In Three Acts

In Three Acts

A selecltion of famous arias and songs from the Music Theatre

Monday,September 16 , 2024 | 21:00

Manos Hadjidakis Garden Theater

Opera & Operetta, Musical, Music Hall: diverse, eclectic, popular, and beloved musical genres. Music in connection with theatrical speech and stage performance, in different styles and rhythms.

Songs, solo arias, and duets associated with the most beloved moments of stage music form the three parts of this unique performance, inspired by theatre and the power of the most intense emotions when expressed through the guidance of music!

Selected arias, dynamic duets, and light ariettas from the famous musicals of Leonard Bernstein (“West Side Story”, 1957), Andrew Lloyd Webber (“Cats”, 1981), Richard Rodgers (“The Sound of Music”, 1959), Cy Coleman (“Sweet Charity”, 1966), and John Kander (“Cabaret”, 1966) pass the baton to Dimitris Maramis' “Erotokritos” and the songs of Greek revue by George Mouzakis (“Vira tis Ankyres”, 1950), Giannis Konstantinidis (“I Bomboniera”, 1927), Stamatis Kraounakis (“Ston Asterismo tis Medousas”, 1984), Dionysis Savvopoulos (“Acharnians”, 1977), as well as famous arias from the operas of Georges Bizet (“Carmen”, 1875), Giacomo Puccini (“Gianni Schicchi”, 1918) and the operettas of Theophrastos Sakellaridis (“O Vaftistikos”, 1918; “Thelo Na Do on Papa”, 1920, etc.).
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Performed by Efie Papadopoulou, Alexia Katsanevaki, Prodromos Karadeloglou
Vamos Orchestra, Orchestration & Music Direction: Thanasis Papathanasiou