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Raven Revisited, Opera

(2018)

Kostis Kritsotakis

directed by Raia Tsakiridi

Premiere:

I Nea Skini 9 June 2018

An opera about living between dream and reality, in intense love and poetry and being obsessed with loss…

The central idea is based on the poem of Edgar Alan Poe "The Raven", with key heroes of Lenor and the Poet. The Poet is divided between the One who uses logic and the Other, unable to handle the loss of his beloved and gradually losing the sense of reality.

RavenRevisited is an opera that moves between dream and reality, illuminating snapshots of the life of the mysterious poet Edgar Alan Poe and his peculiar relationship with women.

Composer: Kostis Kritsotakis
Stage director: Raia Tsakiridi

Libretto: Nina Rapi

Costumes/ Set Design : Pavlos Thanopoulos

Choreographer: Foteini Passa
Dramaturgical collaboration: Marina Mergou
Photography Credits: Patroklos Skafidas

Cast

Poe 1: George Papadimitriou 

Poe 2: Stratis Steel

Lenore: Marilena Chrysochoidi

Ensemble - Members of 8tetto:

Nikos Ziaziaris, Peny Deligianni, Annie Fassea, Elias Kapantais, Leonora Gaitanou

Piano: Kostis Kritsotakis, Thodoris Iosifidis

Links
 
Teaser I
Teaser III

 

La Cenerentola

The Idea

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