Nikos Kazantzakis: An Odyssey in Music at Carnegie Hall

For its first visit to New York, the Greek National Opera joins celebrations marking the Stavros Niarchos Foundation's 30 years of grantmaking. The program presents a tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis, featuring landmark works by Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Skalkottas, Mitropoulos, and Giorgos Koumendakis. Kazantzakis is one of the most widely translated Greek authors, whose writing has shaped musical creation in Greece for decades. His novels have inspired composers across symphonic music, opera, theater, ballet, and film.

Performers

Greek National Opera Orchestra

Vassilis Christopoulos, Conductor

Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-Soprano

Maria Kostraki, Soprano

Program

MITROPOULOS Cretan Feast (orch. Skalkottas)

SKALKOTTAS Selections from Greek Dances

HADJIDAKIS Captain Michalis

GIORGOS KOUMENDAKIS Amor Fati

THEODORAKIS Selections from Zorbas