Opera Iliad by Panagiotis Karousos

CLUB FOR UNESCO OF PIRAEUS AND ISLANDS

INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART

OPERA ILIAD OF HOMER

MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS 

Monday, December 8, 2025 | 8:00 PM - Free admission

Yiannis Marinos Hall of the Friends of Music Association at the Athens Concert Hall

The performance is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of UNESCO 1945 - 2025

Opera Iliad by Panagiotis Karousos – program

1. Introduction
2. Hymn - Invocation to the Muse
3. Briseis & Chryseis - Farewell Chryseis
4. Beautiful Helen, Hecuba & Priam (Tercet 1)
5. Achilles (aria I) - Imperishable fame 
6. Thetis Aria - Zeus, look at me
7. Achilles & Thetis - Oh mother Thetis
8. Beautiful Helen (aria I) – I will become a famous song
9. Paris (aria) - The gifts of the gods
10. Beautiful Helen & Paris – O fairest of nations
11. Andromache (aria) – When you go out to battle
12. The Shield of Achilles (choral)
13. Beautiful Helen & Hecuba duet - Sparkling
14. Hecuba (aria) Hector my child
15. Beautiful Helen, Andromache & Hecuba (Tercet 2)
16. Achilles (aria II) – Let discord perish
17. Beautiful Helen (aria II) – Now all is over
18. Priam (aria) - Give me back the child my
19. Achilles & Priam Duet - Oh Achilles, divine
20. Oh Homeland! (Glory to Greece)

For over 20 years, Panagiotis Karousos has had an uninterrupted presence on the international music scene as a composer and pioneer in contemporary Greek music.

He has distinguished himself in the USA, Canada, Argentina, and European countries with appearances in concert halls such as Lincoln Center (New York), Place des Arts (Montreal), Royal College of Music (London), Sofia National Opera and Ballet, Amphithéâtre Richelieu Université Paris-Sorbonne, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Small Theater of Ancient Epidaurus, Ancient Messina, Veakeio Theater, UN at the United Nations in Manhattan, etc.

He has given hundreds of concerts at international festivals and major music centers, presenting his operas "Prometheus Bound", "Trachiniae - Olympic Flame", "Alexander the Great", and works such as the "Liberty Symphony", "Piano Concerto", "Montreal Suite", and the Oratorio: "The Song of the Nations". In 2014, the Athens Symphony Orchestra performed Symphony No. 4 "of the Earth", while his works have been presented in the Third Program of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation).

He is Director of Opera and Classical Music for the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands. As an Independent Researcher and Lecturer, the composer Panagiotis Karousos has given many pre-concert lectures on ancient Greek prosody (Analysis of Prosody by the scholar and composer Panagiotis Karousos, within the framework of the Educational Program in High Schools of Greece).