Greek National Opera

The Greek National Opera (Greek: Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, Ethniki Lyriki Skini) is the country’s state lyric opera company, located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the south suburb of Athens, Kallithea. It is a public corporation under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Culture and administered by the Board of Trustees and its Artistic Director, currently George Koumedakis.

Aims

Our mission is to offer audiences – at home and abroad – high-calibre productions, by presenting operas, ballets, operettas, operas for children and music recitals, among others.

Our organisation also encompasses the GNO Professional School of Dance and the Learning & Participation department.

Performances are held at Greek National Opera‘s two stages at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (Stavros Niarchos Hall and Alternative Stage), as well as at the open-air Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

The repertory of Greece’s only opera company covers four centuries of lyrical theatre, from the works of Claudio Monteverdi to those of contemporary composers.

Projects

The Learning & Participation Department of the Greek National Opera presents a great variety of programmes incorporating opera, music, dance and visual arts in a series of artistic, experiential and participatory learning activities for children, teenagers, schools, adults, persons aged 65 and over, young people from Accommodation Facilities for Unaccompanied Minors, penitentiaries across Greece, persons with or without disability, socially vulnerable groups, as well as amateur and professional artists from Athens and the rest of Greece.

Why they are RESEO members

To be part of a unique European network, to exchange ideas an to be in contact with entities with similar activity and interests.