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
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
The musicAeterna Choir continues its exploration of the sacred music of two Western European classics of the 20th century — Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten — in a concert to be held at Dom Radio, 62 Nevsky Prospect.
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)
E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)
De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)
Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)
Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)
Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)
E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)
De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)
Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)
Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)
Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis