Sunday, July 27, 2014
Otello
Greek National Opera, Athens
Antonello Palombi
Yannis Kokkos
Antonello Palombi stars as Otello in Athens
new production by Yannis Kokkos who signs also sets and costumes

Antonello Palombi

Antonello Palombi - Otello

Mr. Antonello Palombi is considered one of today’s finest dramatic tenors. Mr. Palombi is in extreme demand internationally, recent engagements include Canio in Pagliacci, Radames in Aida, and Luigi in Il Tabarro at Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Royal Danish Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Finnish National Opera; Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt and at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Pollione in Norma at the Teatro di Messina in Sicily; Don Alvaro in La Forza del Destino with the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Faust in Mefistofele at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Belgium; Calaf in Turandot at Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, Teatro Lirico-Teatro Romano in Cagliari and at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova; the title role of Andrea Chénier with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and in concert with Oper Frankfurt; Ismaele in Nabucco at the Teatro dell’Opera-Terme di Caracalla in Rome and with the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen; Cavaradossi in Tosca and Radames in Aida at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki; Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci with the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Otello with Wrocław Opera in Poland; Verdi’s Requiem with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Dublin; Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; Pagliacci at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Otello in Genoa and at the West Australian Opera in Perth.

2013/2014 season includes appearances in United States as Radames in Aida with Toledo Opera and Opera Carolina; Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and a Seattle Opera gala. Mr Palombi will perform the title role in Otello at the Nilikai Opera in Tokyo and Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

 

Yannis Kokkos

Yannis Kokkos - director, set and costume designer

Yannis Kokkos made his debut as set and costume designer working with stage director Antoine Vitez. Appreciated for the elegance of his productions, in 1987 he began to dedicate himself to directing opera productions.

At the Teatro alla Scala, he directed Götterdämmerung for the opening of the 1998/1999 season; subsequently he was re-invited to stage Iphigénie en Aulide for the opening season 2002-2003. Among his past engagements it is worth mentioning Hänsel und Gretel at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Re Ruggero at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Tristan und Isolde at the Welsh National Opera; Tristan at the Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels; Iphigénie en Tauride and Giulio Cesare at the Opéra de Nancy; Cherubini’s Medea at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and in a new production at the Epidaurus Festival in Athens; Death in Venice in Liège; Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London; Nabucco at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Idomeneo in Bordeaux and Nancy; Ariadne, Barbe-bleue and Janacek’s The excursions of Mr.Bruceck at the Grand Theâtre de Genève; Pizzetti’s Assassinio nella cattedrale at Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Die Frau ohne schatten at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Boris Godounov (original version) at Wiener Staatsoper; Zelmira at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Pelleas et Melisande in Toulouse; Tancredi in Madrid and in Turin; Iphigenie en Aulide in Rome; Massenet’s Don Quichotte at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg; Giulio Cesare in Egitto in Bilbao; new production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Toulouse

Yannis Kokkos is “Commandeur des Arts et Lettres” in France, he was awarded by the «Prix du Syndacat de la Critique», two Molières and by the “Laurence Olivier Prime” as best lyrical work for La Clemenza di Tito, staged at the Welsh National Opera. He obtained the “Critic Prize 2004” directing the first integral version of Berlioz’s Les Troyens at Théatre du Chatelet in Paris.

Future plans include revivals of Don Quichotte at the Chicago Opera, Les Troyens in Edimburgh, Nabucco in Munich.

 

Odeon of
Herodes Atticus


Athens

 

July 27th, 2014

July 29th

July 31st

IN EVIDENZA
Yannis Kokkos stages La Forza del destino at the Opéra National de Montpellier, Leon Kim stars as Fra Melitone
18/09/2024 18.01.00
Cristina Melis, Rafal Siwek, Abramo Rosalen e Sergio Vitale protagonisti ne La forza del destino di Verdi al Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Direzione d'orchestra di Asher Fisch e regia di Yannis Kokkos.
14/06/2023 7.41.00
Yannis Kokkos directs a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan
12/04/2023 11.46.00
Stage Door Artists to star at the XXII Festival Verdi in Parma: Yannis Kokkos, Andrea Giovannini, Anne Blancard, Enkelejda Shkoza, Sebastiano Rolli, Riccardo Zanellato, Devid Cecconi, Sergio Vitale.
19/09/2022 12.18.00
Yannis Kokkos opens the season of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari with a new production of Tristan und Isolde. Marc Piollet conducting
25/01/2022 11.17.00
Yannis Kokkos directs a new production of Pirandello’s Enrico IV in Palermo and on tour
03/11/2021 15.23.00
Yannis Kokkos directs a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing
27/11/2018 12.16.00
Yannis Kokkos directs Sofocle’s Oedipus at Colonus for the 54th Festival of the Greek Theater of Syracuse
09/05/2018 16.14.00
Yannis Kokkos directs Der Fliegende Holländer at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. Yorck Felix Speer stars as Daland
19/01/2018 16.44.00
Yannis Kokkos directs a new production of Elektra, opening night of the season and official opening of the new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the Greek National Opera in Athens
13/10/2017 11.22.00
Marco Caria sings in Lucia di Lammermoor in Beijing, Daniel Oren conducting and Yannis Kokkos directing
06/04/2017 15.47.00
Rudy Park and Gianluca Buratto star in Yannis Kokkos production of Turandot at Opéra in Montpellier
05/02/2016 15.52.00
Yannis Kokkos directs and designs Nabucco at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia
29/04/2015 16.29.00
Christopher Robertson stars as Kurwenal in a new production of Tristan und Isolde at Greek National Opera in Athens, Yannis Kokkos directing
21/01/2015 17.47.00
Antonello Palombi stars as Otello in Athens, new production by Yannis Kokkos who signs also sets and costumes
21/07/2014 18.53.00
Yannis Kokkos signs direction, costumes and sets for Les Troyens at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
23/05/2014 12.16.00
Yannis Kokkos directs a new production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse
13/03/2014 11.38.00
Badri Maisuradze and Mario Cassi perform in Pagliacci at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, in a new production by Yannis Kokkos
10/03/2014 11.12.00
Rudy Park and Karah Son star in Turandot at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy, new production by Yannis Kokkos, Rani Calderon conducting
03/10/2013 11.16.00
Yannis Kokkos presents his new production of Don Quichotte at the Mariinsky Opera in St. Petersburg with Valery Gergiev at the helm.
28/12/2012 12.56.00
Legal information
/
Privacy
/
Site map
/
Contact us
Copyright 2011 Stage Door Srl / p.iva 02460411206