FULL O Vaptistikos or The Godson (Sakellaridis) Athens 2022 Anna Stylianaki, Marisia Papalexiou, Tassis Christoyannis
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: O Vaptistikos or The Godson
- Composer: Sakellaridis Theophrastos
- Libretto: Theophrastos Sakellaridis Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Olympia City Music Theatre Maria Callas, Athens, Greece
- Recorded: December 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Anna Stylianaki, Marisia Papalexiou, Dimitris Paksoglou, Haris Andrianos, Tassis Christoyannis, Thanasis Tsaltabasis, Konstantinos Triantakonstantis, Stamatis Pakakis, Yannis Maniatopoulos, Antonis Dimou, Maria Mavrommati, Despina Revithi
- Conductor: George Petrou
- Orchestra: Symphonic Orchestra of the City of Athens
- Chorus: Chorus of the City of Athens
- Chorus Master: Stavros Beris
- Choreographer: Dimitra Antonaki
- Stage Director: George Petrou
- Stage Designer: Georgina Germanou
- Costume Designer: Georgina Germanou
- Lighting Designer: Stella Kaltsou
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Olympia City Music Theatre
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, frsubs, othersubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“O Vaptistikos” (The Godson) by Th. Sakellaridis, the most popular Greek operetta, has been loved by many generations of Greeks for its exquisite music as well as for its hilarious plot. After the great success of “Idomeneo” by W.A. Mozart, George Petrou directs again in Olympia and conducts the Symphonic Orchestra and the Chorus of the City of Athens. On stage with him, a cast of distinguished operea singers and actors bring the masterpiece written by Sakellaridis to life, in an all-time-classic production combining contemporary esthetics and Art deco elements of the Greek Belle Epoque. “The Godson”, an opera which according to its composer himself “gives a scent of Greece”, is being presented in the authentic version of its historical debut of 1918, orchestrated by the composer himself, being brought near the sounds of J. Offenbach, F. Lehar, and J. Strauss II.
Waltzes, polkas, tangos, mazurkas and favourite tracks with a Greek scent are combined into a colourful musical world which undoubtfully is one of the greatest works of modern Greek culture.