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Anna Bolena: Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece returns in a new GNO production

The Greek National Opera presents a new, captivating production of Anna Bolena, conducted by Jacques Lacombe and directed by Themelis Glynatsis. The performance will run for six shows at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the GNO at the SNFCC starting on 26 March 2026. As part of the 2025/26 season’s key theme, ‘The opera of the future arises from the womb of the past’, Gaetano Donizetti’s emblematic masterpiece will feature Nicholas Georgiadis’ historical costumes in a creative dialogue with a new stage world created by

Carmen returns: Georges Bizet’s timeless opera in a new international co-production

In the context of the 2025/26 season’s theme, the Greek National Opera presents, for the first time in Greece, a faithful revival of the world premiere of Carmen that was held at the Opéra Comique in Paris in 1875. After years of research into the director’s notebook and the designs of the costumes and sets for this landmark premiere of a work that was meant to become one of the most famous operas of all time, the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre

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“My Husband”: The stage adaptation of Rumena Bužarovska’s short stories, directed by Maria Magganari, at WOW – Women of the World Athens

The staged adaptation of the short-story collection My Husband will be presented on Friday, 27 March, as part of WOW Athens 2026, marking the opening of the festival and creating a space for collective reflection on gender, relationships, and contemporary female identity. Following the staged reading, the festival’s first keynote talk will take place, featuring Rumena Bužarovska-writer, translator, and Professor of American Literature at the University of Skopje. In Bužarovska’s stories, a sharp yet humorous universe of female narratives unfolds. Although the title suggests a focus

Exhibitions and Performances at WOW – Women of the World Athens 2026, the festival for women, femininities, and non-binary people

From March 27 to 30, 2026, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), in collaboration with the WOW Foundation, presents for the fourth consecutive year WOW – Women of the World Athens, the largest global festival dedicated to women, femininities, and non-binary people. This year once again, WOW Athens seeks to address some of the most pressing issues surrounding gender equality, both locally and internationally, while offering a platform to voices that inspire and foster hope for a more just
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