Portfolio Archives: CategoriesEarly Music

You are here:

Salomé – Athens Festival 2015

salome

Nikos Karathanos – Markellos Chryssikopoulos Salomé 29-30 June & 1-2 July A baroque drama, expertly performed by talented artists Nikos Karathanos and Markellos Chryssikopoulos, based on an erotic oratorio by Alessandro Stradella, combining baroque and oriental instrumentation by the Latinitas Nostra music ensemble. “Considering baroque a melting pot where all contradictory concepts blend (the low…

Claudio Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppea – Latinitas Nostra, Athens Festival

incoronatione

Conducted by Markellos ChrysikopoulosDirected by Apostolia Papadimaki Sets – Costumes Katerina – Christina Manolakou Lighting Philipos Koutsaftis Latinitas Nostra Baroque Ensemble Monteverdi’s last and most important work is as human as it is ground-breaking. Thanks to an innovative libretto which takes liberties with its material, and a score which combines the moving with the sensual and…

Antonio Caldara: L’ Olimpiade, Latinitas Nostra

latinitas-nostra

L’Olimpiade is an opera libretto in three acts by Metastasio that was originally written for Antonio Caldara’s 1733 opera. Following Caldara’s success, more than 60 baroque and classical composers used the libretto in their own renditions. Enjoy this opera at the Athens Concert Hall on March 4. The popularity of Caldara’s opera certainly gave Metastasio’s…