Greece Theatre Newsroom

The Greek National Opera’s Professional Dance School will present the performance Epilogue, under the guidance of Director of Studies, Yorghos Matskaris.

Two upcoming masterclasses are coming the Greek National Opera this week. Learn more about them here! The two events are Timpani Masterclass by OPERcussion and Solo and Orchestral Percussion Masterclass.

Featuring their full line-up as well as the newly-founded chamber choir CHORDAE, CHÓRES propose a rich program of polyphonic music where classic choral adaptations of traditional Greek and international melodies are intertwined with newer arrangements.

3rd Bell Opera, the highly successful programme of inter-artistic and pedagogical initiatives for primary education schools, completes its fifth year of implementation with the music theatre performance, Journey to the Land of the Ugly/

Grammy and Emmy award-winner pianist Gloria Cheng and the celebrated Dutch pianist Ralph van Raat will present a unique concert as a tribute to Pierre Boulez, the “unconventional trailblazer” composer and maestro who marked the 20th century.

Grammy and Emmy award-winner pianist Gloria Cheng and the celebrated Dutch pianist Ralph van Raat will present a unique concert as a tribute to Pierre Boulez, the “unconventional trailblazer” composer and maestro who marked the 20th century.

The contemporary opera The Fall of the House of Commons, a futuristic and bold work about the mysterious co-existence of human and artificial intelligence, will be presented at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera.

This May, the Greek National Opera (GNO) will premiere a new ballet production titled The Golden Age, directed and choreographed by GNO Ballet Director Konstantinos Rigos.

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands. The theater, described as the most significant archaeological find in the region, was revealed after years of systematic excavations.

The Municipal Theatre of Piraeus will present the premiere of Margaret Mitchell's monumental novel ‘Gone with the Wind' directed by Ioli Andreadi this month.

The renowned non-spoken group from New York is coming to Greece for the first time and is presenting their latest creation ‘Noted' for two performances only at the Roes Theater.

Evgenios Trivizas’ famous,  widely translated, and award-winning work, originally a novel and a play, has been adapted into an opera for the first time by the author himself, with music composed by George Dousis.

The Ballet of the Greek National Opera will present the dance performance The Golden Age, a work created by Konstantinos Rigos, in a co-production with the Belgrade Dance Festival. Learn more here!

The music theatre production Madre Salonico, written by Leon A. Nar and directed by Victor Arditti, is neither a theatre performance nor a concert, but instead a gesture of memory.

The Greek National Opera’s documentary Mary, Marianna, Maria: The Unsung Greek Years of Callas continues its journey in cinemas across Athens and Heraklion, Crete for a third week, from February 27th to March 5th, distributed by CINOBO.

Tickets for the Greek National Opera productions scheduled from April to June 2025 at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage at the SNFCC are now available for purchase.

The documentary Mary, Marianna, Maria: The Unsung Greek Years of Callas, a co-production of the Greek National Opera and Escape Productions, will be released in cinemas on 13 February 2025 by CINOBO.

The International Opera Awards and Greek National Opera have announced that, for the very first time, the event will be hosted in Athens at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

La forza del destino is making its comeback to the Greek National Opera after 27 years of absence. Giuseppe Verdi’s iconic opera will debut in the Stavros Niarchos Hall.

The Greek National Opera will present the new online festival Waves of Light, in collaboration with PPC and curated by Giorgos Koumendakis. Learn more here!

The piano duo P 4 2 (Piano for two), comprised of  Beata Pincetić and Christos Sakellaridis, one of the most dynamic forces in Greece’s modern art music scene, will present a musical portrait of the pioneer Afro-American composer Julius Eastman.

Distinguished soprano and conductor Mata Katsouli is coming to the GNO Alternative Stage at the SNFCC to conduct a sixteen-member string ensemble at a unique concert.

Next month, Piraeus Bank, the production sponsor, and the GNO will present a speech about La forza del destino by Helena Matheopoulos. Learn more here!

The Triptycho Ensemble will present a program of works from the international repertoire this month at Technopolis 20. Learn more about the event here!

As all tickets for the eight performances are sold out prior to the premiere, the Greek National Opera has announced one extra performance for Don Quixote.