Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra joins forces with the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Friedemann Riehle for another grand show at the Herod Atticus Theater of classic rock numbers after last year's sold-out production.

Vocalists Dimitra Galani, Fivos Delivorias and Yiota Nega, accompanied by the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, pay tribute to acclaimed Greek composer Manos Loizos (1937-1982) with a concert of some of his most famous pieces.

English legend Bryan Ferry brings his "elegant, seductive croon" to Greece as part of an ongoing tour of the UK and Europe, with a career-spanning show. The iconic singer will appear at Athens Herod Atticus Theater on Tuesday, September 11, and at Thessaloniki's Dasos Theater on Thursday, September 13.

The board of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival announced on Thursday it will donate 20,000 euros to those affected by the devastating wildfires in Attica along with the proceeds from a special concert it will hold on August 29.

The concert, which will be held at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, will be organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture.

Fresh from last year's production of Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis," rising duo Emilios Chilakis and Manolis Dounias direct Sophocles' 4th century BC tragedy "Antigone" as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival at the Roman era Herod Atticus Theater on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis hill on Wednesday, July 11.

European Music Day on Thursday, June 21, will be celebrated all over the country.

American indie-rock band Calexico will perform live from the foothills of the Acropolis at the historic Herod Atticus Theater on July 3 and 4. Calexico's music combines Latin elements with country, jazz and post-rock in a genre known as "desert noir." The band's concerts are part of the Greek Festival. Both shows start at 9 p.m.

As part of the Greek Festival, the Greek National Opera returns with George Bizet's "Carmen." In this production, acclaimed British director Stephen Langridge presents a modern adaptation of the classic tale, setting it in the context of Europe's migration and economic crisis. The performance will take place at the Herod Atticus Theater on July 27, 28, 29 and 31 July, at 9 p.m.

The Greek Festival and the Greek Film Archive present two silent films that helped change the course of cinema in this country in a double bill at the open-air Herod Atticus Theater. Orestis Laskos's "Daphnis & Chloe" from 1931, based on the only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek writer Longus, is hailed as the first European film with a nude scene.

Multitalented American showman Bill Murray and acclaimed German cellist Jan Vogler are coming to Greece as part of their tour promoting their album "New Worlds," a project aimed at bridging the cultures of Europe and the United States, with an emphasis on the literature of the latter, which Murray will be performing.