Cellia Costea

Starring Cellia Costea, Alisa Kolosova, Diamanti Kritsotaki and Andrea Care, Puccini's popular masterpiece "Madama Butterfly" is being brought to the Herod Atticus Theater this summer by the Greek National Opera (nationalopera.gr). The ambitious production is directed by the Avignon Festival's Olivier Py and conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos. Ticket prices range from 25 to 100 euros. 

The Royal Charitable Concert, one of the longest living and most successful fundraising events in Romania, will bring to the stages the Romanian Athenaeum on October 25, soprano Cellia Costea, tenor Teodor Ilincai and the Romanian Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gabriel Bebeselea.

The Greek National Opera presents a revival by Rory Fazan of a Royal Opera House production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," which was first staged in London on November 12, 1991. Directed by the legendary Elijah Moshinsky, that production was inspired by the art and architecture of Renaissance. For the revival, Fazan works with set designer Michael Yeargan and costume designer Peter J.

This is the last evening to enjoy the Greek National Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's ever-popular "Il trovatore" at the capital's Herod Atticus Theater. The four-act melodrama is presented in an impressive production, with top-flight performers in the main roles, such as Walter Fraccaro, Cellia Costea, Jelena Manistina, Dimitris Platanias and Dimitris Tiliakos.

The Greek National Opera is participating in the country's biggest summer cultural event, the Greek Festival, with Giuseppe Verdi's ever-popular "Il trovatore," at the capital's Herod Atticus Theater on July 21, 23, 25 and 27.

Hundreds of free tickets made available to unemployed playgoers by the Greek National Opera for the dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" were snapped up in just a few hours, organizers said over the weekend.

The Greek National Opera's summer series gets under way on May 31 with Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." This is the first time in five years that the GNO's first summer production will be performed at the Herodes Atticus Theater, known locally as the Irodio, on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis.