



“Island Escapes - Syros,” Travel + Leisure, February 2019

“Discover Syros,” Blue Magazine, Aegean Airlines, Issue 58

Past Festivals

2008 Festival of the Aegean

MidAmerica Productions, New York City
Peter Tiboris, Founder, General Director and Artistic Director

with the generous support and assistance of the Municipality of Ermoupolis
The Honorable Yannis Dekavallas, Mayor
presents

Festival of the Aegean 2008:
Great Music and Theater in a Great Place
Island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece
Apollo Municipal Theater “La Piccola Scala”

Members of the Manhattan Philharmonia of New York
Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Maryland
The Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic (Bialystock, Poland)
Peter Tiboris, conductor
James Bingham, director
Violetta Bielecka, director

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008 –Opening night of the Festival
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Peter Tiboris, conductor
Alicia Saunders, flute
Maria Bildea, harp
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K.299
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (concertante)
Santuzza – Eilana Lappalainen, soprano
Turridu – Giovanni Battista Palmieri, tenor
Mama Lucia – Ellen Rabiner, contralto
Alfio – Antonio Stragapede, baritone
Lola – Edyta Kulczak, mezzo-soprano

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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Members of the Manhattan Philharmonia of New York with the
Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Maryland and The Choir of the
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
James Bingham, conductor
Rosa Poulimenou, soprano
Haydn: Te Deum
Handel: Overture to Royal Fireworks
Rimsky-Korsakoff: 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 (sel.)
Concerti movements by Bruch, Haydn, Telemann, Vivaldi, and Weber
Soloists: Kenniecia Grant, Zlata Grekov, Preston Hawes, Devon Nicoll,
Jose Oviedo, Jose Luis Oviedo, Raphael Salazar, Oksana Skrypkar, Christopher Zladi

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Friday, July 11, 2008
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Members of the Manhattan Philharmonia of New York with the
Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Maryland and The Choir of the Podlasie
Opera and Philharmonic
Peter Tiboris, conductor
Vivaldi: Gloria
Soloists: Rosa Poulimenou, Edyta Kulczak
Mozart: Requiem
Soloists: Eilana Lappalainen, Edyta Kulczak, Giovanni Battista Palmieri, Antonio Stragapede

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Saturday, July 12, 2008 – Opera Gala
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K.299
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (concertante)
Peter Tiboris, conductor

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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Members of the Manhattan Philharmonia of New York with the
Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Maryland and The Choir of the Podlasie
Opera and Philharmonic
Peter Tiboris, conductor
Vivaldi: Gloria
Mozart: Requiem

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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 16, 17, 18, 2008
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Aquila Theatre of New York – The Iliad (Book I)
Peter Meineck, director

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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Taximi
Rebetika from Sweden

Program is subject to change without notice.

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