Festival of the Aegean 2007:
great music in a great place

Peter Tiboris conducts the Bosulav Martinu Philharmony
and an International cast of soloists at the
apollo Municipal Theater “La Piccola Scala,”
Island Of Syros, Cyclades, Greece
jUly 11-22, 2007
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July 11, 2007 – Gala Opening of the Festival
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony (Czech Republic)
Irini Tsirakidis, soprano
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Beethoven: “Ah, Perfido!”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

July 12, 13, 15, 2007
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Carol Castel, Stage Director
The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony (Czech Republic)
Eilana Lappalainen, soprano
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Todd Geer, tenor
William Powers, bass-baritone

Mascagni: Zanetto (Greek Premiere)
Sylvia - Eilana Lappalainen, soprano
Zanetto - Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano

Opera Highlights
Verdi: “Ella giammai m’amo!” from Don Carlo
Ponchielli: “Cielo e mar” from La Gioconda
Verdi: “Dio che nell’alma infondere” (The Friendship Duet) from Don Carlo
Verdi: “Ritorna vincitor!” from Aida
Bellini: “In mia man alfin tu sei” from Norma
Cilea: “Acerba voluttà” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Rossini: “Oh, che muso” from L’italiana in Algeri
Donizetti: “Dio, che mi vedi in core,” “Al par del mio,” “Va, infelice, e teco reca” from Anna Bolena
Verdi: “Libiamo, ne’lieti calici” from La Traviata

July 14, 2007 – Vienna Night in Syros
Gerhard Track, Guest Conductor
The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony (Czech Republic)
Melody Kielisch, mezzo-soprano
Giorgio Aristo Mikroutsikos, tenor
Musical selections by Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Robert Stolz and Emmerich Kálmán

July 17, 2007 – Gala Recital for Voice and Piano
Featuring:
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
William Powers, bass-baritone
Norman Dunfee, piano
Raymond Hughes, piano

July 18 and 19, 2007 — Shakespeare at the Apollo
Full production in English with Greek Surtitles of
Romeo and Juliet
Presented by Aquila Theatre Company of New York
Peter Meineck, Artistic Director

July 20, 2007
Stratos Vougas Jazz Quartet

July 21, 2007— Rebetika from Sweden
Taximi
This concert will take place in Miaouli Square (Platea)

July 22, 2007
Human Touch with David Lynch

All Performances begin at 9:00 PM
Schedule is subject to change without notice.

New York, NY –Festival of the Aegean 2007 offers its best summer yet with a season including fully staged productions of Mascagni’s opera Zanetto (in its Greek premiere) and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (in English with Greek surtitles); gala vocal and orchestral programs; two nights of “Jazz at the Apollo”; and, to cap it all off, an evening of Greek rembetika music.

Says Peter Tiboris, the festival’s founder, general director, and artistic director, “‘Great music in a great place’ is the theme of Festival of the Aegean, and an international roster of soloists will bring their world-renowned artistry to this Aegean Paradise.”

Mr. Tiboris and guest conductor Gerhart Track will lead the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony from the Czech Republic in the classical concerts. In addition, this year the festival is venturing into jazz, with performances by Greek jazz groups Human Touch with David Lynch, and the Stratos Vougas Jazz Quartet. The coda of the festival will be a performance by Taximi, a Greek rembetika group based in Sweden.

All Festival of the Aegean 2007 performances will take place in the historic Apollo Municipal Theater. Known as “La Piccola Scala,” the Apollo Theater was modeled after Milan’s famed La Scala Opera House. The theater was commissioned on October 30, 1861, and its first performance, Donizetti’s opera La Favorita, took place on October 3, 1864. The theater is well known as a tourist destination and to residents of Syros Island alike for its opera and theatrical presentations.

The Festival of the Aegean was founded in 2000 by Peter Tiboris, founder, general director and artistic of MidAmerica Productions in New York. In 2005, the Festival performed its first fully staged opera, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Last year’s Festival of the Aegean paid tribute to the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth with sold-out performances of Don Giovanni. One of this year’s highlights is sure to be the Greek premiere of the opera Zanetto, by Pietro Mascagni.

Peter Tiboris founded MidAmerica Productions, Inc., in 1984 with its first concert on January 7, 1984, which also served as his New York debut, conducting the American Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Choir in Rossini's Stabat Mater and two contemporary works by Dinos Constantinides. As an independent producer of classical concerts, MidAmerica presents soloists and choral and instrumental ensembles from around the world in New York's Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. MidAmerica also presents concerts in throughout Europe.

To date, MidAmerica has produced nearly 900 concerts worldwide, featuring 2500 American ensembles and more than 100 international ensembles—over 100,000 performers in all.