Cosmos: ERT National Symphony Orchestra - Papageno's Holidays

A musical performance inspired by Mozart's Magic Flute

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) presents in the Stavros Niarchos Hall the musical performance Papageno's Holidays, a collaboration of the ERT National Symphony Orchestra with the librettist Sofianna Theofanous under the musical direction of Michalis Oikonomou, directed by Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou.

After being trapped for centuries in the Egyptian heat and dust, Papageno and Papagena decide to rebel! This year, they will celebrate Christmas for the first time, dress up in their new coats, put on their thick socks and black boots, take their camera and go to Austria, the Alps and Rovaniemi to enjoy the cold. They will send us postcards to tell us if the escape to the snow was everything they dreamed of! Did they get to ski, try Gluwein, meet Santa Claus or did the cold get to them? We will find out on Christmas day!

The Magic Flute, a work full of symbolism, continues to this day to move young and old, as Mozart's melodic music reaches a wide audience, while at the same time being a study for connoisseurs of the genre.

Script: Sofianna Theofanous

ERT National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Michalis Economou
Musical arrangement: Tasos Rosopoulos

Directed by: Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou

Papagena: Panagiota Polyzoidou, Soloist

Papageno: Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou

Monday 25/12 | 20.00

GNO Stavros Niarchos Hall

Advance Ticket Sales Points:



•    online on Ticket Services website 

•    by phone: 210 7234567 (Ticket Services)

•    at the Ticket Services Box Office (Panepistimiou 39, Athens)

Online tickets pre-sales (Members)

Online tickets pre-sales (Public)

Pre-sale for Members starts on 01/11 at 12.00 (limited number of tickets).

Pre-sale for the public starts on 02/11 at 12.00.

Ticket Prices:

Zone Α - General entrance €15

Zone Β - General entrance €10, €5

Concession tickets of 5€ are available to students, people aged 65+, minors up to 17 years old, the unemployed, companions of Persons with Disabilities, multi-child families and residents of the Municipality of Kallithea.

Children and companions of persons with disabilities can sit with their chaperones and companions in any zone, with a concessions ticket. 

On the day of the event, concession ticket holders will be asked to show their ID, as well as supporting documentation (student card, unemployment card, family status certificate for multi-child parents, utility bill for residents of Kallithea)

Free tickets are available to Persons with Disabilities, by contacting the call center at 210 7234567 or via email at info@ticketservices.gr and by showing their ID and certification of disability on the day of the event.

Important information:

• Doors open at 19.00.
• We suggest that you be at the location no later than 30 minutes before the commencement of the event.
• Entrance will be possible up to 10 minutes before the event's commencement.
• Pre-sale is required. No order of priority will be available on-site.
• Entrance allowed for children aged 6+.
• All SNFCC areas are accessible to people with disabilities.
• For more information or clarifications, please contact the SNFCC switchboard on 216 8091000.