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Opera, Ballet, Music, and the Athens Cultural Event of the Year, All in the GNO’s Summer Program

Jul 06, 2021
Photo taken from a drone at night showing the Kallimarmaro illuminated
Panathenaic Stadium - GNO/M. Asthenidis
As Greece adjusts to the rhythm of the new normal, the Greek National Opera (GNO) turns from shuttered stages to live shows with a rich program of performances and concerts in unexpected spaces all around Athens.

Dance, performance art, recitals, concerts, an art installation, and more will be presented at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Numismatic Museum, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), among other venues throughout the city.

The program of events kicked off with a GNO concert celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, “Hymn to Liberty,” which took place in collaboration with the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens in the cathedral’s courtyard. 

Remarks given by SNF Board of Directors Member Giorgos Agouridis at the GNO concert held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 are available here.

A highlight of the program is the Verdi All-Star Gala, which will take place on July 10 at the Panathenaic Stadium, starring the leading operatic soprano of the 21st century, Anna Netrebko, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, distinguished tenor Yusif Eyvazov, and the top Greek baritone, Dimitri Platanias. These four world-renowned opera stars, who have distinguished themselves in Verdi’s operatic masterpieces, will perform famous arias and duets from Aida, Il trovatore, La traviata, La forza del destino, Otello, Rigoletto, and others. The GNO Orchestra will be conducted by renowned French conductor Philippe Auguin.

Discover the GNO’s summer program of events, which is made possible with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

On a stage an orchestra stands upright with its members dressed in black and in front the conductor looks at the audience
Source: GNO/Charis Akriviadis
In one scene there are three men, one is talking on the podium, the second is a priest and is standing while the third is watching them.
Source: GNO/Charis Akriviadis
In front of the entrance of a church, a large choir sings
A conductor in the center of the stage directs the members of the orchestra who are seated with their instruments
Source: GNO/Charis Akriviadis
A woman standing upright with her arms open wearing a white nightgown in front of a bed in a large and emblematic room
Marina Abramović - The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas/W. Hoesl
On a stage a group of actors dressed in Greek war uniforms stand and show with their hands a photograph of a man from the war standing with his gun
GNO Ballet/Valeria Isaeva
A woman and a man stand facing each other and the woman touches him on the shoulder
Still from the movie “The City and the City
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