Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, one of the most fascinating and popular works in the operatic repertoire, returns to the Greek National Opera in an emblematic production featuring stage direction and set and costume designs by Nikos S. Petropoulos.

Tosca

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Igor Stravinsky’s three-act opera The Rake’s Progress, one of the most distinctive and multilayered works of the 20th century, an allegorical tale about the pursuit of happiness, the ambivalence of ethical choices, and the limits of free will, will be presented by the Greek National Opera in the 2026/27 season in a new production that engages in a creative dialogue with the very history of opera. Staged by distinguished director Alexandros Efklidis, the work is approached as a living opera museum, a wandering through time, in which different eras and aesthetics coexist, illuminating the enduring tension between tradition and contemporary perspectives.

The Rake’s Progress

Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, one of the most daring and popular works in the world repertoire, a story that illuminates the fiercest sides of human nature, will return to the Stavros Niarchos Hall in July 2027 for seven unique performances. In this iconic production by the Greek National Opera, featuring stage direction and set, costume and lighting design by Nikos S. Petropoulos, the action is reimagined from Renaissance Mantua to 1938 Milan. Set against the backdrop of Italy, misled by the illusion of Mussolini’s fascist glory and plunged into moral decay, the stage transforms into a suffocating film noir universe, where shadows seem more real than light, and power is displayed with cynical, extreme arrogance.

Dimitri Platanias

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 24 - Feb 11, 2027

Tosca · Greek National Opera

5 - 19 Mar, 2027

The Rake’s Progress · Greek National Opera

Jul 17, 2027

Rigoletto · Greek National Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Rigoletto in Rigoletto by Verdi

Greek National Opera

Barone Scarpia in Tosca by Puccini

Greek National Opera

Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky

Greek National Opera

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