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Free Greek National Opera broadcasts in April via ERT TV & www.nationalopera.gr/en
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Aiming at bringing its artistic work closer to everyone who needs it –in this time of social distancing–, the Greek National Opera announces a new series of free broadcasts of video-recorded opera, operetta, ballet and music theatre performances in collaboration with the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), and via its homepage www.nationalopera.gr/en.

In April, the Greek National Opera will offer the Greek and international audience a panorama of its versatile artistic activity: from majestic opera performances at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with international stars, including, among others, Anita Rachvelishvili, and impressive operetta, ballet and children’s opera productions presented in the Stavros Niarchos Hall, to baroque opera and music theatre from the Alternative Stage.

Wishing to bring out the therapeutic, entertaining but also educational aspect of lyric art, the Greek National Opera will stream its performances for free for all those who need it and are open to the experience of viewing and listening to a lyric masterpiece, in this difficult period of self-isolation at home.

Confirming the national character and educational dimension of both agents, the start of the Greek National Opera’s broadcast programme via the Hellenic Broadcast Corporation (ERT) will mark the inauguration of a new collaboration, which will draw upon a large archive of multi-camera video recordings of GNO performances at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus shot by ERT crews.

• On 11 April at 23.15 (GMT+3), one of the most famous operas in the repertoire, Bizet’s Carmen, with renowned mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role, will be broadcast on ERT2 television and online (https://webtv.ert.gr/ert2-live/).
• On 25 April at 23.15 (GMT+3) Verdi’s Nabucco, with the celebrated Greek baritone Dimitri Platanias in the title role, will be broadcast on ERT2 television and online (https://webtv.ert.gr/ert2-live/).

At the same time, within April, the following works will be broadcast on GNO’s homepage (www.nationalopera.gr/en) and YouTube channel (   / elsnationalopera):  
the operettas Die Fledermaus (20/4), Satanerie (28/4) and The Mikado (26/4), the ballet Swan Lake (15/4), the children’s operas The Emperor’s Nightingale (24/4) and Prince Ivan and the Firebird (30/4), the baroque opera The Fairy Queen (22/4) and Dimitri Platanias’ recital (13/4).

Online broadcasts will start at 20.00 (GMT+3) and each performance will remain available via the homepage of the GNO (www.nationalopera.gr/en) for 30 hours.

All the digital premieres of GNO performances will also be streamed live on GNO’s Facebook page (  / greeknationalopera  .

Broadcasts on ERT will have Greek subtitles. Online broadcasts will have Greek subtitles, and the productions Die Fledermaus & The Fairy Queen will also have English subtitles.

The high definition recording of the performances that will be broadcast online was achieved through a multi-camera system used in the framework of the Operation “Virtual Opera Premieres in the Greek Regions and online & Information about the work and the activities of the Greek National Opera through modern digital systems” that falls within the operational programme “Digital Convergence”.

The Greek National Opera would like to thank all the artists and artistic bodies, who granted their rights for free, in order to make sure that the broadcast of these performances will be free to the public, in this difficult time.

For more details, please visit www.nationalopera.gr

GNO Lead Donor: STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION