Honouring soprano Maria Callas

The Crete Festival,  Saturday 17 June, at 20:30 p.m., at  Fortezza, pays tribute to the renowned soprano Maria Callas. In honor of her memory and as a dedication to the victims of the tragic shipwreck of migrants off Pylos, a special concert featuring opera excerpts will take place.

To commemorate Maria Callas' 100th birth anniversary, the country's leading orchestra will collaborate with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Crete. Together, they will present a captivating program comprising beloved opera excerpts. The repertoire will include orchestral pieces, arias, and duets from iconic works such as Bizet's Carmen, Puccini's Tosca, and Verdi's Traviata. Accompanying them will be soprano Vasiliki Karagianni and tenor Dimitris Paksoglou, under the musical direction of Miltos Loyiadis.

This concert serves as the opening event of the Crete  Festival is opened to the public.

ZORZ BISE (1838-1875)
Prelude from the opera Carmen

JACOMO PUCINI (1858-1924)
Recondita armonia, aria from the opera Tosca
O mio babbino caro, aria from the opera Gianni Schicki

JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
Pourquoi me réveiller, aria from the opera Vertero

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Introduction from the opera Traviata
Un di felice, duet from the opera Traviata
È strano... sempre libera, aria from the opera Traviata

VINCENZO BELINI (1801-1835)
'Casta Diva', Norma's aria from the first act of the opera 'Norma

JACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
E lucevan le stelle, aria from the opera Tosca

PIETRO MASCANI (1863-1945)
Intermezzo from the opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana

JACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Mercé, dillette amiche, from the opera The Sicilian Vespers
EDUARDO DI CAPUA (1865-1917)
O sole mio, Neapolitan canzonetta

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
È il sol dell'anima, duet from the opera Rigoletto

SOLIST
Vasiliki Karagianni, soprano
Dimitris Paksoglou, tenor

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Miltos Logiadis