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The Greek National Opera presents Charles Gounod's dramatic "Romeo and Juliet" at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth in a production directed by Greece's Nikos Mastorakis and featuring Ismael Jordi and Myrto Papatanasiu as the star-crossed lovers. Shows start at 7.30 p.m. on March 2 and 7 and at 6.30 p.m. on March 4 and 11.

The ERT National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Nikos Haliassas, will perform Gustav Holst's orchestral suite "The Planets" and Carl Nielsen's "Helios Overture" at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Monday, February 26. The show starts at 8.30 p.m. and is free of charge, with pre-registration at www.snfcc.org.

Equipped with masks and gloves, two National Library employees place books on the shelves in one of the reading rooms at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in southern Athens, in a photo released on Tuesday.

The Greek National Opera presents "Stefanos Lazaridis: Cynical Romantic," an exhibition paying homage to the late Ethiopia-born Greek stage designer who was best known for his work in opera. Other than designing the sets for more than 30 productions for the English National Opera, Lazaridis also served as artistic director of the GNO.

Italian choreographer and artistic director Renato Zanella directs the Greek National Opera Ballet in a children's version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," with fairy-tale sets by Christof Cremer from the Vienna State Opera. Shows take place weekdays at 11 a.m. and Saturdays at 6.30 p.m. on February 3, 8, 10 and 11, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

The Greek National Opera is offering 300 seats to unemployed people at Wednesday afternoon's dress rehearsal for its production of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," at its state-of-the-art opera house at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens.

In its new home at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), the National Library of Greece has organized a series of special events about the Holocaust. Including lectures, a photography exhibition, documentary screenings and more, the tribute will also focus on the plight of Greece's Jews in World War II.

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou visits the Greek Archaeological Fund's (TAP) workshop of casts, copies and replicas in Athens, on Wednesday. Koniordou and newly appointed TAP president Athena Hatzipetrou outlined the fund's main priorities for 2018.

Italian choreographer and artistic director Renato Zanella directs the Greek National Opera Ballet in a children's version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," with fairy-tale sets by Christof Cremer from the Vienna State Opera. Shows take place weekdays at 11 a.m., Saturdays at 6.30 p.m.

Acclaimed Greek director Nikos S. Petropoulos has always regarded Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" as a highly cinematic opera that could be seen as the precursor to the moving picture. In his production for the Greek National Opera, the setting is Rome in World War II, focusing on the element of violence and sadism.