The Suitcase Opera emerged in 2011 by the Greek National Opera as an artistic action whose pivotal objective was to fascinate a new audience by initiating it into the magical world of opera and its repertoire. The productions of the Suitcase Opera are flexible and travel to unusual places (cultural centres, museums, libraries, archaeological sites), featuring the GNO’s superb singers, accompanied by a piano instead of an orchestra, whereas all stage sets are packed in a… suitcase. After the major success of the previous Suitcase Opera productions (La Traviata, La Bohème, Don Giovanni, Carmen), the Greek National Opera presents Pagliacci, directed by Isidoros Sideris. The splendid sets and costumes bear the signature of Yannis Katranitsas and Frixos Mortzos plays the piano. With the participation of young and renowned soloists of the GNO.

Shows will be held in April and May 2016 in the municipalities of Aghia Paraskevi, Metamorphosi, Kalyvia-Saronikos, Ilioupolis, Pallini-Yerakas, Aigaleo, Psychico, Spata, Athens, Kallithea, Lykovryssi, Eleusis, Acharnes.

Educational program for teenagers “Next stop: Opera!”
A group of teachers and GNO artists will perform on 27.5.16 at 17.30 at the Cultural Center of Eleusis, a two-hour experiential workshop for opera, within the framework of the “Journey to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)” program. Aiming to introduce teenagers to the art of opera, the workshop is a synergy between the GNO and the Future Library’s network of local libraries. Idea -animation: Christina Avgeridi, Zoe Liberopoulou, Venetia Nassi, Constantina Stranis.