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"Trovatore" at the Herodeion and dance evenings in the shadow of the Acropolis include the summer program of the National Opera

Despite the difficult financial conditions, the "National Opera" is intensifying its outgoing course this summer. In the difficult economic situation, the only opera theater of our country responds with 45 performances - from small productions to operas at Herodeion- within a period of three months (May, June, July). Lyrika's summer program "is designed around four main axes: the new opera productions, ballet productions, educational programs and actions outside Athens", emphasized yesterday during his presentation the artistic director of ELS, Myron Michaelidis.
Two operas in Herodion. Verdi's Trovatore, one of the most popular works of the leading Italian author who has rightly been called "the archetypal romantic melodrama".

The production, που εντάσσεται παραδοσιακά στο πρόγραμμα του Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών, σκηνοθετεί ο Ιταλός Στέφανος Πόντα, ένας ιδιαίτερος καλλιτέχνη με εικαστική ματιά, whose works are characterized by their aesthetic unity (10, 12, 13, 14/6). One of the most famous… opera thriller, "Tosca", Puccini's masterpiece, the ELLS summer program will be closed. The direction, he has taken over the sets and costumes, here, the internationally acclaimed Argentinian opera director Hugo De Ana (26, 27, 28, 29/7). With psychoanalysis as the main thematic element, the Modern Opera will premiere at the "Olympia" theater, the "European Music Day" (21/6). Three one-act plays will be presented in a single setting, two of which are by young Greek composers and resulted from the competition for "New Opera Work by a Greek Composer". Ballet performances begin tonight with "Romeo and Juliet", at the Concert Hall. Two evenings of dancing follow in the Roman Agora where, in the shadow of the Acropolis, the ELLS ballet will perform two choreographies by Renato Zanella on top of two of the most beautiful piano concertos ever written. This is the piano concerto no. 23 by Mozart and the "Imperial" piano concerto no. 5 of Beethoven (30/6 and /7).

The new choreographers of the ELS Ballet will present their choreographies at the "Olympia" theater (14 and 15/7). «Σημαντική μας προτεραιότητα» αποτελεί η εκπαίδευση, υπογράμμισε ο κ. Michailidis, πριν αναφερθεί στην πρώτη φάση του νέου εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος «Η όπερα διαδραστικά στα Δημοτικά Σχολεία», κατά το οποίο οι μαθητές θα παρακολουθήσουν τον «Κουρέα της Σεβίλης» του Ροσίνι (έως το τέλος του 2013 η παραγωγή θα επισκεφθεί 70 σχολεία σε όλη την Ελλάδα). A new and very important collaboration begins with the National Library, in view of the future co-housing at the "Stavros Niarchos" Foundation Cultural Center. It opens with the performance "Bohemian" by Valitsa Opera (27/5).

Ancient theaters

Lyriki aims to carry out actions in places outside of Athens. Η πρώτη μεγάλη φετινή της συνεργασία έχει ως στόχο την ανάδειξη αρχαίων θεάτρων σε ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα και είναι με το σωματείο «Διάζωμα». Θα παρουσιάσει θεάματα σε θέατρα που έχουν αποκατασταθεί, αρχής γενομένης με την «Μποέμ» του Πουτσίνι στο Αρχαίο Θέατρο της Μεσσήνης (6, 7/7) και στο Αρχαίο Θέατρο των Οινιάδων (13/7). Το Μπαλέτο θα παρουσιάσει αποσπάσματα από τις φετινές του παραγωγές, , στο Φεστιβάλ του Αιγαίου (19, 20, 22/7).

Source : ethnos.gr

With creations by Selia Krithariotis, the ballet of the National Opera presents the eternal love story in a new choreography by Renato Zanella

"The story of Romeo and Juliet affects everyone and I wondered if something similar could happen today…I believe so!», says Renato Zanella

Julieta wears creations by Selia Krithariotis, in the famous balcony scene and beyond. It's a fact. The National Opera suggests an interesting partnership between the art of dance and haute couture (which is common in European theaters) in the production of "Romeo and Juliet", ballet in two acts by Sergei Prokofiev.
The ELLS ballet will present the eternal love story of Romeo and Juliet, in a new choreography by the choreographer and director of the ELS Ballet, Renato Janella, for five unique performances, Is the motto of the 16th Spare Parts Bazaar 9 until 13 May, at the Athens Concert Hall ("Alexandra Trianti" room). The choreography, which is a world premiere, takes us to the Verona of today, where the two families of the Montagues and the Capulets maintain their feud, which already lasts many generations.


"In the right place"
Zanella is inspired by the personality and dynamics of the ELS ballet dancers. The ELS orchestra is under the musical direction of Loukas Karytinos, she has designed the costumes - in her first collaboration with Lyriki- the fashion designer Celia Kritharioti, while the sets are by Constantinos Theofanis.

The Romeo and Juliet ballet is one of the most beloved of dance philology. "I decided to choreograph it because I feel like I'm in the right place at the right time to deal with it. I was inspired by the size and strong personality of the Lyric Ballet, as well as the determination with which he opens himself to new projects", notes Renato Zanella.

"Verona is the city in which I was born. Her story, the architecture, its colors and tradition make the visitor feel that time has never passed? especially if one walks around at night, with the dim lighting of its streets, it feels like going back in time. The story of Romeo and Juliet affects everyone and I wondered if something similar could happen today. Love is so powerful, so as to lead two young men to acts of such desperation, in order to defend the,what is more important to them; I believe so!».


There was fear of attacks
In its original form the ballet was based on an abridgement of Shakespeare's well-known play by Adrian Piotrowski and Sergei Radloff. Prokofiev completed the score on 1935 ως παραγγελία των μπαλέτων Κίροφ της Αγίας Πετρούπολης. Στην πρώτη εκδοχή με αίσιο τέλος το μπαλέτο δεν παρουσιάστηκε ποτέ, καθώς υπήρχε φόβος επιθέσεων από προσβλητικά άρθρα που απηχούσαν σκέψεις του Στάλιν στην εφημερίδα «Πράβντα». Τέτοιες επιθέσεις ήταν συνήθεις ενάντια σε μοντερνιστές καλλιτέχνες. The ballet was premiered in a choreography by the Czech dancer and choreographer Ivan Psota, at 30 December 1938, in Brno, Czechoslovakia. However, the ballet became famous in the choreography of Leonid Lavrovsky, which was presented on 11 January 1940 from Kirov, with Galina Ulanova and Konstantin Sergeev. The most famous choreographies in the West remain those of John Cranko (1958) and Kenneth MacMillan (1965).


The third production
The masterpiece ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, which was based on Shakespeare's play, is the third production of the ELS ballet in the artistic period 2011-12. After "Everybody Waltz", "Don Quixote" but also "Faust", οι χορευτές του μπαλέτου της ΕΛΣ καλούνται να αναμετρηθούν με ένα από τα πιο απαιτητικά μπαλέτα όλων των εποχών.

Source : ethnos.gr