UNESCO OPERA GALA MARIA CALLAS 2014

UNESCO CLUB OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PIRAEUS & ISLANDS

UNESCO OPERA GALA MARIA CALLAS 2014

UNESCO MARIA CALLAS AWARDS 2014

Guest of Honor Yannis Moralis, Mayor of Piraeus

WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2014

MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY OF PIRAEUS

29 Filonos street (Old Post Office building) – 9pm – Free Admission

Presentation: Panagiotis Karousos, composer.

Greetings: Ioannis Maronitis - President of Club for Unesco of the Departments of Piraeus and Islands, and Vice President of the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centers and Associations (WFUCA) for Europe and North America.

Starring:

Irene Konsta, soprano - Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass

Vanessa Kalkani, soprano – Maria Lyberakou, soprano

Anastasios Stellas, tenor - Nansy Papakonstadinou, soprano

Eleni Liggri, viola - Victoria Kiazimi, piano

Program:

Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly - Un bel di vedremo

Nansy Papakonstadinou, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto - La donna è mobile

Anastasios Stellas, tenor

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi - O Mio Babbino Caro

Maria Lyberakou, soprano

Vincenzo Bellini - Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni - La sonnambula

Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass

Gioacchino Rossini - Una voce poco fa - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Vanessa Kalkani, soprano

Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore – Tosca

Irene Konsta, soprano

Prometheus Bound by Panagiotis Karousos

Via aria Nansy Papakonstadinou, soprano

Prometheus aria Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass

Vincenzo Bellini, Casta Diva, Norma Maria Lyberakou, soprano

Hermes aria Anastasios Stellas, tenor

Hera aria Vanessa Kalkani, soprano

Trio Prometheus, Ocean, Oceanide

Vasilis Asimakopoulos, Anastasios Stellas, Maria Lyberakou

Duet Prometheus, Io

Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass - Irene Konsta, soprano

Verdi - La Traviata –Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

The Club for UNESCO of the Departments of Piraeus and Islands has the honour to present an Opera Gala in order to mark the anniversary of Maria Callas (1923 – 1977). We present some of the finest Greek opera talented artists and works by renowned Greek-Canadian opera composer Panagiotis Karousos. 

Maria Callas, (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic gifts. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.