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2 unusual facts about Greek National Opera


Greek National Opera

Particularly important in her contribution to the development of ballet at the National Opera was Tatiana Mamaki.

In its early years, helping to establish the Festival as a major international event were conductors Tullio Serafin and Nicola Rescigno, singers such as Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Chiara, Giuseppe Taddei, and Rolando Panerai, and well-known directors and set designers such as Giancarlo Menotti, Dinos Giannopoulos, Spyros Evangelatos, Nikos Georgiadis, Dionyssios Fotopoulos, and Nikos Petropoulos.


Tatiana Mamaki

On 5 March 1940 the Greek National Opera had its first official opening with the inaugurating Johann Strauss operetta, Die Fledermaus, in which Mamaki was Prima ballerina.

Theodore Antoniou

He has been engaged by several major orchestras and ensembles, such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, the Radio Orchestras of Berlin and Paris, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich), the National Opera of Greece, and the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra.


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