A cuccesful concert of Panagiotis Karousos at the Open Theater of Eleftherias Square, at the Summer Cultural Events 2025 of the Municipality of Lykovrysi - Pefki in the North Athens

 

Saturday, July 19, 2025, Lykovrysi Open Air Theater, Eleftherias Square (Lykovrysi). A cuccesful concert of Panagiotis Karousos at the Open Theater of Eleftherias Square, at the Summer Cultural Events 2025 of the Municipality of Lykovrysi - Pefki in the North Athens

 

The concert of poetry set to music by the composer Panagiotis Karousos was presented with great success at the Open Theater of Eleftherias Square, at the Summer Cultural Events 2025 of the Municipality of Lykovrysi - Pefki in the North Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The Musical Ensemble “Rhapsodes” participated: Rhea Voudouri (soprano), Maria Kioroglou (coloratura soprano), Yiannis Darrios (tenor), Giannos Kotzias (tenor), Christiana Manou (piano), Panagiotis Karousos, (composer). Coordination – Presentation: Rhea Voudouri.

The Mayor of Lykovrysi – Pefki, Mr. Marios Psychalis congratulated the artists and the composer and addressed a short greeting to the citizens. The concert was enjoyed by the audience who applauded the artists. Panagiotis Karousos is a versatile composer who, like Mikis Theodorakis, writes from art songs to symphonic works and operas. He is a Renaissance-style composer and his music focuses on the human being.

The program featured new artistic and lyrical songs by Panagiotis Karousos, poems set to music by great poets: The Enchanted Fountain (Kostas Krystallis), Spring Symphony (Yiannis Ritsos), The Child in the River (George Vizyenos), Parthenon (Kostis Palamas), Caryatids (Ioannis Polemis), The Poet (Dimitris Iatropoulos), Maria Callas of Our Hearts and Melina (Panagiotis Karousos), Sonnet 109 (Shakespeare), To Markos Botsaris (Dionysios Solomos), "Shield of Achilles" from the opera Iliad by Homer. The crowd asked for biz and three encores were performed!