NEW GREECE (THE MAKING-OF) | 2013
“[A] carnivalesque orgy-parade” Poka Yio, Artforum
New
Greece (The Making-Of) (2013)
Populist Oratorio about the Rise, Fall and Rebranding of the Nation
Music: Kharálampos
Goyós, Richard Wagner
Texts: Maria Topali, Dimitris
Dimopoulos
Musical direction,
keyboard, melodica: Kharálampos
Goyós
Stage direction: Alexandros Efklidis
Space-costume supervision: Constantinos
Zamanis
Banknote design: Dimitris Kanellopoulos, Yiorgos
Yiacos – The
Comeback Studio
Dramaturgical collaboration: Katerina
Konstantinakou, Panayiota Konstantinakou
Lydía
Zervanos, soprano, violoncello
Ioanna Forti, mezzosoprano, baglamas
Christos Kechris, tenor, guitar
Coryphaeus: Alexandros Efklidis
Sandra: Lina Kalpazidou
Fondas: Ioannis Ketikidis* | Giannis
Argyrakis†
The Chorus of the Middle Class: Natasa Antalaki*, Artemis Apostolakou†, Giannis Argyrakis†, Aliki Atsalaki*, Anastasia Barka*, Mela Gerofoti†, Eva Giannopoulou†, Nikos Gounas*, Stergios Iltsos*, Anna Kalincheva*, Chara Kasaraki*, Anastasia Kariofilli*, Marilena Katranidou*, Ioannis Ketikidis*, Sissy Kotsoni†, Loxandra Lucas*, Giannis Maniatopoulos†, Alexandra Melachroinou*, Artemis Moustaklidou*, Vasilis Petrou, Aris Rigakis†, Angela Saroglou†, Marietta Sarri†, Ioulia Spanou*, Kostis Stafylakis†, Katerina Theodosiou†, Elena Viseri*
First performance: 48th
Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki City Hall, October 2, 20134th Athens
Repeat performance: 4th Athens Biennale AGORA, Former Athens Stock
Exchange, October 5, 2013
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