{"id":10287,"date":"2024-11-01T05:50:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T05:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/new\/prima-donna-with-rufus-wainwright-odeon-of-herodes-atticus\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T06:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T06:37:17","slug":"prima-donna-with-rufus-wainwright-odeon-of-herodes-atticus","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/new\/prima-donna-with-rufus-wainwright-odeon-of-herodes-atticus\/","title":{"rendered":"Prima Donna with Rufus Wainwright, Odeon of Herodes Atticus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; transition: all 0.5s ease; position: relative; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/wainwright\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufus Wainwright<\/a>, the famous American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer returns to the Athens Festival, this time at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and promises us a magical evening under the Acropolis on September 15. Co-performing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/athens-state-orchestra\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Athens State Orchestra<\/a>\u00a0under the direction of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/petrou\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\">George Petrou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; transition: all 0.5s ease; position: relative; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">The first part of this very special show comprises of film, photography, opera as well as live performance. Wainwright presents a &#8220;visualized&#8221; version of his first opera Prima Donna, six years after its world premiere at the Manchester International Festival, with the help of two great artists: the visual artist &#8211; filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/vezzoli\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesco Vezzoli<\/a>\u00a0and the renowned photographer<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/sherman\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cindy Sherman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; transition: all 0.5s ease; position: relative; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Three lyric singers: sopranos\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/costea\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cellia Costea<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/karagianni\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vassiliki Karayanni<\/a>and tenor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/figueroa\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antonio Figueroa<\/a>\u00a0will perform excerpts from Prima Donna, along with screenings of a film containing images of the legendary Maria Callas. Francesco Vezzoli created this film specifically for this project, whereas the video projection reaches its peak when Cindy Sherman appears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; transition: all 0.5s ease; position: relative; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">The opera Prima Donna is inspired by a series of interviews given by the unsurpassed opera diva Maria Callas, speaking for her role as a prima donna, the strength and the loneliness she hid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; transition: all 0.5s ease; position: relative; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">In the second act of the evening, Rufus Wainwright will perform some of his well known songs, some Broadway favorites and a bit of opera in a very light and festive manner both solo, with the orchestra and with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greekfestival.gr\/en\/artists\/view\/venetsanou\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; outline: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s ease; background-color: transparent;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nena Venetsanou<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10287","new","type-new","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new\/10287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/new"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new\/10287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}