Δευτέρα 20 Οκτωβρίου 2014

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 TraviataBrindisi: 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.