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Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: ConcertoIl Pomo d'Oro & George Petrou

Listen to Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "Ritorna, o dolce amore, conforta questo sen" by Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou & Il Pomo d'Oro, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "Ritorna, o dolce amore, conforta questo sen"Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou & Il Pomo d'Oro

Listen to Arminio, HWV 36, Act I: "Non sono sempre vane larve" by Vince Yi, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea, see lyrics, music video & more!

Arminio, HWV 36, Act I: "Non sono sempre vane larve"Vince Yi, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea

Listen to Adelaide, Act I Scene 12: Aria "Alza al ciel pianta orgoglioso" by Xavier Sabata, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou, see lyrics, music video & more!

Adelaide, Act I Scene 12: Aria "Alza al ciel pianta orgoglioso"Xavier Sabata, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Carlo il Calvo / Act 1: "Se rea ti vuole il cielo" by Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea, see lyrics, music video & more!

Carlo il Calvo / Act 1: "Se rea ti vuole il cielo"Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea

Listen to Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: Overture, a) Lentement - Allegro by Il Pomo d'Oro & George Petrou, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: Overture, a) Lentement - AllegroIl Pomo d'Oro & George Petrou

Listen to Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763, Act I: "O placido il mare lusinghi la sponda" by Julia Lezhneva, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea, see lyrics, music video & more!

Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763, Act I: "O placido il mare lusinghi la sponda"Julia Lezhneva, George Petrou & Armonia Atenea

Listen to Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763, Act I: "Figli, di voi non meno che del regno son padre" by Juan Sancho, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea, Max Emanuel Cencic & Franco Fagioli, see lyrics, music video & more!

Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763, Act I: "Figli, di voi non meno che del regno son padre"Juan Sancho, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea, Max Emanuel Cencic & Franco Fagioli

Listen to Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "La speranza è giunta in porto" by Ann Hallenberg, George Petrou & Il Pomo d'Oro, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "La speranza è giunta in porto"Ann Hallenberg, George Petrou & Il Pomo d'Oro

Listen to Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "Chi più lieto è di me" by Ann Hallenberg, George Petrou, Il Pomo d'Oro & Xavier Sabata, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ottone, HWV 15, Act I: "Chi più lieto è di me"Ann Hallenberg, George Petrou, Il Pomo d'Oro & Xavier Sabata

More albums from George Petrou

Listen to Porpora: Polifemo by George Petrou & Armonia Atenea

ALBUMPorpora: PolifemoGeorge Petrou & Armonia Atenea

ALBUMPapadimitriou: Orchestral WorksAthens State Orchestra, George Petrou & Titos Gouvelis

Listen to Carlo il Calvo by George Petrou & Armonia Atenea

ALBUMCarlo il CalvoGeorge Petrou & Armonia Atenea

Listen to Porpora: Opera Arias by Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMPorpora: Opera AriasMax Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMArchetyponMary-Ellen Nesi, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Handel: Ottone, HWV 15 by Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou, Il Pomo d'Oro, Lauren Snouffer, Pavel Kudinov, Ann Hallenberg, Xavier Sabata & Anna Starushkevych

ALBUMHandel: Ottone, HWV 15Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou, Il Pomo d'Oro, Lauren Snouffer, Pavel Kudinov, Ann Hallenberg, Xavier Sabata & Anna Starushkevych

Listen to Catharsis by Xavier Sabata, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMCatharsisXavier Sabata, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Rossini by Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMRossiniFranco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Handel: Arminio, HWV 36 by Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Layla Claire, Ruxandra Donose, Vince Yi, Juan Sancho, Xavier Sabata & Petros Magoulas

ALBUMHandel: Arminio, HWV 36Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Layla Claire, Ruxandra Donose, Vince Yi, Juan Sancho, Xavier Sabata & Petros Magoulas

Listen to Baroque Divas by George Petrou, Vivica Genaux, Armonia Atenea, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Sonia Prina & Romina Basso

ALBUMBaroque DivasGeorge Petrou, Vivica Genaux, Armonia Atenea, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Sonia Prina & Romina Basso

Listen to Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia by Munich Radio Orchestra & George Petrou

ALBUMMayr: Ginevra di ScoziaMunich Radio Orchestra & George Petrou

Listen to Beethoven: Prometheus by Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMBeethoven: PrometheusArmonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Gluck: Opera Arias by Daniel Behle, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMGluck: Opera AriasDaniel Behle, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Hasse: Siroe - Re Di Persia by Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Julia Lezhneva, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Lauren Snouffer, Juan Sancho & Franco Fagioli

ALBUMHasse: Siroe - Re Di PersiaMax Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Julia Lezhneva, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Lauren Snouffer, Juan Sancho & Franco Fagioli

Listen to Rokoko - Hasse Opera Arias by Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

ALBUMRokoko - Hasse Opera AriasMax Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou

Listen to Handel: Alessandro, HWV 21 by Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea & Julia Lezhneva

ALBUMHandel: Alessandro, HWV 21Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea & Julia Lezhneva

Listen to Mayr: La Lodoiska by Anna Maria Panzarella, Munich Radio Orchestra, Elena Belfiore, Jeremy Ovenden, Marc Megele, Elvira Hasanagic, Ines Reinhardt, Nam Won Huh, Marko Cilic, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, male section & George Petrou

ALBUMMayr: La LodoiskaAnna Maria Panzarella, Munich Radio Orchestra, Elena Belfiore, Jeremy Ovenden, Marc Megele, Elvira Hasanagic, Ines Reinhardt, Nam Won Huh, Marko Cilic, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, male section & George Petrou

ALBUMHandel: Tamerlano, HWV 18George Petrou & Orchestra of Patras

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About George Petrou

Hometown

Athens, Greece

Genre

Classical

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Among the leading figures in Greece's early music movement, conductor George Petrou also directs performances of operetta and musical theater. He is the artistic director of the early music group Armonia Atenea. Petrou make his recording debut in 2004 with a performance of Handel's pastiche Oreste, leading the Camerata Stuttgart. In 2011, he led Armonia Atenea on a recording of Handel's Alessandro Severo and composer Niccolo Chalichiopulo Manzaro (also known as Nikolas Mantzaros). An unusual feature of his career is that he also conducts musical theater presentations, including those of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. In 2023, he led Armonia Ateneo in a recording of Nicola Porpora's opera Carlo il Calvo.