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FRIDAY, August 8 & SATURDAY, August 9, 2025
Performance Begins: 20:00
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF KABEIRIA
Vrykolax en Kabeirio: Everything is Normal
Cantata for soprano, winds, and accordion
Concept & Artistic Direction: Kournos Music Festival
Composition: Apostolis Koutsogiannis
Libretto: Marlène Nika, Semi Selami
Sculptural Installation: Philippos Vasileiou
Performed by:
Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano
Konstantinos Zigeridis, accordion
Ventus Ensemble: Kostas Tzekos (clarinet), Spyros Tzekos, (clarinet), Kostas Giovanis (oboe), Dimitris Dakovanos (bassoon)
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The production is presented as part of the Ministry of Culture’s national program “All of Greece, One Culture 2025.”
A lyrical performance under the moonlight, set within the archaeological site of the Kabeiria in Lemnos, featuring the remarkable international soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou and the acclaimed Ventus Ensemble. The sculptural works of visual artist Philippos Vasileiouinspired by the Renaissance imagery of Gregorio Dati, reveal the many-layered textures of the myth. The Forgiveness by Iakovos Polylas, The Son of the Vampire by Achilleas Paraschos, and the dark vampire novellas of the 19th century—reminders of a para-logical universe—enter into dialogue with the creators’ original libretto, offering us a poetic gesture against the disenchantment of the world.