmea Krasniqi
VIOLIN II
Shkelqim Arizi
Edlira Prosi
Genti Jazexhiu
Jatvina Hoxha
Alma Koruti
Emela Banaj
VIOLA
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Alkena Ruzi
Fatbardha Gezdari
Adrian Prosi
Edmond Lalazi
CELLO
Kujtim Vorpsi
Gezim Hysi
Teuta Krypçi
Marsela Tiko
Mario Guralumi
DOUBLE BASS
Kujtim Vorpsi
Gezim Hysi
Teuta Krypçi
Marsela Tiko
Mario Guralumi
FLUTE
Enalda Gjoni
Dorela ujkani
Orieta Gjyshi
OBOE
Erik Tauzi
Ilir Gjoka
Ermir Gruda
CLARINET
Elton Katroshi
Petrika Backa
BASSOON
Orges Malaj
Sadik Meniku
Lisen Malaj
HORN
Vildan Mumajezi
Briken Burgia
Andrea Canaj
Dashamir Rroca
TRUMPET
Roland Llupo
Xhino Daja
TROMBONE
Romeo Mano
Dorian Llanga
TUBA
Devis Cacani
PERCUSSION
Gridi Kraja
Andi Grizhja
GUEST ARTISTS
Alice LaBarche, Tenor Saxophone
Ursula Straitfeld, Soprano Saxophone
Dimitri Agathos, Trumpet
Yannis Arvanitakis, Trombone
Stefanos Larentzakis, Percussion
Georgia Xagara, Harp
Participating Choirs
from the U.S.A.
Towne Singers, La Cañada, CA
Beth Richey, Choral Director
Allen Clason, Richard Counsil, Katie Evans, Mary Flatlie, Charles Hains, Richard
Halverstadt, Ruth Halverstadt, Sylvia Holmes, Karen Arlette Kline, Ginny Mole, Helen
Moses, Robert Moses, Lina Palomo, Sherree Schrager, Pauline Tso, Dori Wong
Indian River Charter High School Choir, Vero Beach, FL
Gary Miller, Choral Director; Ray Adams, Artistic Director
Emma Nicole Cochran, Barbara Carlton Cundiff, Shannon Samantha Edwards, Danya
Marie Etter, Shannon Eileen Fallon , Halle Keller Horn, Mariah Alexis Jacobs, Courtney
Lynn Von Kohorn, Jernie Rebekah Talles Millan, Roger Clinton Miller, Jillian Candace
Rabuck, Taylor Quay Williams
Johnson County Chorus, Overland Park, KS
Anita Cyrier, Choral Director
Debra Sue Allen
Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX
Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director
Roxanne Acosta, Janice Brockman, John Brockerman, Aleta Caraway, Marla Coker,
Jennifer Hart, Linda Henny, Bethany Hirota-Mabry, Susan Lauderdale, Olivia Lerwick,
DiAnne L’Roy , Maeryl Mantione, Camille Monzingo, Melissa Orta, Mary Etta Hobbs,
Catherine Shelton, Amber Shodrok, Hailey Smith
from CANADA
Canadian University College Choral Union, Lacombe, Alberta
Wendolin Pazitka Munroe, Choral Director
Angela Luanne Barritt, Liseberthe Gabriela Edmond, Annina Susara Egelbrecht, Joy
Anne Fehr, Cornelius Peter Fehr, Shalisa Fraser, Nisha Maria Johny, Chad Kelloway,
Mervyn Dennis Kozachenko, Desire Jewel Lenhardt, Alixandra Leigh McKay, Kayleigh
Jacquelyn McMann, Nelyssa Connie Maxine Mendoza, Melina Ruth Potts, Lemuel
Antonio Sanchez-Aldana, Marjorie Paes Souza, Nicole Kathleen Wold
from FRANCE
Choeur d’ Enfants d’ Ile-de-France, Paris
Louis Ambach, Jeanne Behrend, Théophile Besnard, Paul Buquet, Bastien Cannamela,
Alexane Chassaing, Cyrielle Chassaing, Sosthène Chevignard-Pras, Quentin Cremel,
William Cros, Margaux De Belsunce, Thibault De Fontenay, Calène Durand, Nicolas
Gaume, Sarah-Charlotte Gru, Antoine Haynez, Victor Lachenait, Théo Laplanche, Jean
Larbodiere, Matthis Larbodiere, Laurine Le, Benjamin Leray, Nina Llinares, Maeva LuChi-Vang, Anton Martin-Johner, Victor Mirabel, Zoé N’diaye, Emma Nouvellon, Mathilde
Nuttens, Astrid Paelinck, Aymeric Pascal, Laura Peltre, Justine Persouyre, Anna PorcariAnthime, Line Rondard, Anne Rosius, Louis Sacareau, Gabriel Sauvage, Antonin Scelles,
Lyla Sultan, Thomas Tabor, Louis Timal, Aymeric Tonnel, Julie Trochon, Arié Vaisbrot,
Sophie Villie, Clara Volcouve, Lou Salomé Wang-Nougier, Martin Zakoian
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from Greece
Ambitus Choir, Athens
Michalis Hanos, Piano
Christos Anyfantis, Alkis Andrianos, Natassa Archontaki, Angela Bantoussin, Vasilis
Bouzegregos, Christos Delizonas, Antonia Despouli, Klairi Gaspari, Sergios Giotis,
Katerina Grigoriadi, Michalis Hanos, Giannis Kalantzis, Giorgos Kokkinis, Dimitra
Kollia, Anna Kounadi, Louisa Lagopoulou, Vassia Loi, Eleni Michailou, Naya Paschali,
Marilena Peridi, Michalis Platanias, Alexandra Politi, Giannis Papadopoulos, Giannis
Stathakopoulos, Katerina Theodosiou, Nikos Tsahalinas, Laura Vovoni, Alexandra Claire
Zerva, Eleni Zouganeli
The Choir of The Department of Musicology
of The University of Athens
Nikos Maliaras, Choral Director
Andreas Karaoulis, Charalampos Karras, Tilemachos Kotsis, Eirini Kytonaki, Maria
Mallatou, Stamatis Manoussakis, Katerina Papadopoulou, Jannis Papageorgiou, Zoi
Papamalama, Vassilis Politis, Myrto Rammopoulou, Christos Rammopoulos, Ioanna
Sophouli, Errikos Troumoulis, Filio Tsalafouta, Anna Tsolakoglou
Choir of Emporiki Bank, Athens
Stavros Beris, Choral Director
Katerina Karabatsa, Pianist, Assistant Director
Nikos Aivaliotis, Vingos Alexandros, Periklis Assonitis, Antonis Bargiotakis, Tassos
Bargiotakis, Manos Bourikas, Alexandros Dimitripoulos, Antonis Dimou, Kostas
Florakis, Kostas Georgalis, Thedoros Goumas, Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou, Triantafyllos
Karakassis, Giannis Kavouras, Vassilis Kerellas, Giannis Koletsos, Kostas Kondylis,
Iasson Konstantzos, Giorgos Kouros, Christos Koutsonikas, Spyros Masmanidis, Nikos
Mavroidis, Simos Michalakis, Tassos Michalis, Giorgos Nakis, Sotiris Nakis, Alexandros
Panagopoulos, , Stamatis Pakakis, Romanos Papadimitriou, Lambros Papageorgiou,
Spyros Papapanos, Dimitris Psychogiopoulos, Apostolos Raptis, Giannis Sfiris, Vangelis
Sitos,Giannikos Stavrou, Pantelis Stoupas, Lefteris Tsiliakos, Thanassis Vassiliou,
Christos Vingos, Achilleas Vlachonatsios, Stelios Zambetakis
The “Manolis Kalomoiris” Children’s Choir, Athens
Nikos Maliaras, Choral Director
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Artemis Ampazi, Myrto Androni, Eleni Avgerinou Natasa Chalkodaemon, Vassiliki
Chatzimichali, Mariza Christophi, Marieva Darema, Marina Epitropaki, Angeliki
Frangou, Panajota Gaspari, Myrto Georgiadi, Anthi Georgopoulou, Elli Gerakiti, Helena
Hopper, Zoi Iliopoulou, Katerina Kalligerou, Marianna Karatza, Lyria Karra, Jannis
Kolovos, Foteini Komi, Katerina Komi, Amalia Kontokosta, Natalia Kouliatsa, Christina
Koutsomali, Marianna Kyriou, Evelina Lamprinidi, Achilleas Laskaratos, Elli Laskaratou,
Sol Lazaridou, Dimitra Mastoridi, Danai Mballa, Niki Mbatouli, Alkisti Nikolaidi, Alkisti
Ntarzanou, Konstantina Pandi, Elisavet Philippidou, Eleni Polykrati, Sophia Sakellariou,
Maria Sambani, Viky Sambani, Eutychia Thanoukou, Panos Theodorakopoulos, Anna
Thymi, Christos Tsironis, Vassiliki Tsochla, Leontios Tsokas, Eleni Tsonga, Aristotelis
Vaidomarkakis, Katerina Vlyssidou, Penny Vourlakou, Aspasia Vozikian, Eleni Xenaki,
Katerina Xynogala, Niki Zaravinou
Mixed Choir of Employees of the Bank Of Greece, Athens
Kostas Evangelatos, Choral Director
Eleni Agiomirgianaki, Karatza Anda, Euphemia Antonatou, Mantha Christou, Chrisanthi
Dendri, Dimitra Despotopoulou, Spiros Dimoulis, Alexandros Farris, Leonidas
Galanopoulos, Roza Garofalaki, Christos Georgalas, Chrisanthi Kakiousi, Ioanna
Karagiorgou, Penny Karmi, Ioannis Kontos, Stella Lessi, Grigoris Lourotos, Tatiana
Maggina, Konstantinos Magginas, Sophia Malama, Alexandros Masmanidis, Marianthi
Miliou, Athena Moschovi, Aggelili Papadema, Katerina Papageorgiou, Katerina
Papaliveriou, Lora Petropoulou, Manolis Sarbanis, Eva Sirakopoulou, Ioannis Stefanou,
Yioula Eleftheropoulou Syriou, Nikos Taraviras, Dimitris Triantafillou, Lolita Vretta
Scientists’ Choir of Philothei, Athens
Thomas Louziotis, Choral Director
Christina Alexiou, Betty Antoniou, Theodora Karvela, Maria Kontaratou, Eleftheria
Kourouni, Eirini Kytonaki, Christina Louzioti, Vassilis Louziotis, Alexandros Louziotis,
Kalliopi Mitsea, Giannis Papadimitriou, George Pavlidis, Eleni Petrou, Panos Samoilis,
Pauline Tafani
Corfu Island Children’s Choir and Corfu Youth Choir
Children’s Choir: Ariadne Antonopoulou Bassiliki, Angelliki Argyrou, Ismine Bassiliadou,
Sophia Bassiliadou, Odysseas Bratos, Margarita Fagogeni, Glykeria Falierou, Panagiota
Georgatou, Angelliki Gianniou, Nikos Gitonas, Dimitra Gixana, Eva Ioakimidou, Fay
Kakarougka, Angela Kaloudi, Maria Kaloudi, Maria Kefalloniti, Levon Kolsouzian, Dora
Kousta, Spyros Lampros, Evita Maniatopoulou, Stavroula Metallinou, Maria Monopoly,
Angelliki Panagiotou, Dimitra Panagiotou, Alexander Pilfold, Aliki Pitsinigkou, Georgios
Seferis, Nikoletta Skordili, Efterpe Statiri, Niki Tsiminou, Athinaiou Vanda
Stefanos Katsaros, piano accompanist
Youth Choir: Ariadne Antonoroulou Bassiliki Margarita Fagogeni, Panagiota Georgatou,
Angelliki Gianniou, Fay Kakarougka, Angela Kaloudi, Maria Kaloudi, Stefanos Katsaros,
Maria Kefalloniti, Cheirdaris Konstantinos,Spyros Lampros, Thalia Lamprou, Georgios
Makris, Stavros Makris, Dimitrios Metallinos, Angellos Mitsios, Dimitra Panagiotou,
Emmanouela Papadopoulou, Elli Tsagaropoulou, Niki Tsiminou, Athinaiou Vanda
Evita Maniatopoulou, piano accompanist
Choir of Filarmoniki Conservatory of Patras
Marina Reskalova, Choir Director
Goulnor Botini, Elissavet Geka, Katerina Koukoulommati, Christina Zikou
Polyphonic Choir of Patras
Stavros Solomos, Choral Director
Lucy Christodoulou, Maria Chrysanthakopoulou, Xenia Daskalopoulou, Elena
Droukopoulou, Magda Ktenopoulou, Eva Moraiti, Martha Ntakou, Irini Spatha, Mina
Tentourou, Dimitra Tsatsou, Adamantia Tsoumpeli
University of Patras Choir
Lina Geronikou, Choral Director
Georgia Aleksopoulou, Vlassi Anthi, Anastasia Despotopoulou, Eleftheria Geronikou,
Lina Geronikou, Eirinandia Kassotaki, Constantinos Kokkinopoulos, Aleksandros
Kokkosis, Maria Vassiliki Papaioannou. Eleni Papaprokopiou, Marilena Souri, Katia
Tsiliboti, Petros Tziotis
Rhodes Municipal Choir
Michalis Kalentzis, Choral Director
Eleni Makesta, Depy Michailidi Sophia Pachou,
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Founded in 1983
o u r 3 0 th S e a s o n
I
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n 1983 conductor Peter Tiboris organized his first concert in New York, leading the
American Symphony Orchestra, soloists, the Louisiana Chorale of Acadiana, Camerata
Singers of Baton Rouge, and Collegiate Chorale of New York in works by Rossini and
Dinos Constantinides in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Little did Mr. Tiboris realize then
that the first concert, which took place on January 7, 1984, would become the template
for MidAmerica Productions, Inc., the country’s foremost independent producer of
classical concerts in New York.
Over the course of 30 seasons, MidAmerica has presented soloists and choral and
instrumental ensembles from the U.S. and abroad in New York’s Stern Auditorium, Weill
Recital Hall, and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; and Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall,
both at Lincoln Center. Additional to its New York series, MidAmerica Productions has
presented concerts in numerous U.S. cities, and in countries such as Greece, United
Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Russia.
Concert opportunities for ensembles coming to New York have included performing
choral works with orchestra, led by an array of talented conductors; or appearing as part
of MidAmerica’s Ensemble Spotlight Series, which has featured solo orchestra and choral
concerts, Madrigal Festivals, Vocal Jazz Festivals, National Wind Ensemble, National
Festival Youth Orchestra, and Sweet Adelines. Among the renowned guest conductors
who have led MidAmerica’s concerts are Sherrill Milnes, Lukas Foss, Helmuth Rilling, H.
Robert Reynolds, John Rutter, JoAnne Falletta, Michael Morgan, and Jonathan Willcocks.
More than 700 conductors have conducted on MidAmerica’s series in New York, sharing
the stage with 1000 solo artists from the world’s greatest opera companies and concert
stages, and 3500 ensembles from the U.S. and abroad.
MidAmerica has commissioned new works and presented numerous premieres
in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. World premieres have included Dinos
Constantinides’ Byron’s Greece, Hymn to the Human Spirit, and Midnight Fantasy II
for wind ensemble; John Rutter’s Cantate Domino, Distant Land, Magnificat, and Mass
of the Children; and John Leavitt’s A Christmas Garland. U.S. premieres have included
Mozart’s Die Schüldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, Reimann’s Concerto for Violin and Cello,
Tchaikovsky’s Ode to Joy, Mikis Theodorakis’ Electra and Rhapsody for Cello and
Orchestra, and René Clausen’s Hellas: In the Name of Freedom.
A strong component of MidAmerica’s identity has been its chamber music concerts
in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Inaugurated in 1989, the series has comprised over
350 performances featuring world-class soloists, chamber ensembles, and members
of orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The
Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Another enterprise created by MidAmerica Productions is a recording label, Elysium
Recordings, Inc. Since 1995, Elysium has released nearly 30 CDs in a wide range of
styles, from jazz, to cabaret, to operas, oratorios, and symphonies, and solo recitals. For
these recordings, MidAmerica has gathered some of the finest talent on the scene today,
including Stanley Drucker, who was a clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic for more
than 60 years; David Chan and Rafael Figueroa, concertmaster and principal cellist of the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; and the late Lukas Foss, eminent composer, pianist, and
conductor.
In 2005, MidAmerica created the Festival of the Aegean in Syros, Greece. Artists
from the worlds of theater, jazz, folk, classical music, and ballet have appeared at
the two-week festival, which takes place in July. In 2011, the Festival was given the
“Festival of the Year Award in Greater Greece” by the National Music and Theater Critics
Association of Athens. This year marks the eighth festival.
In 30 seasons, MidAmerica has achieved many milestones, including 1150 concerts
worldwide, 950 in New York, and 500 concerts in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium!
FESTIVAL HISTORY
First International Festival of the Aegean | July 14 – 16, 2005
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Second International Festival of the Aegean | July 6 – 13, 2006
Mozart: Don Giovanni | All-Mozart Program: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K.492;
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467; Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 |
“Broadway Comes to Syros”: Selections from West Side Story, Oklahoma!, My Fair
Lady, Candide, South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I, Porgy and Bess
Third International Festival of the Aegean | July 11 – 22, 2007
Gala Opening: Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino; Beethoven: “Ah, Perfido!”;
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 | Mascagni: Zanetto | Opera
highlights by Verdi, Ponchielli, Bellini, Cilèa, Rossini, Donizetti | “Vienna Night in
Syros”: Selections by Johann Strauss, Lehár, Stolz, Kálmán | Gala Recital for Voice
and Piano | “Shakespeare at the Apollo”: Romeo and Juliet | Stratos Vougas Jazz
Quartet | Taximi | Rebetika from Sweden | Human Touch
Fourth International Festival of the Aegean | July 9 – 19, 2008
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K.299; Mascagni: Cavalleria
rusticana (concertante) | Haydn: Te Deum; Handel: Overture to Royal Fireworks;
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles from Mlada Suite; Mendelssohn:
Symphony No. 4 («Italian»), Finale; Smetana: Dance of the Comedians from The
Bartered Bride; John Rutter: Feel the Spirit (selections); Concerti movements by
Bruch, Haydn, Telemann, Vivaldi, Weber | Mozart: Requiem; Vivaldi: Gloria | Opera
Gala: Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (concertante); Mozart: Concerto for Flute and
Harp in C major | Aquila Theatre of New York: The Iliad, Book 1 | Taximi, Rebetika
from Sweden
Fifth International Festival of the Aegean | July 1 – 11, 2009
Puccini: Tosca | Schubert: Mass in G major, No. 2, D.167; Tchaikovsky: Symphony
No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K.621 |
Shakespeare: As You Like It | Stars of Vienna State Opera Ballet: Zorba world
premiere
Sixth International Festival of the Aegean | July 14 – 25, 2010
Bizet: Carmen | Fauré: Requiem; Works by Ariaga, von Weber, Krommer | Sunset
Concert at St. Nicholas Church | Greek Opera Studio Gala Performance | Maria
Farantouri: “Songs without Borders” | “Mythos and Pathos in Dance”
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Seventh International Festival of the Aegean | July 12 – 25 , 2011
Verdi: La traviata | Choral Gala: Music for Women’s Chorus; John Rutter: Requiem
| Sunset Concert at St. Nicholas Church | Schubert: Symphony No. 8; Mahler: |
Orff: Carmina Burana “Under the Stars”; Theodorakis: Selections from Zorba Suite;
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man | Sherman: Rose | Two Films about Mikis
Theodorakis | Theodorakis: Medea’s Choice ballet (World Premiere) | Greek Opera
Studio Gala Performance
SINCE 2000
ARTISTS
at Festival
since 2000
Ray Adams, Choral Director, 2012
Marina Alexander, Choral Director, 2011
Giada Amparan, Mezzo-soprano, 2006
Stefano Anselmi, Baritone, 2006
Tassos Apostolou, Bass-baritone, 2009,
2010
Graciela Araya, Mezzo-soprano, 2012
Leandra Ashton, Actor, 2009
Richard Aslanian, Artistic Staff, 2002
Fotini Athanasaki, Mezzo-soprano, 2012
Katherine Austin, Pianist, 2012
Francis Bardot, Guest Conductor, 2010,
2012
Stavros Beris, Choral Director, 2012
Esteban Berlanga, Dancer, 2010
Simona Bertini, Soprano, 2006
Linda Mack Berven, Choral Director, 2011
Vangelis Bikos, Dancer, 2012
Maria Bildea, Harpist, 2008
James Bingham, Choral Director, 2008
Lucy Black, Actor, 2009
Richard Block, Bass-baritone, 2011
Wiktor Bockman, Conductor, 2012
Joseph Brent, Tenor, 2011
Margaret Brown, Choral Director, 2010
Frederick Burchinal, Baritone, 2011
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Carol Castel, Staging Director, 2000, 2001,
2007
Rosario Castro, Dancer, 2010
Ricardo Castro, Dancer, 2010
Anais Chalendard, Dancer, 2010
Lena Chatzigrigoriou, Production Manager,
2010 to 2012
Vinicio Chieli, Lighting Designer, 2010, 2011
Zhani Ciko, Conductor, 2012
Liliana Del Conde, Soprano, 2012
Philip Copeland, Choral Director, 2010
Raffaele Costantini, Bass-baritone, 2005
Stanley Curtis, Choral Director, 2011
Anita Cyrier, Choral Director, 2012
Brent Davis, Baritone, 2011
Damian Davis, Actor, 2009
Benjamin Dawkins, Bass, 2011
Kenneth De Boer, Choral Director, 2011
Sharon DeBoer, Accompanist, 2011
Brian Delate, Actor, 2012
Josephine Delledera, Soprano, 2011
Mimi Denissi, Actress, 2011
Shannon DeVine, Baritone, 2009
Carla Dirlikov, Mezzo-soprano, 2010
Nicolas Di Virgilio, Master Teacher and
Coach, 2000
Naomi Drucker, Clarinetist, 2010
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin,
Cinematographer, 2012
Stanley Drucker, Clarinetist, 2010
Olympia Dukakis, Actress, 2011
Norman Dunfee, Pianist, 2007
Reda El Wakil, Bass-baritone, 2010
Olga Esina, Dancer, 2010
Constantine Th. Evangelatos, Choral
Director, 2011
Kostas Evangelatos, Choral Director, 2012
Maria Farantouri, Folk Singer, 2010
Jakub Fiebig, Orchestra Executive
Manager, 2009, 2010, 2011
Giannis Filias, Tenor, 2010
W. Patrick Flannagan, Choral Director,
2010
Stephen Fox, Conductor, 2011
Carroll Freeman, Teacher GOS, 2002, 2011
Abbie Furmansky, Voice Teacher GOS, 2011
Janet Galván, Guest Conductor, 2011
Emilia Gaspari, Dancer, 2012
Théo Gavaliatsis, Tenor, 2012
Todd Geer, Tenor, 2007
Filli Georgiadou, Soprano, 2010
Lina Geronikou, Choral Director, 2012
Christina Giannapoulou, Teacher GOS, 2011
Julian Gjojdeshi, Tenor, 2012
Anooshah Golesorki, Baritone, 2012
Lara Hall, Violinist, 2012
Michael Hayden, Choral Director, 2010
Tina Johns Heidrich, Choral Director, 2011
Takako Horaguchi, Mezzo-soprano, 2005
Jens Hübner, Lighting, 2012
Raymond Hughes, Conductor and Pianist,
2007, 2009
Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Tenor, 2012
Antonino Interisano, Tenor, 2009
Evrydiki Issaakidou, Dancer, 2012
Anthony Ivanov, Choral Director, 2011
Louise Jardine, Choral Director, 2011
Terre Johnson, Guest Conductor, 2010
Stavroula Kaburakis, Dancer, 2012
Klodjan Kacani, Tenor, 2012
Christina Kalliaridou, Choral Director, 2012
Stella Kaltsou, Lighting Designer, 2012
Nikolaos Karagiaouris, Bass, 2012
Edvin Kastrati, Bass, 2012
Dimitri Kavrakos, Bass, 2012
Richard Kidd, Actor, 2009
Melody Kielisch, Soprano, 2006, 2007
Sergej Kiselev, Tenor, 2006
Spyros Klapsis, Choral Director, 2010, 2011
Konstantinos Klironomos, Tenor, 2009
Beatrice Knop, Dancer, 2010
Giorgos Kolios, Set Design Concept, 2010
Nikos Kontizas, Sound, 2012
Anton Koruti, Dancer, 2012
Kirill Kourlaev, Dancer, 2009
Maria Kousouni-Fika, Dancer, 2010, 2011,
2012
Zafiris Koutelieris, Bass, 2010
Rainer Krenstetter, Dancer, 2010
Edyta Kulczak, Mezzo-soprano, 2008
Asteris Kutulas, Filmmaker, 2011
Chen Laks, Soprano, 2012
Akis Lalousis, Baritone, 2009
Iris Lamanna, Guest Conductor, 2011
Robert E. Lamb, Conductor, 2011
David Lander, Lighting Design, 2011
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano, Artistic
Director GOS, 2005-2012
Jennifer Larmore, Mezzo-soprano, 2007
James Lavender, Actor, 2009
Thomas Louziotis, Choral Director, 2011,
2012
Israel Lozano, Tenor, 2011
David Lynch with Human Touch, 2007
Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director, 2012
Nikos Maliaras, Choral Director, 2011, 2012
Jenia Manoussaki, Pianist, 2006
Maria Emma Meligopoulou, Choral
Director, 2011
Myrsini Margariti, Soprano, 2010, 2011
Pietro Masi, Baritone, 2005
Maria Francesca Mazzara, Soprano, 2005
Nancy Meckler, Director, 2011
Peter Meineck, Artistic Director Aquila,
2009, 2012
Sofia Meineck, Actor, 2012
Raul Melo, Tenor, 2010
Irene Messoloras, Conductor, 2011
Gilmond Miftari, Tenor, 2012
Giorgio Aristo Mikroutsikos, Tenor, 2006,
2007
Gary Miller, Choral Director, 2012
Sherrill Milnes, Artistic Director, 2000
Igor Milos, Dancer, 2010
Ann Moeller, Conductor, 2011
Carmine Monaco, Bass, 2005
Armando Mora, Baritone, 2006
Theodore Moraitis, Bass, 2011
Amedeo Moretti, Tenor, 2005
Erica Müller, Soprano, 2012
Wendolin Pazitka Munroe, Choral Director,
2012
Alexander Neskov, Dancer, 2012
Russi Nikoff, Bass, 2010
Lloyd Notice, Actor, 2009
Jiří Novak, Assistant Stage Director, 2010,
2011
Michael O’Neal, Choral Director, 2010
Pier Paolo Pacini, Director GOS, 2011
Giovanni Battista Palmieri, Tenor, 2008
Eleni Panagiotopoulou, Soprano, 2012
Tania Panayanopoulou, Pianist, 2005
Sergio Panajia, Tenor, 2005
Christos Papageorgiou, Pianist, 2012
Marissia Papalexiou, Mezzo-soprano,
2010, 2011
Manolis Papasifakis, Coach & Accompanist,
2000, 2011, 2012
Alessandra Pasquali, Assistant
Choreographer, 2011
Eno Peci, Dancer, 2009, 2010, 2011
Galen Dean Peiskee, Accompanist, 2011
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Sofia Pintzou, Dancer, 2011
Rosa Poulimenou, Soprano and Choral
Director, 2008, 2010
William Powers, Bass-baritone, 2007
Augusto Garcia Vazquez, Bass, 2012
Carlos Vazquez, Pianist, GOS, 2012
Stefano Viti, Baritone, 2005, 2006
Stratos Vougas Jazz Quartet, 2007
Ellen Rabiner, Contralto, 2008
Kostas Rassidakis, Baritone, 2010
Maria Ratkova, Mezzo-soprano, 2012
Marina Retskaklova, Choral Director, 2012
Beth Richey, Choral Director, 2012
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco, Assistant
Conductor, 2011, 2012
Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, Conductor,
2008
Earl Rivers, Guest Conductor, 2011
Gianni Romangiolli, Director, 2005, 2006
Theresa Russell, Choir Director, 2009
John Rutter, Composer, 2012
Elizabeth Wakehouse, Actor, 2012
Franziska Wallner-Hollinek, Dancer, 2011
Brent Werzner, Actor, 2012
Nadine Whitney, Choral Director, 2011
Richard Sheridan Willis, Actor, 2012
Klaus Salge, Filmmaker, 2011
Desiree Sanchez, Director & Production
Designer Aquila, 2009, 2012
Karina Sarkissova, Dancer, 2009
Alicia Saunders, Flutist, 2008
Dirk Schattner, Stage Director, 2012
Arkady Serper, Accompanist, 2011
Laura Kakis Serper, Guest Conductor, 2011
Dimitris Sgouros, Pianist, 2012
Vaishnavi Sharma, Actor, 2009
Tim Sharp, Principal Guest Conductor, 2011
Martin Sherman, Playwright, 2011
Angeliki Sigourou, Choreographer GOS,
2011, 2012
Karina Skreszewska-Trapezanidou,
Soprano, 2009
Stavros Solomos, Choral Director, 2012
Mikhail Sosnovsky, Dancer, 2009
Antonio Stragapede, Bass, 2006, 2008
Lena Sourmeli, Conductor, 2011
Mark Stamper, Conductor, 2011
Valentin Stefanov, Conductor, 2011
Daniel Sutton, Pianist GOS, 2011, 2012
Peter Svensson, Tenor, 2012
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Aliya Tanikpaev, Dancer, 2009
Taximi, 2007, 2008
Foskolos Tchanos, Bass, 2012
James Tennant, Cellist, 2012
Mikis Theodorakis, Composer, 2011
Bradley Trammel, Tenor, 2011
Irini Tsirakidi, Soprano, 2007
Natalia Ushakova, Soprano, 2011
Nicky Vanoppen, Dancer, 2011
Katerina Vasilikou, Choral Director, 2012
Maria Vassilopoulou, Translator GOS, 2011
Yannis Xylas, Pianist & Cembalist, 2005,
2006, 2011
Maria Yakovleva, Dancer, 2009
Paul Zachariades, Male mezzo-soprano,
2011
Renato Zanella, Festival Dance Director,
2009 to 2012
Danilo Zeka, Dancer, 2011, 2012
Maria Zouves, Artist-in-Residence, 2000
ENSEMBLES
at Festival
since 2000
Canada
Canadian University College Choral Union,
Alberta, 2012
Kamloops Choristers, British Columbia,
2010
Etobicoke Youth Choir, Ontario, 2011
France
Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile-de-France, Paris,
2010, 2012
Greece
Ambitus Choir, Athens, 2012
Choir of Emporiki Bank, Athens, 2012
Choir of the Employees Union of the Bank
of Greece, Athens, 2011, 2012
Chorus of the Department of Musical
Studies, University of Athens, 2011, 2012
“Manolis Kalomoiris” Children’s Choir,
Athens, 2011, 2012
Members of National Conservatory’s Choir
(Ethnikon Odeio), Athens, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012
Members from the Athens Singers and
Nakas Conservatory, Athens, 2006, 2009
Scientists’ Choir of Philothei, Athens, 2011,
2012
Camerata Vocalis, Corfu, 2010
Corfu Island Children’s Choir, 2012
Corfu Mixed Choir, 2012
Ionian University Department of Musical
Studies, Corfu, 2009
Municipal Choir of Kerkyra, Corfu, 2011
Women’s Chorus of Corfu, 2011
Choir of the Filarmoniki Foundation
Conservatory of Patras, 2012
Mixed Choir of Eptanisii of Patras, 2011
Polyphonic Choir of Patras, 2012
University of Patras Choir, 2012
Choir “Armonia” of Preveza, 2011
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of
Syros Men’s Chorus, Syros, 2010
Syros Opera Chorus, Syros, 2006
Poland
The Choir of the Podlasie Opera and
Philharmonic, Bialystok, 2008
United States
Birmingham Concert Chorale, AL, 2010
Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA, 2011
Southwestern College Concert Choir, Chula
Vista, CA, 2009
Nova Voce, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Towne Singers, La Cañada, CA, 2012
Vocal Ensemble of Mira Costa High School,
Manhattan Beach, CA, 2010
Contra Costa Children’s Choir, Walnut
Creek, CA, 2011
Durango Choral Society, CO, 2011
Connecticut Master Chorale, Danbury, CT
2011
Brevard Community College, Cocoa, FL,
2011
Indian River Charter High School Choir,
Vero Beach, FL, 2012
Wesleyan College Concert Chorus, Macon,
GA, 2011
The Michael O’Neal Singers, GA, 2010
Johnson County Chorus, Overland Park,
KS, 2012
Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Maryland,
MD, 2008
The Arcadian Chorale, Matawan, NJ, 2011
Richmond Choral Society, Matawan, NJ
Warwick Valley Chorale, NY, 2011
Taghkanic Chorale, Yorktown Heights, NY
Sardis Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
Choir, Charlotte, NC, 2011
The Knox Choir of Presbyterian Church,
Cincinnati, OH, 2011
Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, OK, 2011
King College Symphonic Choir, TN, 2010
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
The Singing Girls of Texas, Fort Worth, TX,
2011
Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX, 2012
ORCHESTRAS
at Festival
since 2000
2005: The Rome Philharmonic
2006: New England Symphonic Orchestra
(USA)
2007: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic,
(Czech Republic)
2008: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic,
(Czech Republic)
2009: Pan-European Philharmonia
(Warsaw, Poland)
2010: Pan-European Philharmonia
(Warsaw, Poland)
2011: Pan-European Philharmonia (Warsaw,
Poland)
2012: Symphony Orchestra of the National
Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania
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FRIENDS OF
THE FESTIVAL
Dear Friends,
2012 marks our second year for our friends of the Festival organisation. We proudly
announce our great success presenting opera lectures to 450 children last February on
the island of Syros, a performance for children of Zauberflöte scenes performed by GOS
participants on June 29th, as well as our first Festival kick-off and wine tasting event on
June 30th.
With the growth of the Festival we encourage you to continue your support of our organisation and spread the word to your friends and family. Pamphlets can be found near
the ticket counter of the Apollo Theater or contact us at [email protected].
We are thankful for the vision of our founding members Kalliopi Yatrakis, Nancy Whitney, Petros Metaxas, Marylin Pomerank, Anna Kagani, Nicholas Moore, Malcolm Raines,
Giorgos Kritsinis, Ioannis Toumbas, Maxine Ipiotis, Eleni Armakola, Stavros Kois, Ioannis
Rotas, Ioannis Makroulakis, Dimitris Tsitouras, Hara Kalomiri, Alexandros Filaktopoulos,
Liliane Rigouzzo, Maria Rota and Eilana Lappalainen.
We are looking forward to future seasons and the support of our Festival and this new
Arts Organisation. ART NEEDS FRIENDS!
Sincerely,
Eilana Lappalainen
President, Friends of the Festival
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
& CREDITS
Yiannis Keranis, Yannis Pitaoulis and the
Cultural Council of the Municipality of SyrosHermoupolis "OPAS"
Yiannis Rotas & Letta Roussou
Aria & George Paris
Tassos Afentioulides and Yannis Dikeos,
Ulysses Travel
Pia Cruz
Michael Blevins
The staff at the Apollo Theater
Maria Rota
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Eva Seferiadou & Poppy Mertzani
Mariza Kountouri, Make-up Artist
Blue Star Ferries
Moraitis Winery
Sigalas Winery
N. Hadjakis Winery
Our Travel agents in Syros and Athens
Valentini Potamianou
Kostas Bougiouris
Stelios Niotis
Stamatis and Apostolis Zablakos
The Festival Hotels Hermes, Faros Village,
Nissaki Hotel, Villa Eleni, Kosmos Apartments,
Cochili, Dias, François Hotel, Hotel Ploes,
Metropolitan Hotel of Athens
The following Syros Restaurants for their
generous cooperation and assistance: Petrino,
Ta Yiannena, Peri... Tinos, Oniro, Alexandros
Silivanis, Alfavito, Maritsa, Amvix, Pizza
Scherzosa, Ithaki tou Ai, Inopnevmata
Thank you to the University of the Aegean,
Department of Product & Systems Design
Engineering for the usage of their facilities.
Special thanks to the Professors Florentia
Iconomidou & Elsa Charalambous and the
students Alexandridou Alexandra, Kampoureli
Angeliki, Chatziantoniou Elie, Sachpazidou
Smaro, Feleki Vera, Tampakis Dimitris, Kostoglou
Claire, Dana Anna & Kazeli Aspasia, for assisting
in the set design for the production of Salome.
Friends of the Festival
sponsors
ZEUS SPONSOR
Eilana and Peter Tiboris
City of Hermoupolis
Agela & Dimitris Tsitouras
Eleni Tsitouras
Nicky & John Conti
Eleni & Yiannis Rotas
Renos Freris
Hotel Ploes
ATHENA SPONSOR
Kostas Bougiouris
HERMES SPONSOR
Stavros Kois
Peter Tiboris
General & Music Director
Eilana Lappalainen
Associate Artistic Director
Renato Zanella
Dance Director
Betsy Stein
Festival Coordinator
Reinhard Saifert
Technical Director
Lena Chatzigrigoriou
Stage Manager/Production Associate
Sara Bong
Production Associate
Dennis J. Loy
MidAmerica Productions
In New York
Peter Tiboris
General Director and Music Director
Norman Dunfee
President, Executive Director
Sara Bong
Vice President, Director of Program Development
Joyce Howard
Vice President, Director of Account Operations
Joe Bill
Production Associate
Rogelio Riojas-Nalasco
Principal Accompanist
Christian Francesconi Catena
Artistic Consultant
Frederick Roussos
Graphics
Vice President, Director of Administration
Dale Zeidman
Molly Waymire
New York Press Office
Dale Zeidman
Irini Vouzelakou
Vice President, Director of Audience Development
Director of Public Relations & Publications
Eilana Lappalainen
Greek Press Office
Artistic Administrator
Kate Peoples
Assistant to the General Direrector
Dennis Loy
Conductor-in-Residence
Betsy Stein
Executive Associate to the General Director and
Artistic Director
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New York, NY 10018
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www.midamerica-music.com
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Απόλλωνος 2, 84100, Ερμούπολις, Σύρος, Ελλάδα
Τ: +30 2281079360, F : +30 2281079390
A Special Thank You
From the Festival of the Aegean!
www.stegi-chorus.gr
e.mail: [email protected]
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announcing
9th Annual International
JULY 8 to 29, 2013
A p o l l o Th e a t e r 1 4 9 t h y e a r
The "VIVA" VERDI Gala
Syros Celebrates the 200th birthday of Italy’s Greatest Opera Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Opening Concert
Verdi’s MESSA DA REQUIEM
The Verdi Gala
featuring arias, duets, scenes and dance
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Piano Concerto #1
Cello Concerto
Chopin’s Piano concerto #1
Mozart’s Solemn Vespers
Joseph Julian Gonzalez’s Misa Azteca
Schubert’s Mass in G
Beethoven’s Symphony #3 "Eroica"
Bach’s Magnificat
Mozart’s COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Tchaikovsky’s
Dvořák’s
PORGY AND BESS Choral Suite
John Rutter’s GLORIA
Lauridsen’s LUX AETERNA
Brahms’ REQUIEM
Vaughan Williams’ DONA NOBIS PACEM
Thompson’s FROSTIANA
Mozart’s CORONATION MASS
Grieg’s PEER GYNT
Gershwin’s
Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT
Aquila Theatre of New York
Plus Chamber Music, Greek Folk Music, Jazz,
Theater, Ballet, Greek Opera Studio
The above is a partial listing of events
and all events are subject to change without notice

hermoupolis syros - Festival of the Aegean

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