Manos Hatzidakis

Stavros Xarchakos | Athens | February 8, 15, 22 & March 7, 14, 21, 28

With tickets having sold out on the nights announced to date, composer and conductor Stavros Xarchakos has added more to his run of shows focused on laiko composers at Gazarte in downtown Athens. Xarchakos will conduct a seven-member orchestra of top soloists who will also accompany him on vocals.

Dance With My Own Shadow | Athens | November 16, 17 & 24

The Greek National Opera Ballet's first production in the 2019/20 season is "Dance With My Own Shadow," for which the GNOB's artistic director Konstantinos Rigos has created choreographies set to four compositions by Manos Hadjidakis: "The CNS Cycle," "Captain Michalis," "The Accursed Serpent" and "Gioconda's Smile." The ballet features the GNO principal dancers, soloists, demi-soloists and cor

Hadjidakis Tribute | Athens | September 28-30

Accompanied by singers Alkinoos Ioannidis and Dimitra Selemidou, the Greek National Opera orchestra and choir present Manos Hadjidakis's emblematic "Gioconda's Smile" and "Magnus Eroticus" song cycles in a tribute to the celebrated Greek composer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on September 28, 29 and 30. Shows start at 8 p.m.

Paper Moon | Rethymno | To September 15

The song "Hartino to Feggaraki" (The Paper Moon) was written in 1949 by composer Manos Hadjidakis and poet/lyricist Nikos Gatsos for a stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." The Contemporary Art Museum of Crete has put together an exhibition of works by Greek and foreign artists that is inspired by the title and significance of the song's lyrics, about a delusionary world.

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