HISTORY
"Kudos to The Beggars' Operas and I hope they go on with the same passion" Stefanos Lazaridis
"Young, uninhibited, respectfully insolent and essentially innovative" Kathimerini
The music theatre company “The Beggars’ Operas” was founded in 2002 by composer Kharálampos Goyós, designer Constantinos Zamanis and producer Gabriella Triantafyllis, with the intention of mounting modern, low-cost productions of opera and music theatre in unconventional venues.
The company’s belief is that, rather than a spectacle meant for “special audiences”, sung theatre is a democratic genre par excellence, accessible to all kinds of theatregoers, provided that it is approached in the right spirit: namely, as theatre, and not as “spectacle”.
"The Beggars' Operas" have collaborated with several organizations in Greece and abroad, such as the Hellenic Festival, the Orchestra of Colours, the dissonArt ensemble, the ARTéfacts ensemble, the Latinitas Nostra ensemble, the "vasistas" theatre group, the Mavili Collective, the State of Sabotage, the Neuköllner Oper etc. The studio recording of Kharálampos Goyós’s opera Little Red Riding Hood and the (Good) Wolf (made in conjunction with the 2005 performances) has been issued on CD by the Orchestra of Colours (distribution: Greek Record Club).
The company "The Beggars' Operas" was subsidized by the Greek Ministry of Culture for the 2009–2010 season.