The opera "Iliad" by Panagiotis Karousos at the Athens Concert Hall under the direction of conductor Yiannis Protopapas

 

Opera Iliad by Panagiotis Karousos

CLUB FOR UNESCO OF PIRAEUS AND ISLANDS

INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART

OPERA ILIAD OF HOMER

MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS

Monday, December 8, 2025 | 8:00 PM - Free admission

Yiannis Marinos Hall of the Friends of Music Association at the Athens Concert Hall

Participating:

Beautiful Helen: Maria Kokka (soprano)

Andromache: Rea Voudouri (soprano)

Hekavi: Voula Amiradaki (soprano)

Thetis: Irini Konsta (soprano)

Briseis: Margarita Gkinosati (soprano)

Achilleas: Dimitris Alexandridis (tenor)

Paris: Panagiotis Diplaros (baritone)

Priamos: Pavlos Maropoulos (bass)

Musicians: Stavroula Menti (concertmaster - first violin), Antonis Giamvrias (flute), Maya Bakela (bassoon), Konstantinos Tzouvalis (trombone), Elli Dadira (double bass), Antonis Marinos (trumpet), Yannis Tzouvalis (drums - percussion).

Piraeus Youth String Orchestra

Musical direction: Giannis Protopapas, conductor

Choreography-Dance: Eleni Michailidou, Erifili Dagiakidi

Participating the Musical Ensemble “Rhapsodes”

In the role of Beautiful Helen, the leading lady of the National Opera, famous soprano Maria Kokka

Greetings: Ioannis Maronitis, president of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands and of the European Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (EFUCA).

The performance is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of UNESCO 1945 - 2025

Opera Iliad by Panagiotis Karousos – program

1. Introduction

2. Hymn - Invocation to the Muse

3. Briseis & Chryseis - Farewell Chryseis

4. Beautiful Helen, Hecuba & Priam (Tercet 1)

5. Achilles (aria I) - Imperishable fame

6. Thetis Aria - Zeus, look at me

7. Achilles & Thetis - Oh mother Thetis

8. Beautiful Helen (aria I) – I will become a famous song

9. Paris (aria) - The gifts of the gods

10. Beautiful Helen & Paris – O fairest of nations

11. Andromache (aria) – When you go out to battle

12. The Shield of Achilles (choral)

13. Beautiful Helen & Hecuba duet - Sparkling

14. Hecuba (aria) Hector my child

15. Beautiful Helen, Andromache & Hecuba (Tercet 2)

16. Achilles (aria II) – Let discord perish

17. Beautiful Helen (aria II) – Now all is over

18. Priam (aria) - Give me back the child my

19. Achilles & Priam Duet - Oh Achilles, divine

20. Oh Homeland! (Glory to Greece)

For over 20 years, Panagiotis Karousos has had an uninterrupted presence on the international music scene as a composer and pioneer in contemporary Greek music.

He has distinguished himself in the USA, Canada, Argentina, and European countries with appearances in concert halls such as Lincoln Center (New York), Place des Arts (Montreal), Royal College of Music (London), Sofia National Opera and Ballet, Amphithéâtre Richelieu Université Paris-Sorbonne, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Small Theater of Ancient Epidaurus, Ancient Messina, Veakeio Theater, UN at the United Nations in Manhattan, etc. He has given hundreds of concerts at international festivals and major music centers, presenting his operas "Prometheus Bound", "Trachiniae - Olympic Flame", "Alexander the Great", and works such as the "Liberty Symphony", "Piano Concerto", "Montreal Suite", and the Oratorio: "The Song of the Nations". In 2014, the Athens Symphony Orchestra performed Symphony No. 4 "of the Earth", while his works have been presented in the Third Program of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation). He is Director of Opera and Classical Music for the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands. As an Independent Researcher and Lecturer, the composer Panagiotis Karousos has given many pre-concert lectures on ancient Greek prosody (Analysis of Prosody by the scholar and composer Panagiotis Karousos, within the framework of the Educational Program in High Schools of Greece).