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Iphigenia in Tauris at Pallas Theater
March 18, 2023 @ 9:00 pm - March 19, 2023 @ 11:30 pm
Season: 2023
Start: 18 March 2023
End: 19 March 2023
A production of Olympia, Municipal Music Theatre “Maria Callas” at the Pallas Theater
The masterpiece of the opera innovator, Christoph Willibald Gluck, “Iphigenia in Tauris” is presented at the Pallas Theater on 18 and 19 March by the Municipality of Athens, organized by the Organization for Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA), with an internationally renowned production that was originally scheduled at the Olympia, Municipal Music Theatre “Maria Callas”, as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the diva of lyrical singing.
An exceptional cast of distinguished lyric artists, the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT and the Choir of the Municipality of Athens will present the opera that Maria Callas sealed with her performance, under the musical direction of the internationally renowned conductor George Petrou and the subversive direction of Thanos Papakonstantinou. With sets and costumes by Niki Psychogiou, the ancient myth will be brought to life on the stage of the Pallas Theater through Gluck’s intensely dramatic music, which eloquently captures the particular psyche of the characters in the drama. The students of the State School of Orchestral Art will also participate in the performance.
An exotic location, a lost sister, a mad brother, human sacrifice, agony, danger, divine intervention: these characteristics certainly make for a fascinating tragedy. C.W. Gluck’s opera Iphigenia in Taurus, based on Euripides’ tragedy of the same name, tells the intersection and conclusion of the myths of Iphigenia and Orestes.
Music direction: George Petrou
Director: Thanos Papakonstantinou
Sets / Costumes: Niki Psichogiou
Motion Design: Nandi Gogoulou
Lighting design: Christina Thanasoula
Choir teacher: Stavros Beris
Assistant conductor: Nikos Laaris
Assistant Director: Konstantina Psoma
Music preparation: Dimitris Giakas
Assistant set designer-costume designer: Sofia Babanioti
Iphigenia: Soula Parasidi
Orestes: Philippe-Nicolas Martin
Pylades: Juan Francisco Gatell
Thoas: Yiannis Selitsaniotis
Artemis / First Priestess: Maria Novella Malfatti
A Greek / Second Priestess: Chrysanthi Spitadi
A Scythian / Minister: Florent Leroux-Roche
With the participation of students of the State School of Orchestral Art.
The performance uses stroboscopic lighting.