The opera PROMETHEUS BOUND in Paris at UNESCO World Heritage Centre

 

THE CLUB OF UNESCO FOR PIRAEUS & ISLANDS PRESENTS

THE OPERA PROMETHEUS BOUND BY AESCHYLUS
Music by PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
Directed by KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU 

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World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centers and Associations (WFUCA)

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The lyric tragedy "Prometheus Bound" of Aeschylus (music by Panagiotis Karousos) is a masterpiece of the ancient Greek literature, an important cultural heritage of the Greek Mythology. The story reflects the efforts of the humanity brake its boundaries and reach out beyond, to the divine knowledge. The performance and staging (Kassandra Dimopoulou) are based on Greek ancient history and traditions, placing the voice in the forefront.

Prometheus: Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass
Io: Irini Konsta, soprano
Ocean/Hermes: Philip Modinos, tenor
Via/Athena: Kassandra Dimopoulou, mezzo

Chorus part of dancers and singers choreographed by Kassandra Dimopoulou

Presentation: Mr. Ioannis Maronitis, President of the Club for UNESCO Piraeus and Islands and Member of the Board of the World Federation of Associations and Club Centres for UNESCO, responsible for Europe and North America, and President of INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART

Panagiotis Karousos is a renowned Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. He did many concerts in Canada and USA with his Symphony No.1 “Liberty”, and Symphony No.2 “Olympic” with Astoria Symphony, the FACE Symphony Orchestra, the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestros Silas Nathaniel Huff, Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc Chaput. The Piano Concerto was presented with pianist Nathalie Joncas under UNESCO auspices in the Montreal Popular Concerts series in Montreal’s Maurice Richard Arena to an audience of 5000 people. The opera Alexander the Great presented in Montreal at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, in Chicago Illinois conducted by David Stech, in North Carolina Theatre under the direction of Grant Gilman, and in Toronto at P.C. Ho Theater Cultural Center of Toronto with the Sneak Peak Symphony Orchestra of Toronto University and soloists under the direction of maestro Victor Cheng. His Symphony No.4 “Earth” premiered with City of Athens Symphony Orchestra with maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis. The lyric tragedy "Prometheus Bound" is the first Greek popular opera presented internationally and always with great success in areas such as the Sorbonne University, Place des Arts in Canada, Epidaurus, United Nations, Sofia National Opera & Ballet, getting rave reviews in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC, Paris. From 2013 he did major presentations of Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus, Messina, Ancient Agora, Evripidio of Salamis, Veakeio of Piraeus), and the Athens National Archeological Museum of Greece. The Oratorio “The Song of the Nations” dedicated to the United Nations, it was presented in Montreal, Canada on February 23, 2003, with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) part of UN (United Nations), under the auspices of UNESCO Canada, and the City of Montreal with great success, and represented in Athens, and Corinth, under the direction of Maestro Faidra Giannelou. On March 26, 2016 the opera “Olympic Flame” based on Sophocles tragedy Trachiniae, was the first Greek opera ever seen at Lincoln Center at the Bruno Walter Auditorium near the renowned Metropolitan Opera House of New York conducted by Jestin Pieper. The Olympic Flame choir was presented with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at Hague, Holland, with maestro R. Pylarinos.