RETURNMarika Papadopoulou

Marika Papadopoulou

Soloist, Soprano
She was born in Istanbul in 1918. She studied voice at the National Conservatory (class of Marika Kalfopoulou), from where she graduated in 1940. That same year she made her debut appearance as Adele in Johann Strauss II's operetta Die Fledermaus at the newly founded GNO's opening production. During the season 1943/44, she participated in the shows Salt and Pepper and Metropol's Ghost staged at the Kotopouli Theatre. She served as consultant to the of the Union of Opera and Operetta Actors. She collaborated with the GNO during the years 1940-1956, interpreting roles in five operas and eleven operettas, in approximately 40 productions and/or revivals. Among other roles she interpreted Nuri (Tiefland), Mi (Das Land des Lächelns), Olympia (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Countess Olga Sukarev (Fedora), Marianna (Boccaccio), Arsena (Der Zigeunerbaron), Valencienne (Die Lustige Witwe), Bronislava (Der Bettelstudent), Countess Stasi (Die Csárdásfürstin), Giuditta Grisi (Das Dreimäderlhaus), Kiki Charmidou (The Godson), Baroness Elly (Das Hollandweibchen), Lisa (Gräfin Mariza). Nearly all her appearances were in first presentations of works by the GNO. She passed away in December 2011. // Last update of the biography: November 2023 - The list of productions below is continually updated.