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Greek National Opera, the Glossary

The Greek National Opera (Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, Ethniki Lyriki Skini) is the country's state lyric opera company, located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the south suburb of Athens, Kallithea.^[1]

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Greek opera companies
Music in Athens
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Agnes Baltsa

Agni Baltsa (Aγνή Mπάλτσα; also known as Agnes Baltsa; born 19 November 1944) is a leading Greek mezzo-soprano singer.

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Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus

The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Athens Concert Hall

The Athens Concert Hall (Greek: Μέγαρον Μουσικής Αθηνών, Mégaron Mousikis Athinon) is a concert hall located on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece.

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Athens Epidaurus Festival

Athens – Epidaurus Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in Athens and Epidaurus, from May to October. Greek National Opera and Athens Epidaurus Festival are Tourist attractions in Athens.

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Attica

Attica (Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or, or), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.

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Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.

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Classical ballet

Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique.

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Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe.

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Die Fledermaus

(The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Elena Souliotis

Elena Souliotis (spelled Suliotis in the early part of her career; Έλενα Σουλιώτη; 28 May 19434 December 2004) was a Greek operatic soprano.

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Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas.

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Ghena Dimitrova

Ghena Dimitrova (Гeна Димитpова, 6 May 1941 – 11 June 2005) was a Bulgarian operatic soprano.

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Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.

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Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti (July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas.

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Giuseppe Taddei

Giuseppe Taddei (26 June 1916 – 2 June 2010) was an Italian baritone, who, during his career, performed multiple operas composed by numerous composers.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra

The Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO; Ελληνική Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα Νέων, ELSON) is the national youth orchestra of Greece, founded in 2017 by conductor Dionysis Grammenos.

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Johann Strauss II

Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (Johann Strauß Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist.

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Kallithea

Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a suburb in Athens agglomeration and a municipality in south Athens regional unit.

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Kostas Paskalis

Kostas Paskalis (1 September 1929, Levadeia - 9 February, 2007, Athens) was a Greek opera singer, one of the leading baritones of the 1960s and 1970s in Europe, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

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La favorite

La favorite (The Favourite, sometimes referred to by its Italian title: La favorita) is a grand opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d'Arnaud with additions by Eugène Scribe based on the story of Leonora de Guzman.

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La sonnambula

La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the bel canto tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ballet-pantomime written by Eugène Scribe and choreographed by Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.

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Luigi Cherubini

Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer.

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Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

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Maria Callas

Maria Callas (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.

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Maria Chiara

Maria Chiara (born 24 November 1939) is an Italian lyric soprano.

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Médée (Cherubini)

Médée is a French language opéra-comique by Luigi Cherubini.

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Medea

In Greek mythology, Medea (translit) is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis.

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Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)

The Ministry of Culture (Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού) is the government department of Greece entrusted with preserving the country's cultural heritage, promoting the arts, and overseeing sport through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sports.

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National Library of Greece

The National Library of Greece (Ethnikí Vivliothíki tis Elládos) is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Greek National Opera and National Library of Greece are Tourist attractions in Athens.

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National Theatre of Greece

The National Theatre of Greece is based in Athens, Greece.

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Nicola Rescigno

Nicola Rescigno (May 28, 1916 – August 4, 2008) was an Italian-American conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory.

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Nicola Zaccaria

Nicola Zaccaria (9 March 1923 – 24 July 2007), born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou was a Greek bass.

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Norma (opera)

Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet.

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Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Greek: Ωδείο ΗρώδουτουΑττικού; also called Herodeion or Herodion; Greek: Ηρώδειο) is a stone Roman theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Orfeo ed Euridice

(French:; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.

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Phalerum

Phalerum or Phaleron () was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf.

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Rolando Panerai

Rolando Panerai (17 October 1924 – 22 October 2019) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertoire.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Romantic ballet

The Romantic ballet is defined primarily by an era in ballet in which the ideas of Romanticism in art and literature influenced the creation of ballets.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) was established in 1996 to honor Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos (1909–1996).

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) (Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος (ΚΠΙΣΝ)) is a cultural center complex in the municipality of Kallithea in Attica which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece (NLG) and the Greek National Opera (GNO), as well as the Stavros Niarchos Park.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_National_Opera

Also known as Greek National Opera Ballet, National Opera of Greece.

, United States, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, World War II.

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Greek opera companies

Music in Athens

Tourist attractions in Athens

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