WOLRD PREMIERE


CHIOS MUSIC FESTIVAL, GREECE 2017


A BIG TABLE, LIKE THE ONCES WE ALL HAVE IN OUR MEMORIES, IS SET ON STAGE FOR A NEW MUSIC THEATRE BY ELEFTHERIOS VENIADIS AND SOFIA SIMITZIS. AROUND IT LAY ALL THOSE CHATS THAT TAKE PLACE OVER DESSERT BUT ALSO ALL THOSE THOUGHTS THAT ARE JUST IMPLICIT. THIS FEAST EVOLVES AT TIMES INTO AN ARGUMENT, THE INDIFFERENT DIALOGUES ABOUT THE SALT ARE BEING INTERRUPTED BY A POMPOUS TOAST, BY A DISCUSSION WITH A POLITICAL TOUCH, BY A DIALOGUE THAT BEGINS WITH A VERSE OF SATIRIST GEORGIOS SOURIS OR A TRADITIONAL GREEK SONG AND ENDS WITH A FACEBOOK POST. ALL THESE ELEMENTS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO A MUSIC THEATRE SPECTACLE THAT BRINGS A NEW MUSIC WORLD INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, A WOLRD THAT BALANCES BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY AND MELODIC STYLE, FEATURING AS WELL LANGUAGE ELEMENTS FROM THE DIALECT OF THE ISLAND OF CHIOS.


COMPOSER: ELEFTHERIOS VENIADIS

DIRECTOR: SOFIA SIMITZIS

STAGE DESIGN: VASSIA CHRISTOPOULOU

LIGHTING DESIGN: MELINA MASCHA

SOPRANO: STELINA APOSTOPOULOU

ACTORS: SPYROS MARKOPOULOS, NEFELI MAISTRALI, MARIA MOSCHOURI

MUSICIANS: DEMETRIOS KARAMINTZAS, OBOE
OLGA HOLDORFF-MYRIANGOU, VIOLIN
LEILA WEBER, VIOLA
MARTIN SMITH, CELLO

YOUTH CHOIR: TRAVELERS OF CHIOS

CHORUS CONDUCTOR: KATERINA TSITSA



PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREAS KNAPP