Thomas Moschopoulos

Born in Bitola, former Yugoslavia, he studied English literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, theatre at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Northern Greece, as well as theatre and cinema in Italy. He has been an artistic co-director  with Yannis Houvardas of the Notos Theatre (Amore Τheatre, Athens, 2001/08). He has directed many theatre plays, children’s theatre, films, video clips and documentaries for television and cinema, as well as operas (Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, Athens Festival, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Cremona Festival and Teatro Lirico di Cagliari). He directed the first part of the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games, Athens 2004, as well as the Delivery Ceremony of the SNFCC to the Greek Society (2017). Since 2014 he has been the artistic director of the Porta Theatre, Athens. For the Greek National Opera he has directed Manolis Kalomiris’ The Master Builder (2008) and the opera for children Attention! The prince is messy based on his own libretto (music Nikos Kypourgos, 2013).