One of Verdi’s most thrilling operas, Macbeth is the GNO’s first production for 2014 which premiered last Friday at the Athens Concert Hall’s Alexandra Trianti Hall, leaving the best impressions to the audience, which gave it its warmest applause.
The particularly impressive opera was presented together with the ballet that Verdi composed for the Paris staging of the piece and the participation of the GNO Orchestra and Choir. The conductor is Myron Michailidis and the direction is by the acclaimed opera director Lorenzo Mariani who has worked on numerous major productions with leading opera companies in Europe and the United States.
Based on the play of the same title by William Shakespeare, the opera offers a rare insight into the psychology of the leading roles, General Macbeth and his wife, two ruthless characters prepared to go to extremes in order to take the throne of Scotland. The powerful and dramatic music evokes the intensity of the characters and the action.
The main roles are performed by: Dimitris Tiliakos, Dimitris Platanias, Tasis Christoyiannopoulos, Dimitra Theodosiou and Tatiana Melnychenko
The performances begin at 20.00
Sets: Maurizio Balo
Costumes: Silvia Aymonino
Choreography: Renato Zanella
Lighting: Linus Fellbom
Projection designs: Lucy Mackinnon
Chorus Master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
| Macbeth: | Dimitris Tiliakos (17, 19, 21/1) |
| Tassis Christoyannis (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Alberto Gazale (25/1) | |
| Banco: | Tassos Apostolou (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Petros Magoulas (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Lady Macbeth: | Dimitra Theodossiou (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Tatiana Melnychenko (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Woman in attendance on Lady Macbeth: | Antonia Kalogirou (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Sophia Kyanidou (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Macduff: | Dimitris Paksoglou (17, 19, 21/1) |
| Angelo Simo (18, 24, 26/1) | |
| Filippos Modinos (22, 25/1) | |
| Malcolm: | Charalambos Alexandropoulos (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| George Zografos (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| A Doctor / A Servant of Macbeth: | Dionyssis Tsantinis (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Pavlos Sampsakis (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| A Murderer / A Herald: | Christos Amvrazis (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Nikos Syropoulos (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| First Apparition: | Pavlos Maropoulos (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Theodore Moraitis (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Second Apparition: | Maria Zoi (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Filli Georgiadou (18, 22, 24, 26/1) | |
| Third Apparition: | Marilena Striftompola (17, 19, 21, 25/1) |
| Diamanti Kritsotaki (18, 22, 24, 26/1) |
