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Antigone, part 3 ~ Who is Antigone?

After analyzing and describing Oedipus, the name that creates a worldwide “Ah…! Oedipus!” it is time now for the one for who Mikis Theodorakis wrote an opera, next to Medea and Elektra: * * Antigone...

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Antigone, part 4 ~ Mikis Theodorakis’s Opera “Antigone”

* Libretto                                                                                                                                                The opera “Antigone” is the third of the...

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Antigone, part 5 ~ Antigone’s love, Haemon, performed by Zachos Terzakis...

* Haemon                                                                                                                                               The play Antigone tells about Thebes, a principal...

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Les six Éluard “Medieuses” ~ Paul Éluard / Mikis Theodorakis

* Paul Éluard                                                                                                                                Paul Éluard was a French poet born as Eugène Émile Paul...

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Mikis Theodorakis and the poet Tasos Livaditis

* Tasos Livaditis                                                                                                                           Tasos Livaditis (Athens, 1922-1988) was a Greek poet....

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Mikis Theodorakis and the amazing unforgettable Greek actor Manos Katrakis

* Introduction The name “Manos Katrakis” was new to me when I read it yesterday, preparing my post about the Greek poet Tasos Livaditis. Obviously also he had been sent away to the isle of torture:...

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Mikis Theodorakis: Finding Greece in His Music

* This book (2007) interrogates the construction of modern Greek identity in Theodorakis’ music. After examining the composer’s musical and political life in connection with Greece’s modern history...

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Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hadjidakis in New York

                                                                                                                                                            Of course the title must not be understood...

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Grigoris Lambrakis, symbol of democracy

* Grigoris Lambrakis (April 3, 1912 – May 27, 1963) was a Greek politician, physician, track and field athlete, and member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens.  Today,...

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A sceptical view on “Recycling Medea”

* Introduction                                                                                                                                     A new film has been created: “Recycling Medea”….,...

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Theodorakis the Symphonist

The recently published video:  “Tatiana Papageorgiou plays Mikis Theodorakis’ Piano Concerto 2 ‘Helikon’ (I)” offers all listeners a “new” Theodorakis composition. The video information is surprising:...

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New links

A new page has been added: “Links” It can be found in the browser of the website, next to “Home”, “News”, and more. A lot of links could be added, but all Mikis Theodorakis-websites or fan-websites...

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In “trash”: 55 posts

As explained on the homepage: I am cleaning up the blog. All posts from the start, January 2010 till half of 2013, about Mikis Theodorakis and his politics and acts, restarted in about the same time as...

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If you remember my dream

“If you remember my dream” is the translation of the song title: “Αν θυμηθείς τ΄ όνειρό μου”. The song, created in 1958, is one of the results of the collaboration of both Nikos Gatsos, who wrote the...

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Symphony No. 2: “The Earth’s Song”

The music of a symphony is not for all ears. It depends a little bit on the composer. Beethoven’s symphonies are much more easy listening than Mahler’s symphonies. Symphonies are comparable with books,...

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Letters from Marusia

Mikis Theodorakis wrote the soundtracks for a lot of films, mostly very well known, often used in concerts, but the film-music of “Actas de Marusia” is hardly used. Maybe  therefore the title sounds...

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Teresa Rebull ~ Les Campanes De La Resurrecció

Teresa Soler i Pi, better known by her stage name Teresa Rebull (Sabadell, Barcelona, September 21, 1919 – Banyuls-sur-Mer, (Pyrénées-Orientales), France, April 15, 2015), was a Catalan Spanish...

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Christina Cünne

. Christina Cünne was born on November 18, 1932 in Houtigehage, Friesland, Netherlands as Trijntje Kunje De Vries. She is an actress, known for Dutch productions as “De Anna” (1983), “Rooie Sien”...

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Poios ti Zoí mou …

“Mikis Theodorakis – Poios ti Zoí mou …” is a theatrical musical performance about the life and work of Mikis Theodorakis. One of the performances took place on the island Makronissos on September 14,...

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Sonatina for Piano, “Vivo”

In the list with compositions I found this title. It was composed in 1942. There is no earlier year mentioned. It is categorised as “Chamber Music”.  So, this must be the first official composition. In...

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