The opera of the 18th Century and Greece

ARMONIA ATENEA-THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA

Co-Production:
The Athens Concert Hall Organization
Musical and Educational Organization of Greece

The Athens Concert Hall will be hosting the premiere performance of the concert to be staged on 14 January 2014 at the famous Palais de Bozar in Brussels. The performance has been scheduled to mark Greece’s assuming the Presidency of the European Union. The Armonia Atenea and its artistic director George Petrou will be renewing their acquaintance with the opera of the Baroque period, performing works drawing their inspiration from ancient Greece.

Excerpts from the operas:
– Alessandro, Arianna in Creta by G.F. Handel
– Artemisia by J.A. Hasse
– Temistocle by J.C. Bach
– L’Olimpiade by G. Paisiello
– Phaeton by J.B. Lully
– Il Giustino, L’Olimpiade by A. Vivaldi
– Orphée, Iphigénie en Aulide by C.W. Gluck

Myrsini Margariti soprano
Irini Karaianni mezzo-soprano
Mary-Ellen Nesi mezzo-soprano

Armonia Atenea-The Friends of Music Orchestra
on period instruments

Conductor: George Petrou