Georgios Terzakis
Soloist, Bass, Actor
He was born in Piraeus in 1920 and died in 1998. He studied under G. Angelopoulos in 1940 and later enrolled at the Athens Conservatoire winning the George Nazos scholarship. In 1952 he transferred to the National Conservatoire of Greece on a scholarship and graduated with first prize. He debuted as an actor in 1954 with the Takis Mouzenidis Musical Comedy and Operetta companies, appearing in Istanbul, Cyprus and Egypt. He participated in musical activities in various theaters in Athens. During the period 1958-1991 he worked with the GNO in about 110 productions and 39 revivals of works, including: Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'elisir d'amore, Boris Godunov, Hovanski Case, L'amour des trois oranges, Don Giovanni, Il matrimonio segreto, Il signor Bruschino, La bohème, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Die Kluge, etc. He also appeared in the musical Show Boat and 14 operettas, such as Die csárdásfürstin, La belle Hélène, Die fledermaus, Gräfin Mariza, Die lustige Witwe, Eine nacht in Venedig, Das dreimädelhaus, etc. He also sang at the Greek plays The mother’s ring [To dakhtylidi tis manas], Christina and Apaches of Athens [Oi apahides ton Athinon], At the barracks [Sta parapigmata]. He also involved in painting, engraving and sculpture. He served as GNO board and Artistic Committee member (1981/88). // Last update of the biography: December 2015 - The list of productions below is continually updated.