The pre-sale for the productions of the National Opera, which will take place from January to March 2024 in the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage at SNFCC, starts on Wednesday 1 November 2023 at 9.00.

In January and February the operatic diptych will be presented in the Stavros Niarchos Hall “Rusticana Cavalry” by Pietro Mascani and “Clowns” by Ruggero Leoncavallo, musical direction Antonello Allemanti and directed by Nikos Karathanos. The first pan-Hellenic presentation of the opera is coming to the Alternative Stage “The Dead City” by Nadias Boulanger and Raul Pinio – co-production with the special American troupe Catapult Opera – musically directed by Neil Goren and directed by Robin Guarino.

On February the new production of the Ballet of the National Opera is coming to the Stavros Niarchos Hall “Carmen” by Rodion Sedrin and Georges Bizet, with choreography by Yoan Inger and musical direction by Hector Tartani. The Alternative Stage will present in February and March the groundbreaking musical theater performance “Salo, 120 days in Sodom”, based on the iconic film of the same name by Pier Paolo Pasolini, directed by Ari Biniari, music by Jeff Wanger and with a numerous troupe of distinguished actors .

In March in the Stavros Niarchos Hall will be presented for the first time by the National Opera “The Valkyrie” by Richard Wagner, under the musical direction of Philippe Oggen and directed by John Fuljames, in an international co-production of the HEL with the Royal Danish Opera. At the Alternative Stage, the extremely successful musical “The Last Five Years” is being revived with text, music and lyrics by the three-Tony award-winning American composer Jason Robert Brown, musical direction by Michalis Papapetrou and translation and direction by Dimitris Dimopoulos.

The ELS program is implemented with the support of the donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to strengthen the artistic extroversion of the National Opera.

In detail, the pre-sale concerns the following productions:

STAVROS NIARCHOS HALL ELS – SNF

-Rusticana Cavalry – Clowns

Pietro Mascani – Ruggero Leoncavallo

25, 28 January & 1, 4, 8, 11 February 2024

-Carmen – Joan Inger / Rodion Sedrin – Georges Bizet

7, 10, 14, 15, 18, 25 February 2024

-The Valkyrie – Richard Wagner

10, 13, 16, 19, 24, 31 March 2024

ALTERNATIVE STAGE ELS – SNFCC

– The dead city – Nadia Boulanger, Raul Pinio

19, 21, 24, 26, 28 January 2024

-Salo, 120 days in Sodom

Based on the film of the same name by Pier Paolo Pasolini

10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29 February & 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 March 2024

-The Last Five Years

Text, Music, Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown

16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 March 2024

Presale points: National Opera Fund, SNFCC, tel.: 2130885700, daily 9.00-21.00. Group sales: 2130885742. www.ticketservices.gr & Ticket Services Publishers, 39 Panepistumi, www.nationalopera.gr.