Sunday 31 March 2019 14:30
Have you ever wondered what the backstage of a large Opera stage looks like? Would you like to discover where the sets of the performances are hidden and see the rehearsal halls of the people participating in a performance? Would you like to walk down the corridors and the dressing rooms hosting some of the most prominent opera artists in Greece and across the globe?
The GNO offers the SNFCC Members the chance of a backstage tour in the only Opera House in the country and an opportunity to discover the magic of a performance behind the scenes. The tour will be held on the occasion of the GNO Opera production Le nozze di Figaro, the first of Mozart’s three operas to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, returns to the Greek National Opera. Based on Beaumarchais’s comedy La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, the work was first presented in Vienna in 1786, a few years before the French Revolution. The libretto reflects the era’s unrest and the tension in the relations between different social classes: on the one hand the count and the countess and on the other hand their servants, Susanna and Figaro. Mozart’s masterly music outlines each character by simple means. Apart from the usual arias for each role and the duets between them, the composer creates incredibly imaginative ensembles, like the famous septet in Act Two: starting with one, then two, three, four, five, six and in the end seven characters discuss with each other during a thrilling music part, which lasts for twenty minutes without, however, losing its clarity and power. But above all, it is a work whose characters are principally humane, with all their aspects, both positive and dark ones, equally brought out into the light.
Sunday 31/03
1st group: Meeting at 14.30
2nd group: Meeting at 16.00
Meeting point: GNO Foyer at the SNFCC
Up to 25 Members
The links for the pre-registrations are being sent via the SNFCC Members Newsletter
For more information and tickets please visit the website of the Greek National Opera here.
