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FULL STRELLA (Michalis Paraskakis) Athens 2024 Letta Kappa, Anastasia Kotsali, Michalis Psyrras
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Strella
- Composer: Paraskakis Michalis
- Libretto: Alexandra K*, based on Panos H. Koutras’ film of the same title Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Alternative Stage, Athens, Greece, Greek National Opera
- Recorded: October 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Panos H. Koutras’ stunning, multi-award-winning film Stella (2009), a milestone in modern Greek cinema, that became a chamber opera commissioned by the Greek National Opera from composer Michalis Paraskakis, comes to GNO TV. An emblematic film about the visibility of trans people and the LGTBQ+ community in Greece and abroad inspires for the first time a Greek operatic work.
The new chamber opera Strella with a libretto by Alexandra K* and conducted by Konstantinos Terzakis, returns, through the fresh subversive eye of sought-after theatre director George Koutlis, to the GNO Alternative Stage at the SNFCC. The roles of Strella, Mary and Wilma are performed respectively by the transgender artists Letta Kappa, Ioanna Zam-Petrou and Victoria Tsitouridou-Maya, returning to the operatic stage.
At a glance – Synopsis
The opera treats the meeting between Yorgos, a 48-year-old man newly released from prison, and Strella, a young trans sex worker who idolises Maria Callas. The future seems open for both of them for the first time after a very long time. However, as Yorgos’ accounts with the past are far from closed, his history comes back to haunt him. Together with Strella, they must find a way to redemption.