Composed by Eleftherios Veniadis | Libretto by Gerhild Steinbuch
05/07 until 06/07/2021 at 21:00
Due to the ongoing pandemic, all performance dates are subject to change.
What if you watched a 3×3 soccer match where opera singers served as football players? Elefterios Veniadis draws on his exciting childhood football memories for his new, highly original opera. Set pieces, penalty kicks, yellow cards, protests, goals: these are the ingredients of a startling libretto by Austrian writer Gerhild Steinbuch, directed into an opera by Sofia Simitzis. The performers/football players are joined on stage by the Ventus Ensemble and the Sonorae Youth Chorus of the “Maria Callas” Music School of Kalamata.
Music composition – Concept – Live commentator Eleftherios Veniadis
Directed by Sofia Simitzis
Original text – Libretto – Dramaturgy Gerhild Steinbuch
Translated by Maria Manti
Conductor Faidra Giannelou
Set and costume design Thomas Goerge
Lighting design Eliza Alexandropoulou
Video Dionysis Sidirokastritis
Movement Mikes Glykas, Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Accompaniment – Vocal coaching Beata Pincetić, Christos Sakellaridis
Sound engineer Panagiotis Paraskevaidis – AUX studio
Assistant to the director Giorgos Koutlis
Assistant to the set and costume designer Gina Iliopoulou
Performers Angeliki Zoe Karagkouni soprano, Ioannis Kalyvas tenor, Dionysis Tsantinis baritone Irini Tzanetoulakou contralto
Cast Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Mikes Glykas
Ventus Ensemble consisting of Dimitris Gkogas, Fanis Vernikos trumpets, Giannis Gounaris French horn, Spyros Vergis, trombone, Menelaos Moraitis tuba, George Boukaouris percussion
Sonoare Youth Chorus of the Maria Callas Kalamata Music School
Vocal coaching – Conductor Katerina Tsitsa
Co-production Chios Music Festival
Executive producers Chios Music Festival, Ioanna Valsamidou, Ifigenia Kondyli, Vicky Strataki