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Yorgos Stafetas

Γιώργος Σταφέτας

Tenor

Greek National Opera

Born in Athens in 1940, Yorgos Stafetas studied classical singing and theatre. He taught classical and art song, as well as opera and speech therapy, at the Andreas L. Kordos Conservatory. In addition to his musical career, he published five poetry collections and participated in the recording of the opera Conroy and His Copies (1995).

Stafetas joined the Greek National Opera (GNO) Chorus in 1966 and, from 1971 to 1999, appeared in approximately 63 productions and revivals. His repertoire included featured and supporting roles in 24 operas and six operettas. His operatic performances spanned works such as Madama Butterfly, Tosca, La bohème, Adriana Lecouvreur, Die Zauberflöte, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Gianni Schicchi, Manon Lescaut, Boris Godunov, Otello, Don Quixote, The Fire [I Fotia], Conroy and His Copies, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Kluge, and Falstaff.

In operetta, he sang principal roles in The Godson [O Vaftistikos], The Apaches of Athens [I Apachides ton Athinon], Das Dreimädelhaus, Die Fledermaus, Die Lustige Witwe, and Das Land des Lächelns.

Yorgos Stafetas passed away on December 25, 2022.

Source: Greek National Opera Educational Virtual Museum

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	December 20, 1987	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Spyros Sakkas (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Konstantinos Paliatsaras (Jester), Lazaros Tselepidis (Wiseman), Nikos Kapetas (Oracle), Ahilleas Tsantalos (High Priest), Dora Tsatsou-Symeonidi (director, choreographer), Rena Georgiadou (set designer, costume designer)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
2	December 23, 1987	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Spyros Sakkas (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Konstantinos Paliatsaras (Jester), Lazaros Tselepidis (Wiseman), Nikos Kapetas (Oracle), Ahilleas Tsantalos (High Priest), Dora Tsatsou-Symeonidi (director, choreographer), Rena Georgiadou (set designer, costume designer)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
3	December 26, 1987	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Spyros Sakkas (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Konstantinos Paliatsaras (Jester), Lazaros Tselepidis (Wiseman), Nikos Kapetas (Oracle), Ahilleas Tsantalos (High Priest), Dora Tsatsou-Symeonidi (director, choreographer), Rena Georgiadou (set designer, costume designer)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
4	December 30, 1987	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Spyros Sakkas (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Konstantinos Paliatsaras (Jester), Lazaros Tselepidis (Wiseman), Nikos Kapetas (Oracle), Ahilleas Tsantalos (High Priest), Dora Tsatsou-Symeonidi (director, choreographer), Rena Georgiadou (set designer, costume designer)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
5	January 3, 1988	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Spyros Sakkas (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Konstantinos Paliatsaras (Jester), Lazaros Tselepidis (Wiseman), Nikos Kapetas (Oracle), Ahilleas Tsantalos (High Priest), Dora Tsatsou-Symeonidi (director, choreographer), Rena Georgiadou (set designer, costume designer)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
6	April 16, 1994	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Elias Voudouris (conductor), Tassis Christoyannis (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Paul Zachariadis (Jester), Giannis Tselepidis (Wiseman), Pavlos Maropoulos (Oracle), Christos Amvrazis (High Priest), Kostas Ferris (director), Pavlos Mantoudis (set designer, costume designer), Isidoros Sideris (choreography)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42
7	April 24, 1994	Olympia Theatre - Greek National Opera (Olympia Municipal Music Theatre "Maria Callas")	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek National Opera	Elias Voudouris (conductor), Tassis Christoyannis (Man), Yolanda Di Tasso (Woman), Yorgos Stafetas (Old Beggar), Paul Zachariadis (Jester), Giannis Tselepidis (Wiseman), Pavlos Maropoulos (Oracle), Christos Amvrazis (High Priest), Kostas Ferris (director), Pavlos Mantoudis (set designer, costume designer), Isidoros Sideris (choreography)	Greek National Opera Orchestra, Greek National Opera Choir	The Fire, Op. 42

Works

#	Cover Image	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Remarks	Work Page
1		YSC84	The Fire	Musical Drama in One Act, with Prologue and Seven Scenes. Text by Maro Papadimitriou, theatrical adaptation by Yorgo Sicilianos.	42	2222 – 4231, Celesta, Timpani, Percussion (3 Performers: Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Triangle, Clapper, Suspended Cymbal, Cymbals, Large Gong, 5 Temple Blocks, Woodblock, Snare Drum, Snare Drum without Snares, Bass Drum, Maracas, Flexatone), Strings, Characters: Man (baritone), Woman (mezzo-soprano), Old Beggar (tenor), Jester (tenor), Wiseman (baritone), Oracle (bass), High Priest (bass), Crowd (mixed choir), Men (tenors and basses or baritones and basses), Dancers, Offstage voices (four male and one female voice).		View

References

Minas I. Alexiadis, The Fire: An Opera by Yorgos Sicilianos [Η Φωτιά: Όπερα του Γιώργου Σισιλιανού], Department of Music Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2021, accessed November 20, 2024, Hellenic Musicological Society, https://hellenic-musicology.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sicilianos2021.pdf , 35-49
Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 112
“Stafetas, Giorgos,” Greek National Opera Virtual Museum, accessed November 20, 2024, https://virtualmuseum.nationalopera.gr/en/virtual-exhibition/persons/stafetas-giorgos-742/.
“Απεβίωσε ο τενόρος της Λυρικής Γιώργος Σταφέτας [Tenor of the Greek National Opera Giorgos Stafetas Passed Away],” Skai News, accessed November 20, 2024, https://www.skai.gr/news/greece/apeviose-o-tenoros-tis-lyrikis-giorgos-stafetas.

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