Minas I. Alexiadis "The Secret of the Attica Rivers" Greek National Opera Stavros Niarchos Hall Composition / Libretto Minas I. Alexiadis Conductor: Andreas Tselikas Stage director: Nikos Diamantis
Seer Tiresias: Nikos Spanatis
Ilissos: Christos Kechris | Eridanos: Kostas Mavrogenis | Cephissus: George Mathaiakakis | Aunt Katie: Margarita Syngeniotou | Callirhoe: Marianna Polychronidi | Seer Tiresias: Nikos Spanatis | Shadow: Achileas Haldaiakis | Goddess Athena: Margarita Varlamou | Mr Takis: Kostas Flokatoulas
With a vocal ensemble and eleven member orchestraThis opera, subtitled “Ecological opera Rated R”, is the first musico-theatrical work based on the subject of the rivers and streams of Attica. Here, the three imprisoned rivers (Ilissos, Heridanos,Cephissus) and the nymph Callirhoe, are functioning in personal and love adventures. They are tormented by the “baron of the night” Mr. Takis, but with the guidance of the goddess Athena and an prophecy of the seer Teiresias, they are led to their restoration and liberation, through an optimistic triumphant finale.
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