Greece Theatre Newsroom

The Greek National Opera is seeking female and male dancers for its production of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot directed by Andrei Şerban, to be presented at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 1, 3, 5, 6 and 8 June 2025.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has given a new grant of €11,000,000 to the Greek National Opera.

The International Festival of the Aegean on Syros Island will offer three weeks of classical, world, and operatic events this summer.

Repertoire has expanded for the active participants in Adélaïde Ferrière’s Masterclass.

Inmates at Greece’s Korydallos maximum-security prison performed the ancient Greek tragedy 'Antigone,' experiencing a moment of freedom and reflection through theatre. Discover their inspiring journey and the impact of this transformative workshop.

The Intercultural Choir of the Greek National Opera will welcome summer with a unique concert on Wednesday 12 June 2024, at 20.30, in the Rehearsal room of the Greek National Opera Orchestra at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Admission will be free for the public.

Renowned Greek violinist Katerina Chatzinikolau has made history by becoming the first woman to be appointed concertmaster of the Athens State Orchestra and the only female concertmaster in a Greek orchestra.

The Greek Composers Union presents a great tribute to composer and musicologist Michalis Adamis (1929-2013), one of the most important exponents of modern Greek music and a trailblazer in electronic music.

Pie in the Sky lands on the GNO Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center for only three performances and marks the beginning of a unique artistic experience that will captivate audiences of all ages.

The Greek National Opera will open this year’s Athens Epidaurus Festival at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with a performance of one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire, Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, on 1, 2, 6, and 11 June 2024, conducted by Hugo de Ana and with a direction revived by Katerina Petsatodi. 

The Greek National Opera is now presenting Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s iconic opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, from 12 April 2024 and for a run of six performances, at the Stavros Niarchos Hall, in the SNFCC.

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Greek National Opera and Eurolife FFH will present the 2nd Sacred Music Festival, from Palm Sunday 28 April to Holy Tuesday 30 April 2024.

Tickets for the May to June 2024 productions of the GNO Alternative Stage at the SNFCC are now on sale.

The music theatre production The Loser, based on the novel of the same title by distinguished Austrian author Thomas Bernhard, will debut on the GNO Alternative Stage, at the SNFCC on 11 April and run for eleven performances until 26 April 2024.

Goodwill Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand, during his 24th year touring around the world to 26 countries will perform in his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! as Harold Clurman, 'the Elder Statesman of the American Theatre,' on March 31st at the renowned Lithographeion Theatre in Patras, Greece.

Join Kyriaki Steliou (solo piano & voice), on a night dedicated to well-known soundtracks from movies of the 20th century, on Thursday, 21st of March, at 8pm.

Sung Mellow will play one performance at Technopolis 20 in Paphos, on Thursday, 14th of March 2024, at 8:00 pm and enjoy a live set that will include classic jazz vocal numbers as well as re-workings of folk and blues songs, done their own unique way.

AES Cyprium Brass Quintet will perform at John’s Restaurant Trimiklini next month. The performance is set for Saturday 16 March.

THE IRISH RAMBLERS will celebrate St Patrick’s Day on Thursday 21 March at 8pm at Agrovino Wine Bar Lofou.

AES CYPRIUM BRASS QUINTET  performs at John’s Restaurant Trimiklini on Saturday 16 March at 8pm. Learn more about the performance here!

Regarded by both critics and fellow artists as one of today’s most distinguished musicians, Martino Tirimo will present some of the greatest works of the classical repertoire: Beethoven’s 7 Ländlerische Tänze WoO11 and Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111. Schumann’s Fantasy in C major Op.17 and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.12.

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023–24 Live in HD season continues with a live transmission of Bizet’s ever-popular Carmen on Saturday, January 27, at 19:55 at Rialto Theatre.

The Greek National Opera Ballet presents a new production of the ballet Carmen, choreographed by the great Swedish choreographer Johan Inger and first presented by the Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid in 2015.

The legendary opera La Ville morte, the only opera ever composed by leading music educator and conductor Nadia Boulanger, in collaboration with her mentor Raoul Pugno, will be given its Greek premiere –and only its third ever production worldwide– on the GNO Alternative Stage, at the SNFCC.

Internationally acclaimed Greek-German opera conductor Yorgos Ziavras led a  performance of 'The Nutcracker' at the Greek National Opera (GNO) on the 23rd of December, praised with a 5-minute standing ovation by the packed opera house audience. Learn more about the performance, as well as the surprise the audience received, here!