TheState Theater of Northern GreeceandAcropolis Theatrepresent the production “Amen Amen“, a musical performance based on rebetiko song, directed by himStavros Xarchakos.

The premiere will be given onFriday 30 December 2011in theRoyal TheatreinThessalonica.

The rebetika songs of the vision for a better life, the rebetikas of denying dreams, the rebetikas of the eternal nostalgia of beauty, the rebetikas of the sanctity of desire, the rebetikas of defiance of terror, the rebetika songs of challenging fate and restless struggle with death.

The “aman” that comes out of the soul meets the “Amen” a prayer. In the straight line that unites the Byzantine organ with the rebetiko and with the Little Asian song, love travels, the passion, the lust, the nostalgia, the fate, the death, dreams for a better life, deprivation of liberty and refugee status. This is how Stavros Xarchakos listened to these sounds of the past and staged a musical performance entitled “Amen Amen”. A spectacle-listening with old and new compositions, a folk stage as overwhelming as a liturgy.

Each of the two parts is divided into three sections. There are songs of grace, of Teke and the East.

COEFFICIENTS
 

Direction: Stavros Xarchakos
Sets-costumes: Ersi Drini
Paintings: GeorgeStathopoulos
Lighting: Grigoris Karatinakis
Audio Direction: Nikolaos Routos
Production Department: Fanis Kirkinezos
Production Supervisor – Assistant Director: Pandora Xarhakou

They interpret: Zacharias Karounis– Elita Kounadis– Costas Mantzopoulos– Nana Binopoulou–Kate Dali– Maria Sultatou–Kostas Tsigos.

The musicians are playing:

Vamvakousis Aristos(Bouzouki), Vastor Achilles(Piano), Drogaris Vassilis(Accordion), Zakkas Iraklis(Bouzouki, Baglamas, Good), Cavalieratos Stavros(Contrabass), Margonis Sotiris(Violin), George Pehlivanoglou(Classical Guitar), George Nidriotis(Bouzouki, Jura, Baglama),Pappos Manolis(Bouzouki), Sambaziotis Nikos(Acoustic Guitar), Sideridis Diamantis, (Bouzouki, Jura, Baglama, Chubs), Khalil Evgenios(Bouzouki, Jura, Baglama).

For 20 only performances inThessalonica. Subsequently, they will follow 20 performances at the Acropolis Theatre, in Athens.

 Source : culturenow.gr