Maro Papadimitriou

Μάρω Παπαδημητρίου

Independent

Maro Papadimitriou (Kyriakou) was born in Piraeus in 1939. She studied English Philology (B.A. from Deree College and M.A. in Comparative Literature from Antioch University, Ohio) and specialised in counselling programmes in psychology. She worked in journalism (magazines) and advertising. She taught the course “The Experience of Poetic Reading” at the Adult Education Programme of the Athens College (2001-2002). She works with poetry-psychology groups on the subject of “poetry as a lived experience” and is involved in poetic translations. She has published the poetry collections: “Cassandra in Vain Resisted the Introduction of the Trojan Horse Within the Walls” (1971), “And Gaia Turned Her Face Away” (1974), “Fire” (Ikaros, 1981), “The C of Loss” (Parousia, 1998). The work “Fire” served as the libretto for the musical drama “Fire” by the composer Yorgos Siclianos, which was staged at the National Opera in 1987 and 1994. Maro Papadimitriou was a student of Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, the wife of composer Yorgos Sicilianos. Through this connection, Sicilianos became acquainted with her work.

Source: Biblionet.gr

Articles & Papers

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Pages	Item Page
1		Fire: How a Poem Becomes an Opera	Maro Papadimitriou	Independent	2017	Greek		View

Intertextuality

#	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1	The Fire	Maro Papadimitriou	Poem	Creator	View
2	Silence	Maro Papadimitriou	Poem	Creator	View
3	White	Maro Papadimitriou	Poem	Creator	View

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

Biblionet. “Profile: Μαρώ Παπαδημητρίου.” Accessed December 18, 2024. https://biblionet.gr/προσωπο?personid=27574.
Poeticanet. “Φωτιά. Πώς ένα ποίημα γίνεται όπερα.” Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.poeticanet.gr/fwtia-poiima-ginetai-opera-a-1656.html.

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