NOW & UPCOMING


 

December 2023

 
 

"The Night of Candles"
at the Queen's Tower, Ilion, Attica

18 Performances
(1-30 December)

Vassilis Koutsavlis, Queen's Tower Host

Nikos Spanatis, counter tenor
Athanasiou Manou, harp

V. Vlavilov Ave Maria
H. Blake I'm walking in the air (Snowman)
Irving Berlin White Christmas
D. Hanson Conant Who will sing for the nightingale
G. F. Händel But who may abide
English traditional Christmas carol
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
B. Britten A Ceremony of Carols
S. Rachmaninoff Vocalise

Pyrgos 2022 3  
 
   

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Ionian University
Department of Music Studies

Thursday 28 September 2023

Doctoral Dissertation in Music Interpretation

Excellent Unanimously

Subject of the Doctoral Thesis:

"From Castrati to contemporary counter tenors:
Comparison of technique, physiology and interpretation of the two voices
in G. F.
Händel's leading da capo arias
performed by Senesino
".

The thesis also includes a live performance of eleven operatic arias by George Frideric Handel,
performed as Primo Uomo by castrato Senesino.

Parnassos Literary Society | June 2023

Nikos Spanatis, counter tenor

Sergiu Nastasa, baroque violin | Angie Kasda, baroque violin

Iason Ioannou, baroque cello | Alexis Mastichiadis, harpsichord

 
  PhD Concert 2 PhD Concert 1  
   
   
 
Nikos Spanatis, countertenor
Showreel
showreel
Moby Dick | Dimitris Papadimitriou
French Steward: Nikos Spanatis, countertenor
Moby Dick

Jocelyn Pook "With Wand'ring Steps"
The Merchant of Venice
Nikos Spanatis, countertenor
Fragoulis Karayiannopoulos, guitars
Pook NF


Armand Amar "Va, Vis et Deviens"
(Ibn Arabic "Alone with the alone")
Nikos Spanatis, Susan Norton
& Eleni Keventsidou
Armand Amar

 

 
 

INTERVIEWS

Nikos ATHENSvOICE NikosMonopoli
 NikosZougla  Nikos InTownpost
 
 
 
 
 

NEW CD RELEASE

 The Greek Melos
Nikos Spanatis & Eleni Keventsidou
Ruvensbury Records | London
eleni nikos cd 
 Wade in de water
Nikos Spanatis & Christina Antoniadou
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Christina nnikos cd

LIVE PERFORMANCES


Nikos LIVE
Händel "Vivi tiranno, io t'ho scampato"
Cyclades Festival Chamber Orchestra
Classical Music Festival of Cyclades | Apollon Theater
Festival Syros
Händel "Cara sposa, amante cara"
Cyclades Festival Chamber Orchestra
Classical Music Festival of Cyclades | Apollon Theater
Festival Syros

Purcell "Music for a while"
Ronan Khalil, harpsichordist and conductor
Greek National Opera | Evenings at the foyer
Ronan Nikos
Mozart "Al mio ben mi veggio avanti"
Brussels Virtuosi
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Ascanio Brussels Thessaloniki3
Vivaldi "Sol da te mio dolce amore"
Marc Grauwels & Il Virtuosi di Waterloo
Catholic church of St. Joseph in Waterloo, Belgium
Vivaldi Orlando
Händel "Furibondo spira il vento"
Estonian Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta
Parnassos Concert Hall, Athens, Greece
Handel - Furibondo
Vivaldi "Nell'orrido albergo"
Estonian Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Glasperlenspiel Rhodes Vivaldi

Mozart "Venga pur minacci e frema"
Athens State Orchestra
Old Fortress Corfu, Greece
Corfu

Mozart "Ah perdona al primo affetto"
Brussels Virtuosi

Aglican Church of Athens
Brussels Virtuosi Ascanio

Arvo Pärt "My heart's in the highlands"
Eleni Keventsidou, organ
Athens Concert Hall
Arvo Paert Athens Concert Hall

Philip Glass "Akhnaten"
Dimitris Yakas, piano
Thessaloniki Concert Hall | Voices
Glass Akhenaton 
Giorgos Koumendakis «Hedda Gabler»
G. Goumenakis, mandolin, E. Galletier, arciliuto
 & R. Pharo, viola da gamba
Rethymno 2016 

REVIEWS


"Nikos Spanatis has a crystal countertenor voice, which he handles with flexibility, power and wide shades. For example, the song of the Scottish Poem “My Heart’s in the Highlands” by Arvo Pärt was an excellent example of using different sound colours and a high voice technique."
ESS finland | Jari Pitkänen | Lahti Organ Festival | Kreikkalainen ilta | August 2018

"
Sounding beautifully, his velvet, hedonically dark-colored voice enchantingly conversed with the flute of Marc Grauwels ...while his elegant, gently emotional singing gave a touching performance of the aria..."
The Journalists' Daily | Brussels Virtuosi Orchestra & Marc Grauwels | December 2015

"...Countertenor Nikos Spanatis gave an excellent performance of the tremendously peculiar vocal melody... the rare category of countertenor extends to that of mezzo soprano, something that under normal circumstances is impossible for a male voice..."
Music Paper | Athens Concert Hall | Ergon Ensemble "Tribute to Arvo Pärt" | April 2017

"Exceptional countertenor Nikos Spanatis, I would never believe that the voice I heard is Greek, if I had not read the program..."
Rizopoulos Post | Brussels Virtuosi & Marc Grauwels | December 2015

… the “Mikado” demands singers/actors with spontaneous theatrical instinct, capable to respond without complex, but with frankness and verve to the torrential, hilarious prose and, secondarily, to the vocal demands of the roles… the protagonists of the performance responded ideally:… countertenor Nikos Spanatis (Pouh-Bah)…” | The Journalists' Daily | Greek National Opera | The “Mikado” in Mao’s China | December 2017
 

Händel G. Cesare "Empio dirò"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2

Händel Radamisto "Ombra Cara"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2

Händel Tolomeo "Stille amare"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2

Händel Rodelinda "Con rauco"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2

Händel Ottone "Deh non dir"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2

Händel G. Cesare "Se in fiorito"
Final PhD Live Concert 06/2023

PhD Concert 2



Mozart Ascanio "Al mio ben"
Brussels Virtuosi Orchestra

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Händel Rinaldo "Cara Sposa"
Cyclades Festival Orchestra

2019 - 08 - SYRS APOLLN ORCHESTRA CYCLADES 2

Gluck Orfeo "Ahime..Che farò"
Musica Vitae & Tiberiu Soare

IMG 5020 b

Mozart Mitridate "Venga pur"
Athens State Orchestra

2012 - 09 CARMINA D

Händel Partenope "Furibondo"
Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta

2014 - 12 - 15 Esthonoi 1

Händel Serse "Ombra mai fu"
Baroque Ensemble

IMG 5069

Koumendakis "Hedda Gabler"
Baroque Ensemble

2017 - 10 - 12 Rethymno Melacholia 1

Gounod "Serenade"
Dimitris Yakas, piano

original 5

Barber "Un Cygne"
Dimitris Yakas, piano

2018 - 10 - 13 Brussels Thessaloniki 2



Monteverdi "Oblivion soave"
Effi Minakoulis, theorbo

IMG 5020 b

Philip Glass "Akhnaten"
Dimitris Yakas, piano

original 6

Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Camerata Ensemble

IMG 5339

Britten Oberon's aria
Greek Opera Studio

IMG 5257 b

Nyman "if"
Sound Recording

8. Michael Nyman If from The Diary of Anne Frank

Pook "With Wand'ring Steps
F. Karayiannopoulos, guitars

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