PROMETHEUS BOUND
BY
PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
based
on Aeschylus tragedy
STARRING
VASILIS ASIMAKOPOULOS
“Cultural
September 2014”
Festival of
Municipality of Peristeri
SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 21:00
AMPHITHEATRE "LAUREL AND OLIVE"
Prometheus:
Vasilis Asimakopoulos, bass
Io/Athena:
Irini Konsta, soprano
Ocean/Hermes:
Anastasios Stellas, tenor
Violence/Oceanide:
Maria Lyberakou, soprano
Rania
Zetta: viola - Vivi Kleisoura: piano
Stage
Director: Vasilis Asimakopoulos
Production
& Costumes: Hellenic
American Center
Few words about the opera “Prometheus Bound”:
Prometheus Bound by Panagiotis Karousos first premiered in Montreal, Canada in 1994 and played in French until 2000.
In 1998 presented in Los Angeles at Beverly Hills City Hall with a great success.
In 2008 represented inNew York and Washington DC in English under the direction of maestro Grant
Gilman, and American soloists from the opera of New York
Prometheus Bound by Panagiotis Karousos first premiered in Montreal, Canada in 1994 and played in French until 2000.
In 1998 presented in Los Angeles at Beverly Hills City Hall with a great success.
In 2008 represented in
The opera impressed with the high lyricism and characterized
as a divine music composition work.
In Greece Prometheus Bound presented at the Municipal Theatres of Corinth, Argostoli, Lixouri, Ithaca, Cholargos, Chalkis, at the Concert Hall of the Greek Writers, in Parnassos Concert Hall, in the Old Parliament House, at the Theatre Veakio, at the Municipal Theater of Athens, at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus and at the Ancient Theatre Ekklesiasterion (Odeon) in Ancient Messene.
Also in June 2013 staged at Theatre Jenny Karezi under the supervision of renowned actor Kostas Kazakos. In March 2014 “Prometheus Bound” presented in United Nations Headquarters Manhattan and in Queens New York with Vasilis Asimakopoulos at the leading role, under the UNESCO auspices.
The music
of the opera "Prometheus Bound" by Panagiotis Karousos considered
masterful, original, with a doric simplicity and grandeur. The Greek
Canadian composer Panagiotis Karousos, was awarded by the Federal Government of
Canada and the Government of Quebec for his contribution to the arts.In Greece Prometheus Bound presented at the Municipal Theatres of Corinth, Argostoli, Lixouri, Ithaca, Cholargos, Chalkis, at the Concert Hall of the Greek Writers, in Parnassos Concert Hall, in the Old Parliament House, at the Theatre Veakio, at the Municipal Theater of Athens, at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus and at the Ancient Theatre Ekklesiasterion (Odeon) in Ancient Messene.
Also in June 2013 staged at Theatre Jenny Karezi under the supervision of renowned actor Kostas Kazakos. In March 2014 “Prometheus Bound” presented in United Nations Headquarters Manhattan and in Queens New York with Vasilis Asimakopoulos at the leading role, under the UNESCO auspices.
