• Journey to the Moon, by Jacques Offenbach at the National Opera

With the new production of Jacques Offenbach’s opera, “The Trip to the Moon”, musically directed by Ilias Voudouris and directed by Laurent Pelly, the National Opera’s strategic collaboration with the Opéra Comique de Paris, one of Europe’s most important opera houses, is inaugurated , which began its operation in 1714. For two unique performances on July 12 and 13 in the Stavros Niarchos Hall, with the participation of the Orchestra and the Children’s Choir of the Hellenistic Greek Orthodox Church and the soloists and the Folk Youth Choir of Opera Komik. A four-act “opera-phantasmagoria” by the German Offenbach who lived and created in France. The poetic text is by Albert Vanlot, Eugène Leterrier and Arnol Mortier loosely based on the novels From the Earth to the Moon and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13/7 at 19:30
€5-20
National Opera, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, 364 Syngrou Ave., Kallithea

  • Melody Gardot for a unique jazz concert in Herodeion

One of the biggest stars of the younger generation, the personality of the jazz scene Melody Gardot, who for more than fifteen years has been and remains one of the coolest personalities of modern music, will appear at Herodion for a one-off concert, as part of Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2023. An artist who keeps the sense of old melodic jazz cool, balancing between soul, bossa and blues, each time taking on the special interpretation character she gives to her music.

Wednesday 12/7 at 21:00
€35-90
Herod Atticus Conservatory, Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Athens

  • Common Mortals in Technopolis

Concert

One of the most special bands of the domestic music scene, the Common Mortals, invite us to Technopolis, to a great celebration – a sound show for “cool” kids. The beloved 6-member band from Aliveri, Evia, is not classified musically in any specific genre, as their art is produced by the accumulation of diverse elements. They like to mix rhythms and musical instruments and mix with each other, a jumble of sounds that takes you from Greek traditional music and rock to hip-hop. Their purpose is, through their music, to highlight every time the dead ends of a social system, which is increasingly unfair to the “weakest”. They don’t just express individual references to what is happening around us, but also want to give some way out using their music as a means for a better world.

Wednesday 12/7 at 21:00
€12-15
Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, Piraeus 100, Gazi

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