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La Gioconda à l'Opéra national de Grèce

L'Opéra national de Grèce

La Gioconda à l'Opéra national de Grèce

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 03 November 2025

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“transitions instrumentales et ballets racontent en creux l’histoire traumatique de la Gioconda”

Reviewed at SNFCC, Greek National Opera: Stavros Niarchos Hall, Athens on 1 November 2025

Ponchielli, La Gioconda

Greek National Opera

Fabrizio Ventura, Conductor

Oliver Mears, Director

Philipp Fürhofer, Set Designer

Annemarie Woods, Costume Designer

Fabiana Piccioli, Lighting Designer

Greek National Opera Orchestra

Greek National Opera Chorus

Anna Pirozzi, La Gioconda

Francesco Pio Galasso, Enzo Grimaldo

Tassos Apostolou, Alvise Badoero

Alisa Kolosova, Laura Adorno

Dimitri Platanias, Barnaba

Anita Rachvelishvili, La Cieca

Maxim Klonovskiy, Zuàne

Yannis Kalyvas, Isèpo

Yannis Kontellis, Monk

Christos Lazos, Pilot

Greek National Opera Ballet

Lucy Burge, Choreography

Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea

Mark Pullinger, 25th April

The punishing role of Medea is forever associated with Maria Callas. To celebrate the diva’s centenary, Greek National Opera presents a new production by Sir David McVicar, starring Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi.

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Ein Star macht noch keine Sternstunde: Madama Butterfly in Athen

Isabella Steppan, 25th November

Ermonela Jaho in Höchstform und eine Inszenierung mit starken Bildern stechen aus einer ansonsten blassen Vorstellung an der Greek National Opera heraus.

***11

A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House

Dominic Lowe, 25th March

Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.

****1

Tosca from The Royal Opera: Netrebko returns, with a vengeance

David Karlin, 11th September

Oliver Mears' new staging impresses and Jakub Hrůša's first season as Music Director excites interest. But the evening belongs to Anna Netrebko.

****1

In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

David Karlin, 30th June

Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.

****1

Bernstein’s devastating double bill of raw emotion cuts to the bone

Stephen Pritchard, 10th October

Henry Neill gives a devastating performance as Sam in Trouble in Tahiti in The Royal Opera’s Bernstein double bill in the Linbury Theatre.

****1

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.