Tille: Selenes’ Journey
With: Isabelle Métrope (mezzo-soprano), Markos Kotsias (piano), a Narrator
Date: 19 September 2025
Time: 19:00
Venue: Municipal Philharmonic Concert Hall of Kalavryta, Kalavryta
Free entrance
The 2nd Golfo Festival 2025, in collaboration with the Theatre Laboratory of Drama and Speech (Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras), the Cultural Centre “Hellenikon Idyllion”, and the Kalavryta Municipal Philharmonic Orchestra, present a musical performance featuring Isabelle Métrope (mezzo-soprano), Markos Kotsias (pianist), and a Narrator.
The narrator recounts the imaginary adventures of three fictional women who, travelling across the European continent by Orient Express, pass through borders, countries, cities, and towns, meeting people and discovering languages, words, and cultures. The narration is enriched by well-known arias and songs, serving as lyrical interludes—moments to breathe through music.
As the three women journey through time aboard this metaphorical train, they stir up memories and emotions. In this voyage of discovery and self-awareness, the true meaning of life, as always, reveals itself at the journey’s end.
The performance features beloved works such as the Song to the Moon from Antonín Dvořák’s opera Rusalka, Moonlit Night (Mondnacht) by Robert Schumann, Dry Branch (Száraz ágtól) by Zoltán Kodály, Twilight (Zwielicht) by Franz Schubert, the traditional Asia Minor folk song From a Foreign Land (Apo xeno topo), and many others in seven different languages.
THE PROGRAMME
Moonlit Night / Mondnacht op. 39: Nr. 5
Text: Joseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Music: Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Song to the Moon / Píseň Rusalky o měsíčku, from Rusalka, Act I (op. 114, B. 203)
Text: Jaroslav Kvapil (1868 - 1950)
Music: Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Night / Nacht, from Seven Early Songs
Text: Carl Hauptmann (1858 - 1921)
Music: Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
Twilight / Zwielicht op. 39, Nr. 10
Text: Joseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Music: Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Time to Sleep / Fate la nanna
Trad. From Toscana
Dry Branch / Száraz ágtól
Text: Folk song
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Little Bird / Madárka
Trad. From the North East of Hungary
In my homeland / U mom kraju
Text: Anonymous old English poet
Konstantin Babić (1927 - 2009)
Song of Seikilos
Ancient Greek song, found on a 2nd century tombstone in Tralleis, Asia Minor, near Aydin (now Turkey), one of the oldest pieces of music
Because You Loved Me / Μόνο γιατί μ' αγάπησες
Text: Maria Polydouri (1902 - 1930)
Music: Yiannis Zotos (*1958)
Heart-Stealer / Καρδιοκλέφτρα
Text: Yannis Dragatsis or Ogdondakis
Music: Yannis Dragatsis or Ogdondakis (1886 - 1958)
From a Foreign Land / Aπό ξένο τόπο
Trad. From Greece and the region
Spice, cinnamon, and a kiss / Baharat, tarçın ve buse
Text: Tassos Boulmetis (*1957)
Music: Evanthia Reboutsika (*1958)
To the Moon / An den Mond, D. 193
Text: Ludwig Hölty (1748 - 1776)
Music: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
 | ISABELLE MÉTROPE - Mezzo-soprano – Vocal Coach The German-French mezzo-soprano Isabelle Métrope holds degrees in choral conducting and vocal performance from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She has been teaching singing to students of all ages for many years and collaborates with various choirs, ranging from small church ensembles to large oratorio choirs. |
 | Markos Kotsias - Pianist Markos Kotsias is a graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. He is a professional piano accompanist, working with various music schools in Athens, the National Theatre of Greece, and the Municipal Theatre “Olympia” in Athens.
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