Anna Vissi’s concerts: €700,000 production, 20 Taylor Swift-style dancers, and tens of thousands of fans

A twelvemonth later, connected October 5, 2024, she staged a monolithic performance astatine the Panathenaic Stadium, drafting implicit 65,000 fans to cheer her on.

This year, arsenic a radical of young women leaving the Kallimarmaro Stadium enactment it: “Anna went each out.” She delivered 2 consecutive nights of performances to a full assemblage of 130,000, singing for 3.5 hours each night, covering each of her top hits.

It was a expansive spectacle with a accumulation fund of astir €700,000, involving hundreds of professionals. Industry insiders accidental this was the astir costly performance ever staged by a Greek artist. Two companies organized the two-night event: Galaxias Live Productions and D&A Productions — a recently formed institution launched successful August by Dimitra Kousta (the “D”), woman of shipowner Giannis Koustas, and Anna Vissi (the “A”).

The 2 women, adjacent friends since past May and godmothers to Anna’s godson John Koustas Jr., began their collaboration with the accumulation of Vissi’s latest euphony video, “Sandré,” filmed successful the stunning mounting of Sorrento by D&A Productions.

The video was directed by Kassandra Powell, portion choreography was led by Tia Rivera, famed for her enactment connected Beyoncé’s satellite circuit — choreography that Rivera besides brought to Anna’s 2 Kallimarmaro concerts.

Powell directed some shows, employing dozens of cameras, including a flying camera connected a cablegram spanning the stadium, providing sweeping aerial views. Eleven elephantine LED screens ensured that adjacent the astir distant spectators had a cleanable view. Seven drones captured further perspectives, giving the concerts a genuinely cinematic scope.

Spectacular Production & Choreography

Rivera’s choreography squad — 20 dancers, the aforesaid troupe Taylor Swift uses successful her unrecorded shows — brought unmatched vigor to the performances. They delivered flawless choreography that matched Vissi’s iconic hits.

Vissi’s long-standing set featured 11 musicians positive 2 backup vocalists. On prime tracks, including her deed “Trelainomai,” the Athens Philharmonic Orchestra joined her connected signifier nether Maestro Alexis Priftis, a 38-member ensemble filling the tremendous stage.

The signifier itself was an extended mentation of the 1 utilized astatine this year’s Eject Festival, expanded by 100 meters to let Vissi to roam freely portion wearing a striking black-and-gold Dolce & Gabbana outfit designed specifically for her.

Vissi’s Voice & Emotional Performance

From the archetypal notes of “Se Periptosi Pou,” the assemblage of 65,000 each nighttime erupted, singing on with passion. For implicit 3 and a fractional hours, Vissi gave everything — delivering a show some technically beardown and emotionally charged.

Several times she appeared visibly moved, inviting Nikos Karvelas connected stage, a infinitesimal fans had anticipated. While her dependable whitethorn nary longer person the aforesaid powerfulness it did 15 years ago, she pushed it to its limits, inspiring a generational assemblage — from young fans successful their twenties to women her ain property — done songs that person go popular anthems.

After the concerts, Vissi admitted she felt tense seeing the oversea of fans awaiting her. But that anxiousness dissolved arsenic she near the signifier holding a motion with a now-famous slogan: “Whatever I’ve lived, Vissi has sung it.”