Success of the "Opera Gala MARIA CALLAS 2022" and Awards at the Society of Greek Writers

Friday, December 16, 2022. Success of the "Opera Gala MARIA KALLAS 2022" concert and artist awards at the Society of Greek Writers. The concert was prefaced by Kostas Karousos, President of the Society of Greek Writers, Poet, Literary Critic, Visual Artist. The presidents of the company were: Nikos Kazantzakis, Grigorios Xenopoulos, Angelos Sikelianos, Miltiadis Malakasis and others.

The Opera Gala MARIA CALLAS 2022 anniversary concert & awards 2022 "THE DIVINE MARIA CALLAS" was honored with the presence of the writer Giorgos Stavrakis, the poet Spyros Avlonitis of the Board of Directors, among others. of the Society of Greek Writers (EL), the writer Katerina Douga-Kotopoulou, the mezzo-soprano Niki Zaharopoulou, the musician Popi Kalymniou in charge of public relations of the Central National Conservatory, Mary Katsoulakou, representative of UNESCO Piraeus and Islands, the counter tenor Giorgos Katsoulis who performed the aria "O del mio dolce ardor" from the opera Paris & Helen by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

In the Program of famous melodies from operas and works by the composer Panagiotis Karousos, were performed: "O del mio dolce ardor" (Gluck: Paris & Eleni) - Yannis Darreios, Caro Mio Ben - Giuseppe Giordani - Sofia Moutafi, Santa Lucia (Italian cantreta), 'O sole mio (Di Capua) - Giannis Darreios, Argyris Kontonikolau, Dionysis Milidakis, "Io conosco un giardino" (Pietri: Maristella) Dionysis Milidakis, Puccini - La Bohème - Musetta's Waltz: Chi Laudne - Rea il bel sogno di Doretta" Nina Giatra, Christmas in the village (Poetry: Konstantinos Hatzopoulos), Maria Kioroglou, Parthenon (Kostis Palamas) dedicated to the return of the Parthenon Sculptures - Rhea Voudouris & Choir, O Nature! (Poetry: Kostas Karousos) Nina Giatra, Caryatides (Poetry: Ioannis Polemis) – Choral, Maria Callas of our heart - Rea Voudouri, The Shield of Achilles (Homer's Iliad) – Choral and the well-known "Libiamo, ne' lieti calici" from Verdi's opera La Traviata.