Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus

The Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus is a company established to promote Paphos in Cyprus as an international centre of high-profile cultural events. Its aim is to organise and manage a yearly international artistic event that takes place at the square in front of the medieval castle at the harbour in Kato Paphos. It organises and hosts an opera performance at the end of August or early September and has over the years invited a variety of companies and performances to the festival:[1]

Productions

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year opera composer company country
1999 Aida Giuseppe Verdi Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow Russia
2000 Carmen Georges Bizet Estonian National Opera Estonia
2001 Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland
2001 Zorba the Greek Mikis Theodorakis Polish National Opera Poland
2002 Turandot Giacomo Puccini Polish National Opera Poland
2003 Tosca Giacomo Puccini Arena di Verona Italy
2004 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland
2005 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Polish National Opera Poland
2006 Un Ballo in Maschera Giuseppe Verdi Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg Russia
2007 Il Trovatore Giuseppe Verdi Abai State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre Kazakhstan
2008 Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Lyric Theatre Trieste Italy
2009 Lakmé Léo Delibes Sofia National Opera Bulgaria
2010 La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Slovak National Theatre Slovakia
2011 Les contes d'Hoffmann Jacques Offenbach Opera of the National Theatre Prague Czech Republic
2012 Otello Giuseppe Verdi Slovak National Theatre Slovakia
2013 L'Elisir d'Amore Gaetano Donizetti Opera Futura Verona Italy
2014 Così Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera Futura Verona Italy
2015 La Cenerentola Gioachino Rossini Ramfis Productions Avignon France
2016 Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teatro Regio (Parma) Italy
2017 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teatro Regio (Parma) Italy
2018 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini C.I.A.L.M. - Teatro Lirico Italiano Italy
2019 Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi The Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Belarus
2024 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Georgian National Opera Georgia

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