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The Greek National Opera, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, unveiled its online digital service on Wednesday, November 25, with its landmark production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” GNO’s groundbreaking 2013 production was directed by Argentina’s Hugo De...

  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced that it will grant 20 million euros to the Greek National Opera (GNO) this past week. The Opera organization recently moved into its new space at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. The...

The Engie Foundation has signed an agreement with the Greek National Opera, to sponsor the access of opera productions to underprivileged children. The Foundation is a subsidiary of Engie Energy Group. Associated in this partnership with Heron, a Greek private...

The Greek National Opera’s second major summer production is George Bizet’s groundbreaking Carmen, which will be staged at the Herodes Atticus Odeon on July 24, 26, 27 and 29 as part of the Athens Festival. With themes of love and...

The Greek National Opera presents one of the greatest operas of Mozart, Don Giovanni, conducted by Lucas Karytinos and directed by John Chouvardas at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus during the Athens Festival on June 11, 13-15. John Chouvardas, directing...

This summer the Greek National Opera will be hosting many interesting productions and offering these events for free to a Greek audience. The two biggest summer productions will be staged at the Herod Atticus Theater, in partnership with the Athens...

The Greek National Opera presented its programme for the new season at a press interview that also included an appeal by its directors to the state for raising its funding to last year's levels. The Opera has reduced its accumulated...

Faust is a 19th Century opera by French composer Charles Gounod that was so resoundingly popular in Europe that many elements of the opera have seeped into the continent's popular culture. The story follows a young man named Faust who...

Greek and German police arrested four Greek nationals suspected of being members of an international gang trafficking large quantities of cannabis worth about 265,000 euros, during a joint operation with the coast guard and Thessaloniki’s drug enforcement unit over...

The Greek National Opera will perform a large open air surprise concert following a program of events hosted in unexpected places to show its continuous artistic outward trend. This time the “culture attack” will happen at the archaeological site...

People of Greek origin are found everywhere, either in life or in pages of history books. Greek Civilization is the foundation of Western Culture and the names of prominent Greeks still shine through the ages

At the heart of an unstable and turbulent region, Greek politics stand at a political crossroads with the country's current political landscape shaped by the dominant presence of the center-right New Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Despite...

While the heroes of the glorious 1821 Revolution fought and died for freedom, there were Greek politicians who betrayed them for money and high positions. These were politicians who usurped the glory of the real warriors of the 1821 Revolution...

The fate of Greek orphans of the 1821 Revolution in the US is but a footnote in the history of the glorious uprising against the Turks. Nonetheless, it is definitely a fascinating one. What happened to some children who lost...

Influential Greek women have played a crucial role in Greece's history since antiquity -- read on to learn about ten women who shaped Greece today.