Athens and Epidaurus Festival promises you magical summer nights, full of music, theatre and dance! Over the last 50 years, the Festival has hosted some of the leading lights of music - such as Mitropoulos, Callas, Rostropovich, Pavarotti, Leonidas Kavakos and Dimitris Sgouros, theatre - Rondiris, Koun, Streller, Peter Hall, Noh theatre, Bunraku puppet theatre, the Peking Opera and dance - Balanchine, Pina Bausch, Nureyev, Fonteyn, Martha Graham and Alicia Alonso.
The Festival’s programme
involves open-air theatre, opera, classical music and dance at various
locations in Athens such as the Athens Concert Hall, Technopolis, Peiraios 260,Hellenic
Cosmos Cultural Centre, BIOS and the Benaki Museum. However the
festival’s top venue is the 2nd century BC Odeon
of Herodes Atticus, formed out of the rocky southern slope of Acropolis
Hill. Watch an ancient Greek tragedy, opera or ballet against the magic
backdrop of the Acropolis.
Ancient Greek drama is
staged at the Epidaurus
Ancient Theatre, a two-hour drive southwest of Athens. Enjoy a performance
as the ancient Greeks would do in this outstanding architectural monument known
for its unique acoustics. Thanks to this festival the Epidaurus Theatre has
seen the rebirth of Ancient drama more than half a century ago. Performances
are in Greek but in the programme you will find summaries in other languages
too and English surtitles for the Festival’s productions. It’s one of those
places you need to visit while in Greece!
For further information as well as the programme of the Festival, please
visit the Official web site of the Greek Festival.
http://greekfestival.gr/en/
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