Casting

• Greek National Opera Orchestra
• Chorus of the Greek National Opera
• Fabrizio Ventura (Conductor)
• Fanny Ardant (Stage Direction) : (Aleko)
• Themelis Glynatsis (Stage Direction) : (Bluebeard’s Castle)
• Tassis Christoyannis (Baritone) : Aleko
• Yannis Christopoulos (Tenor) : Young Gypsy
• Myrsini Margariti (Soprano) : Zemfira
• Yanni Yannissis (Bass) : An old man
• Ines Zikou (Mezzo-soprano) : Gypsy woman
• Tassos Apostolou (Bass) : Bluebeard
• Violetta Lousta (Soprano) : Judith

Program

Aleko
Opera in one act by Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 - 1943
Libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko after ‘The Gypsies’ by Alexander Pushkin
Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, 9 May 1893

Bluebeard’s Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára)
Opera in one act by Béla Bartók 1881 - 1945
Libretto by Béla Balázs based on Charles Perrault
Budapest, Royal Hungarian Opera House, 24 May 1918

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Recording: November 14 2024 - Greek National Opera | Athens
Director: Stéphane Lebard
Duration: 02:03