Elementary School - School Programmes
Learning & Participation
Fully accessible performances
This year, the number of fully accessible productions to be presented at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the GNO Alternative Stage has significantly increased, with the intent to achieve full accessibility in all performances gradually.
This year, the number of fully accessible productions to be presented at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the GNO Alternative Stage has significantly increased, with the intent to achieve full accessibility in all performances gradually. The selected productions that will be fully accessible in the first trimester at the Stavros Niarchos Hall are Aleko / Bluebeard’s Castle on 21 and 23 November 2024, Don Quixote on 20 and 24 December 2024, and La bohème on 31 December 2024 and 2 January 2025. The Learning & Participation Department will also present two fully accessible music theatre performances as part of its programmes 3rd Bell Opera and Co-OPERAtive, on 1 and 7 June 2025, respectively. The selected productions of the Alternative Stage that will be fully accessible are The Loser on 13, 17, and 19 October 2024, Isadora Duck on 29 and 30 November 2024, and Mataroa in the Horizon on 15 and 18 December 2024.
For the second and third trimesters, on dates to be announced soon, the list of the full accessible productions at the Stavros Niarchos Hall includes, Lucia di Lammermoor, and the Golden Age. The Alternative Stage list includes the operetta I Want to See the Pope!, the works Mythos and Madre Salonico, and the modern opera The Fall of the House of Commons.
In these selected performances, there will be designated seats for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and use Greek Sign Language, places for those who rely on captions (CAPS) covering the entire audio channel, as well as seats for individuals who are blind or have limited access to the visual channel of communication and will be able to use the audio description (AD)service. Guide dogs for the visually impaired will also be permitted.
The fully accessible performance of the production The Loser is part of the series of fully accessible events All Together at the Opera, which is made possible with the support of Alpha Bank.
The presentation of the remaining fully accessible performances falls under the Project “SUB.1.1.6 Attracting individuals aged 65 and over and individuals with disabilities to events of the Greek National Opera”, which is implemented as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0.” with funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
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