May 2004
Saturday, May 1st
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday and Saturday, May 5th and 6th
Antonio Cericola: "Me, Pinocchio"
Lyric work in two acts
Production: Teatro Ventidio Basso di Ascoli - Hellenic Festival
Saturday and Sunday, May 29th & 30th
Music and songs from Cinema and Theatre by Mikis Theodorakis
June 2004
Tuesday, June 1st
Luciano Pavarotti in concert
Friday and Saturday, June 3th and 4th
Philip Glass: "Orion"
Production: Cultural Olympiad - Hellenic Festival
Sunday, June 6th
The Royal Academy of Dance- London presents Genee International Competition under the auspices of the Cultural Olympiad of Greece
Wednesday through Saturday, June 9 -12
Opera "Nabuco" by Giuseppe Verdi
Production: Greek National Opera - Hellenic Festival
Thursday and Friday, June 17th-18th
Munich Opera Ballet
Production: Cultural Olympiad - Hellenic Festival
Monday and Tuesday, June 21st-22nd
Netherlands Dance Theatre presents "Pillars of Dance"
Production: Cultural Olympiad - Hellenic Festival
Sunday and Monday, June 27-28
"Zaratoustra" (world's premiere)
Production: Stary Theatre of Krakow - Hellenic Festival
JULY 2004
Thursday-Saturday July 1st-3rd
Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" by the Theatre Yukiko Ninagawa
Production: Cultural Olympiad - Hellenic Festival
Saturday, July 4th
"Space". Spectacular show with music and songs from the Japanese Tradition
Sunday, July 5th
Oxford Philomusica in concert
Monday, July 6th
The Brazilian Gilberto Gil in concert
Tuesday, July 8th
Elias Andriopoulos, composer, presents his works
Saturday and Sunday July 10th and 11th
"Mariana Pineda" Sara Baras, Flamenco Dancetheatre
Wednesday and Thursday July 14th and 15th
"Swan Lake" by the Ballet of the Greek National Opera
Friday, July 16th
Thessaloniki State Orchestra in concert
Saturday, July 17th
The pianist Dimitris Sgouros collaborates with the Kodaly String Quartet
Sunday, July 18th
"Manos Hadjidakis - Ten Years After we keep on singing with him" With the Orchestra of Colours
Friday, July 23rd
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Sunday and Monday July 25th and 26th
Dionissis Savopoulos: Concert of the candles
Wednesday July 28th
Vangelis Boudounis - One hundred Quitars
Friday and Saturday July 30th and 31st
Nikos Kazantakis' "Christ Recrucified" from the Greek National Theatre
AUGUST 2004
Monday and Tuesday, August 2nd and 3rd
George Dalaras in concert
Wednesday, August 4th
Aristophanes' "Ecclesiazusae" by the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kozani
Thursday, August 5th
Yiannis Markopoulos in concert
Saturday-Monday, August 7th-9th
London Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday and Thursday, August 11th and 12th
Notis Mavroudis in concert: "When singing mirrors and lights life"
Saturday, August 14th
Concert by the Athens State Orchestra
Monday and Tuesday, August 16th-17th
Lyceum of Greek Women: Traditional dances and songs of Greece
Friday, August 20th
The composer Spyros Samaras presents his work "Rea"
Monday, August 23rd
Concert by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
Friday, August 27th
Concert by the Athens State Orchestra
Monday and Tuesday August 30th and 31st
Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" by the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kalamata
SEPTEMBER 2004
Wednesday and Thursday, September 1st-2nd
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Saturday and Sunday September 4th and 5th
Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" by the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 7th and 8th
Spectacular show by the Nanjing Municipal Beijing Opera Troupe
Thursday, September 9th
Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" by the Greek National Theatre
Friday, September 10th
Concert organized by the Hellenic Parliament
Sunday-Tuesday September 12th-14th
San Francisco Ballet
Wednesday, September 15th
Aeschylus' "Eumenides" with Anna Synodimou. In Greek and ancient Greek.
Thursday, September 16th
In memory of Maria Callas
Friday, September 17th
Richard Strauss' "Salome" from Vienna State Opera
Saturday, September 18th
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21st and 22nd
Oratorio by Arthur Honegger- Paul Claudel: "Joan of Arc at the Stake"
Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th
Liz McComb in a gospel night
Wednesday and Thursday, September 27th-28th
Concert "The Sound of the Balkans"
Go to the Domain of Culture website for ticketing information and additional details on individual performances.
