Requiem for the End of Love, Giorgos Koumendakis / Dimitris Papaioannou (2026)
Lighting Design
This emotionally powerful performance-installation signals the highly anticipated reunion of two emblematic fellow-travellers from the legendary Edafos Dance Theatre, director and choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou, and composer Giorgos Koumendakis, in a new interpretation by internationally renowned conductor Teodor Currentzis.
One of the most emblematic works from the early creative period of composer Giorgos Koumendakis, in a new performance-installation featuring the signature of Dimitris Papaioannou and showcasing fifty performers on stage. The internationally renowned Greek maestro Teodor Currentzis conducted soloists from the Greek National Opera Orchestra, the ΜEIZON Ensemble, and sopranos Diana Nosyreva and Ksenia Dorodova.
Requiem for the End of Love by Giorgos Koumendakis was first performed in 1995 at the old Electric Power Station of PPC in Neo Faliro as the first chapter of the performance-installation A Moment’s Silence, conceived, directed, and choreographed by Dimitris Papaioannou. A requiem for those who lost their lives to AIDS.
The work was presented for twelve unique performances in January 2026 at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera in the SNFCC
A co-production between the Greek National Opera and Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris)
Music
Giorgos Koumendakis
Conductor
Teodor Currentzis
Concept, direction, choreography, visual design
Dimitris Papaioannou
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Set Design
Dimitris Papaioannou, Loukas Bakas.
based on the set design for the 1995 production by Lili Pezanou.
Lighting Design
Dimitris Papaioannou, Stephanos Droussiotis
Costumes
Vassilis Papatsarouchas
MEIZON Ensemble direction
Agathangelos Georgakatos
Creative – executive producer, assistant director
Tina Papanikolaou
Rehearsal Director
Pavlina Andriopoulou
Photographs by
Julian Mommert, Marianna Bisti
Angel of Death
Diana Nosyreva
Ksenia Dorodova
Performers
Orestis Alexiadis, Iosif Ali, Gian-Angelos Apostolidis Isaak, Spyridon Christakis, Costas Chrysafidis, Nael Chrysafidis, Tasos Dedes, Georgios Dereskos, Damianos Efstathiou, Nikos Englezos, Georgios Gkiokas, Dimitris Goulios, Nikiforos Kalafatis, Panagiotis Kaoukis, Yiannis Karababas, Makis Katsaneas, Panagiotis Laganas, Dimitris Lagos, Dimitris Lagoutis, Fanouris Larentzakis, Ektor Liatsos, Nikos Manolas, Dimitris Matsoukas, Vasilis Mihas, Dionisis Nikolopoulos, Alexandros Nouskas-Varelas, Spyros Ntogas, Christos Ntoulas, Dimitris Oikonomidis, Aidi Ormeni, Stavros Papadopoulos, Timoleon Papadopoulos, Yoryis Partalidis, Łukasz Przytarski, Gal Robissa, Diogenis Skaltsas, Thanos Stasinos, Dimitris Stavrianopoulos, Christos Strinopoulos, Benjamin Stroman, Paschalis Terzis, Stelios Theodorou, Michalis Theophanous, Vasilis Tryfoultsanis, George Tsiggos, Christos Tzovaras, Stefanos Vlachos, Giannis Volonakis
Soloist musicians of the GNO Orchestra
MEIZON Ensemble
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Funded by
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Lead Production Donor
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Major Sponsor
PPC
photos by Julian Mommert, Mariana Bisti