RETURNVasia Zacharopoulou

Vasia Zacharopoulou

Soloist, Soprano
She was born in 1985. She graduated from the University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies. She studied singing at the Greek National Conservatoire, where she got her diploma with distinction and won 1st Prize, as well as piano and classical dance. She attended masterclasses under Renata Scotto, Helmut Rielling, Lisa Popeil, Aris Christofellis, Jeannette Pilou, Dimitri Kavrakos and Daphne Evangelatos, while she completed her studies in melodrama under Kostas Paskalis. She has collaborated with the following music ensembles: Camerata Orchestra (Athens), Orchestra Purpur Vienna, Orchestra of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet (Tirana), Metallon ensemble of the Athens State Orchestra, City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and the groups Beggars’ Operas and Oper(O). She works in dubbing and advertising as a singer and speaker and she is also a member with the Cirque du Soleil. She has worked with the GNO since 2008. She studied at GNO’s Opera Studio and has a member since November 2011. She has appeared in the GNO productions Pimpinone by Telemann and Don Giovanni and sung the role of Kissa (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Toula (Τhe Murderess). She has also sung in the production of GNO’s Opera Studio L' amante di tutte and in the productions of GNO Children's Theater Beware! The prince is messy by Nikos Kypourgos, Little Red Riding Hood by Seymour Barab, The Tale of the Tsar Saltan, The Beautiful Tsarevna and the Enchanted Swan (adaptation of the opera by Rimsky-Korsakov), Hänsel und Gretel (adaptation), Die Fledermaus the dance of the tales (adaptation). She has also sung in the operettas by Sakellaridis Picnic (Athens Concert Hall) and The daughter of the storm (Athens Festival). // Last update of the biography: December 2015 - The list of productions below is continually updated.