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The Lady in the Moonlight

for Mezzo-Soprano, Narrator, Clarinet, Viola and Guitar. On the poem "The Moonlight Sonata" by Yannis Ritsos

Η Κυρία του Σεληνόφωτος για μεσόφωνο, αφηγητή, κλαρινέττο, βιόλα και κιθάρα πάνω στο ποίημα "Η Σονάτα του Σεληνόφωτος" του Γιάννη Ρίτσου έργ. 41

Catalogue No.: YSC83

Status: Completed

Opus: 41

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

Mezzo-Soprano, Narrator, Clarinet, Viola, Guitar

Written in: Athens

Date: May 1, 1977

Duration: 00:30:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Moonlight Sonata (English - Typed)	Scan of Ritsos's "Moonlight" translated to English by Rae Dalven.	7	PDF	View or Download
2	Moonlight Sonata (Greek)	Scan of Ritsos's "Moonlight Sonata" in the original Greek.	7	PDF	View or Download
3	Moonlight Sonata (French) 2	Scan of Ritsos's "Moonlight Sonata" translated into French.	6	PDF	View or Download
4	Moonlight Sonata (English)	Scan of Ritsos's "Moonlight Sonata" trasnlated to English.	13	PDF	View or Download
5	Moonlight Sonata (French)	Scan of Ritsos's "Moonlight Sonata" transalted in French.	7	PDF	View or Download
6	Signed Declaration	Scan of signed declaration from poet Giannis Ritsos giving permission to Sicilianos to use his poem "Moonlight Sonata". Dated: June 6, 1977. Athens.	1	PDF	View or Download
7	Voice & Narrator Parts	Scan of the voice and narrator parts. English text transtaled by Rae Dalven.	19	PDF	View or Download
8	Viola Part	Scan of the viola part.	14	PDF	View or Download
9	Clarinet Part	Scan of the clarinet part.	11	PDF	View or Download
10	Guitar Part	Scan of the guitar part.	7	PDF	View or Download
11	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	24	PDF	View or Download
12	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	45	PDF	View or Download
13	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	55	PDF	View or Download
14	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	2	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Moonlight Sonata	Yannis Ritsos	Play		View
2		Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2	Ludwig van Beethoven	Music		View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos: The Lady in the Moonlight & Eight Children's Miniatures for Piano	Athena Fytika, Giannis Sambrovalakis, Iris Louka, Korina Vougiouka, Nikos Tsouchlos, Roza Poulimenou (Cappon)	Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23, The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41	Compact Disc	Edition Orpheus	2024	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41 (1977)	Programme Notes	1991	Greek		View

Articles & Papers

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Remarks	Item Page
1		The Lady in the Moonlight by Yorgos Sicilianos - A Look At The Composer’s Workshop (II)	Nikos B. Tsouchlos	Department of Music Studies, Ionian University Athens Conservatoire	2016	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	March 9, 1978	French Institute	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Giannis Ioannidis (conductor), Kaiti Kopanitsa (mezzo-soprano), Yannis Ritsos (narrator pre-recorded), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
2	May 1, 1991	Open Theatre - Lyric Workshop	Athens	Greece	N/A	Open Theatre	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Kostas Galanakis (narrator), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar), Niki Triantafyllidi (actor), Zacharias Rohas (actor-figurant), Agni Doutsi (set & costume designer), Giorgos Michailidis (director)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
3	May 2, 1991	Open Theatre - Lyric Workshop	Athens	Greece	N/A	Open Theatre	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Kostas Galanakis (narrator), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar), Niki Triantafyllidi (actor), Zacharias Rohas (actor-figurant), Agni Doutsi (set & costume designer), Giorgos Michailidis (director)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
4	May 3, 1991	Open Theatre - Lyric Workshop	Athens	Greece	N/A	Open Theatre	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Kostas Galanakis (narrator), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar), Niki Triantafyllidi (actor), Zacharias Rohas (actor-figurant), Agni Doutsi (set & costume designer), Giorgos Michailidis (director)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
5	May 4, 1991	Open Theatre - Lyric Workshop	Athens	Greece	N/A	Open Theatre	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Kostas Galanakis (narrator), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar), Niki Triantafyllidi (actor), Zacharias Rohas (actor-figurant), Agni Doutsi (set & costume designer), Giorgos Michailidis (director)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
6	May 6, 1991	Open Theatre - Lyric Workshop	Athens	Greece	N/A	Open Theatre	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Kostas Galanakis (narrator), Nikos Gkinos (clarinet), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Evangelos Boudounis (guitar), Niki Triantafyllidi (actor), Zacharias Rohas (actor-figurant), Agni Doutsi (set & costume designer), Giorgos Michailidis (director)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41
7	April 6, 1993	French Institute	Athens	Greece	N/A	French Institute, Greek Composers' Union	Maria Neophytidou (piano)[Op. 23], Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor)[Op. 41, Op. 44], Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano)[Op. 41], Thanos Mikroutsikos (narrator) [Op. 41], Spyros Mourikis (clarinet) [Op. 41, Op. 44], Paris Anastasiadis (viola) [Op. 41], Evangelos Boudounis (guitar) [Op. 41, Op. 44], Irini Karaianni (soprano)[Op. 44], Evangelia Neoudaki (piccolo) [Op. 44], Ilias Barmpas (alto flute) [Op. 44], Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe) [Op. 44], Ioannis Papagiannis (cor anglais) [Op. 44], Christos Gkinos (bass clarinet) [Op. 44], Haris Hatzigeorgiou (violin) [Op. 44], Dana Hatzigeorgiou (cello) [Op. 44], Maria Bildea (harp) [Op. 44], Vivi Geka (mandolin) [Op. 44]	N/A	Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23 - The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41 - Mellichomeide, Op. 44
8	March 30, 2007	Benaki Museum Piraeus Ave	Athens	Greece	Exhibition - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music,	Benaki Museum	Miltos Logiadis, Angelica Cathariou (mezzo-soprano) Op. 41, Ermis Theodorakis (piano) Op. 52, Petros Ioannou (narrator) Op. 41	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων)	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41, Piano Concerto Op. 52, Metamorphoses Op. 55
9	December 15, 2013	Greek National Opera - Olympia Theatre Foyer	Athens	Greece	Evenings at the Foyer	Greek National Opera	Reni Pittaki (woman in black), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Aris Papadopoulos (young man), Ilias Kountis (narrator & director), Yiannis Romanos (viola), Orestis Tsekouras (guitar), Giannis Sambrovalakis (clarinet), Nicolas Vassiliou (conductor)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41
10	March 8, 2014	Piraeus Municipal Theatre Foyer	Piraeus	Greece	Evenings at the Foyer	Greek National Opera	Reni Pittaki (woman in black), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Aris Papadopoulos (young man), Ilias Kountis (narrator & director), Yiannis Romanos (viola), Orestis Tsekouras (guitar), Giannis Sambrovalakis (clarinet), Nicolas Vassiliou (conductor)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41
11	March 9, 2014	Piraeus Municipal Theatre Foyer	Piraeus	Greece	Evenings at the Foyer	Greek National Opera	Reni Pittaki (woman in black), Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano), Aris Papadopoulos (young man), Ilias Kountis (narrator & director), Yiannis Romanos (viola), Orestis Tsekouras (guitar), Giannis Sambrovalakis (clarinet), Nicolas Vassiliou (conductor)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41
12	January 6, 2021	Online	Athens	Greece	3rd Online Greek National Opera Festival “The Music of Language”	Greek National Opera	Roza Poulimenou (Cappon) (mezzo-soprano), Giannis Sambrovalakis (clarinet), Iris Louka (viola), Korina Vougiouka (guitar), Elena Topalidou (choreography, actor, narrator), Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Costas Athousakis (director), Chrysoula Dimaki, Loukas Theodossopoulos, Marita Nikolitsa, Anastasia Pattelaki, Michalis Pinos, Stathis Tzouvaras (dancers)	N/A	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41
13	May 13, 2022	"Aris Garoufalis" Hall, Athens Conservatoire	Athens	Greece	Tribute to Yorgos Sicilianos	Athens Conservatoire	Maria Eustratiadi, (piano) (Op. 23. Op. 32), Rosa Poulimenou-Kapon (mezzo-soprano/narration), Giannis Sambrovalakis (clarinet), Iris Louka (viola), Korina Vougiouka (guitar), Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor)	N/A	Eight Children’s Miniatures Op. 23, Études Compositionnelles Op. 32, The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Agni Doutsi	Set Designer, Costume Designer	National Theatre of Northern Greece	View
2	Aris Papadopoulos	Dancer, Actor		View
3	Dimitris Georgiadis	Actor, Narrator	Athens Conservatoire	View
4	Elena Topalidou	Actor, Narrator, Choreographer	National Theatre of Greece Greek National Opera	View
5	Evangelos Boudounis	Guitarist, Composer		View
6	Giannis Ioannidis	Conductor, Composer		View
7	Giannis Sambrovalakis	Clarinetist	Ionian University	View
8	Giannis Vatikiotis	Violist	Hellenic Quartet	View
9	Giorgos Michailidis	Director, Actor	Open Theatre	View
10	Ilias Kountis	Narrator, Actor, Director		View
11	Iris Louka	Violist, Violinist	University of Athens	View
12	Kaiti Kopanitsa	Mezzo-Soprano		View
13	Korina Vougiouka	Guitarist	Ionian University	View
14	Kostas Galanakis	Narrator, Actor		View
15	Maria Marketou-Voudouri	Mezzo-Soprano	Greek National Opera	View
16	Miltos Logiadis	Conductor	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων) ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	View
17	Nicolas Vassiliou	Pianist, Chorus Master, Conductor	Greek National Opera	View
18	Niki Triantafyllidi	Actor		View
19	Nikos Gkinos	Clarinetist		View
20	Nikos Tsouchlos	Conductor, Pianist	Athens Conservatoire Ionian University Athens Concert Hall	View
21	Orchestra of Colours	Orchestra	Hellenic Ministry of Culture	View
22	Orestis Tsekouras	Guitarist		View
23	Paris Anastasiadis	Violist	New Hellenic Quartet	View
24	Reni Pittaki	Actor		View
25	Roza Poulimenou (Cappon)	Mezzo-Soprano, Narrator	Ionian University	View
26	Spyros Mourikis	Clarinetist	Athens State Orchestra	View
27	Thanos Mikroutsikos	Composer, Narrator		View
28	Yannis Ritsos	Poet, Narrator		View
29	Yiannis Romanos	Violist		View
30	Zacharias Rochas	Actor		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 107-109
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 9, 274, 275
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 348, 426
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 97, 101, 102, 105, 186, 206
Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 65, 71-90, 118, 123

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