Ancient Greek theatre revives legendary Callas opera Medea

Sixty-five years after it last hosted an opera performance, Greece's renowned ancient theatre of Epidaurus is revisiting the ...
Yahoo

A century after her birth, opera great Maria Callas is honored with a new museum in Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Finishing her class at The Juilliard School of the arts in New York, Greek opera great Maria Callas gave her students a final word of advice. “Keep on going the proper way: Not ...

Epidaurus: 10,000-strong ovation for National Opera's 'Medea'

The production was a reconstruction of the historic 1961 production of 'Medea' with Maria Callas, staged once again in the ...
Global Times

Greek National Opera finds post-lockdown voice

Spectators attend a concert at the ancient Roman Agora on Saturday. Photo: AFP Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili (center) performs during a concert organized by the Greek National Opera at ...
Euronews

Greek National Opera celebrates Maria Callas centenary

Marking the centenary of Maria Callas’ birth, the Greek National Opera (GNO) is programming a series of events in honour of the greatest soprano of the 20th century. The tribute runs from April until ...
The Guardian

Opera director Joe Hill-Gibbins: How I got an Oedipus complex

The ancient myth speaks to us still, and, through the prism of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s hard-hitting opera Greek, the director of a new production found insights, strange beauty and football chants ...
Global Times

Greek National Opera finds post-lockdown voice

Spectators attend a concert at the ancient Roman Agora on Saturday. Photo: AFP Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili (center) performs during a concert organized by the Greek National Opera at ...
Bangkok Post

Greek National Opera finds post-lockdown voice

ATHENS - The rich mezzo-soprano voice of Anita Rachvelishvili is scheduled to ring out on Saturday evening across the ancient ruins at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. Following long months of ...