The Festival of the Aegean - 2010

MidAmerica Productions of New York City
Peter Tiboris, General Director & Artistic Director 

With the generous support of 
The City of Hermoupolis, Island of Syros, capital of the
Cyclades
And the Council of the Culture Center

Presents

THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
Festival of the Aegean

Wednesday, July 14 – Sunday, July 25, 2010
The Apollo Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Greece's first opera house


Peter Tiboris
Founder, General Director & Artistic Director (USA)

Renato Zanella, Dance Director,
Choreographer of the ballet; Stage Director, Carmen (ITALY)

Rogelio Riojas Nalasco, Assistant Conductor

Pan-European Philharmonia

Jakub Fiebig, Orchestra Manager (POLAND)
Francis Bardot, Guest Conductor (FRANCE)
Terre Johnson, Assistant Guest Conductor (USA)
Vinicio Cheli, Lighting Designer (Firenze/ITALY)
Giorgos Kolios, Set Design Concept (Athens/GREECE)
Jiri Novak, Assistant to the Stage Director (Vienna, AUSTRIA)
Lena Chatzigrigoriou, Production Manager (GREECE)

Special Guests
Stanley Drucker and Naomi Drucker, Clarinets (USA)


Cast of Carmen
Carmen: Carla Dirlikov, Mezzo-soprano (BULGARIA-MEXICO)
Don José: Raul Melo, Tenor (CUBA-USA)
Micaela: Myrsini Margaritii, Soprano (GREECE)
Escamillo: Russi Nikoff, Bass (BULGARIA)
Morales:   Kostis Rassidakis, Baritone (GREECE)
Zuniga:   Tassos Apostolou, Bass (GREECE)
Frasquita: Filli Georgiadou, Soprano (GREECE)
Mercedes: Marissia Papalexiou, Mezzo-soprano (GREECE)
Remendado: Giannis Filias, Tenor (GREECE)
El Dancairo: Zafiris Koutelieris, Bass (GREECE)
Rosario Castro and Ricardo Castro: Flamenco Artists in Carmen (SPAIN)

Faure Requiem Soloists
Myrsini Margariti, Soprano (CANADA)
Reda El Wakil, Bass-baritone (EGYPT)

Participating Choirs 

Birmingham Concert Chorale (Alabama/USA) 
Philip Copeland, Director

Vocal Ensemble of Mira Costa High School, 
(Manhattan Beach, California/USA)
Michael Hayden, Director

The Michael O'Neal Singers (Georgia/USA)
Michael O'Neal, Director

King College Symphonic Choir (Tennessee/USA)
W. Patrick Flannagan, Director

Kamloops Choristers (British Columbia/CANADA)
Margaret Brown, Director

Choeur d'Enfants d'Ile-de-France (Paris/FRANCE) 
Francis Bardot, Director

Camerata Vocalis (Corfu/GREECE) 
Rosa Poulimenou, Director

Members of National Conservatory's Choir (Athens/GREECE)
(Ethnikon Odeio)
Spyros Klapsis, Director

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Syros Men's Chorus (GREECE) 


Dancers

Olga Esina, First Soloist, Vienna State Opera Ballet
(St. Petersburg, RUSSIA)

Beatrice Knop, First Soloist, Berlin Ballet (Berlin, GERMANY)

Maria Kousouni-Fika, First Soloist, National Ballet of Greece
(Athens, GREECE)

Anais Chalendard, First Soloist, English National Ballet
(Lyon, FRANCE)

Eno Peci, First Soloist, Vienna State Opera Ballet
(Tirana, ALBANIA)

Igor Milos, Dancer (Zrenjanin, SERBIA)

Rainer Krenstetter, Soloist, Berlin Ballet (Berlin, GERMANY)

Esteban Berlanga, Soloist, English National Ballet
(Albacete, SPAIN)