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90s nostalgia: Requiem for the End of Love finishes Greek run with final flourish

The work by Dimitris Papaioannou and Giorgos Koumentakis completed 12 performances in Athens, attracting large audiences. Created in 1995 in memory of those lost to AIDS, the production is now preparing to travel to Paris for a 2027 presentation.

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00:0131 years after its first presentation,
00:04Regvium for the End of Love by Dimitris Papayuanou and Giorgos Koumenakis
00:08returned to the main stage of the Greek national opera in the Greek capital.
00:13First created in 1995, the work was conceived in memory of lives lost to AIDS.
00:20In 2026, it returned unchanged at its core.
00:25Across 12 performances, more than 16.000 people attended the production
00:30with tickets selling out within 2 hours.
00:33On stage, 48 performers, 23 musicians from the Greek national opera orchestra,
00:3925 singers of the Mison ensemble and 2 sopranos in a production
00:44moving between opera, visual installation and physical endurance.
00:48The music by Koumenakis, based on the poem Lazarus by Dimitrios Kapayuanakis,
00:53was performed under the direction of Theodoros Kourenjis.
00:58Dimitris Papayuanou is internationally recognized for his cross-disciplinary work
01:03in theater, dance and visual art, and as the creative director
01:07of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
01:12Giorgos Koumenakis is currently the artistic director of the Greek national opera.
01:19The production now prepares to travel to Paris in November 2027.
01:24The production now after the Andes 2005 operating into the American opera into the French
01:28City of The Hoken Itutscaller.
01:30The music by Koumenakis
01:33The music by Koumenakis
01:34The music by Koumenakis
01:36The Associate Director of the Giorgos Koumenakou
01:39The Unplastication Director of the New Elsing
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