MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS / Operetta

Article by Manolis Seiragakis, Assistant Professor of Theatrology, University of Crete

New York, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Athens, Thessaloniki, Constantinople (Istanbul), Smyrna (Izmir). This could be the route of an existing or imaginary Greek operetta troupe of the first half of the 20th century. This is at least what is evidenced by the recording locations of the Greek operetta records collected by Panagiotis Kounadis, which we have just listed.

... And this is just one of the many surprises that await the researchers who will examine this archive. The second is the impressive speed with which foreign operetta premieres in Berlin or Vienna were echoed to Athens. We are not only talking about the recording of a phonograph record with at least two of their songs but, in most cases, also a Greek premiere of the play. This temporal distance is something that is usually an indicator of assimilation for the theatrical life of an outlying country. In the case of Greek operetta it is impressively short, spanning from a few months to a maximum of one year.
The cosmopolitan nature of the Greek operetta is confirmed by yet another source, while, at the same time, we are given a rare opportunity: by juxtaposing Greek and European operetta songs from the archive, we can easily compare the style and quality of local and foreign works, thus drawing safe personal conclusions. However, those who claim that the Greek operetta holds a worthy place in comparison with the European one now have the support of the specialized researcher of the genre Daniel Hirschel, who recently claimed that “a composer like Sakellaridis is certainly on the same level as Franz Lehár and Emmerich Kálmán, and I think that, in a unified Europe, it is time to discover all national musical theatrical traditions and to present them outside of their local borders”.

Pseftres einai oi gynaikes

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens, Antzelis Nt' [Angelis Nikolaos]

Marika mou

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1936, Athens, Anysios M.

Potho dyo cheili

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1936, Athens, Anysios M.

Kerna kerna [Diodia trapeziou]

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1928 (;), Athens, Zattas Dimosthenis

Kaio, fountono [Dyodia Xanazestamenou-Marias]

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens, Zattas Dimosthenis

Myriella

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1932 (;), Athens, Gkrek Alex.

To alanaki (Mortaki)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1928, Athens, Adaptation: Thanos Zachos [Notarakis Zacharias]

Ach! Ta glyka sou logakia

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens, Martino Angelos

Kathe pou glykovradiazei

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1927, Athens, Mastoras Stathis

I Pipitsa mas (Duetto Polydorou-Pipitsas)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1934, Athens, Mastoras Stathis

O Pinoklis

78 RPM Records
01/1928, New York, Zattas Dimosthenis

To alanaki

78 RPM Records
09/1928, New York, [Adaptation:] Thanos Zachos [Notarakis Zacharias]

To mortaki

78 RPM Records
09/1928, New York, Thanos Zachos [Notarakis Zacharias]

Fotia kai niata

78 RPM Records
10/1928, New York, [Sakellaridis Theofrastos]

Lig' ap' ola

78 RPM Records
05/1929, New York, Chatziapostolou Nikos

Mono m' esena

78 RPM Records
1929-1930, New York, Chatziapostolou Nikos

Polka tik tak

78 RPM Records
1929-1930, New York, Sakellaridis Theofrastos

Opou ki an pao

78 RPM Records
01/1929, New York, Chatziapostolou Nikos

Naziara mou

78 RPM Records
12/1930, New York, [Papadimitriou V.]

Riri Riri Ririka

78 RPM Records
12/1930, New York, Mastoras Stathis

E re psefti ntounia

78 RPM Records
24/12/1928, New York, [Vottis Antonis Adaptation: Dimitriadis Tetos]

To Smyrniotaki

78 RPM Records
10/1/1929, New York, [Guttmann Arthur Adaptation:] Dimitriadis Tetos

I ftocheia tou boem

78 RPM Records
10/1/1929, New York, Chatziapostolou Nikos

I kardia tou magka

78 RPM Records
9/10/1929, New York, [Ierotheos Skizas]

Ferte mou na pio

78 RPM Records
16/8/1928, New York, Sakellaridis Theofrastos

Oso gyrizei i sfaira

78 RPM Records
14/6/1927, New York, Zattas Dimosthenis

I kardia tou magka

78 RPM Records
1931, Athens, Skizas Ierotheos

Pikolo, pikolo - Oneirodes vals

78 RPM Records
06/1910, Smyrna (Izmir), [Straus Oscar]

Mpachar Gkelnti

78 RPM Records
07/06/1912, Smyrna (Izmir), [Tchouhadjian Dikran]

Oi apachides

78 RPM Records
1922, Berlin, [Chatziapostolou Nikos]

Leblebidji

78 RPM Records
1909, Thessaloniki (?), [Tchouhadjian Dikran]

Leblebidji Horhor I a

78 RPM Records
1908, Constantinople (Istanbul), [Tchouhadjian Dikran]

To koritsi tis geitonias

78 RPM Records
15/4/1929, Athens (?), Chatziapostolou Nikos

I Christina

78 RPM Records
2/10/1928, Athens (?), Sakellaridis Theofrastos

O loustros

78 RPM Records
24/1/1929, Constantinople (Istanbul) (?), [Макаров Саша (Sasha Makarov)]

Alanaki

78 RPM Records
1929, Athens, [Adaptation:] Thanos Zachos [Notarakis Zacharias]

Kale patoneis

78 RPM Records
1929, Athens, Konstantinidis Grigoris

Xero n' agapao

78 RPM Records
1929, Athens, Sakellaridis Theofrastos

Ririka

78 RPM Records
1930, Athens, Mastoras Stathis

I geitonopoula

78 RPM Records
1927, Athens, Mastoras Stathis

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MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS / Operetta

Pseftres einai oi gynaikes

Marika mou

Potho dyo cheili

Kerna kerna [Diodia trapeziou]

Kaio, fountono [Dyodia Xanazestamenou-Marias]

Myriella

To alanaki (Mortaki)

Ach! Ta glyka sou logakia

Kathe pou glykovradiazei

I Pipitsa mas (Duetto Polydorou-Pipitsas)

O Pinoklis

To alanaki

To mortaki

Fotia kai niata

Lig' ap' ola

Mono m' esena

Polka tik tak

Opou ki an pao

Naziara mou

Riri Riri Ririka

E re psefti ntounia

To Smyrniotaki

I ftocheia tou boem

I kardia tou magka

Ferte mou na pio

Oso gyrizei i sfaira

I kardia tou magka

Pikolo, pikolo - Oneirodes vals

Mpachar Gkelnti

Oi apachides

Leblebidji

Leblebidji Horhor I a

To koritsi tis geitonias

I Christina

O loustros

Alanaki

Kale patoneis

Xero n' agapao

Ririka

I geitonopoula

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