TRIBUTE TO SOLON MICHAELIDES AND VASSILIS MICHAELIDES

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra participates in the celebrations for the 200 years since the Greek Revolution of 1821 with a program dedicated to the Cypriot composer Solon Michaelides (1905-1979), as well as the Cypriot poet Vassilis Michaelides (1849 or 1853-1917).

His fellow works will be presented: Cantata Eleftheroi Poliorkimenoi for soprano and baritone (poetry: Dionysios Solomos), the Ballet Nafsika from the opera Odysseus, the songs Your eyes (poetry: Nikos Kranidiotis) and My Kerynia (poetry: Kypros Chrysanthis) for soprano and orchestra orchestrated by Mikis Michaelides, The humble’s prayer (poetry: Zacharias Papantoniou) and Aigia i kotsini (Cypriot pastoral) for baritone and orchestra, as well as the orchestral Hymn of the Republic of Cyprus.

The event includes a reading of excerpts from the poem The 9th of July 1821 by Vassilis Michaelides.

Soloist:
Metzosoprano: Rafaella Charalambous
Baritone: Pavlos Pantazopoulos 
Narrator: Kostas Charalambides (actor)
Conductor: Mikis Michaelides
 
Organized by: Cyprus Celebrations Committee 1821-2021 (President: Georgios Babiniotis) ans Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Youth
 
Duration: 90΄
 
Identity of the festival
Sponsors:
Golden Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: OPAP
Bronze Sponsor: ecommpay, ecommbx
Parallel Programme: Cypriot Commonwealth
Communication Sponsors:
Theatre: RIK, Avant Garde, My.Life
Music: ANT1
Dance: Alphanews.live, O Phileleftheros, Active, in-cyprus
Taste of Music: Check In, SIGMA, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active
Parallel Programme: OMEGA
Supporters: Municipality of Ayia Napa, Oinou Gi – Vassiliadis Winery, Nissi Beach Resort, MAP Hotel, Vassos Psarolimano, Travel House
 
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