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"Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn

City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Monday
Time
20:30
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Free admission

The entrance tickets will be distributed from Monday 13 October until the day of the concert (except the weekend) only at the main offices of the City of Athens Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization (Cultural Center, 50 Akadimias str.) from 10:00 until 14:00. Due to the limited number of entry tickets, the audience is kindly advised to obtain their tickets in time. For more information please contact 210 9243211.

Τhe life of the biblical prophet Elijah through an impressively dramatic musical score.

The City of Athens Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization presents the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir, in collaboration with the Choirs of the University of Athens (Faculty of Music Studies) and the National Conservatory, performing the great nineteenth-century oratorio "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn.

This work presents the life of the biblical prophet Elijah through an impressively dramatic musical score. The work will be performed in the revised version of 1847 in English with Greek surtitles.

Cast

  • Soprano

    Myrsini Margariti

  • Contralto

    Vicky Tsiliakou

  • Tenor

    Yannis Kavouras

  • Bass-baritone

    Kostas Mavrogenis

City of Athens Choir

  • Choral director

    Stavros Beris

University of Athens (Department of Music Studies) Choir

  • Choral director

    Nikos Maliaras

National Conservatory Choir

  • Choral director

    Spyros Klapsis

  • Conductor

    Michalis Economou

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