YASOU AIDA! | 2012
"A Greek creative team catapults Verdi's 'Aida' to the year 2012." Udo Badelt, Der Tagesspiegel
"Karolos Koun" Ηonourable Μention; Greek Play (Association of Greek
Theatre and Music Critics)
ATHENS VOICE Audience Αward; Best Foreign
Production
Yasou Aida!
(2012)
A Greek-German friendship meeting
after Giuseppe Verdi's Aida (1871)
Musical adaptation: Kharálampos
Goyós
Text: Dimitris Dimopoulos
Idea: Alexandros Efklidis
Musical direction: Kharálampos
Goyós | Hans-Peter Kirchberg†
| Lam Tran Dinh†
Stage direction: Alexandros Efklidis
Set-costumes: Andrea Nolte
Dramaturgy: Bernhard Glocksin
Head technician: Helmut Topp
Lighting: Nikolaus Vögele
Surtitle translation: Oliver Leege (German),
Dimitris Dimopoulos (Greek)
Lighting operator: Ben Artmann, René
von der Waar
Surtitle operator: Aliki Schäfer, Dimitris
Dimopoulos*
Dressmakers: Christina Kämper, Elena
Zielinski, Kathy Prell
Make-up: Anne-Claire Meyer
Assistant director: Angelina Kartsaki
Assistant set & costume designer: Ayse
Gülsüm Özel
Production assistants: Tina Skodra*,
Nadia Samara*
Musical coaching: Kharálampos
Goyós, Lam Tran Dinh
Stage managers: Regina Triebel, Angelina
Kartsaki
Elpida: Lydía Zervanos
| Elpiniki Zervou
Rainer Mess: Fabian
Martino | Alexander Sascha Nikolić
Anna Riche: Şirin Kılıç |
Anna Warnecke
Emmanouil (Manos) Stavrou: Arkadios
Rakopoulos | Vassilis Tsanaktsidis
Krista: Mária Devitzaki
The Boss: Michael
Brieske
Chorus:
Soprano: Lydía Zervanos | Elpiniki
Zervou
Alto: Şirin Kılıç |
Anna Warnecke | Ioanna Forti*
Tenor: Fabian Martino | Alexander Sascha Nikolić
Bass: Arkadios Rakopoulos |
Vassilis Tsanaktsidis
Katja Reinbold† | Stefan
Klemm, flute, saxophone, melodica, recorder
Anja-Susann Hammer, violoncello, bouzouki
Petra Kießling, violoncello, recorder
Sofia Efklidou*, violoncello, recorder,
bouzouki
Angelos Liakakis*, violoncello
Alexandra Hofrichter, harmonium, melodica
Kharálampos Goyós | Hans-Peter
Kirchberg† | Lam Tran Dinh†,
piano, melodica, musical direction
First performance: January 19, 2012, Neuköllner Oper, Berlin
23 performances
First performance in Greece: March 9, 2012, Thessaloniki Concert Hall
4 performances
First performance in Athens: June 29, 2012, Athens Festival,
Cacoyannis Foundation
3 performances
† = Berlin only, * = Athens only
Co-produced by the Neuköllner Oper and the Thessaloniki Concert Hall
With the support of: Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin, Senatskanzlei für kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Auswärtiges Amt, Goethe Institut, Deutsches Generalkonsulat in Thessaloniki, Deutsche Botschaft Athen
Accommodation sponsor: Airotel