JULY 9 to 22 2012 HERMOUPOLIS SYROS · 2012 presented by MidAmerica Productions of New York and the...

NamedBest FestivaloF Greater GreeceiN 2011

HERMOUPOLISSYROS

JULY 9thto 22nd2012

presented by MidAmerica Productions of New Yorkand the Municipality of Syros-Hermoupolis

Peter tiborisGeneral &artistic Director

Μετά την Τιμητική Διάκριση σε Πολιτιστικό Οργανισμό που δραστηριοποιείται στην Πε-ριφέρεια για το έτος 2011 με την οποία βραβεύτηκε το Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Αιγαίου από την Ένωση Ελλήνων θεατρικών και μουσικών κριτικών, θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να το απολαύ-σουμε για 8η συνεχή χρονιά στο νησί μας.

Ο Πήτερ Τιμπόρις, ένας αξιόλογος μαέστρος διεθνούς φήμης, από το 2000 έχει προ-σφέρει τα μέγιστα στην πολιτιστική πρόοδο της Ερμούπολης και του νησιού μας γενικό-τερα. Κάθε χρόνο το πρόγραμμα του είναι και μία έκπληξη για το φιλότεχνο κοινό, που κατακλύζει από όλο τον κόσμο το Θέατρο Απόλλων. Ένα ολόκληρο επιτελείο από καλλιτέ-χνες, μουσικούς, χορευτές, χορωδούς και τεχνικούς βρίσκεται σε απόλυτο συντονισμό για την υλοποίηση και την ανάδειξη των παραστάσεων εξαιρετικής ποιότητας που συμβάλ-λουν στην προβολή του νησιού μας, διεθνώς.

Επιθυμώ να εκφράσω τα θερμά μου συγχαρητήρια προς τον αγαπητό φίλο και Συρια-νό Πήτερ Τιμπόρις για το σπουδαίο Φεστιβάλ. Είναι ιδιαίτερη τιμή για τη Σύρο να φιλοξενεί κορυφαίους μουσικούς και καλλιτέχνες παγκόσμιας εμβέλειας, ενώ αξίζει επίσης να ση-μειωθεί η οργανωτική προσπάθεια του κ. Τιμπόρις στον οποίο με απόφαση του Δημοτικού Συμβουλίου, θα απονεμηθεί αυτή τη χρονιά, το μετάλλιο της πόλης μας.

Παράλληλα θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω θερμά τη διοίκηση και το προσωπικό του Ορ-γανισμού Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού Σύρου που συνέβαλαν ουσιαστικά στην συνδιοργά-νωση του Φεστιβάλ με την εταιρεία Midamerica Productions που διευθύνει ο κ. Τιμπόρις, όλους τους χορηγούς καθώς και τα τοπικά και διεθνή ΜΜΕ που συντελούν στην προβολή των δρώμενων του νησιού μας. Τέλος ευχαριστώ θερμά όλους τους Συριανούς και επι-σκέπτες, που με την παρουσία τους συμβάλλουν στη διατήρηση και ανάδειξη του πνευμα-τικού και πολιτισμικού μας επιπέδου και επιβραβεύουν με την παρουσία τους την φιλότιμη προσπάθεια όλων των συντελεστών που εμπλουτίζουν την πολιτισμική κληρονομιά του τόπου μας

Γιάννης ΔεκαβάλλαςΔήμαρχος Σύρου - Ερμούπολης

Μέγαρο ΔημαρχείουΠλατεία Μιαούλη, 841 00 ΣΥΡΟΣ

Τηλ. 2281 3 61002Fax: 2281 0 88232

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥΔΗΜΟΣ ΣΥΡΟΥ - ΕΡΜΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ

ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΔΕΚΑΒΑΛΛΑΣΔ Η Μ Α Ρ Χ Ο Σ Σ Υ Ρ Ο Υ - Ε Ρ Μ Ο Υ Π ΟΛ Η Σ

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the annual international Festival of the aegean and the apollo theater, “La Piccola Scala.”

it is now eight years since the first performance in July 2005 of rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (to that time the first opera at apollo in 105 years), and the growth and development of the Festival has been, by any measure, extraordinary. thousands of artists from here and abroad have appeared in the elegant setting of the apollo theater, the sacred place of st. nicholas church, and the historic Miaoulis square.

My dream for this Festival has been broad in scope, not only to include opera, symphony, chamber, recital, and choral music, but also to grow to include the areas of theater, ballet, folk music, jazz and music & opera education. over these years, syros in general and Hermoupolis in particular have become the centerpieces of this Festival.

the keystone of this year’s Festival is the presentation of strauss’ Salome conducted by Wiktor bockman of st. Gallen, switzerland, directed by Dirk schattner of Hamburg, and starring eilana lappalainen in the role of salome. We also have major works of beethoven, schubert, ravel, rutter, euripides’ Herakles, the Greek national opera ballet, christos Papageorgiou, the Greek opera studio, 19 visiting choirs (from the Usa, canada, France, and Greece), an international cast of world-class soloists, and the first appearance of the symphony orchestra of the national theatre of opera and ballet, tirana, albania. Most especially on July 15 my dear friend and colleague, composer and conductor John rutter of Great britain, makes his Greek debut. How many visiting artists during the two-week period? More than 450!

on the piano in the foyer of the apollo theater there is a special baton exhibition from my private collection. there you can see the batons of arturo toscanini (1950-54 NBC Orchestra), leonard bernstein (1980-85 NY Philharmonic), Giuseppe sinoppoli (Philharmonia of London, early 1980s) and Frederic chopin (1840's Paris, La Madeleine).

next year’s Festival will be a celebration of Verdi, Wagner, and britten, all of whom will reach major birth anniversaries. the Festival will open on July 9 with Verdi’s requiem.

My sincerest wish is that you will participate in our events and enjoy the combination of art and setting in the middle of the cyclades.

Warmest thanks,

Peter tiborisGeneral Director

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BEEtHOvEn: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)i.allegro ii. adagio un poco mossoiii. rondo: allegro ma non troppo

Dimitris Sgouros, Piano

Intermission

BEEtHOvEn: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)

i. allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso ii. scherzo: Molto vivace – Presto iii. adagio molto e cantabile iV. Presto; allegro molto assai (alla marcia); andante maestoso; allegro energico, sempre ben marcato.

Erica Muller, SopranoMaria Ratkova, Mezzo-sopranoKeith Ikaia-Purdy, TenorDimitri Kavrakos, Bass

THE EPIC AND HISTORIC GENIUS OF BEETHOVEN

Presentation by Mayor Yannis Dekavallas to Peter tiboris and the people of syros, of the Festival of the Year Award in Greater Greece for July 2011 Festival of the aegean, given by the national Music and theater critics association of athens. the award was first given to

Mayor Dekavallas on December 12, 2011, at Megaron Musikis in athens.Mr tiboris will also be awarded with the honorary city medallion of syros - Hermoupolis.

Peter Tiboris, Conductorsymphony orchestra of the national theatre of opera and ballet, tirana, albania

Η επική και ιστορική ιδιοφυΐα του Μπετόβεν

O P E N I N G C O N C E R T

120 minutes with one intermission

Participating Choruses

U.S.A.: Towne Singers, La Cañada, CA (Beth Richey, Choral Director); Indian River Charter High School Choir, Vero Beach, FL (Gary Miller, Choral Director, Ray Adams, Artistic Director); Johnson County Chorus, Overland Park, KS (Anita Cyrier, Choral Director); Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, TX (Gary L. Mabry, Choral Director)Canada: Canadian University College Choral Union, Lacombe, Alberta (Wendolin Pazitka Munroe, Choral Director)Greece: The Choir of The Department of Musicology of The University of Athens (Nikos Maliaras, Choral Director); Choir of Emporiki Bank, Athens (Stavros Beris, Choral Director)

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 9 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012MONDAy, JUly 9, 2012, 9 P.M.

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SAlOME

TUESDAy, THURSDAy, SATURDAy, JUly 10, 12, 14, 2012, 9 P.M.ΤΡΙΤΗ, ΠΕΜΠΤΗ, ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ, 10, 12, 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012

An opera by Richard Strauss in one act

100 minutes with no intermissionNo late seating | Οι πόρτες κλείνουν μετά την έναρξη της συναυλίας

The December 9, 1905, world premiere in Dresden which was composed and conductedby Richard Strauss changed the course of music in the 20th Century

Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania Wiktor bockman, Guest Conductor

Dirk schattner, Stage Director Jens Hübner, Lighting Design

salome: ........................................ eilana lappalainen, Soprano Herodes: ..................................... Peter svensson, Tenor Herodias: .................................... Graciela araya, Mezzo-soprano Jochanaan: ................................. anooshah Golesorkhi, Baritone narraboth: .................................. Keith ikaia-Purdy, Tenor ein Page der Herodias: ............ Maria ratkova, Mezzo-soprano Juden 1: ....................................... riad Ymeri, Tenor Juden 2: ....................................... Gilmond Miftari, Tenor Juden 3: ....................................... Klodjan Kacani, Tenor Juden 4: ....................................... Julian Gjojdeshi, Tenor Juden 5: ....................................... edvin Kastrati, Bass nazarener 1: ............................... Dimitri Kavrakos, Bass nazarener 2: ............................... théo Gavaliatsis, Tenor soldaten 1: .................................. nikolaos Karagiaouris, Bass soldaten 2: ................................. augusto García-Vázquez, Bass ein cappadocier: ....................... thanos Foskolos, Baritone ein sklave: .................................. chen laks, Soprano

Choreography by eilana lappalainen

Supernumeraries: Percy raines, ioannis toumpas, Panagiotis Katsaras, stratis efstratiou, Yiannis Metasoumis, Konstantinos Zervos, George Fylachtos, Giannis Priovolos,

Page lucky, erica Muller, Kimberley rose Pefhany, Veroniki Vakondiou

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Background: Salome by richard strauss is based on an 1892 play of the same name by the irish playwright, oscar Wilde. Wilde wrote Salome in French because he knew that the play’s celebration of sin and depravity would cause an uproar in the english-speaking world. He was right. When Wilde’s partner translated the opera into english, it was banned from the english stage. the German translation of the play became the libretto for richard strauss’ opera Salome. the opera was first produced in Dresden on December 9, 1905. although widely criticized for its adult themes and imagery, the public embraced the work, which was performed at 50 opera houses within two years of the premiere. the opera, which is in one act, takes place in Judea in 30 a.D.

Synopsis: it is evening and a bright moon lights the terrace of King Herod’s palace. nar-raboth, the captain of the guard, gazes ardently at the Princess salome who is dining in the banquet hall with her stepfather, King Herod, and his court. a page cautions nar-raboth that evil will come of his attraction to salome. the voice of the prophet Jochanaan can be heard coming from deep down in a cistern, where he has been imprisoned by the king. Jochanaan (John the baptist) foresees the advent of the Messiah, and the soldiers up on the terrace argue, disputing His saintliness. Disgusted by her stepfather’s lecher-ous advances, salome steps onto the terrace and asks the soldiers to bring the prisoner to her. after the soldiers refuse, salome enlists narraboth to do her bidding.

Jochanaan is brought to salome, who is attracted to everything about him. Jochanaan tells salome to repent, but she wants to touch his flesh, his hair, and kiss his lips. as the intensity of salome’s desire grows, narraboth becomes fearful over the situation he has caused and stabs himself to death. Jochanaan screams that salome is the “daughter of adultery,” curses salome, and returns to the cistern.

Herod and his guests come out onto the terrace. Herod is looking for salome. Herodias, Herod’s wife and salome’s mother, accuses her husband of becoming obsessed with her daughter. Herod ignores his wife and offers salome food and drink. salome rejects him. once again, Jochanaan’s warnings rise from the cistern. When Herodias asks Herod to get rid of Jochanaan, he refuses, saying the prophet is a holy man. these words mark the beginning of a heated argument among the five Jews about good and evil. the nazarenes then talk about the miracles already performed by christ, saying the Messiah has arrived. Jochanaan curses Herodias, while Herodias screams for him to be quiet.

Unexpectedly, Herod asks salome to dance, and to persuade her, says that if she does she can have anything she wants including half of his kingdom. salome makes sure that Herod will keep his promise and agrees. over the objections of her mother, salome be-gins the “Dance of the seven Veils,” slowly shedding each of the seven veils she is wear-ing one at a time at Herod’s feet. she falls to the ground before Herod. When Herod asks salome what she wants, she answers that she wants Jochanaan’s head on a silver platter. Herod tries to offer her other gifts – jewels, white peacocks, veils – but salome is ada-mant. Herod agrees to her request.

later salome looks down into the cistern, waiting for the sound of the execution. there is no noise. then the executioner’s arm rises from the cistern holding the head of Jo-chanaan. salome grabs the decapitated head, singing ardently to it and passionately kiss-ing it. Herod orders the soldiers to kill salome and they crush her beneath their shields.

RICHARD STRAUSS: SAlOMEBorn June 11, 1864, in Munich, GermanyDied September 8, 1949, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

—NOTE BY DALE ZEIDMAN

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PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater1. stabat mater dolorosa (chorus)2. cujus animam gementem (soprano)3. o quam tristis et afflicta (chorus)4. Quae moerebat et dolebat (Mezzo-soprano)5. Quis est homo qui non fleret? (chorus)6. Vidit suum dulcem natum (soprano)7. eja mater, fons amoris (Mezzo-soprano)8. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (chorus)9. sancta Mater, istud agas (soprano & Mezzo-soprano)10. Fac ut portem christe mortem (Mezzo-soprano)11. inflammatus et accensus (chorus)12. Quando corpus morietur (chorus)13. amen (chorus)

Eleni Panagiotopoulou, SopranoFotini Athanasaki, Mezzo-soprano

Jérôme Boutillier, keyboardchoeur d’enfants d’ile-de-France, Paris, France

Francis Bardot, Conductor

Intermission

SCHUBERt: Symphony no. 5 in D-flat major, D. 4851. allegro2. andante con moto3. Menuetto. allegro molto, trio4. allegro vivace

WEDNESDAy, JUly 11, 2012, 9 P.M.ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 11 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012

VOICES FROM HEAVEN ANDTHE lyRIC ElEGANCE OF SCHUBERT

Peter Tiboris, ConductorQuintet & Principals from the symphony orchestra of the national theatre

of opera and ballet, tirana, albania

Ουράνιες φωνές και η λυρική κομψότητα του Σούμπερτ

110 minutes with intermission

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—NOTE BY FRANCIS BARDOT

When produced in Paris in 1752, Giovanni battista Pergolesi’s opera La serva padrona led to “a quarrel of buffoons,” pitting supporters of French music, such as Jean Philippe rameau, against italian opera supports, led by Jean-Jacques rousseau. We know that the latter’s opinion prevailed since the French revolution destroyed choral music by closing the 500 children’s choirs and the only conservatories at the time. also, the italians are the ones who brought music back to France.

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is the work of a young man about to die of tuberculosis, at 26. the pain impregnated in the score is triple: that of a mother whose son is dying, that of the christ on the cross, and that of the composer who knows he is doomed. in fact, Pergolesi in some way takes the place of christ before the eyes of christ’s Mother, according to John’s Gospel: “Woman, here is your son; son, here is your mother.” it is here that the Virgin Mary witnesses the suffering of young John the baptist.

the work remains woeful, and the assumed tempi should not, by their vivacity, transform this tragic score into some opera buffa. it is as well deeply religious and animated by an authentic faith, where sorrow and hope alternate.

Franz schubert’s musical inclinations became evident at an early age, and he began his musical studies with his father when he was five years old. at age 11, he entered the imperial Konvikt, a school that trained students with good voices to sing choral works. During his five years at the imperial Konvikt, schubert began taking lessons in composition from composer antonio salieri, who recognized his pupil’s talents.

the year 1816, when schubert was 19, was an especially productive one. in that year alone, schubert composed hundreds of works, among which was the symphony no. 5 in D-flat major. Unlike the scoring in his earlier four symphonies, schubert eliminated the clarinets, trumpets, a second flute, and drums. the effect was that of a chamber symphony into which schubert infused his special gift for melody. the work, which is light and airy, was written in the classical style of which schubert was a master.

GIOVANNA BATTISTA PERGOlESI: STABAT MATER

FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT: SyMPHONy NO. 5 IN D-FlAT MAJOR, D. 485

Born January 3, 1710, at Jesi, ItalyDied March 16, 1736, in Pozzuoli, Italy

Born January 31, 1797, in Vienna, AustriaDied November 19, 1828, in Vienna, Austria

—NOTE BY DALE ZEIDMAN

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A CAPPEllA SACRED CHORAl MUSIC AT SUNSETΑπογευματινή Συναυλία με θρησκευτική χορωδιακή μουσική

100 minutes, no intermission

ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 13 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012FRIDAy, JUly 13, 2012, 6 P.M.

S t . N i c h o l a s G r e e k O r t h o d o x C h u r c h

Corfu Island Children’s Choir & Corfu Youth Choir, Corfu, Greecechristina Kalliaridou, Choral Director

stefanos Katsaros, accompanistevita Maniatopoulou, accompanist

Yellow Rose Singers, San Antonio, Texas, USAGary l. Mabry, Choral Director

Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile-de-France, Paris, FranceFrancis bardot, Choral Director

Jérôme boutillier, keyboard

Ambitus Choir, Athens, Greece Katerina Vasilikou, Choral Director

Michalis Hanos, accompanist

St. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

SUNSET CONCERT

SACRED MUSIC INA SACRED PLACE

Special thanks to the Metropolitan of Syros Dorotheos B and to Father Benedictus

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AMBItUS CHOIR, AtHEnS, GREECE Katerina Vasilikou, Choral Director

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Vere languores nostros N. Maragos Enite ton Kyrion Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Bogoroditsye Dyevo Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Seigneur, je vous en prie from Quattre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise John Rutter The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

YELLOw ROSE SInGERS, SAn AntOnIO, tXGary Mabry, Choral Director

Legends of St. Nicholas Hymn for St. Nicholas—Intonent hodie Conductus for St. Nicholas—Gaudens in domino Drew Collins (b. 1974) O frondens virga based on a chant by Hildegard von Bingen Javier Busto (b. 1949) Popule meus Gary L. Mabry (b. 1951) The Greatest of These with reference to I Corinthians 13 arr. Joan Szymko (b. 1957) Amazing Grace Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) Lift Thine Eyes arr. M. Susan Brown Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Ernani Aguiar (b. 1950) Salmo 150

CHOEUR D’EnfAntS D’ILE-DE-fRAnCE, PARIS, fRAnCEFrancis Bardot, Choral Director

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Ave Maria Camille Saint-Saëns Sub Tuum Praesidium Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Ave Mundi Gloria Joseph-Guy Ropartz (1864-1955) Kyrie from Messe de Sainte Anne Camille Saint-Saëns Ave Verum

CORfU ISLAnD CHILDREn’S CHOIR & CORfU YOUtH CHOIR, GREECEChristina Kalliaridou, Choral Director

Corfu Children’s Choir Trad. Corfiot chant/Trans. E. Makris Apolytikion for St. Spyridon Leo Delibes (1836-1891) Gloria and Agnus Dei from Missa brevis Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1932) Ave Maria John Rutter (b. 1945) The Lord bless you and keep you

Corfu Youth Choir Napoleon Labelet (1864- 1932) Axion esti John Rutter Look at the world

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BEEtHOvEn: triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56

1. allegro2. largo3. rondo alla polacca

New Zealand Chamber SoloistsLara Hall, ViolinJames Tennant, CelloKatherine Austin, Piano

Intermission

BEEtHOvEn: Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op. 92

1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace2. allegretto3. Presto - assai meno presto4. allegro con brio

ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 13 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012FRIDAy, JUly 13, 2012, 9 P.M.

BEETHOVEN’S TRIPlE CONCERTO ANDTHE SWEEPING POWER OF SyMPHONy NO. 7

Peter Tiboris, Conductorsymphony orchestra of the national theatre of opera and ballet, tirana, albania

Το Τριπλό Κονσέρτο του Μπετόβενκαι ο δυναμισμός της Συμφωνίας Αρ. 7


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ΜOZART trio in b-flat major, K.502 1. allegro 2. larghetto 3. allegretto

KAlOmIRIS Violin sonata (Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his death)

PSAThAS three island songs

Μανώλης Καλομοίρης (1883 - 1962)

ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012SATURDAy, JUly 14, 2012, 6:30-7:30 P.M.

ONE HOUR FAMIly RUSH CONCERT: GETTING TO KNOW THE NEW ZEAlAND CHAMBER SOlOISTS

FROM DOWN UNDER

New Zealand Chamber SoloistsLara Hall, Violin

James Tennant, CelloKatherine Austin, Piano

Μια ώρα μουσικής με το Τρίο από την Νέα Ζηλανδία


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Symphony Orchestra of The National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Tirana, Albania

nikola Zoraqi: festival Overturethoma Gaqi: Albanian Dance (with tambour)

Zhani Ciko, Conductor

John Rutter: Magnificat1. Magnificat2. of a rose3. Quia fecit4. et misericordia5. Fecit potentiam6. esurientes7. Gloria Patri

John Rutter, Conductor

Liliana del Conde, Soprano

Ravel BoleroMaria Kousouni-Fika, Principal Dancer, Greek National Opera Ballet

Renato Zanella, Festival Dance Director and choreographer

Beethoven: “Choral finale” from Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op. 125Erica Muller, Soprano

Maria Ratkova, Mezzo-sopranoKeith Ikaia-Purdy, TenorDimitri Kavrakos, Bass

Peter Tiboris, Conductor

SUNDAy, JUly 15, 2012, 10 P.M.ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 15 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012

UNDER THE STARS IN PlATEIA MIAOUlI Κάτω από τα αστέρια στην πλατεία Μιαούλη

A Concert for Syros

in Miaoulis Square

Master of Ceremonies Giorgos Roussos

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The Magnificat, the canticle of the Virgin Mary, is found in the opening chapter of st. luke’s Gospel, at the point where Mary visits her cousin elizabeth, having just learned she is to be the mother of christ. traditionally, the words have been ascribed to Mary, though their strong resemblance to the old testament song of Hannah and to various psalms makes it more likely that luke himself interpolated them to express an appropriate sense of rejoicing and trust in God. liturgically, the Magnificat belongs to the office of Vespers (and its anglican counterpart, evensong), as well as to feasts of the Virgin Mary, and there are innumerable concise musical settings intended for use in church. extended concert settings, however, are quite rare—bach’s being the most notable (and even his was designed for use in the lutheran liturgy). in the general layout of its movements and in its scale and dimensions, bach’s Magnificat provided the obvious precedent for John rutter’s setting. there is even a parallel to bach’s christmas interpolations in the use of a vernacular text on the Virgin Mary, “of a rose, a lovely rose,” which likens Mary and her child to a flower springing from the stem of Jesse. like bach, rutter uses Gregorian themes associated with the text at various points in the work. but there all comparisons end, since the style and content of rutter’s Magnificat are not even remotely neo-bachian, resting rather within an eclectic amalgam of more recent traditions that characterize much of the english composer’s choral writing. this work was given its world premiere in May 1990 by the composer in a concert presented by Midamerica Productions in carnegie Hall.

JOHN RUTTER: MAGNIFICATBorn September 24,1945, in London

—NOTE BY LOuISE LuEGNER

chorus of 320 from the Usa, canada, France, Greece

Participating Choruses

U.s.a.: towne singers, la cañada, ca (beth richey, choral Director); indian river charter High school choir, Vero beach, Fl (Gary Miller, choral Director; ray adams, artistic Director); Johnson county chorus, overland Park, Ks (anita cyrier, choral Director); Yellow rose singers, san antonio, tX (Gary l. Mabry, choral Director)canada: canadian University college choral Union, lacombe, alberta (Wendolin Pazitka Munroe, choral Director)France: choeur d’enfants d’ile-de-France, Paris (Francis bardot, choral Director)Greece: ambitus choir, athens (Katerina Vasilikou, choral Director);the choir of the Department of Musicology of the University of athens (nikos Maliaras, choral Director); choir of emporiki bank, athens (stavros beris, choral Director); the “Manolis Kalomoiris” children’s choir, athens (nikos Maliaras, choral Director); Mixed choir of employees of the bank of Greece, athens (Kostas evangelatos, choral Director); scientists’ choir of Philothei, athens (thomas louziotis, choral Director); corfu island children’s choir and corfu Youth choir (christina Kalliaridou, choral Director); choir of Filarmoniki conservatory of Patras (Marina reskalova, choir Director); Polyphonic choir of Patras (stavros solomos, choral Director); University of Patras choir (lina Geronikou, choral Director); rhodes Municipal choir (Michalis Kalentzis, choral Director)


sound by Nikos KontizasStella Kaltsou, lighting Designer

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MONDAy, JUly 16, 2012, 9 P.M.ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 16 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012

STylISTIC VARIATIONSON A SONG By MIKIS THEODORAKIS

Στυλιστικές παραλλαγές πάνω σε ένα τραγούδι του Μ. Θεοδωράκη

Christos Papageorgiou, Pianist

From the loudspeakers 1. intro - electronic Variation Part 1, "Memories from the Future."

Piano2. theme (original and variations)3. couperin - the infinite embellishments4. atonal5. sonata scarlatti6. sandouri (traditional folk instrument)7. Haydn - of the discrete surprises8. lutoslawski9. Mozart 110. Mozart 211. Mozart 312. epigram-crumb13. rachmaninoff14. beethoven sonata/slow movement 15. Gospel16. liszt 17. schubert - impromptu18. from schumann to brahms19. stravinsky20. chopin21. Ginastera22. Debussy23. bartók24. Hatzidakis told me…25. an american - Musical ballad for Jenia26. a strange rock & roll in 3/827. Jazz28. Keith Jarrett29. abstraction30. Prelude overture by Handel31. a bach Fuga for four voices and for all times

Piano & loudspeakers32. "exodus-towards the unknown" electronic Variation, Part 2


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—NOTE BY CHRISTOS PAPAGEORGIOu

a beloved Greek melody "Denial" or "at the secret shore," with music by Mikis the-odorakis and lyrics by nobel Prize-winning poet George seferis, forms the core of “Variations for piano on a song by Mikis theodorakis."this work provides a kaleidoscopic synopsis of the history of music. its intention is to prove that as much as a song or a melody is absorbed or transformed through time and technique, it remains at the core of music of any style or epoch. i selected this theme be-cause of its timeless simplicity — it is so simple that anyone could have written it, no mat-ter in which epoch or style he belonged.

"Variations for piano on a song by Mikis theodorakis" is a 32-part set of variations each referring to the style of a certain composer or epoch starting with couperin and traveling through the history of music (Mozart, Webern, Debussy, chopin, etc.) up to our present day and including pop sounds and computer music — a variation that comes out of loud-speakers at the beginning and end of the piece, symbolically representing the future.

these variations attempt a musical trip through the path of piano music. they expand from cembalo playing to the sounds of Keith Jarrett while covering most of the promi-nent music styles and composers in between. For the sake of this musical argument, the composers have been resurrected exactly as they were in their own time, and while keep-ing their distinct personalities unaltered, they interact with each other at the same time and in the same space, rotating playing at the piano, trying to make us see the essence and the common thread of their musical thought.

My ambition was to gather all these styles in one piece. although such a piece should be written by only one person, it should also maintain an objective view of all these various personalities. therefore, i was very happy when Mr. theodorakis mentioned that some-one "not aware of the primal intention and the styles involved can naturally perceive this piece as a work of only one composer…"

this set of variations appears randomly, sometimes coinciding with the timeline of music history and sometimes not. the three basic time zones co-exist and alternate continu-ously:

a) the Past – the others (all previously established styles and historic personalities)

b) the Present – myself (my own personal comments in these Variations)

c) the Future – the new "others," symbolically represented by the work (electronic varia-tions 1 and 2) of two composers (Prof. t. lotis and a. Mniestris) who created a six-minute simulation of a piano evolution as it could possibly happen in the future with algorithms and other electronic means.

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EURIPIDES: HERAKlESΗρακλής Μαινόμενος

ΤΡΙΤΗ 17 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012TUESDAy, JUly 17, 2012, 9 P.M.

A q u i l a T h e a t r e C o m p a n y o f N e w Y o r kP e t e r M e i n e c k , A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r

HERAKLESe u r i p i d e s ’

h ρ α κ λ η σ μ α ι ν ο μ ε ν ο σ

Translated & Adapted by Peter Meineck


Performed in English with Greek Surtitles | Στα Αγγλικά με Ελληνικούς Υπέρτιτλους

cast

anphitryon/Messenger Richard Willis theseus/ensemble Brian Delate Herakles/lycus Brent Werzner child of Herakles Sofia Meineck Madness Desiree Sanchez Megara/iris Elizabeth Wakehouse

and members of the U.s. veteran community

artistic staFF

Director Desiree Sanchez cinematographer Miguel Drake-McLaughlin Production Design Peter Meineck & Desiree Sanchez lighting Designer Peter Meineck company Manager Lindsay Beecher

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a staged workshop performance of Herakles was presented at bovard auditorium, University of southern california, los angeles, March 2012.

Herakles was first performed in athens around 416 bce during the Peloponnesian War against sparta and its allies. euripides takes the familiar myth of Herakles and creates a gripping tragedy about the return of a warrior who, instead of saving his own family, turns on them. euripides created this play for a society traumatized by years of conflict; it shows the effects of war on a family left at home. Herakles presents questions about how a man bloodied by combat might be reincorporated back into peacetime society. though extreme in its content, Herakles articulates the strain of war, the effects of combat trauma, and the psychology of a man driven to violence.

When we came to develop Herakles, we wanted to include the voices of the veteran. therefore we decided to develop a new way to approach the chorus through film. in Herakles the chorus are theban veterans: men who had served their country but were too weak to take on the new tyrant, lycus, and protect Herakles’ family. the ancient chorus was one of the most compelling aspects of an athenian play in the fifth century bce, using song, dance, gestures, and movement to propel the narrative action of the play. in keeping with this idea, we decided recruit our chorus from a community of real american veterans – men and women who served in World War ii, Vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan.

We created a series of questions based the choral songs from Herakles, then flew around the country interviewing people and filming their responses. these were edited into the choral films that we screen as part of Herakles. it is a bold idea for a Greek chorus, but one we hope has truth, emotion, and depth, and reflects this ancient play against modern.

We have also been working with masks, created by David Knezz. the masks are not exactly reconstructions, but are inspired by ancient prototypes. We believe that the mask acts as a means of projecting the different emotional states each spectator places on it. therefore, watching an actor in a mask could be far more compelling than watching a naturalistic performance.

aquila theatre was founded in london in 1990 and has been based in new York city since 1999. the company brings international artists to america to perform innovative productions of classical drama all over the country in the belief that theatre creates shared emotionality, thought and dialogue.

Synopsis: the play opens at the house of Herakles in the ancient thebes. Herakles has been away for well over a year, undergoing his service to the ruler of argos, eurytheus. His final labor was to go down into the underworld and recover the guard dog from the gates of Hades. nobody has heard from Herakles since, and now his thebean wife Megara believes he is dead. While Herakles is still away, thebes has been crippled by civil war, and the ruling family, of which Megara belongs, has been overthrown and executed by lycus, whose own family once ruled thebes. lycus has condemned Herakles’ family to death believing that if he does not, the sons of Herakles will grow to exact revenge. Herakles is the son of Zeus, but he also has a mortal father amphitryon who is desperately trying to buy time believing that his son will return.

EURIPIDES: HERAKlES

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Empty Place music by laurie Anderson/Brian Eno/John hassel

choreography by renato ZanellaPrincipal Couple: alexandar neskov and

stavroula KaburakisCouples: Zoi schinoplokaki and agapios

agapiadis; christina Makridou and blendi latifi; Komi Kloukina and Yannis benetos; Popi sakellaropoulou and Vangelis bikos

Girl in Water: anna Fragou

Blue Danube pas de deuxmusic by Johann Strauss II

choreography by renato Zanellaevrydiki issaakidou and Danilo Zeka

Romeo & Juliet pas de deux music by Sergei Prokofiev

choreography by renato ZanellaMaria Kousouni-Fika and Vangelis bikos

Don Quixote pas de deux music by ludwig minkus

choreography after Marius Petipastavroula Kaburakis and anton Koruti

Everybody’s Waltzingmusic by Johann Strauss and Gustav mahler

choreography by renato ZanellaPrincipal Couples:

Maria Kousouni-Fika and Danilo Zekaevrydiki issaakidou and alexendar neskov

emilia Gaspari and anton KorutiDanilo Zeka, alexandar neskov,

and anton Korutiagapios agapiadis, Fotis Diamantopoulos,

Hector bolano, blendi latifi, Vangelis bikos, Yannis benetos, elton Dimrochi, stavroula Kaburakis, Dimitra laoudi,

christina Makridou, Komi Kloukina, Popi sakellaropoulou, anna Fragou,

Zoi schinoplokaki

ΠΕΜΠΤΗ, ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ, ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ, 19, 20, 22 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012THURSDAy, FRIDAy, SUNDAy, JUly 19, 20, 22, 2012, 9 P.M.

EVERyBODy’S WAlTZING!Όλοι χορεύουν Βάλς!

G r e e k N a t i o n a l O p e r a B a l l e tΕ θ ν ι κ η Λ υ ρ ι κ η Σ κ η ν η

R e n at o Z a n e l l a , F e s t i va l D a n c e D i r e c t o r a n d C h o r e o g r a p h e r

ThE COmPANY

Renato Zanella, Ballet DirectorΙο Calochristos, Assistant to Mr. Zanella

Erida Melogiannidi, Company Pianist

ThE DANCERS

Principal Dancers: aimilia Gaspari, Vicky isaakidou, Maria Koussouni, alexandar neskov, Danilo ZekaSoloists: stavroula Kamburakis, anton Koruti, Dimitra laoudiCoryphee: agapios agapiadis, Hector bolano, Fotis Diammandopoulos, elton Dimrotchi, bledi latifiCorps De Ballet: Yiannis benetos, Vangelis bikos, anna Frangou, Komi Kloukina, christina Makridou, Popi sakellaropoulou, Zoi schoinoplokaki

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ARTISTIC FACUlTysvetlana afoniaGraciella arayaabbie Furmanskyanooshah Golesorkieugenia KolliaKeith ikaia-PurdyManolis Papasifakisrogelio riojas-nolascoalessandra salmieriDirk schattner angeliki sigourouDaniel suttonPeter svenssonMaria VassilopoulouPeter tiboriscarlos Vazquezrenato Zanella

2012 PARTICIPANTSSOPRANOliliana Del condechen laksathina liaskaerica MüllerPage lucky eleni PanagiotopoulouKimberley rose PefhanyVeroniki Vakondiouingrid Vetlesen

mEZZO-SOPRANOFotini athanassakiPia cruz

TENORYiannis Filiastheodore Gavaliatsis

BARITONEnikolaos Karagiaouris

BASSaugusto Garcia

PERFORMANCESchildrens PerformanceFestival Kick-offlieder abend | July 16th

GOS SPONSORSUniversity of the aegeansecure agent softwareel artistsblue star FerriesMidamerica ProductionsFriends of the Festival

Eilana Lappalainen, Founder and Artistic Director

ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 21 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012SATURDAy, JUly 21, 2012, 9 P.M.

GREEK OPERA STUDIO GAlAΘερινή Ακαδημία Όπερας

T H I R D A N N U A L

MADAMA BUTTERFLY PUCCINI LA BOHEME WEST SIDE STORY BERNSTEIN CANDIDE STRAUSS DER ROSENKAVALIERDONIZETTI L’ELISIR D’AMOREMOZART ZAUBERFLÖTE VERDI AIDA

Syros Pianists: Veroniki Vakondiou, stella Yialoglou

GOS Syros Chorus: evi Mpairaktari, thanos Foskolos, Maria Fragkogianni,George Fylachtos, Zetta Giakoumi, Maria Kakavi, eleytheria Karamolegkou,Panagiotis Katsaras, Konstantina Kasina, Zoi Koutkalaki, Mikaela leivadara,Georgia Matsouka, Giannis Priovolos, agni roussou, Konstantinos Zervos

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Greek-american music director, conductor, and producer, has enjoyed a worldwide career for more than forty years of which the past thirty have been in new York city as founder and artistic director of Midamerica Productions, with concerts in carnegie Hall and Weill recital Hall at carnegie Hall; and founder of the Manhattan Philharmonic, elysium

recordings, and the Festival of the aegean in syros, Greece. since 1983 in new York city, he has presented more than 1000 concerts worldwide, including 500 in historic carnegie Hall, and conducted many of them. He is also Music Director of the Pan-european Philharmonia, in Warsaw, Poland, and Principal Guest conductor of collegium symphonium Veneto in Padua, italy. He made his european conducting debut on July 1, 1983, in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, with the Moscow Philharmonia as part of the Dubrovnik Festival; and his new York conducting debut on January 7, 1984, with the american symphony orchestra at lincoln center. He has conducted in 20 countries, among them Mexico; russia, in st. Petersburg and Moscow at column Hall, tchaikovsky Hall, and shostakovich Hall; Great britain, in london at the barbican and royal Festival Hall; austria, at Vienna’s Konzerthaus; Poland, in 11 different cities including Warsaw; czech republic, in Prague’s rudolfinium and smetana Hall with Virtuosi di Praga and the north czech Philharmonic; italy, at teatro di roma, teatro Filarmonica di Verona, regio di Parma, and 20 other locations; Portugal; turkey; and egypt, at cairo’s national opera House. among the distinguished orchestras he has conducted are the royal Philharmonic, london Philharmonia, oxford’s Philomusica, niedersächsische orchester Hannover, the Prague and brno philharmonics, national opera orchestra of cairo, american symphony orchestra, Moscow radio and television symphony orchestra, société Philharmonique de Montréal, israel symphony orchestra rishon le-Zion, orchestra del teatro dell’opera di roma, and orchestra di siciliana di Palermo.

He has conducted nearly every major choral work as well as countless symphonic works, selected operas, and ballet. on his carnegie Hall series, he has showcased over 600 guest conductors and thousands of visiting ensembles who have come from throughout the world. as a conductor on the carnegie Hall series, he has presented hundreds of works with numerous and significant world and american premieres, including works by rossini, Mozart, beethoven/Mahler, taneyev, cherubini, and theodorakis. the concerts have been hailed by The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, and The New Yorker.

He is also responsible for the founding and development of elysium recordings, which is distributed worldwide by Qualiton imports international. the catalog has nearly 30 releases of which he can be heard on 10 of the recordings. Most recordings in the elysium catalog are premiere and first-time commercial releases.

Peter tiboris studied music and received his bachelor and masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin and his doctorate from the University of illinois in 1980, but he credits his move to new York city 30 years ago as the most important event in his musical and professional life.

Founder, General and Artistic Director, Conductor, Festival of the Aegean

Peter Tiboris

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a native of Verona, italy, renato Zanella began ballet training in Verona, and in 1981 went to study with rosella Hightower in cannes. His made his professional debut in basel, switzerland, working with Heinz spoerli. in 1985, he joined the stuttgart ballet and was appointed house choreographer in 1993 by Marcia Haydée. From 1995 to 2005, he was ballet Director of the Vienna state opera; in

2001, he added the title of artistic Director of the Vienna state opera ballet school. since 2005, he has worked as a freelance choreographer. He has choreographed ballets for the stuttgart ballet, les ballets de Monte-carlo, introdans, Deutsche oper berlin, royal swedish ballet, istanbul state ballet, Hungarian national ballet, ballet du rhin, Vereinigte bühnen Krefeld/ Mönchengladbach, teatro san carlo in napoli, croatian national theatre, badische staatstheater, Municipal ballett of lima, national ballet of Portugal, ballett berlin, balletto dell’opera di rome, and san Francisco ballet. He created solo works for Marcia Haydée, carla Fracci, anastasia Volotchkova, simona noja, shoko nakamura, Polina semionava, Dorothée Gilbert, Vladimir Malakhov, Manuel legris, roberto bolle, Giuseppe Picone, alessio carbone, alessandro Molin, and egon Madsen. in 1995 Danza & Danza magazine named him the «best italian choreographer abroad.» in 2001 he was honored with the austrian special Distinction for arts and science.

Festival Dance Director/Choreographer, GNO,GOS Faculty

Renato Zanella

Finnish-canadian soprano, eilana lappalainen, has performed title roles to critical claim in the world’s premier opera venues including teatro alla scala, opera di roma, Hamburgische staatsoper, Deutsche oper berlin, opéra de Montréal, bellas artes, teatro Verdi trieste, new israeli opera, lithuanian national opera, Finnish national opera, Polish

national opera, opera north, staatstheater essen, Prague state opera, Gran teatre del liceu barcelona, new York city opera, seattle opera, san Francisco opera, cincinnati opera, Michigan opera, Minnesota opera, nashville opera, Kentucky opera, Portland opera, Virginia opera, opera Hamilton, opera ottawa, Marin opera, arizona opera, and opera san Jose, and in cities such as Wiesbaden, Dessau, Halle, Mannheim, bremen, Würtzburg, bielefeld, liceu, and Winterthur. Her extensive repertoire has grown to include leading roles in works such as Salome, Der Rosenkavalier, Arabella, Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Wozzeck, Der Freischütz, Jenůfa, Giovanna D’Arco, un ballo in maschera, I masnadieri, Il trovatore, Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, Medea, Andrea Chénier, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Il tabarro, La fanciulla del West, Turandot, and Tosca. at carnegie Hall, she has sung the Verdi’s and Mozart’s requiems, Zanetto, and a recital in Weill recital Hall. others concert performances have taken place in Germany, Mexico, Finland, israel, Greece, and the UK. Her recording of Zanetto was released by elysium recordings in 2008, and a cD of Mahler songs will be released by elysium recordings later in 2012.

Soprano, title role, Salome; Associate Artistic Director, Festival of the Aegean; Founder and Artistic Director, GOS

Eilana Lappalainen

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Wiktor bockman studied the violin and conducting from 1981 to 1986 at the music academy in Krakow, Poland. after completing his work at the academy, he went to Zurich for work with nathan Milstein and Munich for studies with Jacob Gilman. He concertized in europe (Germany, austria, switzerland, France, Poland, and russia) and developed a strong interest in conducting. since 2000, he has conducted

opera and symphonic works in austria, Germany, switzerland, italy, spain, romania, Poland, czech republic, bulgaria, russia, Mexico, Venezuela, and south Korea. His love of italian opera led him to Milan, italy, to work with such well-known interpreters of opera as claudio abbado, nello santi, renato bruson, carlos Montane, and ion busea. in 1995, he added the role of producer to his resume and has directed opera tours of such works as rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s La traviata, rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Donizetti’s La favorita to several european countries.

dirk schattner was an assistant to directors Johannes Felsenstein, Gabriele rech, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan eaton, and Michael schulz for productions of Wagner’s ring cycle and Der Fliegende Holländer, Verdi’s Giovanna D’Arco, Weill’s Die Bürgschaft, strauss’ Salome, and several operas by Puccini and Mozart. in recent years he has directed numerous music theater productions in Germany,

the netherlands, belgium, austria, and Hungary. His new musical play, The Little Matchmaker, was presented in Vienna’s ronacher in november 2011. For akzent theatre Vienna and stage theatre Kehrwieder Hamburg, he directed the German premiere of the musical drama Wenn Rosenblätter Fallen, which was given its world premiere in amsterdam in 2010. From 2003 to 2007 schattner directed more than 20 operas, musicals, and plays for Deutsches nationaltheater Weimar, including a dramatic version of schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin, a film version of Franz schmidt’s Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln, offenbach’s Pariser Leben, and Heiner Müller’s Bildbeschreibung with music by richard Wagner.

John rutter was born in london in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate school. He went on to study music at clare college, cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first recording while still a student. His compositional career has embraced both large- and small-scale choral works, orchestral and instrumental pieces, a piano concerto, two children’s

operas, music for television, and specialist writing for such groups as the Philip Jones brass ensemble and the King’s singers. His larger choral works, Gloria (1974), requiem (1985), Magnificat (1990), Psalmfest (1993), and Mass of the children (2003) have been performed many times in britain, north america, and a growing number of other countries. He co-edited

Conductor, Salome

Stage Director, Salome, GOS Faculty

Composer and Conductor, Magnificat

Wiktor Bockman

Dirk Schattner

John Rutter

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dimitris sgouros was born in athens, Greece, in 1969, began his musical studies at age 7 at the athens conservatory of Music, and gave his first piano recital in the Public theatre of Piraeus in 1977, performing two of his own compositions. He continued his studies at the University of Maryland, and then at the royal Music academy in london, graduating with honors. sgouros began his orchestral career at

the age of 11, performing a Mozart concerto with the chamber orchestra of cannes. in 1982 at the age of 12, he made his carnegie Hall debut performing with the national symphony orchestra of Washington, D.c., under the direction of Mstislav rostropovich. also that year, he made his berlin Philharmonic debut under the baton of Herbert von Karajan. Dimitris sgouros has performed in major concert halls throughout the world including carnegie Hall, avery Fisher Hall, royal Festival Hall (london), berlin Philharmonic Hall, salle Pleyel de Paris, Vienna Musikverein, amsterdam concertgebouw, and the Great Hall of Moscow conservatory. Festival appearances have taken place throughout the world. He has recorded more than a dozen albums which are sold in many countries.

combining education and art, he has given lectures at the University of athens; toho Gakuen school of Music in tokyo; bilkent University in ankara, turkey; the southern Methodist University in Dallas, texas; and the new conservatory in thessaloniki, Greece. He has been honored with the international leonardo Da Vinci award and Melvin Jones award along with many other Greek and international prizes. in 1988 a Festival was founded in his name in ljubljana, slovenia. since then, sgouros Festivals have been organized in cities as far apart as Hamburg and singapore.

recent highlights include his debut with the Kiev Philharmonic orchestra in the Ukraine, at ivan Fischer’s beethoven Marathon Festival in budapest, and his appointment to the chopin 2010 celebrations committee. in 2011 he returned to the newport Music Festival in rhode island and he was selected to appear on a double cD set entitled Essential Liszt in homage to the 200th anniversary of Franz liszt’s birth. later this year, he will inaugurate the Mannheim Philharmonic’s 2012-13 season.

Pianist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5Dimitris Sgouros

four volumes in the Carols for Choirs series with sir David Willcocks, and, more recently, has edited the first two volumes in the new oxford choral classics series, Opera Choruses (1995) and European Sacred Music (1996). From 1975 to 1979 he was director of music at clare college, whose choir he directed in a number of broadcasts and recordings. after giving up the clare post to allow more time for composition, he formed the cambridge singers as a professional chamber choir primarily dedicated to recording, and he now divides his time between composition and conducting. He has guest-conducted or lectured at many concert halls, universities, churches, music festivals, and conferences in europe, africa, north and central america, australia, and asia. in 1980 he was made an honorary fellow of Westminster choir college, Princeton, and in 1988 a fellow of the Guild of church Musicians. in 1996 the archbishop of canterbury conferred a lambeth Doctorate of Music upon him in recognition of his contribution to church music. He was honored in the 2007 Queen’s new Year Honors list, being awarded a cbe for services to music. on april 29, 2011, the anthem, This Is the Day, commissioned by Westminster abbey, was performed at the royal Wedding of catherine Middleton and HrH Prince William. Mr. rutter’s music is published by oxford University Press, Hinshaw Music inc., and collegium Music Publications. Maestro rutter has made more than a 100 appearences in carnegie Hall and on the Midamerica Productions series.

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Ray Adams (Artistic Director, Indian River Charter High School Choir, Vero Beach, FL), in 2002 became the founding artistic Director for the indian river charter High

school, schumann school for the Visual and Performing arts (VaPa). For this festival he is filling in for Gary Miller who is the Director of choral activities. together at the school they share the directorship of the choral Union, a community-based chorus comprised of alumni and other adults interested in supporting choral music. adams earned a bachelor of sacred Music from Wittenberg University, and a Master of arts, Master of Fine arts, and Doctor of Music from the University of iowa. He served as Director of Music/organist at the community church of Vero beach from 1983-2002. While there he became the founding Director for the academy of the Performing arts and the Vero beach choral society. VaPa specializes in dance, drama, music, and the visual arts.

Graciela Araya (Mezzo-soprano, Herodias, Salome; GOS Faculty), a native of chile, made her debut at age 19 as Maria in West Side Story and at 20 performed Henriquetta di Francia in

I Puritani at the teatro Municipal de santiago. she studied singing with Marta Duran and tomas Demolitsas and music pedagogy at the University of santiago with ivonne Herbos. in 1984 she was awarded a scholarship to study and perform at the Deutsche oper berlin where she created the role of the Gedankenstimme in siegfried Matthus’ Cornet. she spent two years in aachen and three in Düsseldorf before becoming a member of the Vienna state opera for 12 years. since 1995 Ms araya has worked as a guest artist, appearing with opera companies in amsterdam, brussels (la Monaie), antwerp, Venice, rome, Genoa, torino, Paris (la bastille), new York (Metropolitan opera), london (covent Garden), seattle, los angeles, tokyo, Vienna, and Monte carlo.

Fotini Athanasaki (GOS Mezzo-soprano, Soloist Stabat Mater) has performed as soloist in charpentier’s “Messe de Minuit pour noel,” rossini’s “Petite Messe sollenelle,”

Verdi’s requiem, and Mozart’s requiem with ambitus choir. as a chorister, she has performed in productions of blacher’s Die Flut; Verdi’s Il trovatore, La traviata, and Nabucco; Gounod’s Faust; Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana; and leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with Greek national opera in such venues as odeion Herodus atticus, athens concert Hall, and athens Polyphonia. other works she has performed include beethoven’s symphony no. 9, Mahler’s symphony no. 3, Dvořák’s te Deum, bob chilcott’s “a little Jazz Mass,” and three works by Mikis theodorakis, “axion esti,” “Zorba,” and “Kapodistrias.”

Francis Bardot (Guest Conductor, Stabat Mater; Choral Director, Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile de France, Paris) was born in 1946. He began singing at the age of 8. by 18, he was a tenor

soloist who had performed in over 200 concerts in France and around the world. at age 24, he became a teacher at the institut supérieur de Pédagogie of the institut catholique de Paris and started his first children’s choir school. He then devoted his time to choir and orchestra conducting and founded, among others, a choir called “Petits chanteurs du Monde.” He also conducted the children’s choirs of the opéra de Paris for 23 years developing a vocal technique specifically for children. For several years, he has been the Director of cultural affairs for the city of levallois and has headed the conservatoire Maurice ravel in levallois (2000 students). He conducts the chœur d’enfants d’ile de France, the Jeune chœur d’ile de France, the ensemble Vocal d’ile de France, and the chœur Polyphonique Maurice-ravel.

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Vangelis Bikos (Dancer, Gno) was born in thessaloniki. From 2004-07 he studied at the royal ballet school of birmingham, england, from which he graduated with a professional

dancer’s diploma. During 2006-07 he danced with the royal ballet of birmingham in various productions, such as The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, Cinderella and the Firebird. since 2008 he has been a member of the Gno company.

Ιο Calochristos (assistant ballet Director, soloist, Gno) studied at Grigoriadou Professional Dance school in athens, under Gech Mihov, from which she received her teacher’s diploma.

she started her career dancing with Vienna Festival ballet (1987-89) and Munich ballet theater (1989-90). since 1990 she has been a member of Gno, first in the corps de ballet, then as coryphée, and since 1997 as a soloist. she has danced in many productions such as Paquita, Bayadera, Four Last Songs (Van Danzig), Les Sylphides,The Birds, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Pinocchio, Snow Queen, Giselle, Swan Lake, and Romeo and Juliet. since 2007 she has been a member of juries for various dance competitions in Greece and cyprus and also she has organized various productions. in september 2011 she became assistant to the ballet Director of Gno.

Zhani Ciko (artistic Director, conductor, symphony orchestra of the national theatre of opera and ballet, tirana, albania) graduated in violin from the state conservatory of tirana,

albania, in 1967, and began working as a soloist and concertmaster of the obt orchestra. at the same time, he became a professor of violin at the academy of arts in tirana. From 1970-73, he was artistic Director of the obt orchestra and professor of violin at tirana’s academy of arts. He has been artistic director of the orchestra since 1988. in addition to his work with the orchestra, he has led master classes in italy, France, and Hungary and is a member of several international juries in albania and

abroad. in the late 80s, he helped develop the Young Virtuosos of tirana, which, under his direction, won competitions in albania, austria, italy, Greece, spain, France, slovenia, liechtenstein, switzerland, Hungary, and belgium. the orchestra also appears on three cDs. as conductor of the orchestra, Maestro ciko has worked with soloists in albania, italy, and austria, and choral ensembles in austria, spain, and France.

Brian Delate (actor, theseus, Herakles, aquila) will appear with al Pacino in the soon-to-be released documentary Wild Salome, starring and directed by Mr. Pacino. currently, he

combines his experience as a decorated non-commissioned officer of the Vietnam War with theater experience, performing his original one-man show Memorial Day (when remembering makes you want to forget… and being forgotten makes you want to die…), soon to be presented at the Public theater in new York. He also wrote and directed the independent feature, Soldier’s Heart, which won “best narrative Feature award” at the G.i. Film Festival. His other films are Nice Guy Johnny, The Brave One, Buffalo Soldiers, The Truman Show, and The Shawshank Redemption, among others. brian is a lifetime member of the actors studio, where he also serves on the board of Directors.

Liliana Del Conde (Gos soprano, soloist rutter Magnificat) grew up in México city, performing on national radio and television programs with a children’s vocal ensemble. she studied

classical voice with Howard Vandenburg at Dortmund Music school in Germany. there, she was a member of schola Piccola vocal quintet, singing madrigals, baroque, and sacred music. after three years of teaching and performing in Portugal, she returned to Mexico in 2001, where she is currently a teacher of vocal technique at the cultural center in san luis Potosi, Mexico. she is the founder of the Patapan vocal quartet as well as Quartet amici. Ms. Del conde has concertized live and on radio and television programs in Germany, Portugal, France, russia, and Mexico. she has released three solo cDs as well as a recording with the Philharmonic orchestra of Puebla.

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Constantine Th. Evangelatos (choral Director, Mixed choir of employees of the bank of Greece, athens) is a native of athens, Greece. a composer and choirmaster, he

has served as the artistic Director of several conservatories and music schools, a professor of composition, a choirmaster of several choral ensembles, and the founder and conductor of the orchestra chorus instrumentalis. He is a member of the Pan-Hellenic association of choral and instrumental ensembles’ conductors, the Greek composers Union, the Hellenic choirs association, and the international Federation of choral Music. His compositions for piano, choir, chamber music, and orchestra have been performed in Greece and abroad by Greek and foreign instrumental and choral ensembles. He has also written and translated several books about music.

Thanos Foskolos (bass, ein cappadocier, salome; Gos syros chorus) was born in aachen, Germany, in 1979. at the age of five, his family returned to trikala, Greece, after which he was raised and

educated in Hermoupolis, syros. He studied civil engineering in Manchester, U.K., at salford University; and completed his master’s degree in structural engineering at the University of Manchester’s insitution of science and technology. although he works full time as a civil engineer in Hermoupolis, he joined the theatrical and cultural club of syros in 2003 and has performed acting roles in “the lady Vanishes” by ethel White, “lifelong comedy” by arkas, “red lights” by alekos Galanos, and “santa claus-red riding Hood” by Maria Kitra. since 2006, he has been a member of the st. nicholas church choir and the syros Musical club.

Abbie Furmansky (Vocal teacher, Gos) came to prominence in europe where she was an ensemble member at the Deutsche oper berlin. since then, she has appeared throughout

europe and the U.s. with opera companies including new York city opera, canadian opera company, Washington national opera, los angeles opera, the opera companies of Munich and Frankfurt, and at the baden-baden Festival. recent concert performances have taken her to the Philharmonie in berlin, lucerne Festival, and to Potsdam, singapore, and novi sad, serbia. an international voice teacher, Ms. Furmansky maintains a private vocal studio and is a faculty member of the iVai summer program in tel aviv. she also teaches vocal technique in workshops to the singers of the berlin staatsoper oper studio.

Emilia Gaspari (Dancer, Gno) was born in athens, Greece. she started dancing at the age of 6. she studied at the english national ballet school (london) with a scholarship from

Peter schaufuss. later she studied at the Greek state school of art and Dance, from where she received her teachers’ Diploma certificate. since 1992 she has been a member of Gno, and in 2001 she became a principal. Her repertoire includes Goddess isida in Aida, Kitri in Don Quixote, lilac Fairy and aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Myrta in Giselle, rose in the Snow Queen, Wife of Zapata in Canto General, and Vou tsing Xoa in Nixon in China.

Théo Gavaliatsis (Gos tenor, nazarener 2, salome) was born in athens in 1988. He began taking voice lessons in 2006 at the national conservatory of Greece with the Greek baritone

Vassilis Dimas-tsirigotis, and after five years of training as a baritone, he transitioned into the tenor repertoire in 2011. His studies so far encompass a wide variety of music including baroque, German, italian, and French opera, lieder, 20th-century works, and italian songs. He will be completing his studies in the summer of 2013.

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Lina Geronikou (choral Director, University of Patras choir), a native of Patras, has studied piano, advanced theoretical music, baroque chamber music, and singing. she has attended numerous

seminars in these areas in Greece and abroad, including a “lied, oratorio, opera” seminar with rudolf Knoll, professor in Mozarteum in salzburg; a Zoltan Kodály seminar in Hungary; and a master class in baroque singing with romina basso. Ms. Geronikou has a music degree in harmony, counterpoint, and the fugue; a diploma in singing; and a degree in physics from Patras University. she has participated in numerous concerts as a choral and solo singer. Ms. Geronikou teaches advanced theoretical music, singing, and junior music courses in local conservatories. since 2010 she has been the artistic director of Patras University choir.

Anooshah Golesorkhi (baritone, Jochanaan, salome; Gos Faculty) is a regular guest of leading opera companies throughout europe and north america, including the Metropolitan opera

whose roster he joined for the title role Nabucco. also at the Met, he has performed scarpia in Tosca, the title role of Rigoletto, the count of Westmoreland in Sly, iago in Otello, Monforte in I vespri Siciliani, and alfio in Cavalleria rusticana. During the 2011-12 season, he performed Simone Boccanegra in los angeles, agamemnon in Iphigenie in Aulis in leipzig, the count in The Marriage of Figaro in taiwan, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci in Dusseldorf, and iago in Otello in norway. He also appeared as scarpia in Tosca in copenhagen, alfio in Cavalleria rusticana and tonio in Pagliacci in italy (Pisa and lucca), and the celebrant in bernstein’s Mass in norway.

Jens Hübner (lighting) studied stage and costume design in Dresden. He worked as designer and technical supervisor for more than 40 theater, film, and tV productions

in Germany, spain, switzerland, austria, and Greece, among others. He has worked for anhaltisches theater Dessau, stage Musical theatre berlin, stadttheater st. Gallen, Metropoltheater berlin, studiobühne

bayreuth, sächsische landesbühnen and bayreuther Festspiele, caspari Film Productions Düsseldorf, and studio berlin babelsberg. He created designs for Der Wildschütz, The Fairy Queen, Carmen, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, and On The Town. Jens Hübner is founder and director of Jens Hübner stage Design. His international clients include siemens and Deutsche bank for whom he develops and creates designs for film and theater events.

Keith Ikaia-Purdy (tenor, narraboth, salome; soloist beethoven’s 9th, Gos Faculty), from Hawaii, has performed leading roles at opera houses throughout the world,

including the Metropolitan opera, covent Garden, la scala, teatro colon, Deutsche opera berlin, linden opera berlin, bavarian state opera, and the royal operas of sweden, Denmark, and norway. in 16 seasons with the Vienna state opera, he has performed more than 270 times. He has been featured in live telecasts, including La bohème with Deutsche opera berlin, Der Rosenkavalier in Vienna, and Mefistofele from the ravenna Festival. symphonic appearances include concerts with the israel Philharmonic (beethoven’s Missa Solemnis), the concertgebouw orchestra (Verdi’s requiem), and the Vienna symphony (Das Lied von der Erde). His recording of the berlioz requiem with the Dresdner staatskapelle under sir colin Davis received the 2007 ecHo classics award in Germany for best Performance of the Year.

Evrydiki Issaakidou (Dancer, Gno) was born in athens. she graduated with honors from the Professional ballet school, “n. Kontaxaki.” she also received diplomas in classical

dance and as a teacher of the Vaganova school. Ms. issaakidou has performed with several contemporary dance companies in athens and china. in 1996, she joined the ballet company of the Greek national opera under the direction of lynn seymour, renato Zanella, and irek Mukhamedov. she became a Principal dancer in 2008. Her repertoire includes principal roles in Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen, Giselle, Eugene Onegin, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Corsair, La fille mal gardé, and many others.

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Stavroula Kaburakis (Dancer, Gno) was born in new York and studied at the school of american ballet. she continued her studies at the school of Performing arts (FaMe), royal academy of Dance

in london, adelphi University, and new York University on scholarship. she was awarded the national arts Prize for her expertise in Martha Graham’s technique. she has appeared with the new York city ballet, Dance national institute, adelphi Dance theater, and eglevsky ballet. she taught at the national state school of Dance in athens, and since 1996, she has been a member of the Gno company, dancing principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Eugene Onegin, Four Last Songs, Genzano Flower Festival, Pavanne, Romeo and Juliet, and many others.

Christina Kalliaridou (choral Director, corfu is-land children’s choir and corfu Youth choir) stud-ied musicology and music education at the aristotle University of thessaloniki graduating in 1990; piano

at the Macedonian conservatory of thessalon-iki, receiving a diploma in 1987; and bassoon at the new conservatory of thessaloniki, receiv-ing a diploma in 1995. she also studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna from 1990-93. since 1996 she has worked as a music teacher at the primary level. she has also worked as an orchestra bassoon-ist in thessaloniki and athens. Ms. Kalliaridou has made her home in corfu since 2006. the following year she founded the Potamos chil-dren’s choir, followed by corfu children’s choir in 2010. at the same time she became the con-ductor of the corfu (Men’s) choir.

Stella Kaltsou (lighting Designer) was born in thessaloniki and studied stage and lighting design in the theater department of the school of Fine arts of the aristotle University of thessaloniki. she has

worked as a lighting designer for the national theatre of north Greece, theatre epi Kolono and in a great number of theatrical, musical, and dance performances at the athens con-cert Hall, onassis cultural centre, badminton theatre, cacoyannis Foundation, and thessalo-niki concert Hall. since 2011, she has also col-laborated with George tellos and lighting art.

Nikolaos Karagiaouris, (Gos baritone, soldaten 1, salome) is a native of Patras, Greece. From 2000-07, he studied theater and voice at the national conservatory in athens, and from 1999-

2005, he taught architecture and drawing in Piraeus. between 2004 and 2010, he won several prizes and scholarships, including third place in an operetta competition in athens, third prize in a competition in thessaloniki, second prize in a contest held by the national symphony orchestra of salonica, and a scholarship from “Karras athena” of the Greek Union to participate in a program in bayreuth, Germany, next month. His roles include Zeus in offenbach’s Orfeo aux enfers, the priest in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, the monk in Verdi’s Don Carlos, Frank in strauss’ Die Fledermaus, escamillo in bizet’s Carmen, Germont in Verdi’s La traviata, and conte robinson in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel.

Dimitri Kavrakos (bass, nazarener 1, salome; soloist beethoven’s 9th) appears regularly on the stages of the Metropolitan opera, lyric opera of chicago, royal opera

covent Garden, the Paris opera, la scala in Milan, teatro comunale in Florence, teatro dell’opera in rome, and in bologna, bordeaux, Marseilles, Genova, and cologne. as a concert artist, he has performed with the symphony orchestras of chicago, cleveland, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, cincinnati, Montreal, amsterdam’s concertgebouw, and Paris, under the batons of Daniel barenboim, James conlon, charles Dutoit, edo de Waart, bernard Haitink, James levine, Giuseppe Patane, Helmut rilling, sir Georg solti, and riccardo Muti. noteworthy engagements include leading roles in Luisa Miller, Nabucco, Simon Boccanegra, Ernani, Aida, Il trovatore, La Juive, and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met; Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, and La vestale at la scala; I Puritani, Norma, Don Carlo, and Turandot with Grand opera of Paris; and Anna Bolena, Le nozze di Figaro, Boris Godunov, and La donna del Lago at covent Garden.

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Anton Koruti (Dancer, Gno) was born in albania. He graduated from the Gordan Misyia academy in tirana. He attended classes at the Dutch national opera

(amsterdam) and at Maurice bejart’s studio. He has been a soloist at the Gno since 1997 and has danced in productions of Giselle, Zorba the Greek, Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen, Corsaire, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, and Canto General. He has also performed in many operas and operettas at Gno, including The Rise and Fall of Mahogany. He has danced many principal roles at the Megaron and Herodus atticus theater.

Maria Kousouni-Fika (Dancer, Gno) was born in athens. she trained at the Grigoriadou professional dance school where she studied the Vaganova system.

From 1999-2004 she was a member of the Vienna state opera ballet, and in 2004 John neumeier invited her to join the Hamburg ballet. in 2006, she returned to Greece and became a Principal Dancer of the Greek national ballet. Her large repertoire includes leading roles such as Juliet in cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Phrygia in Spartacus, Zanella’s Bolero, nijinska in Nijnsky, and audrey in John neumeier’s As You Like It and requiem. she has also performed in works by natalya Makarova, lorca Massine, irek Mukhamedov, and George balanchine, among others. Past performances at the Festival of the aegean include William Forsythe’s Slingerland and the title role of Medea with music by theodorakis, created for her by renato Zanella.

Chen Laks (Gos soprano, ein sklave, salome) born in 1983, studied piano and voice at the arts center in Jesarel Valley, israel. she received her b.a. in performing arts in

2010 at the rubin academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. she has performed in various choirs and vocal ensembles and has been a soloist with be’er-sheva symphoniette orchestra and ensemble 21st century in Jerusalem. she has performed in Le nozze di Figaro in northern israel, Die

Fledermaus at the academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. in 2011, she appeared in the crescendo summer Festival in Hungary, was a soloist with the Jerusalem symphony orchestra performing liù in Turandot and Musetta in La bohème, and performed the First lady in Die Zauberflöte in a production by Mozart co-opera in london.

Thomas Louziotis (choral Director, scientists’ choir of Philothei, athens) was born in athens, Greece, in 1952. He studied economics and music at the athens University.

He is President of the choir Friends of Modern Music and conductor of the scientists’ choir of Philothei and the choir of the artistic society of nea Makri. He studied choral conducting in Greece and abroad, and arranged Greek and international songs for mixed choir and children’s choir, as well as religious hymns for male and mixed choir. He has also composed religious music for mixed choir. He is member of the board of Directors of the Hellenic choirs association and holds the position as its executive secretary, responsible for public and international relations.

Gary L. Mabry (choral Director, Yellow rose singers, san antonio, tX) joined the University of texas-san antonio faculty in 1991. He conducts both the Women’s choir and the

Utsa Jazz choir, both of which he founded. also a member of the voice faculty, he has served as president of the south texas and Montana chapters of the national association of teachers of singing. He is an active member of the american choral Directors association and the texas choral Directors association, having served as the latter’s repertoire and standards chair for Women’s choirs and as a tcDa conducting mentor for the student conductors symposium. currently, he serves Music Director of travis Park United Methodist church. He earned a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of colorado, boulder. He also holds a master’s degree from Hardin-simmons University and a bachelor’s degree from abilene christian University.

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Nikos Maliaras (choral Director, the choir of the Department of Musicol-ogy of the University of athens) was born in ath-ens. He studied literature and piano in athens and musicology and music ed-

ucation in Munich, were he earned his master’s degree and doctorate. He serves as associate Professor of Musicology at the athens Univer-sity, where he gives lectures on music history, musical instruments, and music analysis, and guides related seminars. since september 2011 he has been the chair of the department. His artistic activity is focused on teaching and con-ducting children’s, youth, and student choirs, and orchestral groups. He is the permanent con-ductor of the students choir of the Department of Musicology and of the Manolis Kalomiris children’s choir, which has a permanent col-laboration with the Greek national opera, the athens Festival, and the athens concert Hall. He is chairman of the athens Youth symphony orchestra, secretary of the Manolis Kalomiris society, and a member of the Friends of the Greek Music library association

Peter Meineck (artistic Director, aquila) studied at University college london (ba, ancient World stud-ies) and the University of nottingham (PhD, clas-sics) and founded aquila in 1991. He has worked

extensively in london and new York theater and directed and/or produced over 50 professional productions of classical drama in new York, london, Holland, Germany, Greece, scotland, canada, bermuda, and the United states in ven-ues as diverse as carnegie Hall, the ancient sta-dium at Delphi, lincoln center, and the White House. He has published several volumes of translations of Greek plays as well as scholarly articles on Greek drama and shakespeare. He is a regular performing arts contributor to the humanities Journal Arion. in 2010 he was the re-cipient of the american Philological association award for outreach and has received significant grants from the national endowment for the Hu-manities for devising and directing groundbreak-ing public programs. He was also the recipient of the “Golden Dozen” teaching award from the college of arts and science at new York Univer-sity in 2009. currently, he is clinical associate Professor of classics and ancient studies at new York University. Previous teaching posts were at Princeton and Usc and as a fellow at the Harvard center for Hellenic studies. He is currently completing a new book on the visual dimension of Greek drama, entitled Opsis.

Erica Muller (Gos sopra-no, soloist beethoven’s 9th) received her bache-lor’s and master’s degrees from the University of illinois, and her doctoral degree from indiana Uni-versity in 2008. she is the

recipient of several scholarships and awards since 2002, including indiana University Music Merit award; semi-Finalist, elardo competition; semi-Finalist, bel canto competition; Met-ropolitan opera national council auditions; Finalist, opera north auditions; Dean’s Music Merit award, indiana University; Graduate scholarship, University of illinois; saint louis University Madrid summer of spanish song scholarship; indiana University scuola italia scholarship; and as a Finalist, national teach-ers of singing competition. since 2009, her performances have included Donna anna in Don Giovanni with lyric opera studio Weimar, Marguerite in Faust with brussels light opera company, countess in Le nozze di Figaro with the intermezzo Foundation, and Marguerite with regina opera company.

Wendolin Pazitka Mun-roe (choral Director, ca-nadian University college choral Union, alberta) is chair of the Music Department at canadian University college. she holds a master of music

degree in choral conducting with distinction from indiana University school of Music in bloomington. she also holds a doctorate of mu-sic education degree in choral/vocal methodol-ogy from the same institution. besides directing the choral Union, she directs the cUc chamber singers, the Hand bell choir, and teaches voice, music education, and conducting.

Alexandar Neskov (Dancer, Gno) was born in novi sad, serbia, where he was trained at the state ballet academy from the age of 8. at the age of 16, he joined the serbian national bal-

let company as as an apprentice, where he remained until 1990. From 1991-96, he was a principal dancer with the Hungarian national ballet and guest artist at the budapest opera. in 1998, he joined the ballet of Greek national opera, where he dances in all of the company’s productions. in 2003, the Greek Ministry of culture gave him an award as best male dancer.

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New Zealand Chamber Soloists (lara Hall, violin; James tennant, cello; Katherine austin, piano) was founded in 2006, with the goal of bringing together new Zealand’s leading

soloists and contemporary composers. they perform full range of classical repertoire and represent the new music of new Zealand locally and internationally. the nZcs trio works within the music program at the University of Waikato. since its formation, the ensemble has maintained an active performance schedule around new Zealand, including concerts for chamber Music new Zealand, and engagements with the new Zealand symphony orchestra and opus chamber orchestra. in 2009 and 2010 they toured in the Usa, UK, France, and colombia. also in 2010, the new Zealand music label, atoll, released their first cD, Elegy, which held the number one position on the classical music chart of radio station RNZ Concert for a record six weeks – an unusual feat for a first CD. the triple concerto, convergence, written for them by Michael F Williams, has been described as a landmark in new Zealand music. the nZcs will perform it in 2014 at Konzerthaus in Vienna. they would like to acknowledge and are grateful for the generous funding and support that enables such extensive participation in this art form.

Eleni Panagiotopoulou (Gos soprano, soloist stabat Mater) is a native of athens. she studied the piano, music theory, and harmony at the Greek national conservatory. she also

read philosophy and music at University of reading in the UK, and completed her master’s degree in musical performance at the same university. Her teachers in england included annette thompson of the Guildhall college of Music and Drama, robin bowman, Henry Herford, richard Jackson, brian McKay, Gregory rose, neil Jenkins, and Jonathan Hinden. in england she recently performed songs of liszt and Mahler in several lieder recitals and sacred works by beethoven and elgar. Her performances in athens include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the arsakeion school with the athenian symphony Youth orchestra, the role of leonora in Verdi’s Il trovatore, and premier performances of portions of theodoros Haridis’ opera Odyssey.

Christos Papageorgiou (Pianist, composer) is a pianist, conductor, composer, lecturer, teacher, and producer, who is widely known in his native Greece. among his awards is First Prize

at the Fifth international competition for composition in italy for his electric Guitar concerto. He was the recipient of the «Young artist of the Year» award for 1998 given by the Greek national society of critics for music and drama. as a solo pianist and composer, he has performed widely in europe and Japan. christos Papageorgiou graduated in piano and composition from the athens state conservatory and the royal academy of Music in london, and received his master’s degree in music from the University of london. since 2002 he has broadcast weekly from national radio 3, playing and analyzing every style of music in order to make it accessible to the broad public. He teaches at the ionian University in corfu.

Manolis Papasifakis (Pianist, Gos Faculty) was born in athens, Greece, but his musical training began in the U.s. near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his family had relocated

and remained through his early school years. back in Greece, he studied at the athens conservatory, then returned to the U.s. to study at the oberlin college conservatory of Music, from which he received his bachelor of music degree in piano performance. over the next 10 years, he served on the piano faculty at the brooklyn school of Music and as assistant conductor for the Henry street settlement opera studio and the lubo opera of new Jersey. currently based in Greece, he works as a teacher, accompanist, and coach, and is affiliated with Greece’s leading musical institutions and concert venues, including the athens Megaron, athens conservatory, the athenaeum, and the Greek national opera. He has performed widely throughout the country as a solo pianist and as recital partner to singers and instrumentalists, and as a vocal coach and accompanist.

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Maria Ratkova, (Mezzo-soprano, ein Page der Herodias, salome; soloist beethoven’s 9th) was born in st. Petersburg, russia. she attended the nanyang academy of Fine arts in singapore

and the national academy of Music rimsky-Korsakov in st. Petersburg from which she graduated in 2005. While a student in russia, she sang leading roles, including olga in Eugene Onegin, Duenna in Prokofiev’s Il Fidanzamento nel monastero, Dorabella in Così fan tutti, and Jocasta in stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. she made her italian debut at the Mediterranean easter Music Festival performing the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, followed by Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater in rome with the rome sinfonietta orchestra, and rossini’s requiem and Handel’s Messiah with the rome symphony orchestra. since 2008 she has concertized in Venezuela, ecuador, columbia, and Mexico..

Marina Reskalova (choral Director, choir of Filarmoniki conservatory of Patras), born in russia, studied piano and choral conducting at the art school of irbit. she continued

her musical studies at the college of asbest from which she received a diploma in choir conducting, ensemble, and teaching. she also received a diploma from Gnesins russian academy in Moscow. Ms. rechkalova has won competitions in conducting for choirs. Her diverse career has included work with church, children’s and student choirs; as a teacher of music; and as a professor of theory and musical ensembles. she founded and directs the Vocal ensemble of the Philharmonic society conservatory of Patras.

Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco (Pianist, conductor, Gos Faculty) began his career as a conductor with Da corneto opera chicago, where he conducted Mignon and La favorita. He was invited to

conduct Il barbiere di Siviglia with the izmir state opera and the shaker Mountain Festival, new York. He also conducted Rigoletto, Norma, Faust, Così fan tutte, and Don Giovanni. at the teatro lirico andaluz, he conducted the zarzuela Katiuska, and at the stuttgart state opera, El Barberillo de

Lavapiés in a production by calixto bieto. also as a guest conductor, he appeared with the compañia nacional de Ópera de bellas artes and the orquesta Filarmonica de sonora in Mexico.

Desiree Sanchez (Director and Production Designer, Herakles, aquila) has been on aquila’s creative team for the past six years. she directed this season’s Herakles, Macbeth,

and The Importance of Being Earnest; last season’s Six Characters in Search of an Author; created movement for aquila’s A Very Naughty Greek Play (aristophanes’ Wasps), Catch-22, Julius Caesar, The Iliad: Book One, and The Comedy of Errors; performed in The Iliad: Book One at the Festival of the aegean in syros, Greece; and was lead teaching artist for aquila’s shakespeare leaders program in Harlem. Prior to joining aquila, she was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan opera ballet for 23 years. she has taught at long island University as visiting associate professor of dance, elliot Feld’s ballet tech, and has a certifi

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