The Festival of the Aegean - 2009

 

MidAmerica Productions, New York City
Peter Tiboris, Founder, General and Artistic Director

with the generous support and assistance of the Municipality of Hermopoulis
The Honorable Yannis Dekavallas, Mayor
Presents

THE FIFTH ANNUAL
International Festival of the Aegean

Wednesday, July 1 – Saturday, July 11, 2009

"Serious Fun in a Great Space"
The Apollo Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Island of Syros, capital of the Cyclades, Hermopoulis, Greece

Peter Tiboris
General and Music Director

Raymond Hughes
Principal Guest Conductor

Peter Meineck
Director, Aquila Theatre of New York

Renato Zanella
Dance Director and Choreographer

Pan-European Philharmonia Orchestra

Southwestern College Concert Choir, Chula Vista, CA
(Teresa Russell, Director)

singers from The National Conservatory - Ethniko Odeio
(Spyros Klapsis, Chorus Master)

Athens Singers

Ionian University Department of Musical Studies

 

WEDNESDAY (Opening Night), FRIDAY and SUNDAY,
JULY 1, 3 and 5, 2009:

Puccini: Tosca (concertante), with Greek surtitles
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano (Tosca) 
Antonino Interisano, Tenor (Mario Cavaradossi)
Shannon DeVine, Baritone (Baron Scarpia)
Tassos Apostolou, Bass-baritone (Angelotti and Sciaronne)
Akis Lalousis, Baritone (Sacristano)
Konstantinos Klironomos, Tenor (Spoletta)

THURSDAY and SATURDAY, JULY 2 and 4, 2009:

Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K.621
Schubert: Mass in G Major, No. 2, D.167
Raymond Hughes, Conductor
Karina Skreszewska-Trapezanidou, Soprano
Konstantinos Klironomos, Tenor
Akis Lalousis, Baritone

Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 and 8, 2009:

Shakespeare: As You Like It (fully staged)
Aquila Theatre of New York
Peter Meineck, Director

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009, 11 AM:

Master class and Demonstration for dance students
from throughout Greece, given by Dance Director and Choreographer
Renato Zanella and Stars of the Vienna State Opera Ballet.
Admission is Free.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 
JULY 9, 10 and 11, 2009:

Stars of the Vienna State Opera Ballet
performing Zorba (World Premiere) and scenes from
Spartacus, Bolero, Il Corsaro, Swan Lake (Act II), and more.

Dancers from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tirana, and Kazakhstan, including:
Karina Sarkissova
Aliya Tanikpaev
Maria Yakovleva
Kirill Kourlaev
Eno Peci
Mihail Sosnovschi