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Friday, July 7
11:00 AM - Evanthia Kairi Theater
“Bravo, Brava”
Children’s music performance featuring artists from the Greek Opera Studio
Eilana Lappalainen, General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio
Marios Kazas, Pianist
Free and open to the public and children.
Saturday, July 8
7:30 PM - Tsiropina Mason Gardens (Della Grazia)
Festival of the Aegean “Kickoff”
Supported by the Friends of the Festival.
Concert performance of opera selections by Greek Opera Studio artists.
Eilana Lappalainen, General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio and Hostess of the Kickoff
Marios Kazas and Spyros Souladakis, Pianists
Refreshments served.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, July 14
9:00 PM - Xroussa at Genisiou Theotokou (Church of the Virgin Mary)
Performance by American Choirs:
Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA, USA (Laura Kakis Serper, Director and Conductor)
Camerata Singers, Pocatello, ID, USA (Scott Eric Anderson, Director and Conductor)
The Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX, USA (Gary L. Mabry, Director and Conductor; Karli Anderson, Assistant Conductor)
Hosted by Father Albescu Flavianos.
Refreshments served.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, July 15
8:00 PM - Megaron Café
“Broadway Parade featuring music from American Musicals”
Eilana Lappalainen, General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio
Marios Kazas, Pianist
Free and open to the public.
OPENING OF FESTIVAL
Sunday, July 16
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
Welcome by Mayor George Marangos and General Music Director Peter Tiboris
“A dramatic and robust concert opening to the Festival”
MOZART: Overture to “The Impresario,” K.486
“A Mozart masterpiece performed the world over and now in glorious Syros”
MOZART: Coronation Mass in C major, K.317
Camille Ortiz-Lafont, Soprano
Miranda Makrynioti, Mezzo-soprano
Mark Jurgenson, Tenor
Nikos Karagiaouris, Bass-baritone
Featuring a 100-voice choir from the U.S. and Greece
Sun Valley Community Church Traditional Choir, Tempe, AZ, USA (Marlynn Rey, Director)
Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA, USA (Laura Kakis Serper, Director)
Camerata Singers, Pocatello, ID, USA (Scott Eric Anderson, Director)
Proclamation Chorale, Fort Worth, TX, USA (Jonathan Peacock, Director)
The Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX, USA (Gary L. Mabry, Director)
Solartissimo Vocal Ensemble of Contemporary Conservatory of Larissa, Greece (Nikos Euthymiadis, Director)
“The most difficult, dramatic, and searing of the Tchaikovsky symphonies—rarely performed. It will leave you breathless.”
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
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Monday, July 17
1:30 PM – St. Nicholas Church
MOZART: Coronation Mass in C major, K.317
Marilena Striftobola, Soprano
Miranda Makrynioti, Mezzo-soprano
Mark Jurgenson, Tenor
Benoit Pitre, Bass-baritone
Featuring five American choirs
Sun Valley Community Church Traditional Choir, Tempe, AZ, USA (Marlynn Rey, Director)
Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA, USA (Laura Kakis Serper, Director)
Camerata Singers, Pocatello, ID, USA (Scott Eric Anderson, Director)
Proclamation Chorale, Fort Worth, TX, USA (Jonathan Peacock, Director)
The Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX, USA (Gary L. Mabry, Director)
SOLO PERFORMANCE by Solartissimo Vocal Ensemble of Contemporary Conservatory of Larissa, Greece, conducted by Nikos Euthymiadis
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Free and open to the public.
Monday, July 17
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
"Abandon yourself in this heart-breaking love story. A timeless masterpiece."
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Premiere Performance)
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Johannes Weigland, Stage Director
Eilana Lappalainen, Madama Butterfly
Alessio Borraggine, Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, US Navy
Jennifer Arnold, Suzuki
Nikos Karagiaouris, Sharpless
Walker J. Jackson, Goro
Camille Ortiz-Lafont, Kate Pinkerton
Benoit Pitre, The Bonze
Vasso Zdravkov, Prince Yamadori
Miguel Angel Vasquez, Imperial Commissioner
Giorgos Voutsinos & Axilleas Ionaskou, Dolore
Jens Huebner, Technical Director, Set and Lighting Design
Daisuke Sogawa, Japanese Consultant and Choreography
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Tuesday, July 18
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
“Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, and Brahms—three of the greatest composers in all of music. A night of herculean musical drama.”
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
“Among the most difficult, dramatic and celebrated concerti in all of music”
DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Nicholas Canellakis, Cellist
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Wednesday, July 19
1:00 PM - Pnevmatiko Kendro
MASTER CLASS
Featuring Lydia Zervanos, Soprano, from Athens
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 PM – Apollo Theater
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Johannes Weigand, Stage Director
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Thursday, July 20
11:00 AM – Pnevmatiko Kendro
MASTER CLASS
Featuring Jennifer Arnold, Mezzo-soprano
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, July 20
8:30 PM – Apollo Theater
“Mozart and Tchaikovsky—epic music geniuses”
MOZART: Overture to “The Magic Flute,” K.620
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 19, K.459
Christos Papageorgiou, Pianist
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Friday, July 21
11:00 AM – Pnevmatiko Kendro
MASTER CLASS
Featuring Vassilis Kostopoulos, Bass
Free and open to the public.
Friday, July 21
6:00 PM - St. Nicholas Church
SUNSET CONCERT
Featuring American choirs performing sacred music from four centuries
Participating Choirs
Kairos Youth Choir, Berkeley, CA (Laura Kakis Serper, Director)
Camerata Singers, Pocatello, ID (Scott Anderson, Director)
The Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX (Gary L. Mabry, Director)
Free and open to the public.
Friday, July 21
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Johannes Weigand, Stage Director
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Saturday, July 22
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
“The first Bach and Shostakovich works to be performed as part of the Festival of the Aegean by a great Greek-American cellist accompanied by the pianist Rogelio Rioja-Nolasco”
BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonato for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Nicholas Canellakis, Cellist
Rogelio Rioja-Nolasco, Pianist
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Sunday, July 23
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Final Performance)
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Johannes Weigand, Stage Director
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Monday, July 24
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
LIEDERABEND
Featuring Greek Opera Studio Young Artists
Eilana Lappalainen, General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio
Rogelio Rioja-Nolasco, Pianist
“BE MY LOVE – A Tribute to Mario Lanza: Selected Arias and Songs in Homage to a Star of the Golden Age of Hollywood”
Konstantinos Latsos, Tenor
Special guest artist soprano Camille Ortiz-Lafont
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco, Pianist
12 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
8 euros third tier, fourth tier
Tuesday, July 25
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
MOZART: Don Giovanni
Presented by the Greek Opera Studio
Eilana Lappalainen, General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco, Conductor
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director
Spyros Souladakis, Pianist
12 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
8 euros third tier, fourth tier
Wednesday, July 26
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
“Kinissis” from Athens
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Jenia Manoussaki, Pianist
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 19, K.459
Christos Papageorgiou, Pianist
And additional special works for strings.
12 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
8 euros third tier, fourth tier
Thursday, July 27
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
Greek Opera Studio “Gala”
“Featuring great arias, duet, quartet and scenes from the great operas works of the 18th and 19th centuries – a cornucopia of sound and drama”
Eilana Lappalainen , General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio
Eilana Lappalainen, Detlef Soelter and Kristina Franz, Stage Directors
Spyros Souladakis, Pianist
Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco, Pianist
12 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
8 euros third tier, fourth tier
Friday, July 28: No performance.
Saturday, July 29
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
The ballet of the National Opera of Bucharest (Premiere)
“Invitation to Dance: A Gala Night featuring the Stars from the Ballet of the National Opera of Bucharest”
Featuring Selections from:
Voyage
Radio and Juliet
Fraudulent Smile
Anna Karenina
Giselle
Romeo and Juliet
Corsaire
Tango
Black Swan
Renato Zanella, Director and Choreographer
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
Sunday, July 30
8:30 PM - Apollo Theater
Festival Finale
The ballet of the National Opera of Bucharest
“Invitation to Dance: A Gala Night featuring the Stars from the Ballet of the National Opera of Bucharest”
Featuring Selections from:
Voyage
Radio and Juliet
Fraudulent Smile
Anna Karenina
Giselle
Romeo and Juliet
Corsaire
Tango
Black Swan
Renato Zanella, Director and Choreographer
20 euros main floor, first tier, second tier
12 euros third tier, fourth tier
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