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""The Greek Melodramatic Troupe was founded by the art-loving tailor Ioannis Karayannis and the comic bass Antonios Landis. During its short period of activity (1888–1892) it created a real breakthrough in the art life of its era by... more
The present paper deals with the unhappy fate of the Greek opera Marathon-Salamis, written by Paolo (Pavlos) Carrer from Zante, and the tribulations of its constantly postponed performance. On the basis of the historical sources of the... more
"This article deals with the first years of operation of the Athens Municipal Theatre, which was designed in 1886-1887 by E. Ziller, grandly inaugurated in 1888 and demolished in 1940-41 by K. Kontzias. It was the first monumental theatre... more
Dans cette étude, on va présenter la vie et la carrière de Hariclea Darclée, la fameuse chanteuse d’opéra, d’origine gréco-roumaine qui a marqué la scène internationale au tournant du XIX et du XX siècle. Cette recherche se focalise sur... more
"“Musical menagerie”, “art’s flotsam and jetsam, wandering in the East”, “gang of Frenchmen and Frenchwomen”, “drama caravan” “musical dust” are a few of the characterisations that have been attributed to the notorious French theatre... more
Οι γάμοι του διαδόχου του ελληνικού θρόνου Κωνσταντίνου Α΄ και της αδελφής του αυτοκράτορα της Γερμανίας, πριγκίπισσας Σοφίας Χόεντσολλερν, οι οποίοι τελέστηκαν στην Αθήνα στις 15 (27) Οκτωβρίου 1889, υπήρξαν ένα πολιτικό γεγονός... more
“Beckett’s work, like music itself, endeavors to express what cannot be spoken”. This utterance belongs to Luciano Berio, an Italian composer who, inspired by Samuel Beckett’s writings, wrote avant-guarde music. The function of the... more