SILENCE, THE KING IS LISTENING | 2009
"I trusted [...] The Beggars' Operas for their talent, but also because I was interested in seeing my work afresh. The wonderful new result belongs to them." Nikos Kypourgos, Eleftherotypia
Silence, the King is
Listening (Siopi, o vasilias
akouei, 1993)
Musical – Commisioned by the Athens Concert Hall Organization
Dedicated to the memory of John Cage
Music: Nikos Kypourgos
Text: Thomas Moschopoulos (with
the collaboration of the composer)
Orchestration-Musical coaching: Kharálampos
Goyós
Stage direction: Marianna Calbari
Set-costumes: Constantinos
Zamanis
Lighting design: Nikos Sotiropoulos
Sound design: Giwrgos Poulios, Yiorgis
Sakellariou
Assistant director: Angeliki Marinou
Assistant scenographer-costume designer: Kyriaki
Bouska
Sound operator: Giwrgos Poulios | Yiorgis
Sakellariou
Production manager: Gabriella Triantafyllis
The Muse: Ioanna Forti
The Musician: Dimitris Dimopoulos
The King: Zafiris Koutelieris
ARTéfacts ensemble
Dimitris Bakeas |
Alexandros Michailidis, clarinet
Andreas Nikolouzos | Sotiris Pepelas,
trumpet
Christos Sakellaridis |
Beata Pincetic, piano
Sofia Efklidou | Tasos Misyrlis, cello
Piano solo (school performances): Dimitra Kakaki
First performance: December 21, 2009, BIOS, Athens
79 performances
Co-produced by BIOS