SALAMIS SUMMER FESTIVAL 2015
Unesco Art- Literature and Science of Greece
AESCHYLUS
PROMETHEUS BOUND
A GREEK OPERA BY PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
EURIPIDEAN THEATER OF SALAMINA
TUESDAY 21 JULY 9PM
Salamis Open Amphitheater
Salamis Island, Greece
Prometheus: Vassilis Asimakopoulos
Io/Athena/Via: Nancy Papakonstantinou
Ocean/Hermes: Anastasios Stellas
Oceanide/Hera: Maria Lyberakou
Rania Zetta, viola - Vivi Kleisoura, piano
Stage direction: Vasilis Asimakopoulos
Participation of Choir Apollon of Salamis: Evangelia Labara, director
Participation of Choir Apollon of Salamis: Evangelia Labara, director
Panagiotis Karousos is a renowned Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. He successfully presented all his operas (Prometheus, Olympic Flame, Alexander the Great, Light of Christianity) around major North American cities. His Symphony No.1 “Liberty” presented in New York with the Astoria Symphony and maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff. His Piano Concerto No.1 performed in Montreal Canada under the auspices of UNESCO in 2000. Also his Symphony No.2 “Olympic” performed in Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal with the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andre Gauthier. In February 2014 the Symphony Orchestra of the City of Athens conducted by E. Kalkanis premiered his Symphony No.4 “Earth”. In 2014 the opera Prometheus Bound represented in New York, Queens and United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan with Vasilis Asimakopoulos in the leading role with great success.
Recently maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis conducted the opera with Hellenic Orchestra and soloists at the Concert Hall "Parnassos" and at the live broadcast concert of the composer in the National Radio "Trito Program" NERIT.