A blood-curdling story.
Music as unique as it is universal.
Borrowing from Western scholarly music, reinvented Greek folklore and even the Orthodox liturgy.
Choirs galore (including children's voices valued as rarely in the opera).
An orchestral writing teeming with expression and colors.
All sprinkled with discreet minimalist touches.
Such is
La Meurtrière
by Giorgos Koumendakis.
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de Zola, was composed by the current director of the Greek National Opera in 2013 Its resumption in the new opera hall was therefore one of the events of this season, celebrating the bicentenary of Greek independence.
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For the occasion, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, made the trip on December 3.
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