{"id":966,"date":"2024-07-03T22:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.messolonghibyronsociety.gr\/ibc2024\/?p=966"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T10:06:29","slug":"start-of-the-academic-programme-in-messolonghi-recital-to-mark-the-200th-anniversary-of-lord-byrons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messolonghibyronsociety.gr\/ibc2024\/start-of-the-academic-programme-in-messolonghi-recital-to-mark-the-200th-anniversary-of-lord-byrons-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Recital to mark the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The programme begins with the hymn to Byron written for the 100th anniversary of his death, and continues with arias from Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s opera The Two Foscari as well as an independent Rossini piece dedicated to the death of Lord Byron. Also featured are poems by Byron set to music, including \u201cShe Walks In Beauty\u201d and \u201cThe Maid of Athens\u201d, and excerpts from the operas Despo and Markos Botsaris by Pavlos Carrer. Performers:\u00a0Nikolas Karagiaouris<\/strong>\u00a0(baritone),\u00a0Chrysanthi Chachoulia<\/strong>\u00a0(soprano), with\u00a0Panos Loumakis<\/strong>\u00a0at the piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n