Sacred Music Days
Human and Holy Passion
Greek National Opera – Alternative Stage
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Curators: Markellos Chryssicos – Giorgos Koumendakis
(1) Communio
Conductor-idea: Markellos Chryssicos
Director: Katerina Evangelatos
Sets-costumes: Eva Manidaki
Lighting: Eleftheria Deco
Featuring the music ensemble Latinitas Nostra: Evgenios Voulgaris (yayli tambur),
Iason Ioannou (cello), Thodoris Kitsos (theorbo), Ilias Livieratos (viola),
Simos Papanas (violin), Dimitris Tigkas (violone), Markellos Chryssicos (harpsichord)
With: Maria Palaska (soprano), Georgios Stavrou (chanter),
Marianna Polychronidi (actor), Nikolas Papagiannis (actor)
(2) Caravaggio – Tableaux vivants
Director-tableaux vivants: Teatri 35
With: Dimitris Karakantas (violin), Theodoros Kitsos (strings),
Dimos Goudaroulis (cello)
(3) Fools-for-Christ – A stand-up mass
Conductor: Dimitris Kountouras
Stand-up comedian: Dimitris Dimopoulos
With the early music ensemble Ex Silentio
(4) Love, a desert place
Two song-cycles for Maria Farantouri
Soloists: Maria Farantouri, Vassiliki Karagianni, Tassos Christoyannis
Piano: George-Emmanuel Lazaridis
With Takis Farazis (piano) David Lynch (wind instruments)
Michalis Porfyris (cello)
(5) Paraphrasing the sacred canon
Performer: Rania Oikonomidou
Composition-piano improvisation: Antonis Anissegos
Texts: Evgenios Aranitsis, Giorgos Koropoulis,
Ersi Sotiropoulou, Yiannis Makridakis
(6) Bluebeard on Via Crucis
Music based on the works by Béla Bartók and Franz Liszt
Adaptation-piano: Giorgos Konstantinou
Musical saw-hammer: Nikos Yusev
(7) Gioachino Rossini – Petite messe solennelle
Conductor: Markellos Chryssicos
Chorus master: Dimitris Ktistakis
With: Theodora Baka (soprano), Nikos Spanos (alto),
Vassilis Kavayas (tenor), Tasos Apostolou (bass),
Thodoris Tzovanakis (piano), Sofia Tamvakopoulou (piano),
Kostas Raptis (bayan)
With the participation of members of the ERT Chorus
(8) Concert of the Greek Byzantine
Choir Choirmaster: Giorgos Konstantinou
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(2) Caravaggio, Tableaux vivants, Greek National Opera, Alternative Stage, 2017 | 9/53 
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(3) Fools-for-Christ - A stand-up mass, Greek National Opera, Alternative Stage, 2017 | 17/53 
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(4) Love, a desert place, Greek National Opera, Alternative Stage, 2017 | 26/53 
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(5) Paraphrasing the sacred canon, Greek National Opera, Alternative Stage, 2017 | 29/53 
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(6) Bluebeard on Via Crucis, Greek National Opera, Alternative Stage, 2017 | 33/53 
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