In a kingdom, an impoverished king, an authoritarian queen, an imaginatively clever prime minister, a not-so-good-intentional first lady, a royal guard of rather low intelligence but with established over-reliance and his normal and practical wife, have found their equilibria and coexist harmoniously with people who are satisfied with the basic requirements to live calmly and cheerfully. The sudden illness of the Prime Minister is aggravating the daily routine of people and authorities, while fever gives food to the patient's mind to conceive a supreme idea: Since men exercise power without having succeeded in solving the problems of this world, the roles should be reversed and women should do the jobs of men. And the opposite, of course ... 

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Composer: Gustav Holst

Libretto: Fritz Beinke Hart

Stage Director: Simos Papanastassopoulos

Translation in greek: Simos Papanastassopoulos, Nicolas Vassiliou

Choreographer: Irini Kirmizaki

Condactor: Nicolas Vassiliou

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Cast

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King: Sotiris Triantis, Kostis Rasidakis

Queen: Eleni Davou, Eleni Sotiriou

Prime Minister: Mihalis Katsoulis, Arkadios Rakopoulos

First Lady: Lito Messini, Marilena Chrysochoidi

Royal Guard: Michael Psyrras

Royal Guard's wife: Christine Assimacopoulos

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Members of Opera Neon choir (Maria Lyberakou and Anastasios Stellas, directors) are also participating in the performance.

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Armonia Atenea Orchestra.