SOFIA OPERA AND BALLET
The Club for UNESCO of Piraeus &
Islands,
The Club UNESCO “Leonardo da Vinci” Sofia
The Balkan and Black Sea Area Federation of Adapted
Physical Activity (FAPA-BBS)
And the Sofia Opera and Ballet present
PROMETHEUS
by Panagiotis Karousos
Based on
Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
Directed by VASILIS
ASIMAKOPOULOS
Arias and duos of the opera
Tuesday, 28th
February, 2017 at 7pm
Sofia Opera House – Marble
foyer
Prometheus: Vasilis
Asimakopoulos, bass
Io: Irene Konsta, soprano
Stavroula Menti, violin
Victoria Kiazimi, piano
Panagiotis Karousos,
composer
Greetings:
Ioannis Maronitis, president
at Club for UNESCO Piraeus & Islands, Greece
Janet Borlakova, president
at Club UNESCO “Leonardo da Vinci” Sofia, Bulgaria
Acad. Plamen Kartalov, Director of Sofia Opera and
Ballet
Slav Petkov, president at Balkan and Black Sea Area
Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (FAPA-BBS)
Aeschylus' masterpiece
“Prometheus Bound” in opera:
The opera Prometheus
based on Aeschylus tragedy Prometheus Bound is the most
successful and popular Greek opera, an achievement of the human mind, with deep
roots in ancient Greek tragedy. Internationally acclaimed Panagiotis Karousos
is the most important opera composer in the Greek operatic history. The Club
for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands will bring in Sofia Opera House, among with
the composer, some of the most talented opera singers of Greece.
The lyric tragedy
"Prometheus Bound" is the first Greek popular opera presented always
with great success in areas such as the Sorbonne, Place des Arts in Canada,
Epidaurus, UN.
In Montreal, Canada,
Prometheus presented with bass Joseph Rouleau, and in 2008 moved to New York
and Washington under the direction of maestro Grant Gilman. In Greece
Prometheus presented at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus, Theatre of
Ancient Messene, Ancient Agora, Euripides Ancient Theatre of Salamis, National
Archaeological Museum, Theatre Veakeio, International Petra Festival, etc.
With the patronage of UNESCO was presented in March 2014 in
New York City in Queens Auditorium and the United Nations starring Vasilis
Asimakopoulos representing Greece at the UN, and in the Amphitheater Richelieu
of the Sorbonne in Paris, presented by Ioannis Maronitis, President of the Club
for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands and Member of the Executive Council of the
World Federation Clubs, Associations & UNESCO Centres (WFUCA) for Europe
and North America.
Under the direction of conductor Eleftherios Kalkanis
presented at the Third Program of Greek National Radio-Television ERT, the
Concert Hall of Literary Society "Parnassos", and in the Old
Parliament House of Greece. The opera "Prometheus Bound" by
Panagiotis Karousos has made a unique story in Greek opera. For the first time
a Greek opera itself becomes popular. The work expresses the voice of the
popular fighter giving hope and courage in the social and moral decadence. The
rebel Prometheus brings the fire of knowledge, and the universal message of
resistance against all sorts of tyrannical powers. In today's violent and
turbulent era hero Prometheus brings a message of hope. Not only the high
lyricism of Aeschylus and the symbolism of Prometheus the Titan touched both
the world, but is the inspired music creation of Panagiotis Karousos that
awakening primordial feelings unseen to listeners.
The Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands is
especially thankful to the National Opera of Sofia, and the Club Wonders for
the realization of this historical presentation, the first Greek opera at the National Opera
of Sofia, a Temple of opera and classical music in Bulgaria. Ioannis Maronitis,
President of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands.
Sponsored by:
Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands, Club UNESCO “Leonardo da Vinci” Sofia, Balkan and Black Sea
Area Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (FAPA-BBS), Hellénique
international, Hellenic American Center of the Arts, Bulgarian Embassy in
Athens, Greece
By Invitation (concert and reception)
