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44 The annual Paphos Aphrodite Opera Festival held last September treated its audiences to three evenings of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata staged by Poland’s National Opera, Teatr Wielki. The Paphos Aphrodite Festival was officially launched in 1998 as a result of a joint effort between the various professional bodies in Paphos with the aim of promoting Paphos as an international centre of high-profile cultural events. The event’ s main sponsors were the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Cyprus Tourism Organization, the Cyprus Electricity Authority and the Bank of Cyprus. Teatr Wielki, the National Opera of Poland has a 160-year history of staging operas and ballets in its Warsaw building dating back to 1825. Teatr Wielki is no stranger to Cyprus as La Traviata is its fourth opera to be presented at the Paphos Aphrodite Festival under the baton of Jacek Kaspszyk who is also the Musical and Artistic Director of Teatr Wielki. As with previous performances, the opera was set against the backdrop of the Mediaeval Fort and set designers of Teatr Wiekli took the challenge of incorporating Butte La Traviata The Paphos Aphrodite Festival was officially launched in 1998 as a result of a joint effort between the various professional bodies in Paphos with the aim of promoting Paphos as an international centre of high profile cultural events. Montmartre into the dramatic setting of the fort. In fact director Marek Weiss – Grzesinski excelled in conveying the Parisian atmosphere around 1850 with the symbolic Moulin Rouge, the bordello-style dining room, the lovers’ garden of Eden and shrouded death room at the end. The opera lovers appreciated the voices of soprano Victoria Loukianetz as Violetta, tenor Vsevolod Grivnov in the role of Alfredo and of course Cypriot baritone Kyros Patsalides’ outstanding interpretation. Themis Filippides, General Coordinator of the Festival, whose team worked under the direction of Paphos Mayor, Pheidias Sarikas, was responsible for every single aspect of the festival. He was satisfied with the fact that the festival target had been achieved that is to offer first-rate cultural events matching international standards. What is more, the Festival has become an institution in itself as many tourists schedule their annual holiday around the Paphos Aphrodite Festival season. Combining a relaxing holiday in the seaside resort of Paphos with an operatic performance set in a breathtaking environment seems to be captivating the hearts of more and more people.
The Swedish Cyprus Expedition Visits Bucharest In 1932, 771 huge boxes of Cypriote antiquities arrived in Sweden, soon to become the prime reason for the foundation of Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm (1954). The provenance of this enormous amount of archaeological material was the pioneering Swedish expedition to Cyprus undertaken between 1927 and 1931 by Einar Gjerstad. For the first time since their discovery and subsequent arrival in Sweden in 1932, the Swedish Cyprus Collections are now on display at the National Museum of History in Bucharest through a representative selection. This is the expression of an extremely fruitful co-operation between the Museums of Stockholm and Bucharest that produced two exhibitions. The first one in Stockholm presented important Romanian archaeological items; the second is the present exhibition at the National History Museum in Bucharest. The present Director of the Medelhavsmuseet, Bearded head from Arsos, limestone, 580-540 BC, amphoroid crater of III B ware, Enkomi, 1300–150 BC. Mr Crisan Museteanu, Director of the Romanian National History Museum and Dr Vassos Karageorghis, Director of the A.G. Leventis Foundation. Dr Sanne Houby-Nielsen, noting the revival of interest in Cypriote archaeology throughout the world and the importance of the Cypriote collection in her Museum, has embarked on an ambitious plan to enhance the Cypriote exhibition by organising comprehensive exhibitions of ancient Cypriote art in various museums where this art is not represented. The Museums of Romania did not possess any sizeable collections of ancient Cypriote art except a few items of pottery and stone sculpture. Dr Vassos Karageorghis, Director of the A.G. Leventis Foundation, recognising the importance of Dr Houby-Nielsen’ s vision supported it wholeheartedly and, on behalf of the Foundation, offered a generous grant for the realisation of this project. Furthermore, he suggested to Mr Loizos Karageorges, the 45
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