The interactive educational programme Pocket Opera & Ballet, which garnered so much love from children, is back for a second year.  

Six of the opera and ballet repertoire works to be presented by the Greek National Opera this year have been adapted to miniature size, inviting preschoolers and primary school children to join them as both performers and audience members. Participants will take part in theatre, music, and dance workshops and will be encouraged to cultivate their creativity and imagination by generating their own artistic ideas, which they will later integrate into the condensed versions of the works. One of the productions from this educational programme will visit two cities in Greece on dates to be announced soon, as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s (SNF) grant to enhance the GNO’s artistic outreach.

Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride

Designed & implemented by: Georgios Iatrou (concept, dramaturgy, baritone, performer), Ioanna Piata (concept, dramaturgy, actress, animator), Katerina Konstantourou (musician)

Age group: 8-12 years old

Workshop & interactive performance dates: 2, 3, 9, 10 November 2024

Starts at: Saturdays at 17.00, Sundays at 11.00

Ticket price: €5 / per children

Tickets on sale from 15 October 2024: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Don Quixote

Designed & implemented by: WINGS company (Angeliki Bozou – visual artist, Tatiana Bre – performer, Konstantinos Papathymnios – musician, Dimitra Papastavrou – music educator, Selina Papoutseli – performer)

Age group: 4-7 years old– adult accompaniment required

Workshop and interactive performance dates: 7, 8, 14, 15 December 2024

Starts at: Saturdays στις 17.00, Sundays στις 11.00

Ticket price: €5 / per children

Tickets on sale from 11 November 2024: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Tchaikovsky

Designed & implemented by: Echorroes Team (Phivos-Angelos Kollias – composer, interactive music designer, project coordinator, Christina Stouraiti – applied theatre facilitator, educational project designer, Niki Psychogiou – set designer, Anna Sbokou – light designer)

Age group: 1-3 years old – adult accompaniment required

Workshop and interactive performance dates: 15, 16, 22, 23 February 2025

Starts at: Saturdays στις 16.00 & 17.30, Sundays στις 10.00 & 11.30

Ticket price: €5  / per children

Tickets on sale from 27 January 2025: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Travelling with Turandot

Designed & implemented by: Maya Myriam Papageorgiou (animator), Marietta Sarri (soprano), Thodoris Ziarkas (musician)

Age group: 4-6 years

Workshop and interactive performance dates: 15, 16 March 2025

Starts at: Saturday at 17.00, Sunday at 11.00

Ticket price: €5  / per children

Tickets on sale from 28 February 2025: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Lucia di Lammermoor

Designed & implemented by: Mata Katsouli (conductor, soloist, artist director of Opera Stigmis company, Dimitris Tigkas (double bassist, performer, musicologist), Dimitra Papadopoulou (educator, special educator, soloist), Maria Charalambidou (soloist, psychologist)

Age group: 8-12 years old

Workshop and interactive performance dates: 5, 6, 12, 13 April 2025

Starts at: Saturdays στις 17.00, Sundays στις 11.00

Ticket price: €5 / per children

Tickets on sale from 19 March 2025: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Rigoletto

Designed & implemented by: WEAVE company (Vasilis Tzavaras – music score and onstage performance, Michalis Nivolianitis, Erato Tzavara – video design and onstage performance, Miranda Vatikioti – dramaturgy supervisor, Maria Pavlopoulou – activities consultant for participants aged up to three years old and their companions, Natalia Moschakou – space design, WEAVE – executive producer)

Age group: 1-3 years old – adult accompaniment required

Workshop and interactive performance dates: 9, 10, 16, 17 May 2025

Starts at: Saturdays στις 16.00 & 17.30, Sundays at 10.00 & 11.30

Ticket price: €5 / per children

Tickets on sale from 30 April 2025: GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

GNO Learning & Participation Lead Donor &

Educational Programme Donor