SCIPIONE(Händel)
11 & 12 June 2016, Halle Händel-Festival/Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt, Germany. Parnassus Arts Productions Camerata Orchestra friends of music/ Armonia Atenea, Giorgos Petrou, Director: Angela Kleopatra Saroglou, Set Designer:Giorgos Kolios, Costume Designer: Yiannis Katranitsas, Light Designer: Stella Kaltsou Xavier Sabata, Hasnaa Bennani Lazreq,Yuriy Mynenko, Juan Sancho, Dilyara Idrisova, Petros Magoulas
DER JASAGER- MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL(K.Weill-B.Brecht)
Thessaloniki Music Hall.20-21 Οctober 2014.These two different stories presented one after the other based on the same scenery, a wooden scrap yard. Music direction: Vladimiros Simeonides, direction: Alexandros Efklides, sets & costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas.
CARMENSITAS(G.Bizet)
National Opera of Greece, October 2015.This performance took place in “Olympia” theater. Ballet and singers of NOG performed this adaptation(for children) of Maria Cousouni on Bizet’s Carmen. Music adaptation: Yiannis Belonis, choreography: Maria Cousouni, general direction: Alexandros Efklides, sets design: Yiannis Katranitsas, costumes design: Tota Pritsa, poetic text: Aemilia Vasilakaki.
The Apaches of Athens(N.Hatziapostolou)
National Opera of Greece, December 2008.This play is one of the most popular operettas in the history of Greek lyric theater, written by Nikos Hatziapostolou in 1921. This performance took place in Acropol Theater(Athens). Conductors: Giorgos Katsaros, Giorgos Aravidis, director: Isidoros Sideris, sets & costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas.
LA BOHEME(J.Puccini)
National Opera of Greece, May 2012.In terms of “suitcase opera” this small group traveled in several Greek cities. The opening performance took place in ‘GAZI’ theatre(Athens). Piano: Frixos Mortzos, director: Isidoros Sideris, sets & costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas
Aladino e la lambada magica (Nino Rota)
National Opera of Greece, April 2008. First performance took place in “Olympia” theater(Athens). Music director: Errikos Frezis, general director: Isidoros Sideris, sets and costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas.
I PAGLIACCI (R.Leoncavallo)
National Opera of Greece, October 2015.In terms of “suitcase opera” this small group traveled in several Greek cities. The opening performance took place in “Olympia” theatre(Athens). Piano: Frixos Mortzos, director: Isidoros Sideris, sets & costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas
PIERROT LUNAIRE(Arnold Schoenberg)
ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER/ 2-3 APRIL 2016
Soprano: Frauke Aulbert
DissonArt ensemble: Theodoros Patsalidis, Jannis Anissegos, Alexandros Stavridis, Lenio Liatsou, Vassilis Saitis
Electronics: Dimitris Maronidis
Direction: Alexandros Efklidis
Set –costumes design: Yiannis Katranitsas
GOLFO RELOADED
Golfo is a project, created by Horos Theater company and its director Simos Kakalas. Writer: Spiridon Peresiadis, direction: Simos Kakalas, sets-costumes-masks-comic creator: Yiannis Katranitsas, music: George Badoek Apostolakis.
BUGATTI SR
Performance coupe car. Designing lines are trimming the body all over with gaps, creating a new designing method
CONTAINERS
This project took place on May of 2011 and 2012 in the town center of Thessaloniki. In order to provoke people feelings about these two Greek fetichs (car and folk fiesta), two containers were set without the authorities permission.
HARAKAS-OBJECTS
Harakas was created in 2013 by Yiannis Katranitsas and Tasos Sotiropoulos. They construct handmade lightings and other objects of common use by the simplest means.
ASTEROCOSMOS
This is the main Christmas event of TIF-HELEXPO(Thessaloniki). Asterocosmos is the biggest thematic park in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe. Every year more than 200.000 people are visiting Tif-Helexpos pavilions in order to entertain themselves during Christmas time. Production managing, designers: Yiannis Katranitsas, Christina Mavropedi.
HYDROGEN CAR
This car is designed in order to host hydrogen-electric platforms.
THE COURAGE TO CREATE(TEDEX)
TEDEX-Thessaloniki 2012. Footage of shooting for the official trailer of TEDEX-Thessaloniki 2012.
KARAGIOZ THE GRATE (F.Politis)
National Theater of Northern Greece, August 2000.This unique play presents the famous folk hero ‘Karagioz’ out of his white fabric scene. First performance took place in Municipal Garden Theatre of Thessaloniki. Direction: Yiannis Rigas, sets: Yiannis Katranitsas, costumes: Christos Broufas, music: Giorgos Christianakis.
MISSION TO PLANET EARTH(S.Serefas)
National Theater of Northern Greece, October 2009.This science fiction play of Serefas took place in ‘Moni Lazariston’ small theatre. Direction: Anestis Azas, sets: Eleni Stroulia, costumes: Yiannis Katranitsas, music: Panagiotis Manouilides
IFI S.A. (exhibition kiosk)
This kiosk is ‘housing’ the official representation of IFI S.A. in ‘Heimtextile 2011’(Frankfurt). All kiosk elements such as lightings, seating docks, textile wardrobes, wall panels, were designed for this occasion.
KAPODISTRIOU RESTAURANT
n one of the most historical buildings of Thessaloniki this restaurant opened in 2010. Floor tiles, metallic ornaments, big stare, bar, chairs, stools, lightings were designed just to fit in this 1920’s building.
MY NIGHT WITH REG(K.Elyot)
National Theater of Northern Greece, January 2000.First performance took place in ‘Moni Lazariston’ small theatre. Direction: Yiannis Rigas, sets: Yiannis Katranitsas, costumes: Konstantinos.
2GAMES2NIGHT(game)
These two games took place on 21st of May 2010 in State Theater of Northern Greece. “White Balls” and “Humans”, are the two games have been played. Two big installations on which every player could “install” some of his thoughts or feelings, following the instructions.
THE OTHERS(game)
This game was inspired by my college years when I use to paint during the teaching hours the face pictures that were into our books. Into the room we make a photo portrait of every visitor(photo studio+plotter). After they hang on the walls their portraits they paint (with erasable marker) portraits of others. They can erase what they have done(zelatine upon paper) and repaint.
ORESTIS(Euripides)
These dummies where designed for the needs of Horos Theater Company ‘s ‘ORESTIS’ performance, that took place in Epidaurus Festival(August 2015).
HOUSE OF HORROR
This game was designed and created in 2015 by Yiannis Katranitsas for Magic Park Company at Thessaloniki. In order visitors having more fun, there have been selected heroes from well known thrillers. Five actors have performed these heroes in front of the eyes of the unsuspecting people into old’s house labyrinth.