Pafos Aphrodite Festival 2019: G. Verdi’s « Macbeth »
Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece "Macbeth" is presented in the context of the 21st Pafos Aphrodite Festival, on 30, 31 August and 1 September at the square of the Medieval Castle in Pafos in a production by the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus. Τhe dramatic opera Macbeth (Macbetto) by Giuseppe Verdi, based on William Shakespeare's homonymous drama, consists of four acts with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It premiered on 14 March 1847 at the Teatro della
4 Day Challenge
The Cyprus International 4-day Challenge is a staged running event, covering a distance slightly longer than a marathon with mountain running, trail running & cross country running. The event successfully combines a 6k time trial, a multi-terrain half marathon, an 11k mountain trail run and a 10k City Run over four days. The event takes place in the area of Paphos, and for the most part of it, participants have the opportunity to compete in the AKAMAS Nature Reserve Park,
Great success for the Barbiere di Siviglia
Great success for the popular opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) at the 20th edition of Pafos Aphrodite Festival. The imposing Medieval Castle of Paphos under the starry sky and the beauty of the vast sea were the perfect backdrop for Gioachino Rossini’s masterpiece Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville), which was presented at the 20th Pafos Aphrodite Festival in a production by the Italian organisation C.I.A.L.M. - Teatro Lirico Italiano in collaboration with the Ventidio Basso
MEDEA by Euripides
Wednesday, July 18│ Paphos Ancient Odeon Euripides’ Medea, a tragedy that combines moral complexity with overwhelming emotional impact, is presented by Spectrum Theatre, a Hungarian theatre company based in Transylvania, Romania. In this superb tragedy, which deals with the last act of the passionate affair between Jason and Medea, Jason decides to leave his wife in order to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. Medea takes the cruelest revenge: she kills their two children. With a minimal scenography, the director
TROJAN WOMEN by Euripides
Sunday, July 1 │ Paphos Ancient Odeon [ pening] With the emblematic, diachronic and one of the most important plays of Euripides, Trojan Women, produced by Theatro Ena, opens this year's edition of the "International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama". At the Achaeans’ camp outside the sacked city of Troy, the captured Trojan women and their queen, Hecuba, lament over their tribulations. Any members of the royal family left alive will become the property of the Achaeans, while Hecuba’s grandson, the young Astyanax, has
Pafos Aphrodite Festival
31 August, 1 and 2 September The 20th Pafos Aphrodite Festival opens its curtain with Gioachino Rossini’s masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville) on 31 August, 1 and 2 September at the Square of the Medieval Castle in Pafos in a production by the Italian organisation C.I.A.L.M. - Teatro Lirico Italiano in collaboration with the Ventidio Basso Ascoli Piceno Theatre and the participation of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Telephone number: 26 822218 Email: info@pafc.com.cy Website: http://www.pafc.com.cy