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NEW GREECE (THE MAKING-OF) (Νέα Ελλάδα (The Making-Of) / 2013)

Populist oratorio about the rise, fall and rebranding of the Nation
Commissioned by the Dimitria Festival

Music: Kharálampos Goyós, Richard Wagner
Lyrics: Maria Topali, Dimitris Dimopoulos
Book: Alexandros Efklidis, Kharálampos Goyós
Dramaturgical collaboration: Katerina Konstantinakou, Panayiota Konstantinakou
Language: Greek
Instrumentation: sop/vc, alt/bagl, ten/gtr, 3nar, ch[non-singing], mel/syn, tape
Duration: 70'

Description: In the year 2030, a national festival of the Totalitarian Democracy of New Greece is looking back on the "glorious sinful days" of Old Greece.

First performance: October 2, 2013, Thessaloniki Town Hall, Dimitria Festival
Musical director: Kharálampos Goyós
Stage director: Alexandros Efklidis
Performers: Lydía Zervanos (sop/vc), Ioanna Forti (alt/bagl), Christos Kechris (ten/gtr), Alexandros Efklidis (Vice-Prefect), Lina Kalpazidou (Sandra), Ioannis Ketikidis (Fondas)
Chorus of the Middle Class: Natasa Antalaki, Aliki Atsalaki, Anastasia Barka, Nikos Gounas, Stergios Iltsos, Anna Kalincheva, Chara Kasaraki, Anastasia Kariofilli, Marilena Katranidou, Ioannis Ketikidis, Loxandra Lucas, Alexandra Melachroinou, Artemis Moustaklidou, Vasilis Petrou, Ioulia Spanou, Elena Viseri

Further performances:

> October 5, 2013, Former Athens Stock Exchange, Athens Biennale AGORA
Musical director: Kharálampos Goyós
Stage director: Alexandros Efklidis

> October 17–22, 2014, Karolos Koun Art Theatre – Frynichou, Athens / 6 performances
Musical director: Kharálampos Goyós
Stage director: Alexandros Efklidis

Studio recording available on the FYTINI label

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Athens Biennale / 2013
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