The Magic Pillows

Item

Title

The Magic Pillows

Subject - keywords

Opera

Novel

Trivizas Eugene

Date

14 November 2021

21 November 2021

23 November 2021

2 December 2021

4–5 December 2021

12 December 2021

18–19 December 2021

Date Issued

2021

Abstract

"The Greek National Opera presents an ambitious opera production for the whole family. The Magic Pillows, Eugene Trivizas’ multi-award winning book that was turned into an opera with music by George Dousis and a libretto by Trivizas himself, under the baton of Nicolas Vassiliou and directed by Natasha Triantafylli. The famous, much-translated and award-winning story by Trivizas, after a long career in print and on stage, is adapted by the author himself for the first time into an opera for the whole family. The music of Dousis, rich in emotions, wanders enjoyably through the stunning palace, the poor schools and the dark emerald mines of Delightland, breathing life into a collection of unforgettable characters, while the staging of Triantafylli reaches for the poetic kernel and liberating force of this redemptive, inexhaustible classic story. As part of the tribute to the bicentenary of the Greek War of Independence, the production of The Magic Pillows celebrates the luminous power of resistance against all kinds of absolutism or obscurantist tyranny. "
(Edited description from organiser’s website: https://2021.nationalopera.gr/art-never-ending-revolution)