"PROMETHEUS
BOUND"
OPERA
BASED ON AESCHYLUS TRAGEDY
Directed by Irini
Konsta
Music
by Panagiotis Karousos
Alsos
Veikou Open Air Theatre
Saturday,
July 20, 2019 | 9pm
PROMETHEUS:
VASILIS
ASIMAKOPOULOS
IO:
IRINI KONSTA
VIA/ATHENS:
KATERINA BOTONI
OCEAN/HERMES:
CHRYSOSTOMOS KALOGRIDAKIS
OCEANID:
MARIZA KIOSEOGLOU
PANTELIS
LEGAKIS, PIANO
Galatsi
Municipal Theater Group directed by Dimitris Kotsis
Galatsi
Festival 2019 “Accompanied by the Stars”
Free
admission
Aeschylus'
masterpiece “Prometheus Bound” in opera:
The
lyric tragedy "Prometheus Bound" is the first Greek popular opera
presented internationally and always with great success in areas such as the
Sorbonne, Place des Arts in Canada, Epidaurus, UN, getting rave reviews.
The
opera is based on the tragedy of Aeschylus 'Prometheus Bound' translated by
Gryparis, and presented with costumes in a theatrical form.
Prometheus
was presented in Montreal, Canada in 1994 and performed intermittently in
French until 2000. In 2008 moved to New York and Washington under the direction
of maestro Grant Gilman. In Greece Prometheus ascended at the Little Theatre of
Ancient Epidaurus, Theatre of Ancient Messene, Ancient Agora, National
Archaeological Museum, Theatre Veakeio, International Petra Festival, Theatre
Saras Markopoulo, in the Municipal Theatres Cholargos, Corinth, Halkida,
Argostoli, Ithaka, Zakynthos, in Peristeri Park, at the Hall of Society of
Greek Writers, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Evripidio Theatre of Salamis
Island, Theatre "Jenny Karezi", Tsagarada Pelion, etc. With the patronage of UNESCO was presented in
March 2014 in New York City in Queens Auditorium and the UN starring Vassilis
Asimakopoulos
