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CHΛPTEɌ 4 M AY-J U L 2018 ATHENΣ BY THE BΟOK
TAKE
THE RISK*
*A LE X A N DROS EF K LI DIS, | works we staged had been commissioned ELINA GIOUNANLI
THE DIRECTOR OF THE by the Alternative Stage. We managed to
ALTER NATIVE STAGE OF THE - The Alternative Stage of the Greek National achieve musical and stage excellence in our
GREEK NATIONAL OPERA, Opera is evolving. What do you think of its performances and all of that makes us proud
TA L K S A B OU T H AV I NG T H E course so far? and gives us the energy to move on. I believe
BOLDNESS TO TAKE RISKS. It recently completed its first year of that an institution is judged by means of its
Ο ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΕΥΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ, operation. In retrospect and counting more resilience, not its inception. All of the above
ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΉΣ ΤΗΣ than 150 performances this year, I think we would not have been realized without the
ΕΝΑΛΛΑΚΤΙΚΉΣ ΣΚΗΝΉΣ ΤΗΣ have achieved the goals we set initially with continuous support of the Stavros Niarchos
ΕΘΝΙΚ ΉΣ ΛΥΡΙΚ ΉΣ ΣΚ Η ΝΗΣ Giorgos Koumendakis: namely, to make the Foundation, the founding donor of the
ΠΙΣΤΕΥΕΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΟΛΜΗ ΑΛΛΑ Alternative Stage a fertile ground for non- Alternative Stage, who realized from the
ΚΑΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ. dogmatic research on musical theatre and outset how important it is to support new
all its forms, ranging from the musical to the creation and to widen the horizons of the
Interview by Ira Sinigalia experimental avant-garde theatre. During Greek National Opera towards new and
the year, we presented performances and acts precarious ground.
TALKING HEADS that covered a very wide aesthetic and sortal - Athens is the World Book Capital. What does
spectrum and I dare say that the audience that mean to you?
142 followed us, sometimes enthusiastically, Hosting such important international events
sometimes sagaciously, but always with keen is in itself a trigger to create opportunities
interest. We gave voice and space to new on the cultural scene. The osmosis with
creation. You see, the vast majority of the
TAKE
THE RISK*
*A LE X A N DROS EF K LI DIS, | works we staged had been commissioned ELINA GIOUNANLI
THE DIRECTOR OF THE by the Alternative Stage. We managed to
ALTER NATIVE STAGE OF THE - The Alternative Stage of the Greek National achieve musical and stage excellence in our
GREEK NATIONAL OPERA, Opera is evolving. What do you think of its performances and all of that makes us proud
TA L K S A B OU T H AV I NG T H E course so far? and gives us the energy to move on. I believe
BOLDNESS TO TAKE RISKS. It recently completed its first year of that an institution is judged by means of its
Ο ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΕΥΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ, operation. In retrospect and counting more resilience, not its inception. All of the above
ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΉΣ ΤΗΣ than 150 performances this year, I think we would not have been realized without the
ΕΝΑΛΛΑΚΤΙΚΉΣ ΣΚΗΝΉΣ ΤΗΣ have achieved the goals we set initially with continuous support of the Stavros Niarchos
ΕΘΝΙΚ ΉΣ ΛΥΡΙΚ ΉΣ ΣΚ Η ΝΗΣ Giorgos Koumendakis: namely, to make the Foundation, the founding donor of the
ΠΙΣΤΕΥΕΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΟΛΜΗ ΑΛΛΑ Alternative Stage a fertile ground for non- Alternative Stage, who realized from the
ΚΑΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ. dogmatic research on musical theatre and outset how important it is to support new
all its forms, ranging from the musical to the creation and to widen the horizons of the
Interview by Ira Sinigalia experimental avant-garde theatre. During Greek National Opera towards new and
the year, we presented performances and acts precarious ground.
TALKING HEADS that covered a very wide aesthetic and sortal - Athens is the World Book Capital. What does
spectrum and I dare say that the audience that mean to you?
142 followed us, sometimes enthusiastically, Hosting such important international events
sometimes sagaciously, but always with keen is in itself a trigger to create opportunities
interest. We gave voice and space to new on the cultural scene. The osmosis with
creation. You see, the vast majority of the
