3rd - 5th September 2010

La boheme - Pafos Aphrodite Festival 2010

"Pafos Aphrodite Festival" opens its gate for the twelfth consecutive year aspiring to offer all music aficionados a unique experience leading them through the magic paths of lyric drama.

On 3rd, 4th and 5th September 2010 the Slovak National Opera is going to present the popular opera of Giacomo Puccini La Boheme at the square in front of the Medieval Castle in Pafos.

La Boheme is the 4th in line opera of G. Puccini following Le Villi (1884), Edgar (1889) and Manon Lescaut (1890). The libretto is in Italian and consists of four acts, full of tragic but also comic moments just like real life. It is based on the literary work Scenes de la vie de Boheme by the French author Henry Murger but with characteristic differences in the plot from the original work of Murger. This text was processed by the librettists Luigi Illica (1859-1919) and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906).

La Boheme premiered on 1st February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Torino. It is a masterpiece which even though doesn't follow a definite form, combines realism with pure Italian melodywith great success. In the context of La Boheme the urban, emotional perception of the artists is portrayed through the description of places, slightly typified description of characters and impressive scenes while the lyric quality of the music valorises the opera of the time.

For further information and reservations the public can contact the Company's office in Pafos at 26822218 or at the all Cyprus toll-free number 8000 8005 as well as visit the company's web page www.pafc.com.cy .

There will be a simultaneous overtitle translation in Greek and English.

La Boheme : the story
Paris, Christmas Eve, 1830.
A group of young artists live, have fun, create and fall in love enjoying every moment of their lives. They are carefree bohemians, urban artists, who project a different, romantic certainly more unconventional perception of every day life, simply not caring about anything else but life, love and art. These are Rodolfo the poet, Marcello the painter, the frail Mimμ, Schaunard the musician, Colline the philosopher and the capricious Mussetta. The poet Rodolfo, the musician Schaunard, the philosopher Colline and the painter Marcello live untroubled in a poor garret. Rodolfo develops a relationship with his frail young neighbour Mimμ, whose melancholic love is the only sadness in their otherwise cheerful life. Meanwhile, Marcello's friend, the cheerful and attractive Musetta forms a relationship with a rich man who buys her nice dresses and jewels hence she abandons Marcello breaking his heart. Mimμ also separates with Rodolfoin the end; however, because of her emotionality she can't bare their separation. So, during a random meeting between Musetta and Marcello they help the old lovers to be reunited again. Finally, they all meet again in the poor garret where the frail Mimμ comes to die in the arms of her beloved Rodolfo.

Time: Starts at 20:00

Where: Medieval Paphos Castle, Paphos Cyprus

Cost: €35 / €50 / €60 / €80

Contact
Email: info@pafc.com.cy
Phone: 80008005
 

10th September 2010

Yiannis Kotsiras - Lavrentis Macheritsas

Geroskipou Municipality organizes a concert with the renowned Greek singers Yiannis Kotsiras and Lavrentis Macheritsas and the participation of Zenobia Arvanitidis.

The event is part of the festival Ierokipia 2010.

Time: Starts at 20:00

Where: Geroskipou Public Square, Geroskipou, Paphos Cyprus

Cost: Free

Contact
Phone: 26960857

10th September 2010

Eroica

Cyprus Symphony Orchestra

Programme:

L. van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Tasos Stylianou: Odyssey - 1st Prize of the CySO Foundation Composition Competition in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus

L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica")

Conductor: Spiros Pisinos

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra aims to bring classical music close to the wider public of Cyprus. This is achieved by giving concerts in all main cities, as well as by organizing community outreach programmes. Aiming to promote the work of Cypriot artists, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra regularly collaborates with Cypriot composers, presenting premieres of their works. It has collaborated with distinguished Cypriot and foreign artists and at the same time gives a platform for young Cypriot artists, by offering them regular public exposure.

Within the framework of the KYPRIA International Festival

Time: Starts at 20:30

Where: Markideio Theatre, 27 Andrea Geroudi, Paphos 8010, Cyprus

Phone: 26932571

Cost: €12 / €7

Contact
Phone: 22208400

  
11th  September 2010

Tales of Mystery and Horror from Japan

“Buzz Productions Theater” company presents the performance “Tales of Mystery and Horror from Japan”, a fresh and experimental discourse – dramaturgic approach of Narration in Theater Plays, focusing on popular tales of mystery and horror, directed by the Cypriot artist Philippos Philippou.

The aim of the research is the development of a new narrative style in theater. The approach in question is entitled as “narrative method through the mask”. During the performance no stage objects will be used, but symbolic – typological objects as well as character masks. A narration parameter that is going to be applied is the discourse from “Drama” to “Comedy” and backwards. In fact it is a continued work of investigation, something not easily found in Greece, trying to go into unexplored and difficult places. It is an attempt of experimentation and discovery of new ways and roads that lead theater in another form with a strong foundation and foremost method.

Time: Starts at 21:00

Where: Paphos Ancient Odeon, Paphos, Cyprus

Cost: €15 / €12 / €10

Contact
Phone: 99583947-99768934
 

12th  September 2010

Treasured Island

Oxford Philomusica Orchestra

Programme:

Schubert: Overture to "Rosamunde"
(Princess of Cyprus) D. 644

Sophia Serghi: "Shall we dance".

Christodoulos Georgiades: "Treasured Island" (world premiere).

Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World".

During the last eleven years, Oxfords' professional symphony orchestra has become, in the words of the Oxford Times, "a musical resource for the city and beyond". Highlights from Oxford Philomusica's first decade include the unique 2006 Mainly Mozart Festival featuring twenty-seven celebratory concerts; an outstanding recording of "The Creation", which was CD of the Month in the BBC Music Magazine; the annual International Piano Festival and Summer Academy; the Beethoven Festival in November 2008 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Orchestra's founding; and, most recently, the widely-acclaimed bicentennial celebration of "Dr Haydn, Friends, Forbears and Followers".

Within the framework of the KYPRIA International Festival

Time: Starts at 20:30

Where: Markideio Theatre, 27 Andrea Geroudi, Paphos 8010, Cyprus

Phone: 26932571

Cost: €15 / €10

Contact
Phone: 22208400


19th September 2010
 
Rural Festival - Statos -Ayios Fotios

In an attempt to promote the local products which are made with pride by the residents of the progressive community of Statos-Ayios Fotios, the “Koinotiko Simvoulio” (“Community’s Board”) and the Anaptixiakos kai Politistikos Syndesmos “Stelios Kyriakides” (Development and Cultural Assosiation of “Stelios Kyriakides”) organises the first Rural Festival.

The exhibition which focuses on the production of local traditional products will take place in a green, attractive scenery in the community’s square and will include the following:

• Display of local wines
• Making of zivania
• Preparation of palouze and shioushioukos
• Preparation of Trahanas, Halloumi and Anari
• Dried meat (tsamarella)
• Resi (traditional wedding delicacy)
• Preserved fruits in sugar syrup
• Cypriot cookies steeped in grape syrup
• Kattimerka (Cypriot pan cakes)
• Fresh village bread

The visitors will have the opportunity to sample and buy the products on display. They will also have the chance to visit the wineries and the small local industry sites. The event will also include a rich artistic program with traditional Cypriot and Greek dances. There will also be a play area, a bouncy castle, a clown and many other surprises for the younger crowd.

Time: Starts at 11:00

Where: Statos - Agios Photios Square, Agios Photios, Paphos 8651, Cyprus

Phone: 26722758

Contact
Efthyvoulos Efthyvoulou
Email: eefthyvoulou@hotmail.com
Phone: 99444822

21st September 2010

From the musical roots of Cyprus

Evagoras Karageorgis presents songs and music influenced from the musical roots of Cyprus he has composed during the last two decades. Songs based on poetry by M. Pasiardis, K. Montis, D. Lipertis, M. Pieris, G. Neofytou and his own. Also, a number of traditional themes will be presented through own musical arrangements.

Evagoras Karageorgis / Musical Endeavors 1990-2010
Orchestra Jindrichuv Hradec - Prague
Conductor: Solon Kladas
Voice: Pavlina Constantopoulou - Alexis Anastasiou

Within the framework of the KYPRIA International Festival

Time: Starts at 20:30

Where: Markideio Theatre, 27 Andrea Geroudi, Paphos 8010, Cyprus

Phone: 26932571

Cost: €15 / €10

Contact
Phone: 22208400