La Sonnambula, one of Vincenzo Bellini’s most popular operas returns to the Greek National Opera in Athens after 40 years, in a co-production with the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House, London.
Directed by Marco Arturo Marelli, this 19th century Italian melodrama is set in a sanatorium with the story of mistaken infidelity unfolding.
Bellini’s La Sonnambula at the Greek National Opera. Photograph: A.Simopoulos
La Sonnambula opens the Greek National Opera’s 2019/20 season. Conducted by Philippe Auguin, with Agathangelos Georgakatos leading the chorus and costumes designed by Dagmar Niefind.
With the GNO orchestra and chorus.
Be quick! early performances sold out.
ABOUT THE STAVROS NIARCHOS HALL
The Stavros Niarchos Hall is the main auditorium of the opera wing found inside the SNFCC complex. Designed by the acclaimed Renzo Piano, it comprises of 1400 seats with outstanding acoustics designed to stage traditional operas and ballets. It became the new home of the Greek National Opera in 2017.
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