It seems that ages have gone by since Maria Callas stunned the audience by performing Norma at the Epidaurus Theatre as part of events celebrating the Greek Festival in 1960. The 2010 Greek Festival spans from June to mid –August with old and new venues hosting the events, such as the Herodus Attikus Theatre, the Benaki Museum, and the Building H at the Peiraios 260 complex. Highlights this year include Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra (23 June), Jean Philippe Rameau's Pygmalion with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants (26 - 28 June), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (30 June), Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by: Krzystoff Warlikowsky starring Isabelle Huppert (2 - 5 July), Benjamin Millepied – Danses Concertantes (2 July), Tanztheater Wuppertal - Pina Bausch (7 - 15 July), Concert tribute to Mikis Theodorakis (8 July), Caetano Veloso (12 July) Christina Branco & Chocolate Quintet (23 - 24 July).
Ancient Theater at Epidaurus 2010 productions include Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (9 - 10 July), Lysistrata by Aristophanes (16 - 17 July), The Acharnians by Aristophanes (23 - 24 July), Orestes By Euripides (30 - 31 July) Othello by William Shakespeare World Premiere (6 – 7 August 2010)
Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2010
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