“…a Maestro who stirred the Grazer Philharmoniker to an impressive soundscape.”
- Kronen Zeitung Wien
VASSILIS CHRISTOPOULOS IS ONE OF GREECE’S MOST RENOWNED CONDUCTORS, EQUALLY AT HOME ON THE CONCERT PODIUM AS IN THE OPERA PIT.
As of September 2023 he is Chief Conductor of Graz Opera, where his first two opera productions, Macbeth by Verdi and Sleepless by Peter Eötvös, were greeted with critical acclaim. He is especially praised for his sensitive and compelling accompaniment, for extracting a wide, nuanced dynamic range out of the orchestra, for producing a transparent sound as well as “dark, almost Rembrandtesque colours” (Kleine Zeitung).
NEWS
Vassilis Christopoulos steps in for the ailing Dan Ettinger and conducts a concert with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker on April 13, 2024, in the Beethovensaal of the Stuttgart Liederhalle. Titled “Die Große Reihe - Zwanziger Jahre”, the programme includes Stravinsky's ballet music “Pulcinella”, Gershwin's “An American in Paris”, and the famous “Boléro” by Maurice Ravel.
The Grazer Philharmoniker under the direction of their new chief conductor, Vassilis Christopoulos, have been invited by the renowned Athens and Epidaurus Festival to perform a concert in the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus underneath the Acropolis of Athens on July 4, 2024. The program includes representative works from Austria, with the young Greek-Venezuelan pianist Alexia Mouza as soloist.
Vassilis Christopoulos conducts a new production of Madama Butterfly directed by renowned French director Olivier Py with the Greek National Opera at the emblematic Odeon of Herodes Atticus in June 2023. This is the opening production of this year’s Athens and Epidaurus Festival.
Following a very successful production of Henze’s ballet “Undine” in the Spring of 2022, Vassilis Christopoulos was invited to participate in a democratic selection process which led to his engagement as Chief Conductor of Oper Graz and the Grazer Philharmoniker. His tenure will commence in September 2023.
The hugely successful first production of Wozzeck in the history of the Greek National Opera conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos and directed by Olivier Py is now available online on Medici TV
UPCOMING DATES
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Joseph Haydn, Sinfonie Nr. 26 d-Moll, Hob. I:26, Lamentatione
Antonio Vivaldi, Violinkonzert f-Moll, RV 297, L’inverno
Bernard Herrmann, Suite aus dem Film Psycho
Edvard Grieg, Aus Holbergs Zeit, Suite im alten Stil, op. 40
Karl Vorraber, Violine
Grazer Philharmoniker
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Claude Debussy, L’Isle joyeuse (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor op. 61
Claude Debussy, La Mer – "trois esquisses symphoniques"
Liya Petrova, Violin
Grazer Philharmoniker
Claude Debussy, L’Isle joyeuse (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor op. 61
Claude Debussy, La Mer – "trois esquisses symphoniques"
Liya Petrova, Violin
Grazer Philharmoniker
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Claude Debussy, Syrinx L. 129 for flute solo
Gabriel Fauré, Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Claude Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and strings
Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé (Suites no. 1 und 2)
Grazer Philharmoniker
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra, Op. 35
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Modest Moussorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition
(Orchestration: Maurice Ravel)
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Ioannis Karampetsos, trumpet
Athens State Orchestra
Nikos Skalkottas, Greek Dances (selection)
Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Dances (selection)
Maurice Ravel, La Valse, "poème choréographique"
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Grazer Philharmoniker
UPCOMING DATES
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Joseph Haydn, Sinfonie Nr. 26 d-Moll, Hob. I:26, Lamentatione
Antonio Vivaldi, Violinkonzert f-Moll, RV 297, L’inverno
Bernard Herrmann, Suite aus dem Film Psycho
Edvard Grieg, Aus Holbergs Zeit, Suite im alten Stil, op. 40
Karl Vorraber, Violine
Grazer Philharmoniker
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Claude Debussy, L’Isle joyeuse (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor op. 61
Claude Debussy, La Mer – "trois esquisses symphoniques"
Liya Petrova, Violin
Grazer Philharmoniker
Claude Debussy, L’Isle joyeuse (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor op. 61
Claude Debussy, La Mer – "trois esquisses symphoniques"
Liya Petrova, Violin
Grazer Philharmoniker
Grand Opéra by Hector Berlioz
Stage Direction, Tatjana Gürbaca
Enée, Iurie Ciobanu
Didon, Anna Brull
Cassandre, Mareike Jankowski
Claude Debussy, Syrinx L. 129 for flute solo
Gabriel Fauré, Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Claude Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and strings
Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé (Suites no. 1 und 2)
Grazer Philharmoniker
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra, Op. 35
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Modest Moussorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition
(Orchestration: Maurice Ravel)
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Ioannis Karampetsos, trumpet
Athens State Orchestra
Nikos Skalkottas, Greek Dances (selection)
Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Dances (selection)
Maurice Ravel, La Valse, "poème choréographique"
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Grazer Philharmoniker
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