Eleni-Lydia Stamellou
In the choir since 2012
Eleni Lydia Stamellou is a soprano from Athens, Greece.
She is a member of musicAeterna created by conductor Teodor Currentzis. Her main focus is on Renaissance and contemporary music. As a soloist of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in Russia and conducted by Teodor Currentzis she has sung Despina in “Cosi fan tutte”, Belinda, First Witch, and Second Woman in “Dido and Aeneas”, The Mirror of Three Graeae in “Nosferatu”, Lilian Holiday in “Happy End”, Danica in “Svadba”, and Pierrot in “Pierrot Lunaire”, as well as the main solo at the world premieres of “Tristia” by Phillipe Hersant and “Cantos” by Alexey Sioumak, along with “Coro” by Berio at the Diaghilev Festival.
Additionally, at the Perm Opera she sung Frasquita in “Carmen”, Noemie in “Cendrillon”, and “Fyodor” in Boris Godunov.
Moreover, she has sung the part of Second Woman in “Dido and Aeneas” at Teatro Real, the main roles in “Schneewitte” and “Schaf” at the national theatres of Mannheim and Oldenburg, Belinda in “Dido and Aeneas” in Fundacion Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Barbarina in “Le Nozze di Figaro” in Konzerthaus Dortmund, and Annina in “La Traviata” directed by Bob Wilson.
This year she has made her debut at the Salzburg Festival singing the fifth Sibylla in Carl Orff’s “De Temporum Fine Comoedia” conducted by Teodor Currentzis and directed by Romeo Castellucci.
She has won the second prize at the Ferruccio Tagliavini vocal competition in Austria with Dame Joan Sutherland as the president of the jury and has attended master classes given by Teresa Berganza, Edda Moser, and Christa Ludwig. She has worked with the following stage directors: Romeo Castellucci, Bob Wilson, Peter Sellars, Teodoros Terzopoulos, Philipp Himmellmann, Matthias Remus, and Semen Alexandrovsky.
She has given recitals in all major halls in Athens, such as Herodus Atticus Ancient Theatre, Megaro Moussikis of Athens and Thessaloniki, Pallas, Athenaeum, Parnassos, Goethe Institute, and Synagogue, as well as in the biggest music festivals including Aigina, Mani, Santorini, Patmos, Zakynthos, Symi, Koroni. She has also given recitals in Germany, Spain, the USA, and Cuba.
She has released the album “A Time for Us” with music by Kurt Weill, Nino Rota, Jacques Offenbach among others. Having been awarded twice the scholarship of the Onassis Foundation, she has studied singing at the music academies of Freiburg, Vienna, Bologna, and Napoli, as well as acting at the Stella Adler Studio in New York and the Academy of Arts in Perm.
The image of Carmen is close to me — I've always dreamed of singing this part. I remember when I was five years old and saw the opera on TV, I was very impressed with Julia Migenes in this role. In general, I would like one day to impersonate Carmen as she appears in the original book, and not in opera interpretations — an honest, sincere woman, not a diva.
Also, I have always been impressed by Eurydice, a character from ancient Greek myths. Her tragic disbelief reminds us how important true faith is, which has no logic and no fear.
musicAeterna choir events
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes