GALA OPERA & MARIA CALLAS AWARDS 2019

The Hellenic-Eurasiatic Alliance (Mr. Xenofon Lambrakis XL, President) under the auspices of the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Mr. Olim Kasimov, Consul General) presents an Opera Gala dedicated to the greatest opera diva Maria Callas, at the Athens War Museum at 8 pm, with FREE ENTRANCE.

Famous arias and duets from operas performed by Maria Callas as well as arias from the operas "Prometheus Bound" and "Trachiniae" by Panagiotis Karousos.

Featuring opera stars: Irini Konsta - soprano, Vasilis Asimakopoulos - bass, Katerina Botoni - mezzo, Theodoros Birakos - tenor, Marianthi Grigoriadou – soprano, Mariza Kioseoglou - soprano, Chrisostomos Kalogridakis - tenor.

Music direction: Pandelis Legakis, piano

Program supervisor: Irini Konsta, soprano

Artistic direction: Panagiotis Karousos, composer

Presentation: Eleni Filini, actress

Organized by Mr. Xenofon Lambrakis XL, President of the Hellenic-Eurasiatic Alliance

The concert is supported by the "Maria Callas Greek Society" (Mrs. Liana Skourli, President).

Program

Irini Konsta, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi «Il Trovatore» Tacea la notte placida

Panagiotis Karousos «Trachiniae» Aria of Deianira

Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass

Giuseppe Verdi «Macbeth» Aria of Banco

Katerina Botoni, mezzo

Saint Saens «Samson et Dalila» Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse

Panagiotis Karousos «Trachiniae» Aria of Alkmini

Theodoros Birakos, tenor

Giuseppe Verdi «Rigoletto» La donna è mobile

Marianthi Grigoriadou, soprano

Giacomo Puccini «La Rondine» Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta

Panagiotis Karousos «Prometheus Bound» Aria of Oceanid

Chrisostomos Kalogridakis, tenor

Gaetano Donizetti «Don Pasquale» Cercherò lontana terra

Panagiotis Karousos «Prometheus Bound» Aria of Hermes

Mariza Kioseoglou, soprano

Jacques Offenbach «Les Contes d'Hoffmann» Les oiseaux dans la charmille

Vasilis Asimakopoulos - bass, Mariza Kioseoglou - soprano

Panagiotis Karousos «Trachiniae» Duet Hyllos and Makaria

Marianthi Grigoriadou - soprano, Chrisostomos Kalogridakis, tenor

Giuseppe Verdi «Rigoletto» Addio, addio

Vasilis Asimakopoulos - bass, Theodoros Birakos - tenor

Panagiotis Karoussos «Trachiniae» Duet Heracles and Eurystheus

Irini Konsta, soprano, Theodoros Birakos - tenor

Giacomo Puccini «La bohème» O soave fanciulla

Giuseppe Verdi « La Traviata» Libiamo ne 'lieti calici