Yasou Aida! by Neukollner Oper – The Beggars’ Operas
The production that “catapults Aida into the year 2012” and won over the international Press at its Berlin premier is set to make an appearance at the Athens Festival. The changes to the classic opera’s music and dramatic thrust brings Aida into the contemporary era as a young Greek intern employed at the European Central Bank. This “friendly encounter” between Greece and Germany explores the neo-colonial stereotypes that flourish in Crisis Europe, blurring in exemplary post-modern fashion the lines demarcating composition from performance, tragedy from farce, and classical from contemporary music theatre.
Co-production: Neuköllner Oper, “The Beggars’ Operas”, Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
The performances are made possible by the support of the Hellenic Ministry for Culture and Tourism (Free Theatre Fund, 2011-2012) and the German Embassy in Athens.
How to Book
You may book your tickets for Festival events in three ways:
Online, using your credit or debit card
By telephone, using your credit or debit card
In person, at Festival Box Offices or from the PAPASOTIRIOU Bookstores and the PUBLIC Stores by purchasing a voucher.
Advance booking begins three weeks prior to each event.
Online Bookings
Credit card bookings entail ticket purchases and not ticket reservations.
Tickets can be purchased on-line until 2 pm on the day of the performance.
Buying your tickets online allows you to select your seats, according to price and availability.
You may also buy season tickets, where available.
Tickets can be collected from:
Festival Box Offices (Monday – Friday: 9:00-17:00, Saturday: 09:00-15:00)
directly from event venues (sales start 2 hours before the event. During the first hour tickets for all the events are sold, while the second hour you can only buy tickets for the performance of the day).
A courier service is also available (at a charge of €3,5 per call out – The service is available only for Greece).
To book tickets online click here.
Telephone Bookings
Tickets can be purchased over the telephone using a credit card.
Call Centre Sales Personnel: Tickets can be purchased from call centre sales personnel until 2 pm on the day of the performance.
Telephone Booking Centre: +30 210 – 32 72 000
Opening Hours: Through a telephone operator: 09.00-21.00 daily (including Sunday)
Tickets can be collected from Festival Box Offices, or directly from event venues. A courier service is also available (at a charge of 3,5 € per call out – The service is available only for Greece).
“In-Person” Bookings: Box Offices
Addresses and Opening Hours:
Central Athens
39 Panepistimiou Street, inside the Pesmazoglou Arcade
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:00-17:00, Saturday 09:00-15:00
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Dionysiou Aeropagitou Street (pedestrianised), Makriyianni
Opening Hours: 09:00-14:00 and 18:00-21:00 Daily
Ancient Epidaurus Theatre
Argolis Prefecture, Peloponnesus
Opening Hours): Monday – Thursday 09:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00, Friday Saturday 09:30-21:30
Other Venues
Tickets may be purchased at all Festival venues, with ticket booths opening two hours before the start of performances.
