Αssociated Press reports from Athens that dozens of museum exhibitions, theater productions, discussion panels and historical re-enactments were planned in Greece for this year to commemorate the bicentennial of the 1821-1832 Greek War of Independence.
But due to the coronavirus pandemic, mezzo-soprano Artemis Bogri and her fellow singers stepped onstage in an empty theater to perform the Greek National Opera’s new production of “Despo,” one of the events marking 200 years since the war that resulted in Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and rebirth as a nation.
Bicentennial events intended to display Greece’s modern accomplishments have been postponed, scaled back, or moved online because of the pandemic. National parades by school children set for Greece’s March 25 independence day holiday were canceled Friday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 infections.
Like the National Opera, other cultural institutions formed small work teams to salvage their celebration plans even as they faced strong financial pressure due to lockdown measures now in their fifth consecutive month.
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