Athens Insider Summer 2022

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Giorgos Koumendakis leads the Greek National Opera into an extraordinary new era

One of the most remarkable operatic success stories of the past decade has been the meteoric rise in quality and status of the Greek National Opera. Since its move to its new theatre at the impressive Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, (SNFCC, which also houses the National Library, both in spectacular, subtly lit buildings by R...

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Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame

In her centenary year, Helena Matheopoulos pays tribute to Maria Callas whose operatic and personal style as the ultimate diva of her generation, coupled with almost endless drama and intrigue in her personal life, only contributed to her appeal as opera’s most iconic phenomenon. Forty five years after her death, Greek-born Ma...

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Meet Lucie Willan of Sparoza, a secret garden paradise on the outskirts of Athens

As Head Gardener at the Mediterranean Garden Society’s Sparoza garden in Paeania, Lucie Willan spends her days under the dappled shade of cascading vines, surrounded by olive groves carpeted with wild Anemone coronariarare and rare varieties of Mediterannean fauna. As custodian of the urban oasis at Sparoza, Lucie is extremely busy keepin...

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Arrested Song: A Novel about Greece by award-winning Canadian author Irena Karafilly

Diana Farr-Louis interviews Irena Karafilly, author of Arrested Song, set in Lesvos, on the life and times of the intrepid Calliope Adham, a  feminist before her time who challenged village traditions and morality. Spanning the arc of Greece's troubled history from the German Occupation during WWII to the military dictatorship, Arrested S...

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Romain Gavras’ apocalyptic worldview

Romain Gavras and Surkin are descending on Athens for the world premiere of their GENER8ION project, co-produced by Onassis Culture & Iconoclast. Three multimedia pop installations, three Onassis Foundation spaces, with surfers, freedom fighters and Hollywood stars parading in front of our eyes. Watch the trailer here: htt...

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