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FRIDAY JUNE <strong>27</strong><br />
Classical<br />
Les Talents Lyriques<br />
Under the baton of conductor Christophe<br />
Rousset, Les Talents Lyriques will present a<br />
program of religious Baroque-era compositions<br />
by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine<br />
Charpentier and Andre Campra, along<br />
with sopranos Celine Scheen and Salome<br />
Haller, countertenor Emiliano Gonzalez-<br />
Toro, tenor Robert Getchell and bass Matthew<br />
Brook.<br />
ATHENS CONCERT HALL 1 Kokkali & Vas.<br />
Sofias, tel 210.728.2333. Starts at 9 p.m. at<br />
the Friends of Music Hall.<br />
Unicorn Ensemble<br />
The Unicorn Ensemble will present a series<br />
of medieval love songs from Austria’s Minnesanger<br />
tradition.<br />
NAFPLION FESTIVALBourtzi Castle, Nafplion.<br />
Starts at 9 p.m. For information/tickets: tel<br />
<strong>27</strong>520.<strong>27</strong>153/23332, www.nafplionfestival.gr.<br />
Greek<br />
Greek Theater Songs<br />
Showman Stamatis Kraounakis presents a<br />
tribute to the music and songs of Greek theater<br />
with the participation of veteran actors<br />
Anna Kalouta, Martha Vourtsi and Maro Kontou<br />
alongside young musicians Melina Tanagri,<br />
Dimitris Bassis and others, as well as the<br />
Speira-Speira music theater company.<br />
HEROD ATTICUS THEATER Dionysiou Areopagitou,<br />
Acropolis. Starts at 9 p.m. For tickets:<br />
Greek Festival, 39 Panepistimiou, tel<br />
210.3<strong>27</strong>.2000, www.greekfestival.gr.<br />
Pop-Rock<br />
Raining Pleasure<br />
Patras-based, English-language pop-rock act<br />
Raining Pleasure, which last did a take on<br />
Manos Hadjidakis’s “Reflections,” is back with<br />
a brand-new album, “Who’s Gonna Tell<br />
Juliet?”<br />
HYMETTUS FESTIVALIroon Polytechneiou<br />
Sq, in front of the Hymettus Town Hall. For<br />
information: tel 213.203.7819. Starts at 9 p.m.<br />
and admission is free.<br />
Jazz-Blues-Ethnic<br />
Festival of Cultures<br />
Day 2 of the City of Athens-sponsored fourday<br />
festival, a newly introduced street event<br />
aimed at promoting multiculturalism, features<br />
Capoeira dancers accompanied by musicians<br />
and Cuban group Pistola Propia.<br />
ERMOU PEDESTRIAN ZONE6 p.m.-midnight.<br />
Zanendaba Storytellers<br />
Formed amid the repression of apartheid in<br />
South Africa, the Zanendaba Storytellers present<br />
songs about revolt, resistance, joy and<br />
the right to life. Song lyrics, translated into<br />
Greek, will be distributed to concertgoers.<br />
ANGELON VIMA THEATER36 Satovriandou,<br />
Omonia, tel 210.524.2211-3. Starts at 9.15 p.m.<br />
and admission is 20 euros.<br />
SATURDAY JUNE 28<br />
Classical<br />
Athens State Orchestra<br />
Concert by the Athens State Orchestra,<br />
which will perform compositions by Johann<br />
Strauss, Mozart and Beethoven, under<br />
the baton of Nikos Athinaios and joined by<br />
clarinetist Spyros Mourikis.<br />
NAFPLION FESTIVAL Arvanitias Square,<br />
Nafplion. Starts at 9 p.m. For information/tickets:<br />
tel <strong>27</strong>520.<strong>27</strong>153/23332, www.nafplionfestival.gr.<br />
Rock-Electronica<br />
Ejekt Festival<br />
The annual festival returns with British<br />
rockers James headlining. The night also features<br />
electronica, hip-hop and trip-hop by the<br />
Stereo MCs, UNKLE, Digitalism and Hercules<br />
& Love Affair.<br />
HELLENIKON OLYMPIC FENCING COMPLEX<br />
Former Athens Airport, Hellenikon. Tickets<br />
are available at Metropolis music stores, Ticket<br />
House (42 Panepistimiou, tel<br />
210.360.8366), Eleftheroudakis bookstores,<br />
Village cinemas and online at www.i-ticket.gr.<br />
Greek<br />
Greek Theater Songs<br />
Showman Stamatis Kraounakis presents a<br />
tribute to the music and songs of Greek theater<br />
with the participation of veteran actors<br />
Anna Kalouta, Martha Vourtsi and Maro Kontou<br />
alongside young musicians Melina Tanagri,<br />
Dimitris Bassis and others, as well as the<br />
Speira-Speira music theater company.<br />
30<br />
New-sounding<br />
rocker returns<br />
Appearing at the Lazariston Monastery<br />
theater in Thessaloniki on July 1,<br />
Yiannis Angelakas, the former frontman<br />
of Trypes, one of the country’s top<br />
rock draws for years, returns with his<br />
recently formed Episkeptes, a multimember<br />
collective whose sound<br />
stretches way beyond the guitarbass-drum<br />
format of his previous<br />
concern. The adventurous ways and<br />
fine musicianship of Episkeptes,<br />
whose lineup includes strings and<br />
brass, have both reinvigorated the poetic<br />
rocker’s sound and sustained his<br />
appeal on the do the domestic circuit.<br />
Looking ahead<br />
Philip Glass, July 8-12, Badminton<br />
Theater, Athens<br />
Contemporary American composer<br />
presents a project based on the poetry<br />
and drawings of Leonard Cohen.<br />
Leonard Cohen, July 30, Terra Vibe,<br />
Athens<br />
Touring again after a 15-year absence,<br />
73-year-old music legend and<br />
poet Leonard Cohen performs one<br />
show on the outskirts of northern<br />
Athens. Highlighting how influential<br />
Cohen has been, it is estimated<br />
that the Canadian veteran’s songbook<br />
has been covered over 1,300<br />
times by other recording artists,<br />
from world-famous to obscure figures.<br />
Tickets (50 and 95 euros) are on<br />
sale at Ticket House in Athens (42<br />
Panepistimiou, 210. 360.8366), Ticket<br />
House in Thessaloniki (102<br />
Mitropoleos, 2310.264880) and online<br />
at www.ticketpro.gr.<br />
HEROD ATTICUS THEATER Dionysiou Areopagitou,<br />
Acropolis. Starts at 9 p.m. For tickets:<br />
Greek Festival, 39 Panepistimiou, tel<br />
210.3<strong>27</strong>.2000, www.greekfestival.gr.<br />
Traditional<br />
Journey through traditional Greek songs from<br />
Asia Minor and the eastern Aegean to the tradition<br />
created by the immigrants to Athens<br />
from Smyrna in the 1930s, by the Association<br />
of Greek Arts.<br />
HYMETTUS FESTIVALTrapezoundos & Peristaseos,<br />
Hymettus. For information: tel<br />
213.203.7819. Starts at 9 p.m. and admission<br />
is free.<br />
Jazz-Blues-Ethnic<br />
Zanendaba Storytellers<br />
Formed amid the repression of apartheid in<br />
South Africa, the Zanendaba Storytellers present<br />
songs about revolt, resistance, joy and<br />
the right to life. Song lyrics, translated into<br />
Greek, will be distributed to concertgoers.<br />
ANGELON VIMA THEATER 36 Satovriandou,<br />
Omonia, tel 210.524.2211-3. Starts at 9.15 p.m.<br />
and admission is 20 euros.<br />
Festival of Cultures<br />
Day 3 of the City of Athens-sponsored fourday<br />
festival, a newly introduced street event<br />
aimed at promoting multiculturalism, features<br />
a Philippino children’s choir, a five-member<br />
Albanian polyphonic choir, and Mangingo<br />
& Shaggy, a roots-reggae act highlighting<br />
Jamaican reggae’s African roots.<br />
ERMOU PEDESTRIAN ZONE6 p.m.-midnight.<br />
SUNDAY JUNE 29<br />
Classical<br />
Piano Recital<br />
Young pianist Panayiotis Trochopoulos will<br />
present a selection of works by Mozart,<br />
Beethoven, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and<br />
Liszt.<br />
NAFPLION FESTIVAL Vouleftiko, Nafplion.<br />
Starts at noon. For information/tickets: tel<br />
<strong>27</strong>520.<strong>27</strong>153/23332, www.nafplionfestival.gr.<br />
Marlis Petersen<br />
Closing concert of the Nafplion Festival with<br />
works by Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak and Johann<br />
Strauss, where acclaimed soprano Marlis<br />
Petersen will join forces with pianists Yiannis<br />
Vararelis and Alexandra Nomidou and clarinetist<br />
Spyros Mourikis.<br />
NAFPLION FESTIVALAghios Georgios Square,<br />
Nafplion. Starts at 9 p.m. For information/tickets:<br />
tel <strong>27</strong>520.<strong>27</strong>153/23332, www.nafplionfestival.gr.<br />
Jazz-Blues-Ethnic<br />
Zanendaba Storytellers<br />
Formed amid the repression of apartheid in<br />
South Africa, the Zanendaba Storytellers present<br />
songs about revolt, resistance, joy and<br />
the right to life. Final show.<br />
ANGELON VIMA THEATER36 Satovriandou,<br />
Omonia, tel 210.524.2211-3. Starts at 9.15 p.m.<br />
and admission is 20 euros.<br />
Festival of Cultures<br />
The closing day of the City of Athens-sponsored<br />
four-day festival, a newly introduced<br />
street event aimed at promoting multiculturalism,<br />
features a multiethnic gospel act<br />
whose show includes pop, R&B, reggae,<br />
makosa and traditional African dance, a traditional<br />
Bangladeshi band, and Greek singermusician<br />
Zoi Tiganouria.<br />
ERMOU PEDESTRIAN ZONE6 p.m.-midnight.<br />
ATHENSPLUS • FRIDAY, JUNE <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2008</strong><br />
ΜUSIC<br />
Bjork, July 31, OAKA Sports Center<br />
The whimsical yet popular Icelandic<br />
pop artist Bjork, who last performed<br />
here at the opening ceremony of the<br />
Athens Olympics, returns for one<br />
show following the release of last<br />
year’s “Volta” album.<br />
1st ECM Festival, September 5-12,<br />
Vrachon Theater, Athens<br />
The prestigious jazz label ECM brings<br />
together artists from its high-caliber<br />
roster for performances at the Vrachon<br />
Theater in Athens, September<br />
5 to 12. Performers include Italian<br />
composer Gianluigi Trovesi, compatriots<br />
Stefano Battaglia and Stefano<br />
Bollani, both pianists, accordionist<br />
Gianni Coscia, Tunisian oud virtuoso<br />
Anouar Brahem, Polish trumpetistcomposer<br />
Tomasz Stanko, French pianist<br />
Francois Couturier, Greek vocal<br />
artist Savina Yannatou and composer<br />
Eleni Karaindrou.<br />
MONDAY JUNE 30<br />
Classical<br />
Fazil Say<br />
Turkish classical and jazz pianist and composer<br />
Fazil Say will join forces with the Thessaloniki<br />
State Orchestra.<br />
HEROD ATTICUS THEATER Dionysiou Areopagitou,<br />
Acropolis. Starts at 9 p.m. For tickets:<br />
Greek Festival, 39 Panepistimiou, tel<br />
210.3<strong>27</strong>.2000, www.greekfestival.gr.<br />
Rock<br />
PJ Harvey<br />
Rock muse PJ Harvey performs a career-spanning<br />
solo set.<br />
BADMINTON THEATERGoudi Military Park,<br />
Goudi, tel 211.108.6024. Tickets can be purchased<br />
at Virgin Megastores, at the theater<br />
box office and online at www.ticketnet.gr.<br />
Matisse<br />
Rock by popular local act Matisse.<br />
VRACHON THEATER Vyronas, tel<br />
210.762.6438. Tickets can be purchased at<br />
the Vyronas Town Hall and Cultural Center,<br />
at Metropolis music stores, at the theater box<br />
office and online at www.ticketservices.gr.<br />
Greek<br />
Socrates Malamas<br />
Quality Greek work by revered contemporary<br />
songsmith Socrates Malamas.<br />
VRACHON THEATER Vyronas, tel<br />
210.762.6438. Tickets can be purchased at<br />
the Vyronas Town Hall and Cultural Center,<br />
at Metropolis music stores, at the theater box<br />
office and online at www.ticketservices.gr.<br />
Michalis Hadziyiannis<br />
Greek pop-rock by chart-topping Cypriot<br />
singer-songwriter Michalis Hadziyiannis.<br />
GIS THEATERDamari Triandrias, Thessaloniki,<br />
tel 2310.2<strong>06</strong>.730.<br />
TUESDAY JULY 1<br />
Classical<br />
Jazz improvisations on Haydn’s Sonata for<br />
Piano No 48 in C Major as well as works by<br />
Mozart, by pianist Fazil Say and percussionist<br />
Burhan Ocal.<br />
BENAKI MUSEUM PIREOS STREET ANNEX138<br />
Pireos & Andronikou, tel 210.345.3111. Starts<br />
at 9 p.m.<br />
Rock<br />
Def Leppard/Whitesnake<br />
Hard rockers Def Leppard and Whitesnake<br />
join forces for one show in Athens.<br />
KARAISKAKI STADIUMKaraoli Dimitriou &<br />
Sofianopoulou, Neo Faliron, tel 210.480.0900<br />
(next to the Neo Faliron train station [Line 1]).<br />
Tickets can be purchased at Ticket House (42<br />
Panepistimiou, tel 210.360.8366), at Virgin<br />
Megastores, at Village Cinemas, at the stadium<br />
box office and online at www.ticketpro.gr.<br />
Greek<br />
Folk Feast<br />
Greek folk music with the Sarmako ensemble<br />
and the sounds of Vassilis Tsitsanis, Markos<br />
Vamvakaris, Stavros Xarchakos, Manos<br />
Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis.<br />
HYMETTUS FESTIVAL Kritis St, at the Aris<br />
Alexandrou Park, Hymettus, tel 213.203.7819.<br />
Starts at 9 p.m. and admission is free.<br />
WEDNESDAY JULY 2<br />
Jazz-Blues-Ethnic<br />
Sharon Jones<br />
Georgia-born American soul and funk diva<br />
Sharon Jones performs one show along with<br />
the Dap-Kings.<br />
VRACHON THEATER Vyronas, tel<br />
210.762.6438. Tickets can be purchased at<br />
the Vyronas Town Hall and Cultural Center,<br />
at Metropolis music stores, at the theater box<br />
office and online at www.ticketservices.gr.<br />
Mediterranean Melodies<br />
A panorama of Mediterranean melodies from<br />
Byzantine times to the present, bringing together<br />
East and West, with the En Chordais<br />
ensemble as well as guest musicians Rima<br />
Khcheich and Hassan Faqir.<br />
BENAKI MUSEUM PIREOS STREET ANNEX<br />
138 Pireos & Andronikou, tel 210.345.3111.<br />
Starts at 9.30 p.m. at the Atrium. Admission<br />
is free.<br />
Greek<br />
Haris Alexiou<br />
Seasoned vocalist Haris Alexiou will meander<br />
her way through her many hit ballads,<br />
joined by Babis Stokas and Andrianna Babali.<br />
GIS THEATERDamari Triandrias, Thessaloniki,<br />
tel 2310.2<strong>06</strong>.730.<br />
WEDNESDAY JULY 3<br />
Classical<br />
Renee Fleming<br />
Opera soiree with soprano Renee Fleming,<br />
who will perform arias and opera excerpts<br />
by Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Puccini,<br />
Rossini and Verdi.<br />
HEROD ATTICUS THEATER Dionysiou Areopagitou,<br />
Acropolis. Starts at 9 p.m. For tickets:<br />
Greek Festival, 39 Panepistimiou, tel<br />
210.3<strong>27</strong>.2000, www.greekfestival.gr.<br />
Jazz-Blues-Ethnic<br />
Maraveyas Ilegal<br />
Original ethnic compositions as well as<br />
takes on Catalan, French and Italian songs,<br />
by Costis Maraveyas and Maraveyas Ilegal.<br />
HYMETTUS FESTIVAL Stratonikis pedestrian<br />
street, behind the Hymettus Town Hall.<br />
For information: tel 213.203.7819. Starts at<br />
9 p.m. and admission is free.<br />
Greek<br />
Kana-Peridis-Kalimeri<br />
Greek entechno ballads and more, by singers<br />
Melina Kana, Orfeas Peridis and Lizeta Kalimeri.<br />
VRACHON THEATER Vyronas, tel<br />
210.762.6438. Tickets can be purchased at<br />
the Vyronas Town Hall and Cultural Center,<br />
at Metropolis music stores, at the theater box<br />
office and online at www.ticketservices.gr.<br />
OPERA<br />
Renee Fleming: Gifted<br />
versatile and glamorous<br />
BY ELIS KISS<br />
Dressed in designer gowns when performing, she<br />
has acted as a cover girl for a luxury timepiece<br />
and has even had a dessert created in her honor.<br />
Yet it is her vocal versatility and highly engaging<br />
stage presence that make Renee Fleming the<br />
international star that she is.<br />
The American diva is expected in Athens for an<br />
evening of opera at the Herod Atticus Theater on<br />
Thursday, July 3. The concert is part of the Greek<br />
Festival.<br />
From bel canto to lieder, Fleming is a highly<br />
accomplished soprano with a vast repertoire<br />
which reflects her multifaceted artistic capacity<br />
and skill.<br />
In 1998, Fleming gave life to Blanche DeBois, in<br />
Andre Previn’s opera adaptation of Tennessee<br />
Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”<br />
Meanwhile, her<br />
interpretation<br />
of Jules<br />
Massenet’s<br />
“Thais” is<br />
considered a<br />
landmark<br />
rendering of the<br />
piece.<br />
A classical<br />
soprano<br />
interpreting<br />
demanding<br />
roles in<br />
landmark opera<br />
houses and<br />
concert venues<br />
around the<br />
world, Fleming<br />
Vast range<br />
From bel canto to lieder,<br />
Fleming is a highly<br />
accomplished soprano<br />
with a vast repertoire<br />
which reflects her<br />
multifaceted artistic<br />
capacity and skill<br />
also displays a<br />
touch of the<br />
unexpected: A<br />
fan of Joni<br />
Mitchell when<br />
she was young,<br />
she welcomes<br />
new music and<br />
Broadway<br />
tunes, among<br />
other genres.<br />
In 2003 she lent her voice to “The Lord of the<br />
Rings: The Return of the King” soundtrack. She<br />
has also recorded “O Soave Fanciulla” from<br />
Puccini’s “La Boheme” with soft rocker Michael<br />
Bolton.<br />
Born in Pennsylvania to a family of music<br />
teachers, Fleming grew up in Rochester, New York.<br />
She attended The Juilliard School and earned<br />
degrees from the State University of New York at<br />
Potsdam and the Eastman School of Music. She<br />
was also a Fulbright Scholar in Germany.<br />
The recipient of numerous awards, her most<br />
recent distinction is the prestigious Swedish Polar<br />
Music Prize.<br />
At the Herod Atticus Theater, Fleming will<br />
interpret a variety of arias stemming from<br />
Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” Jules Massenet’s<br />
“Manon,” Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello” and Giacomo<br />
Puccini’s “Tosca,” among others. She will be<br />
accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra under<br />
the baton of Victor Pablo Perez.<br />
For tickets: Hellenic Festival box office, 39<br />
Panepistimiou, tel 210.3<strong>27</strong>.2000,<br />
www.greekfestival.gr. The concert is scheduled to<br />
start at 9 p.m.
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